PATUXENT RIVER, Maryland, March 21 -- The U.S. Naval Air Systems Command issued the following news release: * * * 52nd Collaborative EW Symposium Welcomes UK for First Trilateral Event Welcome to the Invisible War Invisible wars demand visible action. In this arena, coalition electronic warfare, interoperability and spectrum superiority will decide victories in future near-peer conflicts. Whoever owns the electromagnetic spectrum owns the battlefield. That's why nearly 500 electronic wa  more

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, March 21 -- The U.S. Air Force Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland (16th Air Force) issued the following news: * * * Around the Air Force: X-37B returns from space, new concierge cell aids pilots, True North+ FORT GEORGE G. MEADE, Maryland - In this week's look Around the Air Force, the X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle successfully deorbited and landed at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, a new pilot concierge cell helps with seamless transitions from ac  more

WASHINGTON, March 21 -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued the following news: * * * Celebrating 15 Years of Surveying Protected Species in the Northwest Atlantic NOAA scientists, a student, and a teacher participating in the NOAA Teacher At Sea Program kicked off a series of surveys supporting the Atlantic Marine Assessment Program for Protected Species. "I feel really lucky to have been involved with this program for the last 15 years. This fantastic time series has  more

WASHINGTON, March 22 -- Rep. Andy Harris, R-Maryland, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Harris Statement on Post Pandemic Food for Schools Program Washington DC -- Congressman Harris Released the Following Statement on the Food for Schools Program in Maryland. "As a pandemic-era program, the Local Food for Schools Program was originally authorized as a "one-time" program in the COVID-era American Rescue Plan - but the Biden administration then unilaterally decided to just   more

WASHINGTON, March 22 -- Rep. April McClain Delaney, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on March 21, 2025: * * * Congresswoman April McClain Delaney Joins House Agriculture Committee Colleagues in Letter to Speaker Johnson Defending SNAP from $230 Billion in Cuts and Calling for Bipartisan Farm Bill Negotiations WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congresswoman April McClain Delaney joined her fellow House Agriculture Committee Members expressing serious concerns about the future of a bipartisan Far  more

WASHINGTON, March 21 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Contracts for March 21, 2025 NAVY Bell Boeing Joint Program Office, Amarillo, Texas, is awarded a $590,000,000 fixed-price incentive (firm-target) undefinitized modification (P00080) to a previously awarded contract (N0001917C0015). This modification adds scope for the production and delivery of five CMV-22B aircraft for the Navy. Work will be performed in Fort Worth, Texas (30.08%); Ridley Park, Pennsyl  more

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, March 21 -- The U.S. Air Force Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland (16th Air Force) issued the following news: * * * Hegseth says Air, Space forces key to deterring, engaging in future conflicts JOINT BASE ANDREWS, Maryland - Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said March 19, 2025, that the Air Force and Space Force will be instrumental in both deterring and engaging in future military conflicts. He remarked on the value of the two service branches while spe  more

WASHINGTON, March 22 -- The House Education and Workforce Committee issued a report (H.Rpt. 119-16) on the Defending Education Transparency and Ending Rogue Regimes Engaging in Nefarious Trans-Actions Act (H.R. 1048), which aims to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to strengthen disclosure requirements relating to foreign gifts and contracts and to prohibit contracts between institutions of higher education and certain foreign entities and countries of concern. The report was advanced by Re  more

WASHINGTON, March 22 -- The House Education and Workforce Committee issued a report (H.Rpt. 119-16) on the Defending Education Transparency and Ending Rogue Regimes Engaging in Nefarious Trans-Actions Act (H.R. 1048), which aims to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to strengthen disclosure requirements relating to foreign gifts and contracts and to prohibit contracts between institutions of higher education and certain foreign entities and countries of concern. The report was advanced by Re  more

WASHINGTON, March 21 -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued the following news: * * * Marsh Madness Through early April, NOAA is taking a court-side look at how we protect and restore marsh habitat to sustain fisheries, recover protected species, and maintain resilient coastal ecosystems and communities. Take a look at our marsh habitat features and follow #MarshMadness on @NOAAHabitat (link is external) ! Largest Salt Marsh Restoration in the Northeast to Bring Back   more

WASHINGTON, March 22 -- NASA issued the following news release: * * * NASA to Launch Three Rockets from Alaska in Single Aurora Experiment Three NASA-funded rockets are set to launch from Poker Flat Research Range in Fairbanks, Alaska, in an experiment that seeks to reveal how auroral substorms affect the behavior and composition of Earth's far upper atmosphere. The experiment's outcome could upend a long-held theory about the aurora's interaction with the thermosphere. It may also improve   more

WOODLAWN, Maryland, March 22 -- The Social Security Administration's Office of the Inspector General issued the following news release on March 21, 2025: * * * OIG Report: FY 2024 Assessment of the Social Security Administration's Charge Card Programs A report issued February 28, 2025, found the risk of illegal, improper, and erroneous purchases made through the Social Security Administration's (SSA) charge card programs is low. The assessment by SSA's Office of the Inspector General (OIG) is  more

WOODLAWN, Maryland, March 22 -- The Social Security Administration's Office of the Inspector General issued the following news release on March 21, 2025: * * * OIG Report: Untimely Beneficiary Self-Reporting Major Cause for SSA Overpayments The Social Security Administration's (SSA) documented causes for issuing overpayments in its two payment programs. SSA OIG issued an informational report on Feb 20, 2025, that indicates that the largest cause to overpayments I beneficiaries untimely report  more

WASHINGTON, March 22 -- Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Maryland, ranking member of the of the House Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Ranking Members Raskin and Pallone Demand Trump Reinstate FTC Commissioners Top Democrats Rebuke Trump's Attempted Firing of Commissioners At The Independent Agency, Citing Unconstitutionality and Undermining of Consumer Protections Washington, D.C. (March 20, 2025)--Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, a  more

WASHINGTON, March 21 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Reed, Whitehouse & Colleagues Demand Answers Over Trump Admin.'s Unlawful Cancelation of Federal Grants to Help Schools Train and Retain Quality Teachers Senate Dems press Sec. McMahon for urgent answers about when the U.S. Department of Education will implement court orders to restore federal grants provided to help address staff shortages and educator training PROVIDENCE, RI - In an e  more

WOODLAWN, Maryland, March 22 -- The Social Security Administration's Office of the Inspector General issued the following news release: * * * Social Security Administration's Processing Center for International Workloads Produces Inaccurate Claims The Social Security Administration (SSA) Office of the Inspector General auditors determined SSA Processing Center 8 accurately processed 33.7 percent of the sample cases reviewed. For the remaining 66.3 percent, Processing Center 8 staff did not al  more