WASHINGTON, July 18 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news release: The Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Industrial Base Policy, through its Manufacturing Capability Expansion and Investment Prioritization office, entered an agreement with Graphite One (Alaska) to secure a reliable, sustainable supply of graphite materials within the U.S. to be used in the production of large-capacity batteries. The $37.5 million agreement, entered into under Defense Produc  more

ARGONNE, Illinois, July 21 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory issued the following news release: * * * Pumped storage hydropower stores energy to provide constant power during intermittent weather in Alaska * * * Alaska is warming faster than any other state. Pumped storage hydropower has the potential to integrate more wind and solar into the energy grid to reduce the carbon dioxide emissions driving climate change in the state. From rapidly melting gla  more

WASHINGTON, July 19 -- The General Services Administration issued the following news release on July 18, 2023: Eight airlines received fiscal year 2024 General Services Administration (GSA) contracts today for airline passenger transportation of federal government travelers through the agency's City Pair Program. Overall, the program is estimated to support about $2.4 billion in taxpayer savings for FY24 related to federal workers on official travel. For the upcoming fiscal year, which begins   more

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, July 18 (TNSper) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service issued the following news release: The National Park Service has selected long-time NPS employee Jeff Rasic as the Alaska Region Science Advisor and lead for the Cooperative Ecosystems Study Unit (CESU) for Alaska. Jeff comes to the position from Gates of the Arctic National Park and Yukon-Charley Rivers Preserve (YUGA) where he has served as the Chief of Integrated Resources Management since 2013  more