ARLINGTON, Virginia, June 11 -- The U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center issued the following news: As part of its ongoing modernization efforts, the Department of the Air Force chief information officer, in partnership with the Air Force Research Laboratory, is accelerating initiatives to provide Guardians, Airmen, civilian employees, and contractors the ability to responsibly experiment with Generative AI, with adequate safeguards in place. DAF senior leaders are focused on maximizing  more

FORT BELVOIR, Virginia, June 11 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Defense Logistics Agency issued the following news: By Beth Reece The military services are undergoing an intense transformation that requires the Defense Logistics Agency and industry to think, act and operate differently, DLA's director told leaders of 14 industry associations June 6. "Every service, every combatant command, and every regional command is reevaluating themselves - their equipment, warfighting concepts, organ  more

NEWPORT NEWS, Virginia, June 11 -- The Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility Jefferson Lab issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of Energy's Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility is moving forward on a project to gain new insight into the interactions of electrons. The MOLLER experiment will make an extremely precise measurement of the electron's force field to learn about specific and rare interactions with other subatomic particles. On May 28, the experiment  more

WASHINGTON, June 7 -- The Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation issued the following order (MDL No. 3111): * * * In Re: Capital One 360 Savings Account Interest Fee Litigation TRANSFER ORDER Before the Panel: Defendants Capital One, N.A., and Capital One Financial Corporation (together, Capital One) move under 28 U.S.C. Sec. 1407 to centralize this litigation in the Eastern District of Virginia. The litigation consists of six actions pending in five districts, as listed on Schedule A. S  more

WASHINGTON, June 10 (TNSrep) -- The Veterans Affairs Inspector General issued the following oversight report (No. 23-02020-85) on May 2, 2024, entitled "Delays in Community Care Consult Processing and Scheduling at the Martinsburg VA Medical Center in West Virginia." Here are excerpts: * * * Executive Summary The VA Office of Inspector General (OIG) received a hotline complaint in February 2023 alleging that the Martinsburg VA Medical Center in West Virginia was experiencing delays processin  more

BLUEFIELD, West Virginia, June 11 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia issued the following news release on June 10, 2024: Denise R. Allen, 29, of Bluefield, was sentenced today to five years in prison, to be followed by five years of supervised release, for possession with intent to distribute fentanyl and methamphetamine. According to court documents and statements made in court, on August 16, 2023, Allen and another individual were apprehended at a g  more

HUNTINGTON, West Virginia, June 11 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia issued the following news release on June 10, 2024: Kenard Jerlonnie Moore, also known as "Lonnie," 41, of Huntington, was sentenced today to four years and nine months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, for distribution of a quantity of a mixture and substance containing methamphetamine. According to court documents and statements made in court, on Sept  more

BLUEFIELD, West Virginia, June 11 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia issued the following news release on June 10, 2024: Keith Deshon Adams, 39, of Statesville, North Carolina, pleaded guilty today to possession with intent to distribute 5 grams or more of methamphetamine and a quantity of fentanyl. According to court documents and statements made in court, on September 7, 2022, law enforcement officers conducted a traffic stop of a vehicle in which A  more