WASHINGTON, Aug. 15 -- A coalition of 35 environmental groups submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency opposing the proposed approval of Texas' application to oversee the Underground Injection Control program for Class VI wells. The letter attributes concerns to the groups, highlighting risks associated with injecting carbon dioxide underground for storage, including potential contamination of drinking water sources and increased seismic activity. It points  more ST

FALLS CHURCH, Virginia, Aug. 15 -- Defense Health Agency issued the following news: * * * Blast Exposure Monitoring Tool Reaches Critical Milestone The BOP Tool's library now includes blast exposure profiles for all fifteen weapons systems designated as "Tier 1" by the Defense Health Agency in its landmark 2023 medical study of the health effects of blast exposure on service members. By Paul Lagasse, Medical Research and Development Command FORT DETRICK, Md. -- The Blast Overpressure Tool, more PR

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Aug. 16 -- The city of Alexandria issued the following news release on Aug. 14, 2025: * * * City of Alexandria Mayor Urges State and Federal Leaders to Take Action Now to Prepare for Federal Mandates Alexandria, Va. - On behalf of the Alexandria City Council, Mayor Alyia Gaskins is calling on state and federal leaders to act swiftly in response to new, unfunded mandates in recently enacted federal legislation. In a series of letters sent this week, Mayor Gaskins called f more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 15 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Coast Guard issued the following news: * * * Coast Guard Diving--over 80 years of history! * World War II During World War II, Coast Guard divers served a number of military missions. Coast Guard hardhat divers were assigned to many of the service's 180-foot buoy tenders serving overseas, in Alaska and in home waters. These divers supported maintenance of floating aids to navigation and salvage work, especially in the Pacific  more PR

RESTON, Virginia, Aug. 15 -- The First Responder Network Authority, an independent agency within the Commerce Department's National Telecommunications and Information Administration that oversees the nation's communications network dedicated to emergency responders and the public safety community, issued the following news release: * * * FirstNet is Transforming Communications for First Responders in Marion County, South Carolina Today, AT&T and the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 15 -- The Government Accountability Office has denied a protest from Chenega Agile Real-Time Solutions LLC (CARS), of Lorton, Virginia, concerning a U.S. Navy contract. The contract, which is for information technology enterprise engineering and support services, was awarded to PCG-SMX JV LLC, of Lexington Park, Maryland. CARS alleged that the Navy unfairly evaluated its technical proposal and that the competition was not on a level playing field. The protester received a "marg more ST

WASHINGTON, Aug. 15 -- The Government Accountability Office has denied a protest filed by Tech Systems Inc. (TSI), of Apex, North Carolina, concerning a contract for uniform alteration services. The U.S. Marine Corps awarded the contract to TDNA Technologies Inc. dba Hartwood Consulting Group, of Stafford, Virginia. TSI, the incumbent contractor for the services, challenged the Marine Corps's evaluation of its own technical proposal, the evaluation of Hartwood's past performance, exchanges the  more ST

WASHINGTON, Aug. 16 (TNSLrpt) -- The Maryland Tech Council and Sage Policy Group has released a report arguing that large-scale data center development could help close Maryland's looming budget gap, revive a shrinking construction sector, and deliver thousands of high-paying jobs without raising taxes. The report frames data centers as a near-term lever for fiscal stability and long-term competitiveness at a moment when Maryland ranks 40th in five-year job growth and faces a projected multibill more ST

WASHINGTON, Aug. 15 -- The National Waterways Conference, Arlington, Virginia, has submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) advocating for enhanced recognition and integration of waterborne freight transportation in the upcoming National Freight Strategic Plan (NFSP) Update for 2025. The NWC represents a diverse coalition of stakeholders in the non-Federal water resources sector, including port authorities, agricultural interests, and regional associatio more ST

WASHINGTON, Aug. 15 -- The Government Accountability Office has dismissed a protest filed by Network Designs Inc. (NDi), of McLean, Virginia, against the U.S. Department of Justice. The protest centered on the DOJ's transfer of information technology services to Leidos Inc., of Reston, Virginia, a move NDi called an improper sole-source award. NDi, which was providing IT modernization and maintenance services to the DOJ's Antitrust Division, filed the protest after the agency decided not to exe more ST

WASHINGTON, Aug. 15 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture issued the following news release: * * * USDA Announces Sweeping Plans to Protect the United States from New World Screwworm * (Austin, TX, August 15, 2025) - U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins today at the Texas State Capitol alongside Governor Greg Abbott and stakeholders from across the country announced the largest initiative yet in the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) plan to combat the New World Screwworm (NW more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 15 -- The Virginia Garcia Memorial Health Center and Foundation, Aloha, Oregon, has submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services addressing the proposed reinterpretation of "Federal Public Benefit" under the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA). The organization, which serves over 52,000 patients annually in Washington and Yamhill counties of Oregon, expressed concerns about the potential implic more ST