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Judge unblocks deferred retirement ‘fork,’ OPM closes program
On the same day a federal district judge in Massachusetts lifted his earlier restraining  order against the Donald Trump administration’s deferred retirement program for government workers, the Office of Personnel Management closed out the program. “The Deferred Resignation Program is now closed,” according to a notice Wednesday on the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) website. “Any resignations received after 7:20pmET, February 12, 2025 will not be accepted.” The New York Times and other media outlets reported  that 75,000 of around 2 million federal employees eligible for the “fork in the road” buyouts, had agreed to leave the government early for the promise of being paid through Sept. 30. The government…		 Upcoming Events

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UCS questions ‘rush’ to Los Alamos pit production
A representative from the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) Tuesday said government  urgency for plutonium pit production at the Department of Energy’s Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico is “unnecessary” —and increases risk to workers. Dylan Spaulding, a senior…
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DOE manager updates contractor, infrastructure issues at Hanford
A new Department of Energy prime contractor for liquid waste should take over Feb. 23 at Hanford Site in Washington state, the DOE manager for the nuclear cleanup property said Wednesday. The transition to BWX Technologies-led Hanford Tank Waste Operations…
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Feds head to appeals court in challenge to Yankee spent fuel cost award
The U.S. government is appealing a Court of Federal Claims ruling that it should pay a combined $145 million to the operators of a trio of retired nuclear power plants in New England for the Department of Energy’s failure to…
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Livermore director says office closed due to executive order ending DEI
Kim Budil, director of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California, said Wednesday the lab closed an office due to President Donald Trump’s executive order ending “diversity, equity, and inclusion” programs in the federal government. “We did have an office that…
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