Energy Department

DoD prioritizes sustainability projects to mitigate climate change impact

The Defense Department is seeing the Biden administration’s green-government goals as an opportunity to improve resilience around critical resources…

Defense

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The new DHS headquarters, which GSA is managing, includes green roofs, and other green buildings features.
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Federal Sustainability Plan ‘rebuilding’ momentum on green government goals

Facilities/Construction

DOE

Pete McGrail, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Energy Department

Energy explores new way to harvest precious metals to help U.S. reserves

Workforce

FILE - A sign at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation is posted near Richland, Wash., on Aug. 14, 2019. Workers at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation have started the first large-scale treatment of radioactive and chemical wastes from large underground storage tanks, a key milestone in cleaning up the site. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)

Energy Department nuclear waste backlog goes as far back as WWII

Agency Oversight

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Agencies saved about half a trillion dollars via GAO recommendations over a decade

Agency Oversight

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Energy Department Building, Washington, D.C.

Is Energy’s decision not to name a political appointee to oversee cyber a mistake?

Reporter's Notebook

Department of Energy Inspector General Teri Donaldson

Search for Accountability

FILE - In this Thursday, Aug. 9, 2012 file photo, sunlight reflects off solar panels on the roof of the older part of the Alabama Power building in Birmingham, Ala. The fees imposed by the Alabama Power company on customers who generate their own electricity with rooftop or on-site solar panels are now the subject of a federal lawsuit against the state's regulators. Environmental groups argue that punishing fees are purposely discouraging the adoption of solar power in the sun-rich state. (Bernard Troncale/The Birmingham News via AP)

Energy Department issues plan to safely and affordably replace old solar panels

Green Buildings

telework, work from home, home office, federal employees

Back to the office: When, where, and mostly, why?

Federal Report

Data centers pose prime opportunity to cut federal electricity consumption

Big Data

FILE - In this Feb. 25, 2015 file photo, the Homeland Security Department headquarters in northwest Washington. President Joe Biden has selected two former senior National Security Agency officials for key cyber roles in his administration. Chris Inglis, a former NSA deputy director, is being nominated as the government's first national cyber director. Jen Easterly, a former deputy for counterterrorism at the NSA, has been tapped to run the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency at the Department of Homeland Security. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

White House 2023 budget request prioritizes more staff for CISA, funding for zero trust security measures

Cybersecurity

Energy Department widens the hunt for novel energy technologies

The Advanced Research Projects Agency Energy launched a $175 million grant program for everything from wind to fusion.

Technology

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Energy Department looks to build cyber threat detection platform for electric grid

The agency is continuing to work on ways to boost the security of the electric grid after kicking off a largescale initiative last year.

Cybersecurity

Alejandro Mayorkas, Jennifer Granholm

Lawmakers have questions for Energy Secretary about stocks she sold

Federal Newscast

In today’s Federal Newscast, House Republicans are pressing Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm on how she is abiding by the STOCK Act.

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