ROCK ISLAND, Illinois, Jan. 26 -- The U.S. Army Sustainment Command issued the following commentary: Hometown: Houston, Texas How long have you been in this position? One year How long have you been in the U.S. Army? 15 years Tell us about your job and what you do: I manage maintenance for tactical and non-tactical vehicles, construction equipment, ground support equipment, weapons, and other military items. I also direct, plan, coordinate, and supervise all phases of maintenance operations,  more

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH AFB, Texas, Jan. 27 -- The U.S. Air Force Personnel Center issued the following news: COVID-19 has changed the world and placed unforeseen obstacles in the way business is conducted. Job searchers are seeking stability in an unstable workforce while talent acquisition consultants face new challenges. The Air Force Civilian Service has also adapted to this new environment and in ways different than others. While some companies and organizations are navigating lay  more

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, Jan. 29 -- The U.S. Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center issued the following news: Dan Gibson, supervisory financial manager for the Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center, believes innovative ideas and solutions must be implemented in order to maximize financial and manpower resources. "We must reduce the time spent on manual processes in order to empower our Airmen to problem solve and accelerate change," said Gibson, a native   more

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, Jan. 29 -- The U.S. Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center issued the following news: Staff Sgt. Eric Gonzalez, extinguisher maintenance manager for the 96th Civil Engineer Squadron at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, wants to save lives. The Roanoke, Virginia, native believes his idea - picked as one of eight finalists for the 2021 Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center's Innovation Rodeo - will do just that. The idea, called Agili  more

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, Jan. 29 -- The U.S. Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center issued the following news: Joseph Suddarth, assistant fire chief in the 96th Civil Engineer Squadron at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, believes the Air Force must evolve and adapt in order to capture and maintain a more agile workforce. "We're flying fifth-generation aircraft, and I feel we should be able to enhance mission readiness and the exercise platform to that level," said Sudda  more

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH, Texas, Jan. 27 -- The U.S. Air Force issued the following news: Air Force recruiting is continually innovating to better reach potential recruits. Harnessing technology to improve the recruiting process, the Air Force is releasing a new online, interactive gaming experience, E.C.H.O. - Enhanced Cognitive Human Ops. This new recruiting tool helps engage and build awareness of different opportunities in the Air Force that recruiters can send out to target audienc  more

GALVESTON, Texas, Jan. 30 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Galveston District issued the following news release: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Galveston District (SWG) is seeking industry feedback related to the development of an acquisition strategy. SWG is preparing an acquisition strategy for Architect and Engineering services with an approximate total capacity of $775 million. Over the next 10 years, SWG anticipates a program that could grow in excess of $20 billion in design  more

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas, Jan. 26 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release on Jan. 25: Awon Phie LLC, doing business as the Holiday Inn Express & Suites in Corpus Christi, violated federal law when it fired a temporary employee placed by a staffing company because she was pregnant, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today. According to the EEOC's lawsuit, the company's operations manager told an employee that   more

DALLAS, Texas, Jan. 30 -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Southwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on Jan. 29, 2021, on the Changing Compensation Costs in the Dallas Metropolitan Area for December 2020: Total compensation costs for private industry workers increased 3.4 percent in the Dallas-Fort Worth, TX-OK Consolidated Statistical Area (CSA) for the year ending in December 2020, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Regional Co  more

DALLAS, Texas, Jan. 30 -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Southwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on Jan. 29, 2021, on the Changing Compensation Costs in the Houston Metropolitan Area for December 2020: Total compensation costs for private industry workers increased 2.7 percent in the Houston-The Woodlands, TX Consolidated Statistical Area (CSA) for the year ending in December 2020, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Regional   more

DALLAS, Texas, Jan. 28 -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Southwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on Jan. 27 on the Women's Earnings in Louisiana for 2019: In 2019, Louisiana women who were full-time wage and salary workers had median usual weekly earnings of $720, or 73.6 percent of the $978 median usual weekly earnings of their male counterparts, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Michael Hirniak note  more

DALLAS, Texas, Jan. 29 -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Southwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on Jan. 28 on the Women's Earnings in Oklahoma for 2019: In 2019, Oklahoma women who were full-time wage and salary workers had median usual weekly earnings of $708, or 76.5 percent of the $926 median usual weekly earnings of their male counterparts, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Michael Hirniak noted   more

DALLAS, Texas, Jan. 20 -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Southwest Regional Information Office issued the following report: In 2019, Texas women who were full-time wage and salary workers had median usual weekly earnings of $772 or 80.9 percent of the $954 median usual weekly earnings of their male counterparts, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Michael Hirniak noted that the 2019 women's-to-men's earnings ratio of 80.9 percen  more

JBSA-FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas, Jan. 26 -- The U.S. Army Medicine issued the following news: The Borden Institute, an agency of the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command, Medical Center of Excellence, released Teledermatology in Military Medicine as a part of its Specialty publication titles on 17 December 2020. The 12-chapter book covers all major skin diseases from bacterial, fungal, and viral infections to bullous disorders, arthropod-borne diseases, and tumors of the skin. Other selected t  more

BUCKLEY AFB, Colorado, Jan. 30 -- The U.S. Air Force Buckley Air Force Base (460th Space Wing) issued the following news: A U.S. Space Force captain's cultural and language background helped make USSF history. USSF Capt. Angelo Centeno, 2nd Space Warning Squadron weapons and tactics flight commander, stationed at Buckley AFB, was one of the first two USSF members to attend and graduate from the Inter-American Squadron Officer School (ISOS) at Lackland AFB, Texas. "The Inter-American Squadron   more

DYESS AFB, Texas, Jan. 28 -- The U.S. Air Force Dyess Air Force Base (7th Bomb Wing) issued the following news: Service members who have deployed know what a PDF line is, even if they don't know what it is. With nostalgia in her voice, Tech. Sgt. Tanika Webb, 7th Force Support Squadron personnel readiness non-commissioned officer in charge, explained. "The Personnel Deployment Function, or PDF, line is what you have to process before you get on the plane to leave," she said. Historically, a   more

BEAUMONT, Texas, Jan. 26 -- The Acting U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Texas, Nicholas J. Ganjei, issued the following news release on Jan. 25: Acting U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei announced today that the United States Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Texas (EDTX) collected $68,064,639.91 in criminal, civil, and asset forfeiture actions in 2020. In criminal cases, EDTX collected $6,587,484.79 of restitution for crime victims, and recovered an additional $52,557,961.  more

DALLAS, Texas, Jan. 27 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on Jan. 26: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently awarded the Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) $72,632,000 to provide low-interest loans to fund clean water projects in Texas. EPA provides the grant under the Clean Water Act's Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF), a federal-state partnership that provides communities low-cost financing for a wide range of water quality infra  more

DENTON, Texas, Jan. 29 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release: FEMA has obligated an additional $2.5 billion in funding to the Texas Division of Emergency Management for Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) costs related to the COVID-19 mission. The pandemic created an immediate threat to the health and safety of the general public requiring emergency response and protective measures throughout the state.   more

SHEPPARD AFB, Texas, Jan. 29 -- The U.S. Air Force's 82nd Training Wing issued the following news: Rep. Ronny Jackson (R-Amarillo) made his first visit to Sheppard AFB Jan. 27, 2021, home to the only Air Force installation that conducts both technical and pilot training. The freshman congressman was greeted by installation and 82nd Training Wing Commander Brig. Gen. Kenyon Bell, 80th Flying Training Wing Commander Col. Robert Haas, and other senior leaders. Because of the installation's dual   more

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, Jan. 29 -- The U.S. Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center issued the following news: Airman 1st Class Ricardo Morales remembers seeing mail pickup and delivery options while growing up in the Bronx, New York. "Once I joined the Air Force, I noticed their antiquated ways of processing mail," Morales said. "I wondered, 'why we don't bring this technology to the Air Force since it is an already proven solution in the commercial sector?'" His id  more

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, Jan. 30 -- The U.S. Air Force Academy issued the following news: Crew members at the Air Force Academy capped off a challenging 2020 by winning the year's Ronald B. McCarthy Airfield Management Facility award. The award recognizes the 306th Operations Support Squadron for keeping the Air Force's third-busiest airfield up and running during $7 million of ongoing runway refurbishments. The squadron is attached to the 306th Flying Training Group based at the Academy, b  more

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas, Jan. 26 -- The U.S. Army Medicine issued the following news: It took nearly 8,000 COVID antigen tests, at least that many screenings and 14 days of restriction of movement (ROM), but in-person learning at the U.S. Army Medical Center of Excellence (MEDCoE) safely resumed after post-holiday block leave (HBL) reintegration this week. Dr. Nadia Pearson, the MEDCoE Command Surgeon and Chief of the MEDCoE Force Health Protection Cell responsible for t  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 -- The U.S. Court of Federal Claims issued the following reported opinion and order (Case No. 17-9001L): (Filed: January 28, 2021) IN RE UPSTREAM ADDICKS AND BARKER (TEXAS) FLOOD-CONTROL RESERVOIRS THIS DOCUMENT APPLIES TO: ALL UPSTREAM CASES Application of the deliberative process privilege; protection of pre-decisional and deliberative materials; no protection for factual materials that can be segregated; no governmental waiver Daniel H. Charest and E. Lawrence Vincent  more