WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 (TNSrep) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following In Focus white paper (No. IF11788) on Dec. 6, 2024, by military personnel specialist Kristy N. Kamarck. Here are excerpts: * * * Defense Primer: Military Service Academies Overview The U.S. military service academies are tuition-free, four-year degree-granting institutions operated by the military departments. The academies are a major officer commissioning source, along with the Senior Reserve Officer Tr more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Office of Disability Employment Policy issued the following news release on Dec. 5, 2024: * * * "Core states" will receive federal support to increase competitive integrated employment * * * The U.S. Department of Labor today announced that 13 states and the District of Columbia will participate as "core states" in fiscal year 2025 in its National Expansion of Employment Opportunities Network initiative, enabling government agencies in these more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Mine Safety and Health Administration issued the following news release on Dec. 5, 2024: * * * Total of 95 significant and substantial violations, 12 unwarrantable failures found * * * The U.S. Department of Labor announced today that its Mine Safety and Health Administration completed impact inspections in October 2024 at 15 mines in Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Missouri, Nevada, New York, Pennsylvan more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration has released the following public communication dated Nov. 12, 2024, from Alison Kling, department manager of e-mobility infrastructure programs at Consolidated Edison Company of New York Inc.: * * * To: Suraiya Motsinger FHWA Office of Natural Environment U.S. Department of Transportation 1200 New Jersey Ave, SE Washington, DC 20590 Re: Notice of Request for Information (RFI) on Medium- and Heavy-D more ST

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration has released the following public communication dated Nov. 11, 2024, from the Environmental Defense Fund: * * * Subject Line: Response to FHWA RFI Docket No. FHWA-2024-0028 On behalf of Environmental Defense Fund, I submit the comments below in response to the Federal Highway Administration "Request for Information (RFI) on Medium- and Heavy-Duty Electric Charging Technologies and Infrastructure Needs." more ST

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration has released the following public communication dated Nov. 12, 2024, from the University of Delaware: * * * Docket No. FHWA-2024-0028 RFI on Medium- and Heavy-Duty Electric Charging Technologies and Infrastructure Needs Comments from the University of Delaware By Catherine Gilman, John Metz, Willett Kempton, Rodney McGee Note: Questions from the RFI are here answered in order; those not answered are  more ST

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration has released the following public communication dated Nov. 12, 2024, from Zeem Solutions: * * * To: The Honorable Kristin White Acting Administrator, Federal Highway Administration U.S. Department of Transportation 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE West Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140 Washington, DC 20590 Subject: Notice of Request for Information (RFI) on Medium- and Heavy-Duty Electric Charging Techn more ST

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases issued a notice in the Federal Register on Nov. 20, 2024, entitled "Prospective Grant of Exclusive License, Inter-Institutional Agreement-Institution Lead: Peptides and Peptide Microarrays for Detection and Differentiation of Antibody Responses to Ebola Virus and Other Pathogens". Here are excerpts: * * * SUMMARY: The National Institute o more ST

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 -- The House Financial Services Committee released the following testimony by Martin J. Gruenberg, chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, from a Nov. 20, 2024, hearing entitled "Oversight of Prudential Regulators": * * * Chairman McHenry, Ranking Member Waters, and Members of the Committee, I am pleased to appear at today's hearing entitled "Oversight of Prudential Regulators." I appreciate the opportunity to report on the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporatio more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 -- Sen. Pete Ricketts, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release: Earlier this week, U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts (R-NE) spoke on the Senate floor, criticizing the Biden-Harris administration's foreign policy for failing to keep America safe and secure. Ricketts also condemned the administration for their appeasement-first approach and emboldening adversaries. "About a month ago, the American people delivered a message that they were no longer going to stand for a governme more PR