FAIRFAX, Virginia, June 7 -- Fairfax County Economic Development Authority issued the following newsletter on June 6, 2024: * * * Seventeen Fairfax County-headquartered companies landed on Fortune magazine's 70th annual Fortune 1000 list, with 10 companies again making the Fortune 500. With the retaining of the 10 companies, Fairfax County is the headquarters location of 40 percent of Virginia's 25 Fortune 500 companies - the most of any locality in the state. Fairfax County's Fortune 500 comp  more

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, June 6 -- The U.S. Air Force Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland (16th Air Force) issued the following news: Their waterlogged footsteps were historic. That thought, however, most likely wasn't on the Soldiers' minds as they stepped ashore from rocking landing craft onto the French coast. Instead, the focus for most Soldiers of the 1st Battalion, 116th Infantry Regiment, Virginia Army National Guard, was simply making it across the beach -- Omaha Beach -- a  more

WASHINGTON, June 7 (TNSres) -- The Consumer Product Safety Commission issued the following news release: * * * Agency Calls for Increased Water Safety Vigilance This Summer for All Families with Children and Historically Excluded Communities with Higher Drowning Risks * * * As the summer swim season kicks off with the opening of pools nationwide, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) released its annual drowning and submersion report. Focused on deaths and injuries for children   more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, June 7 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Education Activity issued the following news release on June 6, 2024: Dr. Jacob Sherwood, Pacific West District Superintendent, is pleased to announce the selection of Amber Dumond as Instructional Systems Specialist for Pre-K. Ms. Amber Dumond has served as an educator in Texas and Arkansas for more than a decade before joining DoDEA in 2018 as an Educational Technologist in Kaiserslautern, Germany. Prior to transitioning to the  more

FORT BELVOIR, Virginia, June 7 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Defense Logistics Agency issued the following news: By Felix A. Figueroa, DLA Public Affairs A Foreign Military Sales Summit brought together stakeholders from the operational and financial communities to address audit processes May 16 at Defense Logistics Agency Headquarters. Representatives from the military services, DLA and Defense Security Cooperation Agency discussed their use of multi-domain data and analytics software  more

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, June 6 -- The U.S. Air Force Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland (16th Air Force) issued the following news: Stressful station-to-station moves due to poor quality service and broken or delayed household goods could soon be a thing of the past. This summer, U.S. Transportation Command kicked off implementation of its new Global Household Goods contract, or GHC, which aims to make the movement of household goods a better experience all around for service membe  more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, June 7 -- The U.S. Air Force Personnel Center issued the following news: The 2024 Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey is available now for eligible Department of the Air Force employees and is open for submissions through June 28. First conducted in 2002, the FEVS is a government-wide, Office of Personnel Management-administered survey for federal civilian employees. Feedback from the FEVS allows the DAF to maximize its strengths and adjust where needed to improve work en  more

FORT BELVOR, Virginia, June 6 -- The U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command issued the following news: By Michael A. Parker The U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command (INSCOM) honored those who have paid the ultimate price in service to the nation during a Memorial Day Ceremony at the Nolan Building, May 23. The official party, led by Maj. Gen. Timothy D. Brown, INSCOM commanding general; Chief Warrant Officer 5 Jeremy M. Sager, INSCOM command chief warrant officer; and INSCOM Comma  more

WASHINGTON, June 7 -- NASA issued the following news release: NASA has awarded contracts to six companies to supply liquid nitrogen and liquid oxygen in support of operations at agency centers and facilities across the United States. The indefinite-delivery/fixed-price contract runs from Monday, July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2029. The awards and approximate maximum contract values are: * Air Products and Chemicals Inc., Allentown, Pennsylvania, $36.9 million * Airgas USA LLC (South), Kennes  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, June 7 -- The National Credit Union Administration issued the following news release on June 6, 2024: * * * Second Charter Issued Under the Provisional Charter Pilot Initiative * * * The National Credit Union Administration has granted a federal charter and Share Insurance Fund coverage to Fair Break Federal Credit Union in Memphis, Tenn. Fair Break Federal Credit Union is the second federal credit union to receive a charter under the NCUA's provisional charter pilot i  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, June 6 -- The National Credit Union Administration issued the following news release on June 5, 2024: * * * NCUA Releases First Quarter 2024 Credit Union System Performance Data * * * According to the latest financial performance data released today by the National Credit Union Administration, total assets in federally insured credit unions rose by $96 billion, or 4.4 percent, over the year ending in the first quarter of 2024 to $2.31 trillion. During the same period, t  more

SANDSTON, Virginia, June 7 -- The Virginia National Guard issued the following news: By Spc. Ericka Gillespie, Virginia National Guard Public Affairs The Virginia National Guard's Sandston-based 2nd Battalion, 224th Aviation Regiment, 29th Infantry Division welcomed 14 Soldiers to the non-commissioned officer corps during an NCO Induaction Ceremony held June 1, 2024, at the Army Aviation Support Facility in Sandston, Virginia. The ceremony honored those Soldiers promoted to the rank of sergean  more

WASHINGTON, June 6 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia issued the following news release: Terrylle Blackstone, 36, of Woodbridge, Virginia, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in a conspiracy that fraudulently promised thousands of homeowners across the U.S. legal help in avoiding foreclosure. The scheme generated at least $15 million for the conspirators but never provided any legal services to the client-victims. The plea was announced by U.S. Attorney Mat  more

BREST, France, June 7 -- The U.S. Navy's U.S. Fleet Forces Command issued the following news: By Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Justin Kemble The Harper's Ferry-class amphibious landing dock USS Oak Hill (LSD 51) departed Brest, France after a scheduled four-day port visit, June 3, 2024. Oak Hill Sailors and Marines, as well as the embarked 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Special Operations Capable (SOC) and Sailors assigned to Beach Masters Unit (BMU) 2 visited with French Navy  more