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Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Alabama Newsletter for Thursday March 28, 2024 ( 5 items )  

Association of the U.S. Army: Army Stands Up New Cross-Functional Team
ARLINGTON, Virginia, March 28 -- The Association of the U.S. Army issued the following news: The Army is creating a new team focused on helping the force better see, sense and target deep into the battlefield. The All-Domain Sensing Cross-Functional Team will be stood up out of the Assured Positioning, Navigation and Timing/Space Cross-Functional Team, Army Futures Command announced March 26 during the Association of the U.S. Army's Global Force Symposium and Exposition in Huntsville, Alabama.  more

Association of the U.S. Army: Army Sustainment Seeks Industry's Unique, New Ideas
ARLINGTON, Virginia, March 28 -- The Association of the U.S. Army issued the following news: As the Army confronts an increasingly volatile operational environment, industry solutions will be critical to anticipating capabilities and shaping survivability in contested logistics, two senior logistics officers said. During a fireside chat at the Association of the U.S. Army's Global Force Symposium and Exposition in Huntsville, Alabama, Maj. Gen. Eric Shirley, commander of the 1st Theater Sustai  more

Association of the U.S. Army: Rainey - Army Needs Industry's Help to Transform
ARLINGTON, Virginia, March 28 -- The Association of the U.S. Army issued the following news: From off-the-shelf technology that can help soldiers today to next-generation autonomous vehicles and command-and-control capabilities, Army Futures Command is looking to its industry teammates for help. "Indisputably, the amount of technology disruption in the character of war is unprecedented, and it just keeps getting faster and faster," said Gen. James Rainey, commanding general of Futures Command.  more

Dog Lab Hellhole Fined $80K by Feds After 83 Violations
MONTGOMERY, Alabama, March 28 -- People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals issued the following news release: * * * PETA Asks DA to Investigate Blue Ridge Kennel * * * Blue Ridge Kennel, an Alabama-based contract laboratory that tests companion animal products on live dogs for the highest bidder, has just been fined $80,000 by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and has racked up 83 citations for violations of the federal Animal Welfare Act since 2020. Now PETA is calling for an inve  more

Environmental Entrepreneurs: Clean Economy NOW - New Book Details Biggest U.S. Economic Revolution in Generations
WASHINGTON, March 27 (TNSres) -- Environmental Entrepreneurs issued the following news release: * * * Threat from Lawmakers Sabotaging Growth * * * Solar panels produced in rural Ohio and Alabama. Electric cars, trucks and buses rolling off assembly lines in Georgia and Tennessee. Cutting-edge batteries coming from the Carolina foothills and the California desert. The U.S. is at the advent of what could be the biggest economic revolution in generations -- as long as lawmakers and politician  more