WASHINGTON, Aug. 15 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: * * * Arizona CEO Indicted for Embezzling Over $2.4M from Employee Benefit Plans * An indictment unsealed today in the District of Maryland charges an Arizona man with embezzling more than $2.4 million from an Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) benefit plan and related money laundering offenses. According to court documents, James Vincent Campbell, 47, of Scottsdale, Arizona, is CEO and fo more PR

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Maryland, Aug. 15 -- The U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command issued the following news: * * * Army Scientists Use Biotechnology to Identify Toxins in the Field By Alexandria Mann The U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Chemical Biological Center (DEVCOM CBC) has expanded the biological identification capability of one of its handheld biological detectors. Dial-a-Threat (DaT): Antigen provides warfighters in the field the capability to iden more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 15 -- Chase Brexton Health Care, Baltimore, Maryland, has submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) expressing concern regarding updated guidance about the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA). The letter highlights potential reductions in access to care for families, which may lead to increased reliance on emergency services and higher long-term costs to the healthcare system. In the  more ST

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

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Maryland, Aug. 15 -- The U.S. Army Test and Evaluation Command issued the following news: * * * Dugway Proving Ground completes TECFT 2025 By Necia Warner The Technology Experimentation & Characterization Field Trials (TECFT) provides testing opportunities in diverse operationally relevant test environments for acquisition managers, international partners, and academic and industry stakeholders of chemical, biological, and radiological (CBR) defense communities. This 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

PASADENA, California, Aug. 16 (TNSres) -- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory issued the following news: * * * Giant Radar Antenna Reflector on NASA-ISRO Satellite in Full 'Bloom' Seventeen days after NISAR's launch from southeastern India, an essential piece of science hardware has unfurled in orbit. * Spanning 39 feet (12 meters), the drum-shaped antenna reflector on the NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar) satellite mission from NASA and the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) suc more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 15 -- Health Care for the Homeless, a provider of integrated health services in Maryland, has submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services expressing serious concerns about proposed changes to the definition of "Federal public benefit" under the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA). The organization argues that the proposed expansion could severely impact the services they provide to vulnerable  more ST

WASHINGTON, Aug. 15 -- The House Financial Services Committee issued a report (H.Rpt. 119-204) on the Securities Research Modernization Act (H.R. 3672), which aims to amend the Securities Act of 1933 to expand the research report exception to include reports about any issuer that undertakes a proposed offering of public securities. The report was advanced by Rep. French Hill, R-Arkansas, on July 15, 2025. Here are excerpts: * * * Purpose and Summary H.R. 3672, the Securities Research Moderni more ST

WASHINGTON, Aug. 15 -- The House Judiciary Committee issued a report (H.Rpt. 119-200) on the Stop Illegal Entry Act (H.R. 3486), which aims to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to increase penalties for individuals who illegally enter and reenter the U.S. after being removed. The report was advanced by Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, on July 15, 2025. Here are excerpts: * * * Purpose and Summary H.R. 3486, the Stop Illegal Entry Act of 2025, introduced by Rep. Stephanie Bice (R-OK), would i 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. 16 (TNSjou) -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' National Institutes of Health issued the following news release: * * * NIH scientists lay foundation for potential gene-editing therapy for late-onset Tay-Sachs Study of human cells and mice may have implications for other lysosomal storage disorders * Scientists at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) successfully reduced the severity of late-onset Tay-Sachs (LOTS) disease in human cell cultures and a mous more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 15 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release: * * * Progressive North Ridgeville Settles EEOC Race Discrimination Charge * Conciliation process resolves charge against healthcare facility CLEVELAND - Progressive North Ridgeville, LLC, a healthcare facility in North Ridgeville, Ohio, agreed to pay $5,000 and take corrective action to resolve a race discrimination charge filed with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 16 -- Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Maryland, ranking member of the of the House Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release on Aug. 15, 2025: * * * Ranking Member Raskin, Congresswoman Norton, Ranking Member Garcia, and Senator Van Hollen Introduce Legislation Terminating Trump's Unprecedented Federalization of D.C.'s Metropolitan Police Department Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton, and Rep. Rober more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 15 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: * * * Van Hollen Joins Klobuchar, Schmitt in Introducing Bipartisan ABLE Employment Flexibility Act * U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) and Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.), and Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) in reintroducing the ABLE Employment Flexibility Act, their bipartisan legislation which would allow employers to contribute to an employee's Achieving a Better Life Experie more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 14 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: * * * Van Hollen Urges Trump Administration to Address Community Disruptions from Navy Ships at Port of Baltimore * U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) urged the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Maritime Administration (MARAD) to address the concerns of Locust Point and Fells Point residents regarding the two Naval vessels - the USNS Pomeroy and USNS Charlton - that have been docked at the P more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 15 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: * * * Van Hollen, Whitehouse Lead 30 Colleagues in Demanding EPA Obey the Law and Restore Solar for All, Other Green Bank Program Funding * Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW), led 30 of their Senate colleagues in demanding Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin obey more PR