WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 -- The Defense Contract Management Agency issued the following news: By Tonya Johnson, DCMA Central Region Public Affairs GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas - Defense Contract Management Agency South recently held its first supervisor summit. The summit was held July 23-25 here. Army Col. Ryan Ocampo, DCMA South commander, hosted the summit, which brought together approximately 50 employees from multiple states. "We executed our very first DCMA South supervisor summit, which went well,  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Sept. 20 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management issued the following news on Sept. 17, 2024: Crews at Oak Ridge recently achieved a U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management 2024 priority by initiating demolition on a facility in the Manhattan Project-era Alpha-2 complex at the Y-12 National Security Complex (https://www.energy.gov/orem/y-12-national-security-complex). The Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Manage  more

PIERRE, South Dakota, Sept. 20 -- Gov. Kristi Noem, R-South Dakota, issued the following news release: Governor Kristi Noem is one of the founding members of the Governor's Coalition for Energy Choice (Coalition). The Coalition will help state leaders formulate smart energy policies that will benefit working families, businesses, and our communities. "We believe in an all-of-the-above approach to unleash American energy and drive down costs for families across our great country," said Governor  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, Sept. 20 -- Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird issued the following news release on Sept. 19, 2024: Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird today filed two briefs opposing settlement agreements that abuse the system and take advantage of the harmed Americans that the lawsuits were supposed to support. Google Settlement The Google settlement resolves a class-action lawsuit by Americans who were tracked by the search engine despite their wishes. Of the $62 million, $42.6 million will  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Sept. 19 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: A study led by the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory details how artificial intelligence researchers created an AI model to help identify new alloys used as shielding for housing fusion applications components in a nuclear fusion reactor. The findings mark a major step towards improving nuclear fusion facilities. This project began several years   more

MADISON, Wisconsin, Sept. 20 -- Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul issued the following news release: In a letter to Congress, Attorney General Josh Kaul and 41 other attorneys general called on lawmakers to pass legislation requiring a U.S. surgeon general warning on all algorithm-driven social media platforms. The letter comes amidst growing scrutiny of social media companies for their role in generational harm to young people's mental health. "Raising awareness about the harmful impact th  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Sept. 20 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Y-12 National Security Complex issued the following news release: * * * Y-12 employees have designated $1.4 million for organizations since fund's inception * * * Twenty-five East Tennessee nonprofits received a total of $180,000 from the Consolidated Nuclear Security (CNS) Community Investment Fund at a ceremony on Sept. 17. In 2015, CNS worked with the East Tennessee Foundation (ETF) to create an innovative and effective me  more