MCGUIRE AFB, New Jersey, Jan. 20 -- The U.S. Air Force's 514th Air Mobility Wing issued the following news: The origin of the Gulf War can be traced to 1979, when Iraq and Iran went to war. The United States largely remained neutral in the first phase of the war. Iran in the 1970s, was a noted enemy of the U.S., but Iraq maintained close relations with the Soviet Union and was suspected of state sponsored terrorism. By 1982, however, Iran appeared to be pulling ahead in the conflict. The U.S. d  more

NEW YORK, Jan. 23 -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - New York-New Jersey Regional Information Office issued the following report on the employer-reported workplace injuries and illnesses in New Jersey in 2019: New Jersey's private industry employers reported 69,000 nonfatal workplace injuries and illnesses in 2019, resulting in an incidence rate of 2.5 cases per 100 full-time equivalent workers, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (See table A.) Chief  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 -- The U.S. Census Bureau issued the following news release on Jan. 19: Today the U.S. Census Bureau released the 2020 Census P.L. 94-171 geographic support products for Arkansas, Colorado, Maryland, New Jersey, and Virginia. These geographic products are provided to support redistricting efforts by state and local governments and contain newly created 2020 Census blocks and updated block groups, census tracts, voting districts, and current boundaries for legal governments  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Jan. 19: Two providers of foreign-language services, Comprehensive Language Center Inc. (CLCI), based in the Washington, D.C., area, and Berlitz Languages Inc. (Berlitz), based in New Jersey, were charged with participating in a conspiracy to defraud the United States by impeding, impairing, obstructing, and defeating competitive bidding for a multi-million dollar foreign-language training contract issued  more

NEWARK, New Jersey, Jan. 21 -- The Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, Rachael A. Honig, issued the following news release on Jan. 20: A Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, man has been charged in connection with a $700,000 personal protective equipment (PPE) fraud scheme, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced today. Gauravjit Singh, 26, is charged by complaint with one count of wire fraud. He is scheduled to appear by videoconference today before U.S. Magistrate Judge James  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following event notification (No. 55061) involving Ocean Medical Center, Brick: AGREEMENT STATE REPORT - HDR SOURCE NOT FULLY SECURED IN TRANSPORT PIG The following information was received from New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (the Agency) via email: "On January 11, 2021, the Agency was notified by the licensee that during a vendor source exchange of the center's radiation oncology Iridium-192 remote afterlo  more