SEVERN, Maryland, April 12 -- The Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development issued the following news release on April 11, 2024: Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development Secretary Jake Day visited Anne Arundel County on Thursday as part of his Day Trips series (https://news.maryland.gov/dhcd/category/day-trip/) designed to better connect to the state's communities. Anne Arundel County's visit focused on how to create more affordable housing and economic developme  more

WASHINGTON, April 12 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Census Bureau issued the following news release on April 11, 2024: * * * Census Bureau Initiatives to Address Persistent Undercount of Children * * * The U.S. Census Bureau today released new experimental estimates showing children ages 0 to 4 were undercounted in the 2020 Census in every state. Additionally, there were undercounts of children ages 0 to 4 in more than 4 out of 5 counties included in this release. The experimental estimates are availa  more

WASHINGTON, April 12 -- The U.S. Census Bureau issued the following news release on April 11, 2024: The U.S. Census Bureau today released new Business Formation Statistics (BFS) for March 2024. The BFS provide timely and high frequency information on new business applications and formations in the United States. The BFS are a standard data product of the Census Bureau, developed in research collaboration with economists affiliated with the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the   more

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news on April 10, 2024: By Joseph Clark, DOD News Maintaining peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific serves as the key factor driving the selection of advanced capabilities to pursue as part of the AUKUS security partnership between the U.S., U.K. and Australia, senior officials said yesterday. Justin McFarlin, deputy assistant secretary of defense for international and industry engagement, detailed the top criteria  more

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- The Department of Housing and Urban Development issued the following news release on April 10, 2024: On April 8, 2024, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Acting Secretary Adrianne Todman, hosted members of the student chapter of the Howard University Society of Physics to view a historic event from the vantage of HUD's Weaver Building's rooftop: the 2024 Solar Eclipse. "Here at HUD headquarters, on our historic Weaver Building's rooftop, we had the o  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, April 12 -- The Maryland Department of the Environment issued the following news release: Maryland is providing new funding for smaller and rural jurisdictions to get the technical support they need for projects that reduce greenhouse gas emissions and advance the state's climate goals. The Maryland Local Government Climate Action Support Program assists counties and municipalities with identifying high priority greenhouse gas emissions reduction projects with important so  more

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, April 12 -- Gov. Wes Moore, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on April 11, 2024: Governor Wes Moore today launched the Francis Scott Key Bridge Collapse Response Website (https://response.maryland.gov/bridge), which serves as a central hub for Marylanders in search of federal, state, and local resources and programs related to the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge. The website includes information on relief programs for impacted workers and businesses, ma  more

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority issued the following news release on April 10, 2024: Officials representing the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments (COG) Board of Directors and the Metro Board of Directors today announced they would convene the two bodies to launch a new joint initiative to develop a unified vision for transit service in the region. The meeting will be held on May 1 and will continue months-long discussions about how to effi  more

FORT MEADE, Maryland, April 11 -- The National Security Agency Central Security Service issued the following news on April 9, 2024: The National Security Agency (NSA) is issuing guidance for maturing data security and protecting access to data at rest and in transit. The recommendations in the Cybersecurity Information Sheet (CSI), "Advancing Zero Trust Maturity Throughout the Data Pillar," are intended to ensure only those with authorization can access data. The capabilities outlined in the C  more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, April 11 -- The U.S. Navy's Office of Naval Research issued the following news release on April 10, 2024: By Warren Duffie Jr. To empower U.S. Sailors and Marines to operate amid today's security, economic and geopolitical challenges, Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro released the 2024 Naval Science and Technology (S&T) Strategy. Secretary Del Toro made the announcement April 9 at Sea-Air-Space 2024, a three-day maritime exposition in National Harbor, Maryland. The n  more

NATIONAL HARBOR, Maryland, April 11 -- The U.S. Navy issued the following keynote on April 9, 2024, by Secretary Carlos Del Toro: * * * Good afternoon, everyone! I want to begin by thanking the Navy League for putting together this fantastic event and for offering me the opportunity to speak to all of you today. Thank you, Mike, and thank you to your team for all of your hard work, not just to put on this year's Sea Air Space Symposium, but for your advocacy on the issues we face as a mariti  more