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DOE Awards New Contract To Manage and Operate Brookhaven National Laboratory

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Brookhaven National Laboratory. Courtesy/DOE

DOE News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded a new five-year, $3.2 billion contract to Brookhaven Science Associates (BSA) to manage and operate Brookhaven National Laboratory.

The award was the result of a DOE competition for the management and operations (M&O) contract for the laboratory, which has been operated by BSA for the Department since 1998. A major, multi-program laboratory and an internationally recognized center for scientific research, Brookhaven is one of 17 in a system of National Laboratories Read More

DOE Secretary Moniz, Senator Alexander, Other Members Of Congress To Make Major Investment Announcement Friday

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Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz

DOE News:

WASHINGTON, D.C.—On Friday morning, Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz will join U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander of Tennessee and Representatives Eric Swalwell, Dan Lipinski, Chuck Fleischmann and Bill Foster to make an announcement on a major investment that will keep the United States on the cutting edge of scientific advancement.

This announcement will mark another step toward President Obama’s and Secretary Moniz’s commitment to promote American leadership in science, technology and innovation.    Read More

Scenes From American Legion’s Veterans Day Event

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Keynote Speaker Vernon Kerr addresses the crowd at the Veterans Day 2014 event ‘Honoring all who served’ Tuesday at the American Legion on Trinity Drive. Photo by Leland Lehman/ladailypost.com

Community members turn out Tuesday to honor veterans at the American Legion. Photo by Leland Lehman/ladailypost.com

Officials gather at Tuesday’s Veterans Day event including, at left, newly elected County Councilor Rick Reiss and Dist. 43 Rep. Stephanie Garcia Richard. Photo by Leland Lehman/ladailypost.com

County Councilor Rick Reiss reads a Veterans Day proclamation Read More

State Of LGBT Equality In Five New Mexico Cities

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Municipal Equality Index. Courtesy/HRC

HRC News:

  • Many municipalities extend vital protections to their LGBT citizens and employees

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organization, today released its third annual report assessing LGBT equality in 353 cities across the nation, including five in New Mexico.

The 2014 Municipal Equality Index (MEI), the only nationwide rating system of LGBT inclusion in municipal law and policy, shows that cities across the country, including New Mexico, Read More

My Hero, My Dad

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Wendell Goffe Armour

My hero, my Dad

By IRENE POWELL
Los Alamos

Army First Sergeant Wendell Goffe Armour was 92 years old when he left this world June 26, 2014. He was a brave solider and a man proud of country. He experienced the horrors of war, and once said to me, “you don’t know what its like to have a buddy die in your arms.”

At 17, he joined the 28th Infantry Division of the Pennsylvania National Guard in Pittsburgh. They were called to active duty in February 1941 to Europe, but because he had a mother living in Germany, the Army sent him to the South Pacific. He joined the Army Air Corps and spent WWII Read More

IRS Clarifies One-Per-Year Limit On IRA Rollovers

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IRS News:

PHOENIX – The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) today issued guidance clarifying the impact a 2014 individual retirement arrangement (IRA) rollover has on the one-per-year limit imposed by the Internal Revenue Code on tax-free rollovers between IRAs.

The clarification relates to a change, announced (https:////www.irs.gov/irb/2014-16_IRB/ar18.html) earlier this year, in the way the statutory one-per-year limit applies to rollovers between IRAs. The change in the application of the one-per-year limit reflects an interpretation by the U.S. Tax Court in a January 2014 Read More

Udall Statement In Honor Of Veterans Day

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U.S. Sen Tom Udall

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen Tom Udall released the following statement in honor of our nation’s veterans, and to commemorate Veterans Day: 

“Americans throughout the country gather on Veterans Day to thank the brave men and women of our military and to recognize their service to our nation. We honor the great sacrifices of those who have risked their lives to protect our freedoms and keep us safe. We thank those who are still serving today and we pay tribute those who have given their all in defense of our country and its ideals.

“New Mexico has a long and

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Today Is Veterans Day – Honoring People Who Have Served In U.S. Armed Forces

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Joseph Ambrose, an 86-year-old World War I veteran, attends the dedication day parade for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in 1982, holding the flag that covered the casket of his son, who was killed in the Korean War. Courtesy/wikipedia.com

Staff Report

Today is Veterans Day, an official United States holiday that honors people who have served in the U.S. Armed Forces. It is a federal holiday observed Nov. 11.

It coincides with other holidays such as Armistice Day and Remembrance Day, which are celebrated in other parts of the world and also mark the anniversary of the end of World War I (major hostilities Read More

Udall Statement On President’s Net Neutrality Plan

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Courtesy/wikipedia.com
 
U.S. SENATE News:
 
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Today, U.S. Sen. Tom Udall, chairman of the Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Subcommittee, welcomed the president’s support for a free and open Internet as the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) prepares new net neutrality rules and issued the following statement:
 
“Net neutrality is about leveling the playing field, and I am encouraged that the president has joined the call for strong rules by the FCC to protect the open Internet. I am working in the Senate to encourage broadband
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WIPP Reports Air Monitoring Results Following Fan Restart

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WIPP News:

Laboratory results from air samplers located on and around the WIPP facility following the restart of the 860A fan Oct. 21 showed minimal levels of radioactive contamination detected at two of the on‐site air sampling locations.

The levels were well below that which would impact worker health or the environment, according to WIPP.

The 860A fan, which is part of the underground ventilation and filtration system, ran for approximately two months following the radiological incident before being taken off‐line for maintenance. Since that time, the 860B
or the 860C fans have been operating Read More