FORT HOOD, Texas, Dec. 30 -- The U.S. Army Reserve Command issued the following news: The 211th Regional Support Group mobilized in 2020 to assume the duties of the Fort Hood Mobilization Brigade and assist in the deployment and redeployment of Soldiers supporting Army operations across the globe. The 211th had three lines of effort; to transition personnel and equipment to and from theater, to assist with large scale mobilization planning, and to build relationships across Fort Hood with enter  more

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH, Texas, Dec. 30 -- The U.S. Air Force Air Education and Training Command issued the following news: In an effort to fuel collaboration amongst Air Education and Training Command innovators, HQ AETC is hosting its next virtual innovation summit Jan. 21, 2021. The purpose of the iSummit is to improve collaboration by providing AETC Airmen at all levels a platform to share information on innovation activities. The goal is to fuel collaboration amongst AETC innovato  more

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, Dec. 28 -- The U.S. Air Force Civil Engineer Center issued the following news: Civil engineers and senior leaders from across the Department of Defense met in a virtual setting Dec. 16-17 to discuss new policies and a path forward for military construction programs in a rapidly changing execution environment. Sponsored by the Air Force Civil Engineer Center, the 14th annual Design and Construction Partnering Symposium was themed "Adapting to Change with  more

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH, Texas, Dec. 31 -- The U.S. Air Force Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland (16th Air Force) issued the following news: Joint Base San Antonio career assistance advisors are looking ahead to the first quarter of the new year for the second session of a new professional development initiative for officers following a successful rollout last month. The First Term Officer's Onboarding Course, presented virtually Dec. 1-3, was already filled to its 80-student limit in the  more

FORT HOOD, Texas, Dec. 31 -- The U.S. Army Materiel Command issued the following news: The U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Command's Central Technical Support Facility served as host in support of the Army Futures Command's Network Cross Functional Team during its Cooperative Vulnerability and Penetration Assessment (CVPA) event here, Oct. 26 to Nov 20. Network modernization and the development of the Integrated Tactical Network continue to be one of the Army's top priorities, and radio w  more

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH, Texas, Dec. 30 -- The U.S. Air Force Air Education and Training Command issued the following news: Air Education and Training Command officials virtually hosted Total Force Airmen from across the service Dec. 15-16 to discuss initiatives and collaboration for accelerating Force Development across the Air Force. The active duty, guard, reserve, and civilian Airmen-- representing every major command, joined stakeholders from Headquarters Air Force, the U.S. Air F  more

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH, Texas, Dec. 31 -- The U.S. Air Force issued the following news: Air Education and Training Command officials virtually hosted Total Force Airmen from across the service Dec. 15-16 to discuss initiatives and collaboration for accelerating Force Development across the Air Force. Active duty, guard, reserve and civilian Airmen representing every major command joined stakeholders from Headquarters Air Force, the U.S. Air Force Academy, Air Force Warfighting Integra  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: Schneider Electric Buildings Americas Inc. (Schneider Electric), a nationwide provider of electricity solutions for buildings and data centers with its principal place of business in Carrollton, Texas, will pay $11 million to resolve criminal and civil investigations relating to kickbacks and overcharges on eight federally-funded energy savings performance contracts (ESPCs), the Department of Justice announ  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 1 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Dec. 30: The Justice Department and the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Texas announced today that they resolved a claim that luxury jeweler Harry Winston Inc. violated the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 (USERRA) by refusing to offer full-time employment to U.S. Army National Guard Reservist John A. Walker because of his military service obligations.   more

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, Jan. 1 -- The U.S. Air Force issued the following news: A journey begins with a single step, but for two lieutenants from the Republic of Chad Air Force, that first step was more than 7,100 miles from home. While students from Chad have been attending the Defense Language Institute English Language Center for several years, 2nd Lieutenants Ahmat Sadie and Hissein Haoua are the first women in the Chad Air Force to become pilots. They're presently assigned  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Jan. 1 -- The National Credit Union Administration issued the following news release: The National Credit Union Administration issued two prohibition orders in December. These individuals are prohibited from participating in the affairs of any federally insured financial institution. * Vanessa Anderson-Hollins, a former employee of Port of Houston Warehouse Federal Credit Union, Houston, Texas, agreed and consented to the issuance of a prohibition order and agreed to comp  more

DENVER, Colorado, Dec. 30 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service issued the following news release: The National Park Service is pleased to announce the launch of a special resource study of the George W. Bush Childhood Home located at 1412 West Ohio Avenue, Midland, Texas. The Bush family, which included two future presidents--George H. W. Bush and George W. Bush and a first lady--Barbara Pierce Bush, lived in the home between November 1951 and November 1955. A special   more

TEMPLE, Texas, Dec. 30 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service Texas office issued the following news release: The USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) continued its conservation work across the country despite a tough 2020 marked with a pandemic and several natural disasters. The agency helped farmers, ranchers and forest landowners implement conservation practices on their working lands, which help conserve natural resource such as soil,   more

TEMPLE, Texas, Dec. 29 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service Texas office issued the following news release: USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), Wise County Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD), Wise County Water Control and Improvement District (WCID) and Wise County Commissioners Court, Wise County, Texas, are sponsoring a public scoping meeting at 2:00 p.m. on Jan. 14, 2021, to discuss a proposed dam rehabilitation project in Wi  more

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Dec. 31 -- The U.S. Army Medicine issued the following news: The U.S. Army Medical Materiel Development Activity has teamed with one of its commercial partners in the development of a novel medical device that may prove to be a "game-changer" in the frontline treatment of wounded Warfighters. Created by TDA Research, Inc., and funded through the Defense Health Agency's Small Business Innovation Research program, the Lactated Ringer's Solution Generator is a lightweight, port  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 1 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following event notification (No. 55053) involving South Texas, Texas: OFFSITE NOTIFICATION DUE TO INADVERTENT EMERGENCY SIREN ACTIVATION "On December 30, 2020 at 1550 CST, South Texas Project (STP) received a report that two Emergency Notification System sirens inadvertently actuated. The sirens were heard by residents in the area who contacted the Matagorda County Sheriff's office, which notified the Emergency Response Divisi  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 29 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Surface Transportation Board issued the following notice (Docket No. AB 1302X; AB 1309X) entitled "Temple & Central Texas Railway -- Discontinuance of Service Exemption -- in Bell County, Texas": The City of Temple, Tex. (the City), and Temple & Central Texas Railway, LLC (TCTR) (collectively, Applicants), jointly filed a verified notice of exemption under 49 C.F.R. part 1152 subpart F--Exempt Abandonments and Discontinuances of Ser  more

ST. THOMAS, U.S. Virgin Islands, Dec. 22 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Virgin Islands, Gretchen C.F. Shappert, issued the following news release: United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. announced that a criminal complaint has been filed against Lequan Jaheem Pemberton, resident of Austin, Texas for possession with intent to distribute marijuana. Pemberton made his initial appearance in federal court Tuesday, December 22nd, in St. Thomas. According to the affidavit filed in this case, C  more

BEAUMONT, Texas, Dec. 21 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Texas, Stephen J. Cox, issued the following news release: U.S. Attorney Stephen J. Cox announced today his office is aggressively targeting gun crime violators in Jefferson County, Texas. The United States Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Texas has announced that it will take an aggressive and collaborative approach to prosecuting violent crime in Jefferson County. This announcement comes after a steady inc  more

HOUSTON, Texas, Dec. 30 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Texas, Ryan K. Patrick, issued the following news release on Dec. 28: The former criminal chief of the U.S. Attorney's Office has been named First Assistant U.S. Attorney (FAUSA), announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. Jennifer Lowery has been serving the office as criminal chief for the past three years under Patrick's administration. "Jennifer has served in influential positions throughout our office and the Departm  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 2 -- The White House issued the following presidential permit on Dec. 31: * * * By virtue of the authority vested in me as President of the United States of America (the "President"), I hereby grant this Presidential permit, subject to the conditions herein set forth, to the City of Pharr, Texas (the "permittee"), in Hidalgo County, Texas. Permission is hereby granted to the permittee to construct, connect, operate, and maintain certain Border facilities, as described herein,   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 31 -- The White House issued the following news release: WITHDRAWALS SENT TO THE SENATE: Shon J. Manasco, of Texas, to be Under Secretary of the Air Force, vice Matthew P. Donovan, resigned, which was sent to the Senate on May 4, 2020. Eric M. Ueland, of Oregon, to be an Under Secretary of State (Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights), vice Sarah Sewall, resigned, which was sent to the Senate on July 29, 2020.  more