WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, Dec. 26 -- The U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center issued the following news: The Air Force Rapid Sustainment Office (RSO) is working with industry partners to standardize data formats across the U.S Air Force fleet. The effort, known as the SAE AS7140 Common Open Data Exchange (CODEX) standard, will create three aircraft data file formats and a universal aircraft data file decoder application programing interface (API) by early 2025. Part of the work incl  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 26 -- The House Judiciary Committee issued a report (H.Rpt. 118-862) on the Midnight Rules Relief Act (H.R. 115), which aims to amend Chapter 8 of Title 5 of the U.S. Code to provide for en bloc consideration in resolutions of disapproval for "midnight rules". The report was advanced by Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, on Dec. 11, 2024. Here are excerpts: * * * Purpose and Summary H.R. 115, the Midnight Rules Relief Act, introduced by Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ) amends the Congressional   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 26 -- The House Judiciary Committee issued a report (H.Rpt. 118-784) on the Protecting American Industry and Labor From International Trade Crimes Act (H.R. 9151), which ais to strengthen the Department of Justice's enforcement against trade-related crimes. The report was advanced by Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, on Nov. 29, 2024. Here are excerpts: * * * Purpose and Summary H.R. 9151, the Protecting American Industry and Labor from International Trade Crimes Act of 2024, introdu  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 26 -- The House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Technology Modernization released the following testimony by Carol Harris, director of information technology and cybersecurity issues at the Government Accountability Office, from a Dec. 12, 2024, hearing entitled "Modernizing VA: Lessons Learned in the 118th Congress": * * * Chairman Rosendale, Ranking Member Cherfilus-McCormick, and Members of the Subcommittee: Thank you for the opportunity to discuss our work on the challe  more

CLEVELAND, Ohio, Dec. 27 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio issued the following news release: Darmani Hawkins, 21, of Aurora, was sentenced to 60 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Donald Nugent after pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud and mail fraud; conspiracy to commit bank fraud; and mail theft, as part of schemes to fraudulently obtain coronavirus disease (COVID)-era state unemployment benefits and, separately, to steal checks from th  more

CLEVELAND, Ohio, Dec. 27 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio issued the following news release: The Civil Division of the U.S. Attorney's Office (USAO) for the Northern District of Ohio is responsible for litigating civil cases that involve the United States and its agencies throughout the 40 northern counties in the state of Ohio. The Assistant U.S. Attorneys in this division litigate a diverse docket of both affirmative and defensive court cases on behalf of   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 26 -- The Small Business Administration has released the following public communication dated Dec. 19, 2024, from the Economic and Community Development Institute: * * * To: Ms. Donna Fudge Office of Policy Planning and Liaison Small Business Administration 409 3rd Street SW Washington, DC 20416 Re: Increasing Small Business Participation on Multiple Award Contracts Dear Ms. Fudge: The Economic and Community Development Institute (ECDI) strongly supports the U.S. Small B  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 27 -- The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee released the following written testimony by Louis DeJoy, postmaster general and CEO of the U.S. Postal Service, from a Dec. 5, 2024, hearing entitled "Oversight of the United States Postal Service: Understanding Proposed Service Changes": * * * (Continued from Part 2 of 3) Growth and cost reduction are at the heart of the DFA plan. Simply put, the DFA plan is not about contraction or only cost reduction. Th  more