SILVER SPRING, Maryland, May 28 -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Environmental Satellite, Data and Information Service issued the following news: * * * 50 Years of Monitoring the Stormy Seas: Hurricane Tracking with NOAA's GOES Satellites For 50 years, NOAA's Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES) have kept a constant vigil over the Western Hemisphere. These sentinels in the sky provide essential information to forecasters, first responders, more PR

WASHINGTON, May 28 -- Sen. Angela Alsobrooks, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: * * * Alsobrooks Joins Colleagues in Introducing Bill to Provide Tax Relief for Small Businesses in Maryland Currently, Entrepreneurs Can Only Write Off $5,000 In Costs When Starting A New Business. New Legislation Would Increase Tax Deduction To $50,000 WASHINGTON, DC - During National Small Business Month, U.S. Senator Angela Alsobrooks (D-Md.) joined a group of senators in introducing the Tax Reli more PR

WASHINGTON, May 21 -- Sen. Angela Alsobrooks, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: * * * Alsobrooks, Booker, Warnock, Blunt Rochester Joint Statement on Charges Against Rep. LaMonica McIver WASHINGTON, DC -- Today, Senators Angela Alsobrooks (D-Md.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Rev. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.), and Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) issued the following statement: "We stand with Representative LaMonica McIver in the face of efforts to intimidate her and silence those who seek to  more PR

GERMANTOWN, Maryland, May 28 -- Amentum, a provider of technical and engineering services, issued the following news release: * * * Amentum Selected for Next Phase of Norway's Nuclear Clean-up CHANTILLY, VA., May 27, 2025 -- Norsk Nukleaer Dekommisjonering (NND) has selected Amentum (NYSE: AMTM), and its joint venture partner Multiconsult Norge AS to deliver safety case management and training for Norway's nuclear clean-up program. Andy White, senior vice president of Amentum Energy & Enviro more PR

BETHESDA, Maryland, May 28 -- The Auto Care Association issued the following news release: * * * Auto Care Association to Host Webinar on Colorado, California Packaging EPR Compliance Program Updates BETHESDA, Md. - May 27, 2025 - The Auto Care Association will host a webinar discussing the topic of Colorado and California's packaging Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) programs. The webinar will take place on June 10, 2025, from 2 - 3 p.m. ET. With the Aug. 1, 2025, reporting deadline jus more PR

BALTIMORE, Maryland, May 27 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services issued the following news release: * * * CMS Increasing Oversight on States Illegally Using Federal Medicaid Funding for Health Care for Illegal Immigrants The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced today increased federal oversight to stop states from misusing federal Medicaid dollars to cover health care for individuals who are in the country illegall more PR

WASHINGTON, May 27 -- Rep. Kweisi Mfume, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Mfume, Former COVID Select Committee Democrats' Statement on Trump Admin's New COVID-19 Vaccine Policy WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, Congressman Kweisi Mfume (MD-07), Ranking Member Raul Ruiz (CA-25) and Representatives Deborah Ross (NC-02), Jamie Raskin (MD-08), Debbie Dingell (MI-12), Ami Bera (CA-06), Robert Garcia (CA-42), and Jill Tokuda (HI-02), formers Members of the Select Subcommitt more PR

ITHACA, New York, May 26 -- Cornell University posted the following news: * * * Cornell lacrosse wins national championship, first in 48 years Foxborough, Mass. - As the final minute began to tick away on a magical 2025 season, CJ Kirst '25 avoided a Maryland double team, ran straight down the middle of the field and scored on an empty net to salt away Cornell's first NCAA title in 48 years. All that was left was the faceoff and the field rush. The top-ranked Big Red toppled No. 2 seed Maryl more PR

LAUREL, Maryland, May 27 [Category: Science] -- The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory posted the following news release: * * * Engineering Tomorrow's Quantum Computers Researchers have touted the revolutionary potential of quantum computers to take on otherwise intractable challenges, like modeling complex molecular behavior for drug discovery or factoring enormous numbers in use for cryptography schemes. But what would a large-scale quantum computer actually look like? Th more PR

BALTIMORE, Maryland, May 28 -- Johns Hopkins Medicine issued the following news release: * * * Operation Hope: How Federally Funded Research Helped Navy Veteran Beat Lung Cancer and Pneumonitis It started with a bit of blood. In April 2013, then 68-year-old John Ryan checked in with his primary care physician after he suddenly began to cough up trace amounts of blood. One emergency room trip and several tests later, the 30-year Navy veteran was told to prepare for his toughest battle yet: st more PR

WASHINGTON, May 28 -- The Senate Finance Committee issued the following information for a nominations hearing at 10 a.m. on June 3, 2025, at 215 Dirksen Senate Office Building: Member Statements * Mike Crapo (R - ID) * Ron Wyden (D - OR) Witnesses * Joseph Barloon, of Maryland, to be a Deputy United States Trade Representative (Geneva Office), with the rank of Ambassador, vice Maria Pagan, resigned * Janet Dhillon, of Virginia, to be Director of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation for more PR

WOODLAWN, Maryland, May 27 (TNSrpt) -- The Social Security Administration's Office of the Inspector General issued the following news release: * * * Social Security Administration Makes Progress on Improper Payments, But Still Has Work to Do In Fiscal Year 2024, the Social Security Administration (SSA) paid over $1.5 trillion in benefits in the Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance (OASDI) and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) programs. SSA must be a responsible steward of the taxpaye more PR

WOODLAWN, Maryland, May 28 (TNSLrpt) -- The Social Security Administration's Office of the Inspector General issued a 34-page audit report (No. 152415) on May 21, 2025, entitled "The Social Security Administration's Compliance with the Payment Integrity Information Act of 2019 in Fiscal Year 2024." Here are excerpts: * * * MEMORANDUM Date: May 21, 2025 Refer to: 152415 To: Frank Bisignano, Commissioner From: Michelle L. Anderson, Assistant Inspector General for Audit Subject: The Socia more PR