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Major themes of growing partnerships and continued progress came into focus during a visit to Oak Ridge by U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management (EM) Senior Advisor Candice Robertson — her first trip to the site since becoming head of the cleanup program in June.

In her first visit to a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Environmental Management (EM) cleanup site since being named head of the cleanup program in June, Senior Advisor Candice Robertson recently traveled to Los Alamos to meet with local community leaders and the EM workforce to get a firsthand look at sustained progress underway.

U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Environmental Management (EM) leaders participated in a U.S. House Nuclear Cleanup Caucus event last week focused on how best to manage, deploy and use digital tools in the EM program to accelerate cleanup and strengthen worker safety.

Greg Sosson, associate principal deputy assistant secretary for field operations of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Environmental Management (EM), recently visited the West Valley Demonstration Project (WVDP) to observe nuclear cleanup efforts and meet with federal and contractor employees.

The 2nd Early-Career Professionals Session is being held during the annual National Cleanup Workshop with a goal of training and retaining its newest workforce members.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and its contractors are working hard to foster science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) focused jobs in Northern New Mexico, DOE Office of Environmental Management (EM) and industry representatives said here recently.

U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Environmental Management (EM) Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Jeff Avery recently visited North Augusta, S.C. to provide the keynote address for the Energy, Technology & Environmental Business Association’s (ETEBA) Savannah River Federal Business Opportunities Forum.

U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm is scheduled to deliver an in-person keynote address.

Following President Joe Biden's nomination of William “Ike” White to serve on the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board (DNFSB), the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has selected Candice Robertson to lead the Office of Environmental Management (EM) as it continues to advance its critical cleanup mission.

U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management leaders met last week with representatives from the Alliance for Nuclear Accountability, a national network of 34 organizations from communities across the nuclear weapons complex, to address cleanup issues.