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

PHOENIX, Arizona, March 30 -- Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes issued the following news release on March 29, 2024: Attorney General Kris Mayes today joined efforts to safeguard Americans' access to abortion care during medical emergencies. As part of a multistate coalition of 24 attorneys general, Attorney General Mayes filed an amicus brief with the United States Supreme Court in Idaho v. U.S. and Moyle v. U.S., urging the court to maintain a preliminary injunction that required Idaho hosp  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

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, March 29 -- The U.S. Air Force Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland (16th Air Force) issued the following news: Capt. Jennifer Buechel, commanding officer, Naval Medical Research Unit (NAMRU) San Antonio, served as the keynote speaker for the U.S. Citizenship Naturalization Oath Ceremony held at the Military and Family Readiness Center. Fifteen service members from the U.S. Army, Navy, and Air Force became U.S. citizens from the countries of China, Kenya, Jam  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

WASHINGTON, March 30 -- The District of Columbia Department of Energy and Environment issued the following news release: The Department of Energy and Environment (DOEE) has awarded $375,000 in Lyft Bikes & Scooters, LLC (Lyft) for a Solar Charging Station Pilot Project that will upgrade four capital Bikeshare (CaBi) docking stations with solar panels to allow for charging of e-bikes while docked. This will increase the available of e-bikes to users in the District. CaBi is metro DC's bikeshare  more

FAIRFAX, Virginia, March 30 -- Fairfax County Economic Development Authority issued the following newsletter: * * * FCEDA to Host Exporting Workshop + Weekly Business News Digest * * * The Aerospace Corporation Relocates Corporate Headquarters to Fairfax County At a time of significant change in the space domain's strategic environment, The Aerospace Corporation announced that it has relocated its corporate headquarters to Chantilly, Va., from El Segundo, Calif. The shift will bring Aerospa  more

MILILANI, Hawaii, March 29 -- The Hawaii Department of Education issued the following news release on March 27, 2024: Mililani Middle School Vice Principal Jeffrey Horstman was recognized today at a campus ceremony for being named Hawai'i's 2024 Assistant Principal of the Year and a finalist for the national assistant principal of the year award. The National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP) Assistant Principal of the Year program annually recognizes outstanding middle level   more

CHICAGO, Illinois, March 30 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release on March 29, 2024: Attorney General Kwame Raoul, as part of today a coalition of 24 attorneys general, filed an amicus brief with the United States Supreme Court in Idaho v. United States and Moyle v. United States urging the court to protect access to emergency abortion care in Idaho, consistent with the federal Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA). In the brief (https://illino  more

WASHINGTON, March 30 -- The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority issued the following news release: The Metro Board of Directors is seeking members of the public to serve on its public advisory body that makes recommendations to the Metro Transit Police Department (MTPD) to enhance training and policies. The Metro Transit Police Investigations Review Panel (IRP) is an independent advisory body that was created in June 2020 as part of the Board's authority-wide review of equity matter  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, March 30 -- North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein issued the following news release: Attorney General Josh Stein filed a friend-of-the-court brief that seeks to safeguard Americans' access to abortion care during medical emergencies. Attorney General Stein and a coalition of 24 attorneys general are urging the U.S. Supreme Court in two consolidated cases to uphold a preliminary injunction that requires Idaho hospitals to provide emergency abortion care under the fe  more

NEW YORK, March 30 -- New York Attorney General Letitia James issued the following news release on March 29, 2024: New York State Attorney General Letitia James today spearheaded efforts to safeguard Americans' access to abortion care during medical emergencies. Co-leading a multistate coalition of 24 attorneys general with California Attorney General Rob Bonta, Attorney General James filed an amicus brief with the United States Supreme Court in (https://ag.ny.gov/sites/default/files/amicus-cur  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

WASHINGTON, March 30 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce's National Telecommunications and Information Administration issued the following news release on March 29, 2024: The Department of Commerce's National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) announced today the availability and individual state allocations of approximately $811 million in funding to states, territories, and native entities to empower individuals and communities with the tools, skills, and opportunities to  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

BALTIMORE, Maryland, March 30 -- The University System of Maryland issued the following news release on March 29, 2024: The University System of Maryland (USM) Board of Regents Committee on Audit will hold its next regularly scheduled meeting at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, April 2. Access to the public session is via the following dial-in information: Dial In: 1-443-353-0686 Access Code: 949 277 892 In public session, the committee will discuss several information items. These items include a repor  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