GERMANTOWN, Maryland, Feb. 8 -- Amentum, a provider of technical and engineering services, issued the following news release: Amentum has been awarded a remote maintenance and distribution center contract worth up to $487 million by the U.S. Army to provide modernized, comprehensive logistics and sustainment solutions as well as field engineering to a wide array of military equipment and systems donated by the United States government. Under this program, Amentum professionals will be statione more PR

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, Feb. 8 -- Gov. Wes Moore, D-Maryland, issued the following statement on Feb. 7, 2023: * * * Governor Wes Moore released the following statement on President Joe Biden's State of the Union address. "I'd like to thank Senator Cardin for the invitation to attend President Biden's State of the Union address--it was historic both in celebrating the Biden-Harris administration's achievements and in sharing their vision for America's future. Marylanders should be confident in ou more PR

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Feb. 8 (TNSjou) -- Johns Hopkins University's Bloomberg School of Public Health issued the following news release: * * * Analysis also revealed that majority of top-selling prescription drugs in the U.S.--more than two-thirds--are rated as having low added benefit compared to other drugs * * * A new study led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health found that the share of promotional spending allocated to consumer advertising was on average  more PR

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, Feb. 8 (TNSres) -- The Maryland Department of Natural Resources issued the following news: * * * Annual Survey of Wintering Waterfowl Finds Increase in Diving Ducks * * * In early January, aerial survey teams of pilots and biologists from the Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) made visual estimates of the ducks, geese, and swans along most of the state's Chesapeake Bay, Potomac River, and Atlantic coast shorelines. This year, the teams counted about 632,200 w more PR

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, Feb. 8 -- The Maryland Department of Agriculture issued the following news release: The Maryland Department of Agriculture (MDA) announced the Maryland Horse Industry Board (MHIB) has awarded $30,500 in grants to 31 organizations and equestrian operations. Representing a variety of equine groups and disciplines across the state, the committee selected projects from a pool of 41 applicants. Funding for these grants and the MHIB is provided by the Maryland Feed Fund, which c more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 -- Pepco issued the following news release: Pepco's efforts to reinforce the local energy grid, add new technology and smart devices and target projects to increase resiliency has resulted in customers experiencing fewer electric outages in 2022. * Pepco customers in the District experienced the lowest frequency of electric outages ever in 2022, with a more than 25 percent decrease in the frequency of outages since the previous low set in 2020. Even when service was interrup more PR

CLEVELAND, Ohio, Feb. 8 (TNSfund) -- Case Western Reserve University issued the following news release: Case Western Reserve University will play a primary role in a new $46.4 million federally funded project to develop a freeze-dried blood substitute that, if successful, has the potential to save thousands of wounded soldiers' lives--and civilian lives, as well. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is funding the four-year effort, which is being led by the University of Maryl more PR