DAVIS-MONTHAN AIR FORCE BASE, Arizona, July 17 -- The U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center issued the following news: Approximately 40 years after the KC-10 Extender took to the skies for the first time, a retiring KC-10 from the 305th Air Mobility Wing at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, arrived at the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group (AMARG) here, July 13 to begin the storage process. Upon arrival, possession of the aircraft changed from Air Mobility Com  more

NEW YORK, July 15 -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - New York-New Jersey Regional Information Office issued the following report on the consumer price index in New York-Newark-Jersey City for June 2020: Prices in the New York-Newark-Jersey City area, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), rose 0.1 percent in June, after increasing 0.5 percent in May, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported. Chief Regional Economist Martin Kohli   more

WASHINGTON, July 17 -- The Federal Maritime Commission issued the following news release: Commissioner Rebecca Dye's Fact Finding investigation of COVID-19 related impacts to the supply chain (Fact Finding 29) is entering Phase Two with a concentration on issues related to operations at the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey (PANYNJ) and surrounding facilities. She is also announcing plans for an online seminar addressing key topics of interest to the industry. Three teams consisting of t  more

WASHINGTON, July 14 -- The Federal Trade Commission issued the following news release: The Federal Trade Commission has finalized a settlement with a medical diagnostic devices and services company over allegations the firm misled consumers about its participation in the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield framework. The FTC alleged that New Jersey-based Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics, Inc. claimed that it participated in the Privacy Shield framework and complied with the program's requirements, even though th  more

PASADENA, California, July 10 -- NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory issued the following news: Tropical Storm Fay is sweeping across New England, with the center of the storm making landfall about 10 miles (15 kilometers) north-northeast of Atlantic City, New Jersey, at around 5 p.m. local time. At that time, Fay had maximum sustained winds of around 50 mph (85 kph). Forecasters predicted the storm will dump up to 7 inches (18 centimeters) of rain along its path from Delaware into New Jersey. NA  more

SOMERSET, New Jersey, July 14 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service New Jersey office issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) has selected Julie Hawkins to serve as State Conservationist for New Jersey. As State Conservationist, Hawkins will oversee the federal agency's programs, operations, and staff in the Garden State. She will begin her new position on July 19. Julie's fir  more