FORT BELVOIR, Virginia, April 24 -- The U.S. Army's Fort Belvoir issued the following news on April 13, 2024: By Karen Jowers A new agreement between the Pentagon and State Department will ease some restrictions for federally employed military spouses who want to take their careers with them when moving overseas. The memo, signed during a White House ceremony Wednesday by Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks and Deputy Secretary of State Richard Verma, strengthens the Domestic Employees  more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, April 25 -- The U.S. Air Force issued the following news: The Department of the Air Force made the decision to continue funding Anduril and General Atomics for detailed designs, manufacture, and testing of production representative test articles under the Collaborative Combat Aircraft program. The companies not selected to build these production representative CCA vehicles, and execute the flight test program, will continue to be part of the broader industry partner vendo  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, April 24 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on April 23, 2024: * * * EPA announces selectees under Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund grant competition to deliver solar to low-income and disadvantaged households through the President's Investing in America agenda * * * Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Virginia Department of Energy has been selected to receive more than $156 million through the Solar for All  more

FORT GREGG-ADAMS, Virginia, April 25 -- The Defense Contract Management Agency issued the following news: By Jason Kaneshiro, DCMA Eastern Region Public Affairs Defense Contract Management Agency established its newest contract management office, Radars and Sensors, during a standup ceremony at agency headquarters April 17. The new CMO consolidates contractor oversight activities of six disestablished offices and is intended to more closely align the agency's work to the requirements of the m  more

WASHINGTON, April 24 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division issued the following news release: * * * Village Concrete Inc. misclassified 29 employees as independent contractors * * * The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a consent judgment in federal court that orders a Virginia concrete contractor to pay nearly $1.2 million in back wages, damages and penalties after its investigation found the employer misclassified 29 employees as independent contractors and failed to p  more

QUANTICO, Virginia, April 25 -- The U.S. Marine Corps Recruiting Command issued the following news: Every year, increasingly erratic and unpredictable climate forces are threatening Marine Corps installations and capabilities. Typhoon Mawar made this clear less than a year ago when it struck Guam - scattering debris on runways and shuttering access to essential services across the island - or more recently in California when stormwater washed out roads at San Onofre Beach near Marine Corps Base  more

WASHINGTON, April 25 -- The U.S. Navy issued the following news release: Student engineering teams from Princeton, Washington College and the University of Alabama have won first place in their respective events at the "Promoting Electric Propulsion" (PEP) boat races, sponsored by the Office of Naval Research (ONR) and the American Society of Naval Engineers (ASNE). In just six years, this electric boat-building competition has grown from a single university to 34, with more than 200 students   more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, April 24 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on April 22, 2024: * * * EPA announces selectees under Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund grant competition to deliver solar to low-income and rural households * * * Today the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced that the West Virginia Office of Energy has been selected to receive $106 million through the Solar for All grant competition to develop long-lasting solar programs th  more

WASHINGTON, April 24 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) D.C. apprehended a Honduran national charged locally for sex crimes against a Virginia minor. Deportation officers from ERO Washington's Mobile Criminal Apprehension Team arrested the 30-year-old Honduran noncitizen April 15 at his residence in Bladensburg, Maryland. "This Honduran noncitizen stands accused of some ve  more

WASHINGTON, April 24 (TNSres) -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office issued the following feature story: * * * The York River is the eighth tributary restored toward the Chesapeake Bay Program's goal of ten. * * * NOAA and partners are making great progress toward a big goal: To restore oyster reef habitat in 10 Chesapeake Bay tributaries by 2025. It's the world's largest oyster restoration project! At an Earth Day 2024 event, Virginia Governor G  more

NORFOLK, Virginia, April 25 -- The U.S. Navy's U.S. Fleet Forces Command issued the following news: By Petty Officer 1st Class Evan Thompson U.S. Fleet Forces Command (USFFC) hosted the Executive Management Advisory Panel for focus groups between the Navy's most senior career civilian executives and the Navy's civilian workforce who work in direct support of fleet operations. The focus groups highlighted the importance of the civilian component to the fleet's day-to-day operations and created  more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, April 24 -- The U.S. Trade and Development Agency issued the following news release: On the occasion of Earth Day, U.S. Trade and Development Agency Director Enoh T. Ebong reaffirmed USTDA's commitment to safeguarding our environment by supporting the development of green infrastructure in emerging economies around the world. She also celebrated the three-year anniversary of the Agency's flagship Global Partnership for Climate-Smart Infrastructure (Global Climate Partnershi  more

WASHINGTON, April 25 (TNSres) -- The White House issued the following fact sheet on April 12, 2024: * * * President Joe Biden Announces Student Debt Cancellation for 1,530 More Borrowers in West Virginia, Pursuing Every Path Available to Cancel Student Debt - New announcement brings debt cancellation to over 16,910 people in West Virginia under Biden-Harris Administration Today, President Biden announced that 277,000 more borrowers across the country will get their student debt cancelled, in  more

WASHINGTON, April 25 (TNSres) -- The White House issued the following fact sheet on April 12, 2024: * * * President Joe Biden Announces Student Debt Cancellation for 6,130 More Borrowers in Virginia, Pursuing Every Path Available to Cancel Student Debt - New announcement brings debt cancellation to over 75,310 people in Virginia under Biden-Harris Administration Today, President Biden announced that 277,000 more borrowers across the country will get their student debt cancelled, including 6,  more