ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Jan. 28 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Education Activity issued the following news release: Dr. Jacob Sherwood, Pacific West District Superintendent, is pleased to announce the selection of Dr. Ellen Harney as Instructional Systems Specialist for Science PK-5. Dr. Harney earned her bachelor's degree in 1995 in Biology, a M.Ed. in 1999 in Secondary and Elementary Education, and a M.Ed. in 2008 in Administration, all from East Stroudsburg University. Dr. Harney also e  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 -- The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee issued a report (H.Rpt. 118-781) on a bill (H.R. 3149), which aims to designate U.S. Route 20 in the States of Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Nebraska, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York and Massachusetts as the "National Medal of Honor Highway". The report was advanced by Rep. Sam Graves, R-Missouri, on Nov. 26, 2024. Here are excerpts: * * * PURPOSE OF LEGISLATION The purpose of H.R. 3149 is t  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce National Telecommunications and Information Administration has released the following public communication dated Jan. 15, 2025, from the Computing Research Association Computing Community Consortium and Computing Research Association Industry: * * * The Computing Research Association (CRA)'s Computing Community Consortium (CCC) and CRA-Industry (CRA-I) Response to the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), Depar  more

ASHEVILLE, North Carolina, Jan. 24 -- President Trump issued the following remarks during a tour of Hurricane Helene disaster site: * * * THE PRESIDENT: Thank you very much, Franklin. Thank you. A good man. He's done a great job, a fantastic job. And we've come to North Carolina with a simple message for all the people of this region who were hit so hard by Hurricane Helene. And that message is very simple: You are not forgotten any longer. You were treated very badly by the previous administ  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 24 -- The White House issued the following news release: President Donald Trump's second term is off to an historic start. The President is wasting no time delivering on the promises he made to the American people. The President signed more executive orders on his first day in office than any other president in history. Within the first 100 hours of his second administration, President Trump taken hundreds of executive actions to secure the border, deport criminal illegal imm  more