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Los Alamos To Team With Procter & Gamble In Clean Energy Manufacturing Initiative

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LANL and consumer products company Procter & Gamble will form one of the seven ‘innovation pairs’ working to bring sustainable ideas from some of the nations top scientists into the day-to-day world of manufacturing. Courtesy/LANL

LANL News:

Clean energy manufacturing efforts will get a boost, thanks to a new national laboratory-industry collaboration pilot announced this week by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Clean Energy Manufacturing Initiative (CEMI).

Los Alamos National Laboratory and consumer products company Procter & Gamble will form one of the seven ‘innovation Read More

Secretary Moniz Unveils Roadmap To Double U.S. Energy Productivity By 2030

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DOE Secretary Ernest Moniz
 
DOE News:
 
WASHINGTON, D.C. ― In support of the President’s goal to double U.S. energy productivity by 2030, Secretary Ernest Moniz unveiled a strategic plan today laying out a path businesses, state and local governments, consumers and other stakeholders can use to achieve this goal.
 
The report, Accelerate Energy Productivity 2030: A Strategic Roadmap for American Energy Innovation, Economic Growth, and Competitiveness, identifies proven and effective strategies and actions to advance energy efficiency.
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Udall, Tester, Lujan Grisham Announce Bill To Help Tribes Fight Child Hunger

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U.S. SENATE News:
 
WASHINGTON, D.C. ― Today, U.S. Sens. Tom Udall (D-N.M.) and Jon Tester (D-Mont.), along with U.S. Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham (D-N.M.), announced that they have introduced legislation to streamline and expand access to federal school breakfast and lunch, summer feeding and other meal services by allowing Tribes to participate directly in these programs.
 
Native American children suffer from food insecurity and obesity at rates twice the national average, but too often aren’t able to access important hunger
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Lecture With Former Director Of CIA Counter-Terrorism Center Robert Grenier Sept. 29

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Robert L. Grenier, former director of CIA Counter-Terrorism Center (CTC)
 
CIR News:
 
Santa Fe Council on International Relations and Congregation Beit Tikva present a lecture and book signing with Robert L. Grenier, former director of CIA Counter-Terrorism Center (CTC) and author of “88 Days to Kandahar – Lessons on the War in Afghanistan” at 5 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 29. 
 
The event will be hosted at the Forum, Santa Fe University of Art and Design, 1600 St. Michael’s Dr. 
 
America’s early success and slow, agonizing withdrawal from Afghanistan
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Rep. Luján Celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month

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U.S. Rep. Ben Ray Luján delivers a speech honoring Hispanic Heritage Month. Courtesy image

U.S. CONGRESSIONAL News:

SANTA FE – U.S. Rep. Ben Ray Luján of New Mexico’s Third District released the following video in honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, which is celebrated Sept. 15 to Oct. 15.

“Hi I’m Congressman Ben Ray Luján. In communities across the country, Americans are coming together to celebrate the enduring contributions of the Hispanic community as we mark the beginning of Hispanic Heritage Month.  Every year from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15, we take time to reflect on the important role that Read More

Ruling Bolsters Women-Owned Small Businesses

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SBA Administrator Maria Contreras-Sweet

BUSINESS News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) has issued a final rule authorizing federal agencies to award sole-source contracts to women-owned small businesses eligible for the Woman-Owned Small Business (WOSB) Federal Contract Program.

Effective Oct. 14, 2015, the rule levels the playing field for women-owned small businesses across the federal contracting marketplace.

“Women-owned businesses are growing three times faster than their counterparts, yet the federal government has not achieved its goal Read More

IRS Reminds Corporations, Partnerships Of Sept. 15 Filing Extension Due Date

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IRS News:

PHOENIX – The Internal Revenue Service today reminded corporations and partnerships that took extensions to file their income tax returns by the Sept. 15 deadline, which applies to any business whose fiscal year also is the calendar year.

The IRS continues to see strong growth in corporations and partnerships shifting from paper returns to e-file. As of Aug. 30, more than six million corporations and partnerships have electronically filed their returns this year, representing a nearly eight percent overall increase from the prior year.

Most large corporations and partnerships Read More

Regional Coalition Of LANL Communities Endorses Local Subcontractors

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By ROGER SNODGRASS
Los Alamos Daily Post

Big Box competitors for Los Alamos National Laboratory service and supply contracts are troubling small businesses in New Mexico, according to Jeff Lunsford of the Consortium of Major LANL Subcontractors.

The topic was under discussion in the New Mexico Legislature last year and has been an item of discussion with New Mexico congressional delegation. Contractual uncertainties have multiplied lately with the impending plan to transfer environmental cleanup work at the laboratory from the National Nuclear Security Administration to the Department Read More

Luján Questions EPA On Gold King Mine Spill

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U.S. Rep. Ben Ray Luján

U.S. CONGRESSIONAL News:

  • Calls for Improved Communication and Better Mitigation Plans

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Ben Ray Luján of New Mexico’s Third District questioned a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) official about the Gold King Mine spill Friday at an Environment and the Economy subcommittee hearing. 

While Luján is not a member of the subcommittee, he participated in the hearing, “Oversight of Federal Facility Cleanup under CERCLA,” as a member of the full Energy and Commerce Committee.

Luján questioned Mathy Stanislaus, Assistant Administrator Read More

Udall, Heinrich Welcome BLM Decision To Maintain New Mexico State Office

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U.S. Sen. Tom Udall

U.S. SENATE News:

  • Senators pushed agency to reconsider proposal to merge New Mexico and Arizona offices

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich announced Friday that the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has heeded their call to reconsider a proposal to merge the New Mexico and Arizona state offices and will allow the offices to remain separate.

U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich

The senators released the following statement:

“New Mexico’s many unique public lands issues — including our landscape’s strong connection to our state’s history and culture — require Read More