ATLANTA, Georgia, Feb. 23 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Southeast Regional Information Office issued the following report on Feb. 22, 2023, titled "Fatal Occupational Injuries in Tennessee - 2021": Fatal work injuries totaled 132 in 2021 for Tennessee, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Victoria G. Lee noted that the number of work-related fatalities in Tennessee was down from the previous year. (See chart 1.) Fata  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 23 -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued the following news release on Feb. 22, 2023: CFTC Commissioner Summer K. Mersinger, sponsor of the Energy and Environmental Markets Advisory Committee (EEMAC), today released the agenda for its public meeting on Tuesday, February 28 from 9:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. (CT) in Nashville, Tennessee at the Nashville Public Library. Members of the public may also attend the meeting virtually and in person, if space permits. See the deta  more

CINCINNATI, Ohio, Feb. 23 -- The Department of Energy's Office of Environmental Management issued the following news release on Feb. 23, 2023: The Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Environmental Management (EM) awarded a Task Order to Professional Project Services, Inc of Oak Ridge, Tennessee for the new Technical Support Services Contract (TSSC), to be performed at the Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) site in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. This Task Order will have a maximum valu  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Feb. 25 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on Feb. 24, 2023: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced over $33,705,000 to Tennessee from President Biden's Bipartisan Infrastructure through this year's Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF). The funding will support Tennessee communities in upgrading essential water, wastewater, and stormwater infrastructure that protects public health and treasured water bodies. Nearl  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 24 -- The Federal Communications Commission's Wireline Competition Bureau issued the following public notice (WC Docket No. 23-67) on Feb. 23, 2023: * * * Re: Copper Retirement Network Change Certification Received BellSouth Telecommunications, LLC d/b/a AT&T Tennessee (AT&T), an incumbent local exchange carrier (LEC), has filed certification that public notice of network change(s) involving the retirement of copper has been provided through its publicly accessible Internet s  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Feb. 21 (TNSrpt) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education issued the following news release: ORISE prepared the 2021 DOE Occupational Radiation Exposure Report that was released to the public in January 2023. The document presents the results of analyses of occupational radiation exposures at DOE National Nuclear Security Administration facilities during 2021, including occupational radiation exposure information for DOE employees, c  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Feb. 23 (TNSjou) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Warming a crystal of the mineral fresnoite, Oak Ridge National Laboratory scientists discovered that excitations called phasons carried heat three times farther and faster than phonons, the excitations that usually carry heat through a material. "Neutrons were ideal for exploring these sources of heat transport because they interact with both phasons and ph  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Feb. 23 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release on Feb. 23, 2023: The Spallation Neutron Source at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory set a world record when its linear accelerator reached an operating power of 1.55 megawatts, which improves on the facility's original design capability. The accelerator's higher power provides more neutrons for researchers who use the facility to study and imp  more

CINCINNATI, Ohio, Feb. 24 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management issued the following news release on Feb. 23, 2023: The Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Environmental Management (EM) awarded a Task Order to Professional Project Services, Inc of Oak Ridge, Tennessee for the new Technical Support Services Contract (TSSC), to be performed at the Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) site in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. This Task Order will have  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Feb. 23 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee issued the following news release on Feb. 22, 2023: United States Attorney Henry C. Leventis announced that the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Tennessee has implemented the new United States Attorney's Offices' Voluntary Self-Disclosure Policy released earlier today. The policy, which is effective immediately, details the circumstances under which a company will be considered  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 22 -- The U.S. Department of the Treasury issued the following news release on Feb. 21, 2023: The U.S. Department of the Treasury announced the approval of high-speed internet projects in three additional states under the American Rescue Plan's Capital Projects Fund in President Biden's American Rescue Plan: Arizona, Tennessee, and Wyoming. Together, these states will use their funding to connect nearly 190,000 homes and businesses to affordable, high-speed internet. A key prio  more