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DOE Oak Ridge names director of facilities, information, reservation management

Posted at 6:51 pm June 22, 2015
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Johnathan Sitzlar

Johnathan Sitzlar

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge Office recently named Johnathan Sitzlar as director of the Facilities, Information, and Reservation Management Division, or FIRMD, in the Office of Assistant Manager for Administration at DOE-ORO.

In this position, Sitzlar directs a staff of 24 federal employees in the FIRMD with responsibility for the development and execution of a variety of programs including reservation management and infrastructure and facility management.

Sitzlar is directly responsible for all support services and reservation management issues on the DOE Oak Ridge Reservation. His duties also include planning and executing programs for the federal workforce designed to provide a clean, safe work environment with all the necessary resources required for ORO employees and customer organizations to fulfill their assigned missions. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Front Page News, Oak Ridge Office, U.S. Department of Energy Tagged With: DOE, DOE-ORO, Facilities Information and Reservation Management Division, facility management, FIRMD, infrastructure, Johnathan Sitzlar, Oak Ridge Office, Oak Ridge Reservation, Office of Assistant Manager for Administration, reservation management, U.S. Department of Energy, U.S. General Services Administration

With asbestos removed, DOE starts month-long move back into Federal Building

Posted at 8:53 am August 29, 2013
By John Huotari Leave a Comment

Oak Ridge Federal Building

The asbestos-containing insulation has been removed, and U.S. Department of Energy employees and contractors started a month-long move back into the Joe L. Evins Federal Building this week.

The asbestos-containing insulation has been removed, and U.S. Department of Energy employees and contractors started a month-long move back into the Joe L. Evins Federal Building this week, a spokesman said Wednesday.

The move back into the five-story building should be complete by the end of September, said Ben Williams, public affairs specialist for the DOE Oak Ridge Office. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Oak Ridge Office, Top Stories, U.S. Department of Energy Tagged With: asbestos, asbestos-containing insulation, Ben Williams, Building 2714-G, Chuck Fleischmann, DOE, DOE Office of Inspector General, environmental management, GSA, Joe L. Evins Federal Building, Katmai Support Services LLC of Alaska, Mike Koentop, Oak Ridge Office, Office of Scientific and Technical Information, office space, Safety and Technical Services, Saudia Muwwakkil, U.S. Department of Energy, U.S. General Services Administration

Students benefit from ORNL’s surplus equipment donations worth $1.7 million

Posted at 11:59 am July 18, 2013
By Oak Ridge National Laboratory Leave a Comment

Sydney Burchell

Sydney Burchell, a sophomore at Morristown-Hamblen High School East, uses ORNL’s donated equipment to study waste management at distilleries. She and John Hale, a senior and lead researcher for the project, won first place at the INTEL-International Science and Engineering Fair in Phoenix, Ariz. (Submitted photo)

Old or unused laboratory equipment that has outlived its usefulness at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and other U.S. Department of Energy sites doesn’t have to sit idle or wind up in the scrap heap. In 2012, ORNL donated $1.7 million worth of surplus property to nonprofits, including local schools, where it is now helping to inspire future scientists.

DOE works with the state of Tennessee to enable the surplus government property to go to school science labs and nonprofit agencies that can make effective use of the equipment.

Local schools have received fume hoods, water baths, centrifuges, and tilt tables, as well as ultrasonic cleaners, balances, and a variety of expensive glassware. The donated tools, outdated at any national lab, are now treasures for high school students, allowing them to conduct STEM research with high quality materials at a reasonable cost. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Education, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Top Stories Tagged With: DOE, Hamblen County, INTEL-International Science and Engineering Fair, John Hale, laboratory equipment, Lonnie Love, Marcia Whitson, Morristown-Hamblen High School East, nonprofits, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, ORNL, ORNL Excessing and Property Sales, Property Management, research, Robert Gant, schools, scientists, students, surplus property, Sydney Burchell, Tennessee, U.S. Department of Energy, U.S. General Services Administration

Asbestos removal in final stage at Federal Building

Posted at 6:46 pm April 26, 2013
By John Huotari Leave a Comment

Joe L Evins Federal Fuilding

A four-month project to remove asbestos-containing insulation from the Joe L. Evins Federal Building in Oak Ridge is wrapping up, and federal employees and contractors could move back in next month.

Work crews are wrapping up a four-month project to clean up and remove asbestos-containing insulation from the Joe L. Evins Federal Building in Oak Ridge, and displaced federal workers and contractors could move back into the building next month, a spokeswoman said Friday.

“We have reached the final stage of the project and expect to have the building available to tenants in May,” said Saudia Muwwakkil, regional public affairs officer for the U.S. General Services Administration, which owns the building.

There have been about 350 workers in the five-story building, which is home to the U.S. Department of Energy Oak Ridge Office as well as a district office for U.S. Rep. Chuck Fleischmann. The workers include roughly 200 federal employees and close to 150 contractors. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Federal, Government, Oak Ridge Office, Top Stories, U.S. Department of Energy Tagged With: asbestos, asbestos-containing insulation, contractors, federal employees, GSA, Joe L. Evins Federal Building, Katmai Support Services LLC, Mike Koentop, Saudia Muwwakkil, Synergy Solutions, U.S. Department of Energy Oak Ridge Office, U.S. General Services Administration, U.S. Rep. Chuck Fleischmann

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