ABERDEEN, Maryland, March 30 -- Aberdeen Proving Ground issued the following news: By Rachel Ponder March is Women's History Month, a time to celebrate women's outstanding accomplishments and contributions throughout our nation's history. This year's WHM theme is "Women Who Have Made Great Achievements." To honor WHM, a female senior leader, Kirk U.S. Army Health Clinic Commander Lt. Col. Lauris Trimble, shared her story. On July 13, 2023, Trimble became the sixth female commander of KUSAHC   more

WASHINGTON, March 29 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following document on March 28, 2024, from Economics Daily: * * * In January 2024, there were a total of 6,124,000 unemployed people and 8,863,000 job openings in the United States, yielding a ratio of 0.7 unemployed person per job opening. The national job openings rate was 5.3 percent. Maryland and North Dakota were among the states with the lowest numbers of unemployed people per job openin  more

PATUXENT RIVER, Maryland, March 30 -- The U.S. Naval Air Systems Command issued the following news release: Small businesses' creativity gives naval aviation an advantage in delivering the warfighting capabilities Sailors and Marines need to accomplish their mission. That's according to Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) Chief Technology Officer Todd Parcell at the DON's NAVAIR and Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) Technology Information Exchange Showcase on March 13. Formerly the Forum for Sm  more

PATUXENT RIVER, Maryland, March 30 -- The U.S. Naval Air Systems Command issued the following news release: On Wednesday, March 27, guest speaker Serelda Herbin, Naval Air Systems Command's (NAVAIR) director of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility (DEIA) held an interactive presentation celebrating women's achievements in honor of Women's History Month. "Sometimes achievements are not coming in the right path or in the right way that we would want them to come," she said. "But we sti  more

PATUXENT RIVER, Maryland, March 30 -- The U.S. Naval Air Systems Command issued the following news release: Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) Lakehurst Executive Director Kathleen P. Donnelly is retiring on March 30 after nearly 40 years of service supporting the warfighter. "Kathy has steered the ship for us at Lakehurst, leading our command's Support Equipment and Aircraft Launch and Recovery Equipment Group. She has been directly responsible for spearheading all Lakehurst   more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, March 30 -- The U.S. Navy issued the following news release: The Chesapeake, a 1000-ton lift capacity derrick barge, the Ferrell, a 200-ton lift capacity revolving crane barge, and the Oyster Bay, a 150-ton lift capacity crane barge have arrived to Baltimore Harbor. An additional 400-ton lift capacity barge is on track to arrive early next week. The barges, contracted through Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) will support the U.S. Coast Guard led Unified Command in its ef  more

FORT MEADE, Maryland, March 30 -- The National Security Agency Central Security Service issued the following news release: The National Cryptologic Museum welcomes Dr. Merryl Goldberg, Professor in the School of Arts at California State University San Marcos on April 4, 2024 from 6:30-8:00 p.m. for "A Conversation with Merryl Goldberg." Dr. Goldberg will discuss her journey through Moscow in the 1980's, her battle of wits with the KGB, and the cipher system she developed using coded music sheet  more

WOODLAWN, Maryland, March 30 -- The Social Security Administration issued the following news release on March 29, 2024: The Social Security Administration announced it will decrease the default overpayment withholding rate for Social Security beneficiaries to ten percent (or $10, whichever is greater) from 100 percent, significantly reducing financial hardship on people with overpayments. "Social Security is taking a critically important step towards our goal of ensuring our overpayment polici  more

WOODLAWN, Maryland, March 30 -- The Social Security Administration issued the following news release: The Social Security Administration (SSA) plans to raise the fee cap for claimants' representatives, from $7,200 to $9,200, when they and their client agree to use what is known as a "fee agreement process." This will be the first increase to the fee agreement cap since November 2022, when the cap went up from $6,000 to $7,200, after remaining the same for thirteen years. The fee cap increase i  more

WASHINGTON, March 30 -- The U.S. State Department issued the following news release: On March 19-20, 2024, the U.S. Department of State, in collaboration with the Department of Defense, convened and hosted 161 participants from 60 countries for a two-day inaugural plenary meeting of States endorsing the Political Declaration on Responsible Military Use of Artificial Intelligence and Autonomy. The event was held at the University of Maryland, College Park, and included representatives from endor  more

ELKINS, West Virginia, March 30 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of West Virginia issued the following news release: Daniela Marie Giancoli, age 34, of Baltimore, Maryland, has admitted to supplying fentanyl to dealers in West Virginia. Giancoli pled guilty to a charge of conspiracy to distribute fentanyl. According to court documents and statements made in court, Giancoli supplied large amounts of fentanyl to dealers in Grant County and elsewhere. Nearly 9,000 fent  more

PATUXENT RIVER, Maryland, March 30 -- The U.S. Naval Air Systems Command issued the following news release: The U.S. Navy delivered the first P-8A Poseidon aircraft to be modified with Increment 3 Block 2 capabilities to Boeing on March 27, enabling the fleet to be outfitted with the full anti-submarine warfare (ASW), anti-surface warfare (ASuW), and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) capabilities outlined in the P-8A program's evolutionary acquisition strategy. The P-8A is th  more

PATUXENT RIVER, Maryland, March 30 -- The U.S. Naval Air Systems Command issued the following news release: Women are taking charge at the program office that supports the Navy's Take Charge and Move Out mission. The Navy's Airborne Strategic Command, Control and Communications Program Office (PMA-271) in August 2023 welcomed Jaimie Grubb as the first woman to serve as principal deputy program manager. In that role, she leads the program office as the second-in-command under the program manage  more