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Sen. Udall On Official Reopening Of WIPP

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From the Office of U.S. Sen. Tom Udall:

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Sen. Tom Udall offered his congratulations and ongoing support for workers, the Department of Energy and the nation’s important nuclear waste cleanup mission as Carlsbad’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) was officially reopened for waste storage.

“Today’s official reopening of WIPP is a tremendous accomplishment for the employees and members of the Carlsbad community, who play a vitally important role in our nation’s security and nuclear cleanup effort. I know that many people worked long hours and extra shifts in Read More

Udall Joins Senators In Authoring Bill To Require Trump And Future Presidential Nominees To Release Tax Returns

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U.S. Sen. Tom Udall
 
U.S. SENATE News:
 
WASHINGTON, D.C. ― U.S. Sen. Tom Udall (D-N.M.) announced that he has co-sponsored a bill authored by Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) that will require President-elect Trump to release his recent tax returns in order to provide the public with more transparency on matters related to the President-elect’s actions, values and foreign business dealings.
 
“President-elect Trump has defied decades of bipartisan tradition in refusing to release his tax returns. New Mexicans and folks throughout the nation
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New Mexico: 50,683 Residents Have Signed Up For Coverage Through HealthCare.gov

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CMS News:
 
In New Mexico, 50,683 residents have signed up for coverage through healthcare.gov since open enrollment began Nov. 1. 
 
Nationwide 8.8 million Americans have signed up for coverage compared to about 8.6 million plan selections last year at this time. Total plan selections as of Dec. 31, which include auto reenrollments, consist of 2.2 million new consumers and 6.6 million returning consumers. Among returning consumers, two thirds, or 4.4 million, actively selected a plan, an increase from last year’s already high levels of consumer engagement.
 
“With
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USPS: Staples To Stop Offering Postal Services

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USPS News:
 
WASHINGTON, D.C. ― The U.S. Postal Service has announced in a letter to the American Postal Workers Union, AFL-CIO that the deal between the U.S. Postal Service and Staples has ended.
 
Staples will be removing all signage and will discontinue postal services at the national retailer’s roughly 500 U.S. locations that handle postal services by the first week of March 2017. In response, APWU is calling off the boycott of Staples effective immediately and will notify its many supporters and allies.
 
This is a big win for the public as well as the 200,000
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Heinrich On Public Lands Transfer Rule Change

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U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich
 
SENATE News:
 
WASHINGTON, D.C. ― U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, released the following statement on the passage of the U.S. House of Representatives’ Rules Package, which included a rule change that will make it easier for Congress to give away public lands:
 
“House Republicans slipped a provision into their new rules to make it easier to give away our public lands–for free. This fiscally irresponsible move would rob the American people of the
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Udall, Heinrich Praise Enactment Of American Innovation And Competitiveness Act

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U.S. SENATE News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich praised the enactment of S. 3084, the American Innovation and Competitiveness Act (AICA), a major science bill that includes a number of significant provisions Udall and Heinrich championed to help boost New Mexico’s economy.

The bill, which passed both houses of Congress last month and was signed into law by President Obama today, contains measures to boost technology transfer initiatives, strengthen and grow manufacturing, and encourage private-sector innovation. 

The legislation, an update of Read More

LANL Boosts Performance Grade To Very Good

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The Los Alamos National Laboratory complex at dawn with a backdrop of the Jemez Mountain range. Courtesy/LANS

 
By ROGER SNODGRASS
Los Alamos Daily Post

While improvement arrives too late to make up for inadequate performance evaluations of the last two years, the National Nuclear Security Administration scored Los Alamos National Laboratory higher on the whole this year, with six out of six ratings of “good” or better.

The lowest marks came in the highest weighted category, which was operations and infrastructure. The previous year’s low-mark of 49 (out of 100) percent in operations Read More

Heinrich Questions Intelligence Officials On Russian Hacking Of U.S. Election

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U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich questions senior intelligence officials on foreign cyber threats. ScreenShot/LADP

From the Office of U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich

WASHINGTON, D.C. – During a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing today, U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) questioned senior intelligence officials about cybersecurity threats, including Russia’s hacking of the U.S. presidential election.

The committee received testimony from Director Of National Intelligence James R. Clapper, Jr.; Under Secretary Of Defense For Intelligence Marcel J. Lettre II and Admiral Michael

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WIPP: Jeff Carswell New CBFO Deputy Manager

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Jeffrey M. Carswell
 
WIPP News:
 
Jeffrey M. Carswell has been selected as Deputy Manager, Carlsbad Field Office (CBFO) and also appointed to the Senior Executive Service. Carswell has been at CBFO since February 2015 as the Senior Technical Safety Manager.
 
He recently led a nuclear safety team to develop the upgraded Documented Safety Analysis (DSA) and Technical Safety Requirements (TSR) outlining the new safety parameters for operations at WIPP.  He is also the Acting National Transuranic (TRU) Program Recovery Manager, working across the DOE complex to implement
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NMED To Ensure Safe Reopening At WIPP

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NMED News:

SANTA FE – Today the New Mexico Environment Department acknowledged their role in ensuring a safe reopening of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) in Carlsbad, while recognizing the first emplacement of transuranic waste into the underground repository. 

Following a fire and separate radiological event that closed the facility in February 2014, the New Mexico Environment Department began a comprehensive investigation, and led efforts to hold the DOE accountable. Today’s waste emplacement marks the first waste to be disposed of in the WIPP Read More

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