The United States Navy is inviting former Sailors who voluntarily left the service or allowed their service to lapse, rather than comply with the COVID-19 vaccination mandate, the opportunity to apply for reinstatement, in accordance with Executive Order 14184, “Reinstating Service Members Discharged Under the Military’s COVID-19 Vaccination Mandate.” Under this initiative, Sailors who are…
James Madison University has announced that Dr. James C. Schmidt will serve as the university’s next president. Located in Harrisonburg, VA, James Madison has 21,000 undergraduate and 1,700+ graduate students. Schmidt has over 30 years of experience working in higher education and currently serves as the chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire; he has been in…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The federal job cuts just keep on coming. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced a dramatic restructuring in accordance with President Trump’s Executive Order, “Implementing the President’s ‘Department of Government Efficiency’ Workforce Optimization Initiative.” The restructuring will address this and serve multiple goals without impacting critical services. First,…
[Photo above: The combat ship USS MINNEAPOLIS ST.PAUL (LCS 21) departed from Naval Station Mayport on March 26, beginning her maiden deployment to support U.S. 4th Fleet area of operations. Navy photo by Abrionna Thompson.] MAYPORT, FL – The combat ship USS Minneapolis-Saint Paul (LCS 21), along with the “Valkyries” of Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron…
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) announced its plans for an agency-wide reorganization with a 43% reduction in its workforce. The agency says it is returning to its founding mission of empowering small businesses, and to restore accountability to taxpayers – ending the expansive social policy agenda of the prior Administration, eliminating non-essential roles, and…
The Social Security Administration (SSA) announced it will finish the nationwide rollout of its Hearing Recording and Transcriptions (HeaRT) system this month. The HeaRT system replaces an antiquated and bulky hardware system in each hearing office with a software only solution that records and produces transcripts for each case at the hearings level to ensure…
The Education Department has begun a reduction in force (RIF) impacting nearly 50% of the Department’s workforce. Impacted Department staff will be placed on administrative leave beginning Friday, March 21st. President Trump and Republicans are looking to shut down the Department of Education entirely. “Today’s reduction in force reflects the Department of Education’s commitment to…
NORFOLK, VA – The guided-missile destroyer USS Truxtun (DDG 103) departed Naval Station Norfolk for a scheduled independent deployment on March 15. [Photo above: USS Truxton in Norfolk (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jacob Milham)] The ship’s departure comes after months of training, maintenance, and certification events, which ultimately prepared the…
ARLINGTON, VA — Arlington Capital Partners, private investment firm specializing in government regulated industries, has announced the formation of GRVTY, a next generation leader in defense technology solutions for national security priorities across the Department of Defense, Intelligence Community and Homeland Security. GRVTY supports the U.S. government’s growing intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance and targeting (ISR&T) challenges…
JST Power Equipment has opened a new padmount transformer factory in Wytheville, VA this week. This latest expansion comes on the heels of strong fiscal year in 2024 and is one of several new investments that JST Power has made since expanding its dry type transformer manufacturing plant in Nogales, Mexico in 2024. The Wytheville…