Wednesday - October 23, 2024
News Tipoffs - Nevada Editors Newsletter for Friday October 18, 2024 ( 9 items )  

Biden-Harris Administration Takes Major Steps to Accelerate Clean Energy Geothermal Development on Public Lands
WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior issued the following news release: The Department of the Interior today announced significant strides in expanding geothermal energy on public lands, an abundant clean energy resource with tremendous potential to help the country meet the Biden-Harris administration's goal of a carbon pollution-free power sector by 2035. The Department announced that the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has approved the Fervo Cape Geothermal Power Proj  more

Biden-Harris Administration takes major steps to accelerate clean energy geothermal development on public lands
WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management issued the following news release: The Department of the Interior today announced significant strides in expanding geothermal energy on public lands, an abundant clean energy resource with tremendous potential to help the country meet the Biden-Harris administration's goal of a carbon pollution-free power sector by 2035. The Department announced that the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has approved the Fervo   more

BLS - Western Region Issues Report Entitled 'Women's Earnings in Nevada - 2023'
SAN FRANCISCO, California, Oct. 18 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report on Oct. 17, 2024, entitled "Women's Earnings in Nevada - 2023": * * * In 2023, Nevada women who were full-time wage and salary workers had median usual weekly earnings of $912, significantly below the $1,069 median usual weekly earnings of their male counterparts, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional C  more

CFPB Sues Student Lender Climb Credit and Investment Firm 1/0 for Deceiving Borrowers About Coding Bootcamps and Vocational Programs
WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 -- The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued the following news release: Today, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) sued student lender Climb Credit, and its largest shareholder 1/0 ("one zero"), for inducing students to take out loans by misrepresenting the quality of the training programs at their partner schools and making false claims about graduates' hiring rates and salaries. The lawsuit alleges Climb Credit and 1/0 claimed to have vetted its partners  more

National Nuclear Security Administration Expands Minority Serving Institution Partnership Program to Strengthen Workforce Capacity and Opportunities
WASHINGTON, Oct. 18 -- The U.S. Department of Energy National Nuclear Security Administration issued the following news: * * * Seven collaborative projects are selected under the Consortia Grant Program * * * The Minority Serving Institution Partnership Program (MSIPP) of the U.S. Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration (DOE/NNSA) has awarded seven federal grants to Minority Serving Institutions in response to Notice of Funding Opportunity DE-FOA-0003285, entitled "Co  more

Optimizing decision advantage through human-machine team experimentation
JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, Oct. 17 -- The U.S. Air Force Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland (16th Air Force) issued the following news: The Department of the Air Force's Advanced Battle Management System Cross-Functional Team hosted the first software sprint experiment to examine software solutions for enhanced command and control in conjunction with the Shadow Operations Center-Nellis at the Howard Hughes Operations, or H2O, facility in Las Vegas, Nevada, from Sept. 9 to 13.   more

Optimizing Decision Advantage Through Human-Machine Team Experimentation
ROBINS AFB, Georgia, Oct. 17 -- The U.S. Air Force Reserve Command issued the following news: By 505th Command and Control Wing Public Affairs, 805th Combat Training Squadron NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. -- The Department of the Air Force's Advanced Battle Management System Cross-Functional Team hosted the first software sprint experiment to examine software solutions for enhanced command and control in conjunction with the Shadow Operations Center - Nellis, at the Howard Hughes Operations, or   more

REACH Initiative Reports on Engagement with Underserved Communities
WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release: Commissioner Kalpana Kotagal, EEOC San Francisco District Director Nancy Sienko, EEOC San Francisco Deputy Director Christopher Green, and local advocates at the REACH listening session in San Francisco. (Photo: EEOC) The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission held 23 REACH Initiative events in fiscal year 2024 with workers and advocates across the country, the agency announced today. Th  more

Utah A.G. Reyes Opposes Unlawful Behavior in Protest Demonstrations
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Oct. 18 -- Utah Attorney General Sean D. Reyes issued the following news on Oct. 17, 2024: Attorney General Sean D. Reyes joined a bipartisan letter to Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel, encouraging Michigan's top cop to "stand strong" against pressure to drop charges against people who were "involved in allegedly unlawful activities during anti-Israel protests at the University of Michigan" in spring 2024. Earlier this spring, dozens of protesters formed an encampmen  more