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LIVERMORE — Sometimes, you can go home again.
For U.S. Navy veteran Mathew St. Denis and his wife, Leah, that moment came Friday when their family was officially presented with a newly refurbished home in Livermore from Habitat for Humanity East Bay/Silicon Valley.
Both Mathew — who served in the Navy until 2007 — and Leah grew up in Livermore, but the rising cost of housing had forced them to rent a home in Tracy. Soon, rather than making the long commute every day, Mathew will be able to ride his bike to his job at a local cable company.
Responding to the disastrous rollout of HealthCare.gov, a bipartisan group of House members on Wednesday proposed reforms to the way the government buys information technology.
Five lawmakers introduced the Reforming Federal Procurement of Information Technology (RFP-IT) Act, which they said would make it easier for small businesses to get their foot in the door and provide new oversight for major products.
East Bay congressman Eric Swalwell (D - Dublin) has announced BART will get a $17.4 million grant from the Department of Homeland Security to protect the Transbay Tube against terrorism.
The money will be used to secure the tube that connects the East Bay and San Francisco.
Swalwell is a member of a Homeland Security subcommittee
It took Earth millions of years to deposit "rare earths" into isolated batches, and it took a century after their discovery for scientists to figure out what to do with them besides make lantern wicks burn brighter. They became the building blocks of this age of technology - integral to every smartphone, automobile and computer, and they're behind staggering advances in medicine, energy production and weaponry. It took China a decade to corner the world market in these 17 peculiar metals, and years for the U.S.
H.R. 1671, a bill introduced by U.S. Representative Eric Swalwell to name the U.S. Post Office in Dublin as the "James ‘Jim' Kohnen Post Office" passed the House of Representatives today by a vote of 398-0.
Swalwell introduced the legislation to honor the life of Tri-Valley public servant and 30-year Army veteran Dr. Jim Kohnen. Dr. Kohnen passed away on May 29, 2012.
Silicon Valley's technology expertise may offer a viable-and close to home-solution for possible security weaknesses at San Jose Airport, according to Congressman Eric Swalwell who represents the 15th district (which includes most of Alameda County). Now, he's calling for action.
SAN JOSE — A Bay Area congressman on Friday called for tougher security standards and a study of technology that could have spotted a teenager climbing a fence at Mineta San Jose International Airport and stowing away in the wheel well of a Hawaii-bound airliner nearly two weeks ago.
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — California Congressman Eric Swalwell says a teen stowaway who flew to Hawaii in a jet wheel well should never have been able to climb the San Jose International Airport fence undetected.
Swalwell said Friday he's asking the Transportation Security Administration to test perimeter alert systems at several U.S. airports to see if technology can help prevent future breaches.
Yahya Abdi of Santa Clara, California, survived the April 20 trip to Hawaii.