Budget & Policy

Rep. Newhouse Calls for Responsible Cleanup Funding Level in FY16 Budget

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Staff Reports
WC Monitor
1/23/2015
New Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-Wash.) asked President Barack Obama this week to include a responsible level of funding for Department of Energy environmental management work in his budget request to Congress for Fiscal Year 2016.…

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DNFSB to Hold Meeting On WIPP Incidents in Carlsbad This Spring

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White House Set to Renominate Regalbuto to Head DOE Cleanup Program

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Ports. D&D Contractor Faces New Cost Controls That Could Impact Fee

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WRPS Earns 83 Percent of Award Fee for FY 2014

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EM Official Thomas Johnson to Hold New Post at DOE Savannah River Office

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DOE Seeking Best-and-Final Offers from Hanford 222-S Lab Contract Bidders

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NNSA Highly Critical of LANS in FY 2014 Performance Review

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SRNS Earns 86 Percent of Available Award Fee for FY’14

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DOE Issues Updated Draft RFP for Idaho NRC-Licensed Facilities Contract

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WAI Receives Six-Month TWPC Contract Extension Into July

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Savannah River Moving Closer to Potentially Processing German Fuel

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UCOR Taking Steps After DOE Review Finds Systems Engineering Program Issues

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Wash. State Concerned DOE May Look to Slow Down Work at WTP

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Waste Processing Change Identified in WIPP Investigation

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U.K. Cleanup Focus

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On WIPP

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At River Protection

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At Oak Ridge

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