DALLAS, Texas, June 23 -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Southwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on June 22, 2021, entitled "County Employment and Wages in New Mexico - Fourth Quarter 2020": Employment fell 8.5 percent in Bernalillo, New Mexico's only large county, from December 2019 to December 2020, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (Large counties are those with annual average employment levels of 75,000 or more in 2019  more

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- The U.S. Department of Energy issued the following news on June 24, 2021: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced over $30 million in federal funding, matched by over $35 million in private sector funds, for 68 projects that will accelerate the commercialization of promising energy technologies--ranging from clean energy and advanced manufacturing, to building efficiency and next-generation materials. These awards will help deploy innovative solutions from DOE  more

WASHINGTON, June 22 -- The Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board issued the text of the following letter: * * * June 15, 2021 The Honorable Jennifer Granholm Secretary of Energy, US Department of Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW Washington, DC 20585-1000 Dear Secretary Granholm: The weapon response development process is integral to the safety of nuclear explosives operations at defense nuclear facilities. In 2019 and 2020, the Board evaluated the weapon response technical basis at S  more