JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, Feb. 13 -- The U.S. Air Force Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland (16th Air Force) issued the following news: FALLS CHURCH, Virginia - February is Black History Month. In honor of those who served their fellow injured or ill soldiers with compassion and courage while providing medical care, Army Medicine is remembering physicians, nurses and medics to ensure their stories are not forgotten. Once such individual is Capt. Alvin Vincent Blou more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce issued the following remarks on Feb. 13, 2024, by Secretary Gina Raimondo at the Virginia Innovation Forum: * * * I am grateful to you and Representative Beyer for joining us today. Your leadership was essential to getting the CHIPS and Science Act passed and making the Innovation Fund happen. I also want to thank Assistant Secretary Davidson and the entire Innovation Fund team at NTIA for your terrific work standing up this program and f more PR

FORT BELVOIR, Virginia, Feb. 14 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Defense Contract Audit Agency issued the following audit guidance: Merrill Technologies Group, Inc. (MTM), and its subsidiaries agreed to pay $5 million to resolve False Claims Act violations. The violations alleged that MTM overstated cost or pricing data in a subcontract proposal for work under a contract with the U.S. Department of the Army. The government alleged that MTM's proposal caused overcharges at both the prime and  more PR

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Feb. 14 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Federal Voting Assistance Program issued the following news: To improve the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (UOCAVA) voting process through partnerships with state and local election offices and support independent data collection by states and jurisdictions, FVAP piloted the State Administered UOCAVA Survey (SAUS) pilot. The pilot focused on assisting states and jurisdictions in fielding a customer satisfacti more PR

FORT BELVOIR, Virginia, Feb. 14 -- The U.S. Army's Fort Belvoir issued the following news: Frequent moves and different state educational requirements can make attending traditional schools challenging for military students. About 200 students on Fort Belvoir have taken a different path: homeschooling. This initiative is led by Fort Belvoir Home Educators (FBHE), a non-profit organization dedicated to home education. Over two dozen parents who wanted to learn more about the process attended a  more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- An investigation conducted by Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Charleston and the West Virginia State Police resulted in a Missouri man receiving a decade-long prison sentence for a child sexual abuse material crime Feb. 6 at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia. Daniel Phillip Beckman, 46, of Watson, Mi more PR

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Feb. 14 -- The National Credit Union Administration Inspector General issued the following audit report (No. OIG-24-01) on Feb. 12, 2024, entitled "Cloud Computing Services." Here are excerpts: * * * TO: Chairman Todd M. Harper Vice Chairman Kyle S. Hauptman Board Member Tanya Otsuka Executive Director Larry Fazio General Counsel Frank Kressman Deputy Executive Director Rendell Jones Chief of Staff Catherine D. Galicia Office of External Affairs and Communication  more PR

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Feb. 14 -- The National Credit Union Administration Inspector General issued the following audit report on Feb. 13, 2024, entitled "Fiscal 2023 Financial Statement Audits." Here are excerpts: * * * To: The Honorable Todd M. Harper, Chairman The Honorable Kyle S. Hauptman, Vice Chairman The Honorable Tanya F. Otsuka, Board Member National Credit Union Administration, 1775 Duke Street, Alexandria, Virginia 22314 Dear Chairman Harper, Vice Chairman Hauptman, and Board M more PR

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Feb. 14 -- The National Credit Union Administration issued the following news release on Feb. 13, 2024: The National Credit Union Administration's four funds again earned unmodified, or "clean," audit opinions for 2023, according to audited financial statements released today by the agency's Office of Inspector General. The complete 2023 financial statement audits (https://ncua.gov/files/audit-reports/inspector-general-financial-statement-audit-fy-2023.pdf) are available  more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the following litigation release (No. 1:16-cv-10960; D. Mass. filed May 26, 2016) involving Christopher R. Esposito, et al.: * * * On February 12, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts entered a final judgment against Anthony Jay Pignatello of Winchester, Virginia. Pignatello was a consultant and Secretary for Cannabiz Mobile, Inc., a publicly traded company purportedly servicing medical marijuana bu more PR

QUANTICO, Virginia, Feb. 14 -- The U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command issued the following news release: By Jessica Hanley The Department of the Army Criminal Investigation Division U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Laboratory (USACIL) Assistant Director Debra Glidewell has accepted the position as Vice-Chair of the Council of Federal Forensic Laboratory Directors. Ms. Glidewell brings to this role 33 years of forensic science experience, over 20 years of that time at USACIL. Established more PR

WHEELING, West Virginia, Feb. 14 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of West Virginia issued the following news release on Feb. 13, 2024: Chelsea Marion Banks, age 28, of Wheeling, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 121 months in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute cocaine base and fentanyl. According to court documents and statements made in court, Banks was working with another person to sell drugs in the Wheeling area more PR

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Feb. 14 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia issued the following news release on Feb. 13, 2024: An Alexandria man was sentenced today to 15 years in prison for conspiring to distribute fentanyl and possessing a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking. According to court documents, Carrington Hammond, 29, worked with Arizona-based suppliers and local redistributors to sell kilogram-level quantities of fentanyl in the Eastern District  more PR

NEWPORT NEWS, Virginia, Feb. 14 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia issued the following news release on Feb. 13, 2024: A Newport News man was sentenced today to ten years and one day in prison for shooting another man in broad daylight while robbing his victim of approximately 6.5 ounces of marijuana. According to court documents, Brycen Scott Beal, 19, arranged a meeting to purchase a small amount of marijuana from D.M. When D.M. arrived at the agreed loca more PR