COMMUNITY REUSE ORGANIZATION
DOE Awards a Non-Competitive Financial Assistance Renewal Grant to Savannah River Site Community Reuse Organization (SRSCRO)
DOE-EM | 4/27/21
On April 27, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) awarded a non-competitive financial assistance renewal grant (DE-EM0005227) to the Savannah River Site Community Reuse Organization (SRSCRO), a non-profit agency. Under the grant, titled “Workforce Opportunities in Regional Careers I (WORC I)”, the SRSCRO will continue to ensure that local citizens in the Savannah River Site (SRS) two-state region have
opportunities to develop skills needed for careers relevant to the DOE Office of Environmental Management and National Nuclear Security Administration missions, particularly those at the SRS. The total estimated value of the grant is $5,000,000 for five budget periods.
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NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT
Biden budget delay pushes back annual defense policy bill
The Hill | 4/29/2021
The Senate Armed Services Committee is delaying consideration of its annual defense policy bill because of “uncertainty” over when President Biden will submit his full budget request to Congress, the committee’s chairman said Thursday.
“Because of the uncertainty of the timing of the president's budget submission, the committee has made a difficult decision to delay the markup of the NDAA until July,” committee Chairman Jack Reed (D-R.I.) said at the top of an unrelated hearing Thursday, referring to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).
The panel typically takes up the bill, which is considered a must-pass, in May, though there are sometimes delays. Last year, for example, the committee did not consider the bill until June amid COVID-19 pandemic-related delays.
Instead of working on the defense bill in May, Reed said, the committee will now focus on confirmation hearings. The panel has 23 pending nominations to consider, he said.
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