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Udall Recruiting Summer Interns for New Mexico Offices

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Sen. Tom Udall

U.S. SENATE News:

WASHINGTON –Sen. Tom Udall, D-N.M., invites New Mexico college students interested in gaining legislative or press relations experience to apply for internships in his Albuquerque, Carlsbad, Las Cruces, Portales and Santa Fe offices. 

For more information and to apply for an internship, visit https:////www.tomudall.senate.gov/internships. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis, but students are encouraged to submit their applications early. 

“Congressional internships provide an unparalleled educational opportunity Read More

CCNS Calls For Independent Investigation of WIPP

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Courtesy/WIPP

CCNS News:

By Concerned Citizens for Nuclear Safety (CCNS)

It has been almost two months since the vehicle fire and radiation release from the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) and we don’t know the essential facts about what happened. We do know that the radiation release was never supposed to happen, and the federal government is unprepared to safely address the situation. In fact, the Environmental Protection Agency, charged with determining whether WIPP would leak in 10,000 years, said it would not.  

On Wednesday, two eight-person teams traveled down an elevator Read More

FBI Honors Community Leaders

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Courtesy/FBI

FBI News:

The FBI and law enforcement agencies around the country diligently work for the good of the communities they serve and for the nation as a whole. But they can’t do it alone—they also need the support of the people who live in those communities.

Friday, at FBI Headquarters in Washington, D.C., Director James Comey publicly recognized 58 individuals and organizations from communities around the country for giving the FBI that support. The recipients of the FBI’s annual Director’s Community Leadership Award have made tremendous contributions toward crime and Read More

Heinrich Addresses CIA Detention, Interrogation Report

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Sen. Martin Heinrich

U.S. SENATE News:

WASHINGTON, D.C- Thursday, Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., a member of the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, released the following statement after he voted to declassify the committee’s Executive Summary and the Findings and Conclusions of its Study of the Central Intelligence Agency’s (CIA) detention and interrogation program:

“America has paid a huge price for torturing detainees. Not only is torture morally wrong, it just doesn’t work. It’s a grave stain on our history costing us global credibility on the issue of human rights. I hope Read More

Nuclear Materials Safeguards and Security Upgrade Project Completed $1 Million Under Budget

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 LANL Acting Deputy Director Paul Henry 

NNSA News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The National Nuclear Security Administration’s (NNSA) Nuclear Materials Safeguards and Security Upgrade Project (NMSSUP) was recently completed approximately $1 million under its original budget of $245 million.

NMSSUP upgrades security at Los Alamos National Laboratory’s (LANL) Technical Area-55, a facility that houses high-security plutonium assets and operations.

NNSA Acting Chief of Defense Nuclear Security Michael Lempke

“The security of our nation’s nuclear material is our most important Read More

NIST Launches New U.S. Time Standard: NIST-F2 Atomic Clock

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NIST physicists Steve Jefferts, foreground, and Tom Heavner with the NIST-F2 ‘cesium fountain’ atomic clock, a new civilian time standard for the United States. Courtesy/NIST

NIST News:

BOULDER, Colo. — The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has officially launched a new atomic clock, called NIST-F2, to serve as a new U.S. civilian time and frequency standard, along with the current NIST-F1 standard.

NIST-F2 would neither gain nor lose one second in about 300 million years, making it about three times as accurate Read More

DOE Announces First Quadrennial Energy Review Public Meeting

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Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz

DOE News:

  • Topics and Locations for First Six Meetings Also Announced

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Department of Energy released information on the first six public meetings to collect stakeholder input into the Quadrennial Energy Review (QER).

As the Secretariat for the QER Task Force, DOE will hold a series of meetings to discuss and receive comments on issues related to the development of a comprehensive strategy for the infrastructure needed to transport, transmit and deliver energy to consumers.

The first of these meetings is scheduled for 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday, Read More

Heinrich: President Heeds Call To Rein In N.S.A.’s Bulk Collection Of Phone Records

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U.S. SENATE News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., a member of the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, released the following statement on President Obama’s proposal to rein in the N.S.A.’s bulk phone records collection program: 

“The President’s proposal to end the mass collection of phone records for millions of innocent Americans is welcome news. I appreciate his willingness to listen to those of us who have considered this policy misguided for some time. While I still encourage the Administration to use its authority Read More

Udall Responds to Supreme Court’s McCutcheon Decision – Renews Call For Campaign Finance Reform

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U.S. SENATE News:

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Sen. Tom Udall responded to the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision striking down aggregate limits on campaign donations.

The McCutcheon v. FEC decision will allow a federal politician to solicit – or a wealthy donor to give – a $3.6 million check to benefit a political party and federal candidates over a two-year election cycle.

Udall issued the following statement:

“Americans already believe the election system has been fundamentally corrupted by big money from corporate special interests. And today, the Court has confirmed their fears Read More

Alert: FBI Seeking Individuals Who May Have Information About Suspected Child Sexual Predator

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FBI News:

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is seeking the public’s assistance with obtaining identifying information regarding an unknown male suspected of sexually exploiting a child. 

Photographs and an informational poster depicting the unknown individual, known only as John Doe 28, are attached to this email with the request that media publish and broadcast this information as widely as possible.

The materials also can be found online at https:////www.fbi.gov/wanted/ecap.

Initial images and video of the unidentified adult male, John Doe 28, engaging in sexually Read More