ARNOLD AIR FORCE BASE, Tennessee, Sept. 3 -- The U.S. Air Force issued the following news: By Bradley Hicks Ensuring resources such as utilities, facilities and personnel are available to accommodate high-priority test and maintenance projects is essential to the success of the AEDC mission. In an effort to reduce work impacts and delays due to resource unavailability and conflicts in testing schedules, a new single master schedule was developed by National Aerospace Solutions. It will improv  more

ARNOLD AIR FORCE BASE, Tennessee, Sept. 3 -- The U.S. Air Force issued the following news: By Deidre Ortiz Lt. Col. Jeffrey Burdette assumed his new role as AEDC Test System Sustainment Division Chief at Arnold Air Force Base on Aug. 9. But even as he's getting acquainted with his surroundings, he has a positive outlook and only nice things to say about Arnold. "There's no reason not to love it," Burdette said. "Some of the unique capabilities here are really exciting to be around and to be a  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, Sept. 3 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release: * * * - Female Senior Business Analyst Paid Less Than Male in the Same Position, Federal Agency Charges * * * Bryce Corporation, a family-owned and -operated corporation that offers flexible packaging and prepress solutions, violated federal law by paying a female senior employee less than it paid a male employee who held the same position, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commi  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 -- The U.S. Army issued the following news: By David Vergun An executive order signed last year by President Donald J. Trump has already been especially helpful to transitioning service members, Karin Orvis, the director of the Defense Suicide Prevention Office, said. Orvis spoke at the 2019 VA/DOD Suicide Prevention Conference last week in Nashville, Tennessee. Executive Order 13822, "Supporting Our Veterans During Their Transition From Uniformed Service to Civilian Life  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 3 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Food and Drug Administration issued the following news release: A federal court has ordered two Tennessee-based companies and their owner to stop distributing drugs, dietary supplements and devices until the companies comply with the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic (FD&C) Act and other requirements listed in a consent decree. According to the complaint filed with the consent decree, the defendants unlawfully distributed u  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 3 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: A federal court entered a consent decree of permanent injunction against defendants Basic Reset and Biogenyx, as well as their owner, Fred R. Kaufman III, and Kimberly Kaufman, the Department of Justice announced today. The permanent injunction enjoins the defendants from distributing unapproved new drugs and misbranded and adulterated dietary supplements, and a misbranded and adulterated device in violatio  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Sept. 3 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management issued the following news release: Cleaning up Oak Ridge's East Tennessee Technology Park (ETTP) encompasses more than emptying and demolishing old, contaminated buildings. Another phase involves sampling, and lots of it, for EM teams to identify and remove contaminated slabs and soils. Since 2015, workers have collected more than 10,000 samples at the former uranium enrichment complex  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 3 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following event notification (No. 54252) involving the Watts Bar power reactor in Tennessee: MANUAL TRIP DUE TO LOSS OF STEAM GENERATOR LEVEL CONTROL "While operating at 100 percent power, the Watts Bar Unit 1 reactor was manually tripped at 2055 EDT on August 31, 2019 due to loss of steam generator #2 level control. The trip was not complex. All control and shutdown bank rods inserted properly in response to the manual reacto  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Sept. 5 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Stephen Macklin, protective force group leader at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has been named the DOE Outstanding Security Manager of the Year by Secretary of Energy Rick Perry. Macklin is one of only three individuals and one security team to receive 2018 Outstanding Security Awards. The honors recognize both federal and contractor empl  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Sept. 3 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Scott O. Schwahn, a neutron science facilities health physicist at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has been named fellow of the Health Physics Society. Schwahn, who works in ORNL's Nuclear & Radiological Protection Division, was recognized for "outstanding contributions to the profession of health physics." Of the society's almost 3,500 me  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Sept. 4 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: In collaboration with the Department of Veterans Affairs, a team at Oak Ridge National Laboratory has expanded a VA-developed predictive computing model to identify veterans at risk of suicide and sped it up to run 300 times faster, a gain that could profoundly affect the VA's ability to reach susceptible veterans quickly. The model, called the medication possession  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Sept. 4 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: A team including Oak Ridge National Laboratory and University of Tennessee researchers demonstrated a novel 3D printing approach called Z-pinning that can increase the material's strength and toughness by more than three and a half times compared to conventional additive manufacturing processes. They demonstrated Z-pinning with polylactic acid, or PLA, and carbon fi  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Sept. 4 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Researchers used neutron scattering at Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Spallation Neutron Source to probe the structure of a colorful new material that may pave the way for improved sensors and vivid displays. Most materials, including many biological photonic structures, exhibit structural colors as light moves through long-range periodic arrangements of elements i  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Sept. 4 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory proved that a certain class of ionic liquids, when mixed with commercially available oils, can make gears run more efficiently with less noise and better durability. ORNL's team tested three different oil-soluble ionic liquids on steel under various temperatures, loads and speeds. They found that adding a small percentag  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Sept. 4 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Ask Tyler Gerczak to find a negative in working at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and his only complaint is the summer weather. It is not as forgiving as the summers in Pulaski, Wisconsin, his hometown. But go beyond the August heat, something Gerczak says has grown on him each year, and the materials scientist points to ORNL's roster of s  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, Sept. 4 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, D. Michael Dunavant, issued the following news release: A former loan officer at Trustmark Bank pleaded guilty to a one-count information, which charged him in connection with a fraudulent loan scheme. U.S. Attorney D. Michael Dunavant announced the guilty plea today. According to the information, Robert A. Whartenby, 58, of Memphis, was a loan officer at Trustmark's main Memphis office. Whartenby appeared   more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, Sept. 5 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, D. Michael Dunavant, issued the following news release: Tanner Penwell, 22, pleaded guilty to using unlawful force on an inmate while Penwell was serving as a correctional officer with the Tennessee Department of Corrections. "This type of behavior and violation of an inmate's civil rights will not be tolerated," said Assistant Attorney General Eric Dreiband of the Department of Justice's Civil Rights Divis  more

KNOXVILLE, Tennessee, Sept. 6 -- The Tennessee Valley Authority issued the following news release: The Tennessee Valley Authority has completed a programmatic environmental impact statement to address the potential effects of systemwide vegetation management practices along its rights of way. The final EIS identified TVA's preferred alternative for the actively managed transmission ROW. This alternative provides the best balance between enhancing system reliability and safety, minimizing envir  more

ALCOA, Tennessee, Sept. 4 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Transportation Security Administration issued the following news release: The Transportation Security Administration discovered a loaded firearm at the McGhee Tyson Airport (TYS) checkpoint this morning. At approximately 7:15 a.m., a loaded Smith & Wesson 9mm handgun was detected in a passenger's carry-on bag. TSA immediately alerted airport police, who took possession of the bag and escorted the passenger out of the che  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Sept. 6 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers issued the following news release: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District is enlisting the support of volunteers at its lakes on the Cumberland River and its tributaries in support of the 26th Annual National Public Lands Day Sept. 28. The national theme for this year's event is "Connecting to Nature through Service." It is the largest volunteer hands-on restoration activity of its kind where people do clean up, rep  more