PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Sept. 23 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory issued the following news: A full-scale exercise conducted at NETL's research campus in Morgantown, West Virginia, tested emergency preparedness and identified areas for improvement to save lives and prevent injuries in the event of an actual workplace violence incident. Morgantown police and the department's Special Response Team (SRT) recently responded to the campus for a sim  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 -- The Federal Communications Commission's Wireline Competition Bureau issued the following public notice (WC Docket No. 23-317) on Sept. 21, 2023: * * * Re: Network Change Certification Received Verizon Pennsylvania LLC (Verizon), an incumbent local exchange carrier (LEC), has filed certification that public notice of network change(s) has been provided through its publicly accessible Internet site, as required by section 51.329(a)(2) of the rules of the Federal Communic  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Sept. 23 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release: FEMA Region 3 is urging Virginia, Delaware and Maryland residents in the path of Potential Tropical Cyclone 16 to remain vigilant and listen to local officials as this storm develops in the Atlantic Ocean. The National Hurricane Center (NHC) forecasts tropical storm conditions including heavy rainfall, strong winds, flooding, and storm surge  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Sept. 23 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland, Erek L. Barron, issued the following news release on Sept. 22, 2023: A federal grand jury has returned an indictment of Dinara Sosa, age 35, of Reisterstown, Maryland, and Elza Lipartiya, age 27, of Landsdale, Pennsylvania, for wire fraud, and conspiracy to commit wire fraud relating to the submission of fraudulent claims for the Paycheck Protection Program ("PPP") and Economic Injury Disaster Loan ("EIDL") benefit  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Sept. 23 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service issued the following news release: Longtime National Park Service leader Jennifer Flynn has been named as the new superintendent of Cape Cod National Seashore in Wellfleet, Massachusetts. She will begin her new position in mid-November. "Jennifer brings a wealth of National Park Service experience with a deep commitment to community engagement, resource protection and employee development," Nort  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Sept. 23 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory issued the following news: With NETL support, through the Lab's University Training and Research program, researchers at the University of California, Riverside used advanced computing models that harness machine learning to efficiently reduce impingement in boilers - an innovation that can ensure longer and more efficient service life for power plants and even potentially extend  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following event notification (No. 56753) involving Peach Bottom Nuclear Plant, Pennsylvania: * * * Facility: Peach Bottom Region: 1 State: PA Unit: [2] [3] [] RX Type: [2] GE-4,[3] GE-4 NRC Notified By: Mike Hoffmaster HQ OPS Officer: Michael Bloodgood Notification Date: 09/21/2023 Notification Time: 10:31 [ET] Event Date: 09/20/2023 Event Time: 15:15 [EDT] Last Update Date: 09/21/2023 Emergency Class: Non Emergen  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 -- The U.S. Department of Education issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights (OCR) resolved today a disability harassment investigation of the Allegheny Valley School District in Pennsylvania. OCR determined that the district subjected a student with a disability to harassment so pervasive that it constituted a hostile environment and that the district failed to take necessary steps to protect the student, end the harass  more