Energy Department

Millionaire status is fleeting for thousands of TSP participants

Also in today’s Federal Newscast, the Marine Mammal Commission has its ethics called into question, and GAO is concerned the Navy is trying to impede Congressional…

Federal Newscast

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

Federal Report

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Senate appropriators propose to repeal Hyde, add tens of billions to Defense budget

Congress

Energy Department

Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s supercomputer #1 on the Top 500 list

Technology

In this undated image provided by Climeworks AG shows a geothermal power plant near Reykjavik, Iceland. The Iceland plant, called Orca, is the largest such facility in the world, capturing about 4,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide per year. (Arni Saeberg/Climeworks AG via AP)

Yet another avenue for trying to make federal buildings go green

Green Buildings

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DoD prioritizes sustainability projects to mitigate climate change impact

Defense

(Photo courtesy of the General Services Administration)

The new DHS headquarters, which GSA is managing, includes green roofs, and other green buildings features.
green roofs, green buildings, St Elizabeths, GSA

Federal Sustainability Plan ‘rebuilding’ momentum on green government goals

Facilities/Construction

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

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

Agency Oversight

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

Teri Donaldson has been inspector general of the Energy Department since 2019.

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

Solar panels have a life cycle. The billions of panels covering roofs and once-pristine landscapes and maybe even your office building will all need to…

Green Buildings

telework, work from home, home office, federal employees

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

Federal Report

According to news reports many people have, or will, quit their jobs if forced to return to an office. But does that group include feds, especially those vested in their retirement system?