WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release: FEMA personnel are conducting home inspections in areas affected by Tropical Storm Helene to help determine whether the residences are safe, sanitary and livable. FEMA will not conduct a home inspection at any home where occupants have not applied for assistance. However, due to the volume of registrations, FEMA is working with the Tennessee Emergency Managem  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, Oct. 24 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Southeast Regional Information Office issued the following report on Oct. 22, 2024, entitled "Tennessee Job Openings and Labor Turnover - August 2024": * * * Tennessee had 167,000 job openings in August 2024, compared to 166,000 openings in July, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (See table 1.) Regional Commissioner Victoria G. Lee noted that the job openings rate in Tennessee wa  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release: If you lost your job or had work hours reduced or interrupted as a result of Tropical Storm Helene, you may be eligible for Disaster Unemployment Assistance from the State of Tennessee. You can apply for disaster unemployment benefits if you live in, work in or travel to your job through Carter, Cocke, Greene, Hamblen, Hawkins, Johnson, Unicoi or Washington Cou  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation Inspector General's Office of Investigations issued the following investigation report: * * * On September 4, 2024, pursuant to a previously filed information, James T. Markey pleaded guilty in the U.S. Magistrate Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee to knowingly certifying a false record. The information alleges that between April 23, 2022, and June 21, 2022, Markey certified an annual inspection on an Alon A2 Aircoupe aircr  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release: DETROIT Formel D USA, Inc., an automotive quality control company with locations in Michigan, Alabama, Illinois, Tennessee and South Carolina, will pay $80,000 and furnish other relief to settle a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) sex discrimination and retaliation lawsuit, the federal agency announced today. According to the EEOC's lawsuit, a female employee was sexually ha  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Oct. 25 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: ThermoVerse, a startup founded by Shantonio Birch, has taken a step forward with its win in Phase 2 of the Department of Energy's Office of Technology Transitions' American-Made Lab MATCH Prize. Partnering with Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Birch's company is developing thermal energy storage-based transactive energy management systems, a technology with the potenti  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Oct. 25 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Key cards, key fobs and related access devices are designed to give a person access to a restricted area. The permissions on the item are specific to the person and place, such as having a membership to a gym, owning a condo with a secure garage or needing to enter a restricted area at work. Security systems are designed with the intention of granting access to only   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 26 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Oct. 25, 2024: A federal jury convicted a Tennessee business owner yesterday for fraudulently billing federal health care programs approximately $35 million for medically unnecessary injections, which were administered over the course of approximately eight years to a population of opioid-dependent patients. According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, Michael Kestner, 72, of Nashville,   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following news release: NRC Chair Christopher Hanson and Commissioners David Wright, Annie Caputo and Bradley Crowell will host a public meeting Oct. 30 at the agency's Region II office in Atlanta. The meeting is one of a series being held at the agency's regional offices. The Commission will hear from NRC staff about regional activities and from external stakeholders on their interactions with the agency. The Commission has i  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 25 -- The Naval Sea Systems Command issued the following news: Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) hosted its Collegiate Cyber Resiliency and Measurement Innovation Challenge. The competition encourages students to develop advanced algorithms and models to enhance naval systems' cyber defense capabilities. Eleven teams from colleges and universities across the nation competed in the challenge, aiming to address real-world cybersecurity problems faced by the  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Oct. 24 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management issued the following news: The Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) and its contractors are seeking new and innovative methods to tackle the challenges involved with addressing aging, contaminated structures that date back to the Manhattan Project and Cold War. A project underway will provide the space necessary to test promising technologies aimed at advancing complex c  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Oct. 21 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Plants the world over are absorbing about 31% more carbon dioxide than previously thought, according to a new assessment developed by scientists. The research, detailed in the journal Nature, is expected to improve Earth system simulations that scientists use to predict the future climate, and spotlights the importance of natural carbon sequestration for greenhouse g  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Oct. 23 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Nuclear fission when the nucleus of an atom splits in two, releasing energy may seem like a process that is fully understood. First discovered in 1939 and thoroughly studied ever since, fission is a constant factor in modern life, used in everything from nuclear medicine to power-generating nuclear reactors. However, it is a force of nature that still contains myster  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Oct. 21 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Years before becoming a researcher at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Corey Cooke hit a discouraging setback in his pursuit of an advanced degree. A misunderstanding about his research funding led him to leave his doctoral studies after a year. He later switched colleges to resume the effort through Tennessee Technological University in Cook  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Oct. 23 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Two papers led by researchers from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory received "Editor's Choice" awards from the journal Future Generation Computer Systems. ORNL researchers Tom Beck and Daniel Claudino had their respective research papers included on the prestigious, bi-annual list, which was featured in the Fall 2024 issue titled Advances in  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release: FEMA is hiring! Join the team that helps people in need before, during and after disasters. FEMA is seeking liaisons, site inspectors, environmental specialists, geospatial information analysts, media relations specialists and more to help Tennessee residents recover from Tropical Storm Helene. Jobs are available in Knoxville and Nashville, and candidates with   more