WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, April 24 -- The U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center issued the following news: When Col. Cory Brown first took over leadership of the B-2 program office, he wanted to find a way to connect his workforce to the local community. A conversation between Brown and a contracting officer in his office, Capt. Mister Raby led the program to adopt the Charles Young Buffalo Soldier National Monument located just to the East of Wright-Patterson AFB in Wilberforce, Ohio.  more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, April 21 (TNSEve) -- Brown University issued the following news release: As Brown University prepares to celebrate its Class of 2021 graduates through a mix of in-person and virtual Commencement and Reunion Weekend events from April 30 to May 2, the University will confer honorary doctorates on six candidates who have achieved great distinction in a variety of fields. The candidates are: * Norman Atkins -- Education leader and innovator * Steven R. Jordan -- NFL play more PR

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- The Center for American Progress issued the following statement on April 22, 2021: * * * On Thursday, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Marcia Fudge announced that her agency is withdrawing a proposed rule change sought by the previous administration that would have reinterpreted the Equal Access Rule to gut protections for transgender people. The proposed rule change would have made it easier for HUD-funded shelters to deny service to tr more PR

WASHINGTON, April 22 -- The Center for Responsible Lending issued the following statement on April 21, 2021: * * * The U.S. Senate confirmed Vanita Gupta to be Associate Attorney General at the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ). Gupta is the first woman of color to hold the position. Center for Responsible Lending President Michael Calhoun issued the following statement: Vanita Gupta is an accomplished advocate and litigator who has led the Civil Rights Division at the U.S. Department of Just more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, April 24 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Governor Ned Lamont is applauding the announcement today that President Joe Biden is nominating Dr. Miriam Delphin-Rittmon, commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, to serve as assistant secretary for mental health and substance use with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. In this position, she will be responsible for leading the Substanc more PR

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, April 19 (TNSPer) -- The Carnegie Mellon Software Engineering Institute issued the following news release: Carnegie Mellon University's Software Engineering Institute today announced the appointment of Gregory J. Touhill as director of the SEI's CERT Division. A federally funded research and development center, the SEI helps government and industry organizations develop and operate software systems that are secure and reliable. The SEI's CERT Division is known around  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 23 (TNSEve) -- American University issued the following news: Todd Park, former U.S. Chief Technology Officer for the Obama administration and the co-founder and executive chairman of Devoted Health, will address American University's 2021 graduating class. The virtual celebration on May 8th will honor approximately 2,900 graduates across eight schools. Park will receive an honorary Doctor of Public Service degree during AU's 141st commencement. Park, the son of South Korean  more PR

JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, New Jersey, April 19 -- The U.S. Air Force's 514th Air Mobility Wing issued the following news: In 1975, the United States had changed. Coming down from the high of global triumph in World War II, Korea and Vietnam began to overshadow the victories over Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan. At home there had been the assassinations of John F. and Robert Kennedy, war protests, and the Watergate scandal. The shining city on the hill began to show blemishes. Despite t more PR

WASHINGTON, April 21 -- The House Oversight and Reform Subcommittee on Government Operations issued the following testimony by Liz Hempowicz, director of public policy at the Project On Government Oversight, as part of a hybrid hearing entitled "Restoring Independence: Rebuilding the Federal Offices of Inspectors General" on April 20, 2021: * * * I am Liz Hempowicz, director of public policy at the Project On Government Oversight (POGO). POGO is a nonpartisan independent watchdog that investig more PR

BERKELEY, California, April 23 (TNSOps) -- The International Marine Mammal Project of Earth Island Institute issued the following news: By Mark J. Palmer The International Marine Mammal Project (IMMP) of Earth Island Institute, joined by Shark Stewards, another Earth Island Project, watched with grave concern as the Trump Administration weakened protections for National Monuments. We had prepared a lawsuit to file had the Trump Administration taken actions against Pacific Marine National Monu more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, April 20 -- Gov. Phil Murphy, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on April 19, 2021: Governor Murphy today announced the appointments of Babatunde P. Odubekun, Stephanie Brown, Patricia C. Morgan, and Victor J. Herlinsky, Jr., to the State Ethics Commission. The Commission administers and enforces the New Jersey Conflicts of Interest Law and the Casino Control Act, and also operates under administrative authority granted by Governors Kean, Codey, Corzine, Christ more PR

SALEM, Oregon, April 23 -- The Oregon Democratic Party issued the following statement by Vice Chair Rosa Colquitt: * * * Within minutes of the announcement of the guilty verdict in the trial of Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd, leaders here in Oregon and nationwide were swift to release statements in response to the conviction. In the moments that followed, as my mental and emotional exhaustion subsided, along with the lump in my throat, I listened attentively to what our political more PR