The head of the Department of Energy’s Office of Small Disadvantaged Business Utilization appointed by former President Joe Biden has departed the post.
“Today marks my last day at the Dept of Energy as director,” Ron Pierce, announced on his LinkedIn page Jan. 16.
“It was an honor to be appointed and serve in the Biden Administration and under the leadership of Sec [Jennifer]Granholm. Thank you for the support and professionalism of my amazing staff,” Pierce said.
Pierce, who retired as a major from the U.S. Army and has worked on veterans issues for the Democratic National Committee and is also the older brother of television and stage actor Wendell Pierce.
With the transition in Washington, D.C., Jamala Peyton, deputy director of the DOE office for small and disadvantaged business, has stepped into the top job. According to her bio, Peyton is a longtime fed with more than 26 years of procurement experience.
NEW: Via public records request, I’ve been able to confirm reporting today that a warrant has been issued for DOE deputy asst. secretary of spent fuel and waste disposition Sam Brinton for another luggage theft, this time at Las Vegas’s Harry Reid airport. (cc: @EMPublications)
DOE spent fuel lead Brinton accused of second luggage theft.
by @BenjaminSWeiss, confirming today's reports with warrant from Las Vegas Metro PD.
Waste has been Emplaced! 🚮
We have finally begun emplacing defense-related transuranic (TRU) waste in Panel 8 of #WIPP.
Read more about the waste emplacement here: https://wipp.energy.gov/wipp_news_20221123-2.asp
Editorial: Sam Brinton’s credibility is now an issue 🔓