Budget & Policy

White House Wants to Cull Federal Advisory Committees

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The White House wants federal agencies including the Department of Energy to kill off some of their Federal Advisory Committees by September, according to a presidential order published recently.
Federal Advisory Committees are nominally independent, government-chartered…

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House’s First 2020 Spending Bill Heads to Senate on Party Line Vote; Would Cut ICBMs, Plutonium Pits

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DOE Should Better Guard Against Explosions, Fires, at Savannah River Tritium Facility, DNFSB Says

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DOE Still Expects to Meet Savannah River Plutonium Removal Deadline

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Y-12 Prime to Contract for Up to Four Uranium-Melting Furnaces in 2020

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LATA-Atkins Gets Y-12 Waste Subcontract

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NNSA Pledges $5M Over Five Years to Train Future Savannah River Workforce

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House and Senate NDAA Would Require New Reports on Columbia Subs

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Defense Intelligence Agency Says Russia Did Nuclear Yield Test

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