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Federal Tipoffs Involving Maryland Newsletter for Saturday August 10, 2024 ( 5 items )  

CMS Roundup (August. 9, 2024)
BALTIMORE, Maryland, Aug. 9 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services issued the following news release: Today, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) provides an at-a-glance summary of news from around the agency. CMS Publishes Fact Sheet on Services Available Through GUIDE Model July 29: CMS published a fact sheet about the services available through the Guiding an Improved Dementia Experience (GUIDE) Model, along with guidan  more

Fact Sheet: 2024 Australia-U.S. Ministerial Consultations (AUSMIN)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: On August 6, 2024, U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, and their Australian counterparts, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence Richard Marles and Minister of Foreign Affairs Penny Wong, met in Annapolis, Maryland, for the 34th Australia-U.S. Ministerial Consultations (AUSMIN). The principals reaffirmed that the Unbreakable Alliance between the United State  more

Joint Statement on Australia-U.S. Ministerial Consultations (AUSMIN) 2024
WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III hosted Minister for Foreign Affairs Penny Wong and Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence Richard Marles on August 6 in Annapolis, Maryland, to strengthen further the U.S.-Australia Alliance and the two countries' cooperation in the Indo-Pacific region and globally. The Secretaries and Ministers (principals) reaffirmed that the U.  more

National Institute of Child's Health and Human Development: Science Update - Strong Attachment to a Pet May Ease Depression and Anxiety in Adults Who Experienced Childhood Abuse
ROCKVILLE, Maryland, Aug. 10 (TNSres) -- The National Institutes of Health's Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child's Health and Human Development issued the following news: A strong emotional attachment to a pet--particularly a dog--could help ease depression and anxiety, especially among adults who were victims of childhood abuse, suggests a small study of older women funded by the National Institutes of Health. For all adults in the study, researchers found associations between h  more

U.S. Marshals Announce the Results of Operation Silver Shield
WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's U.S. Marshals Service issued the following news release: * * * Statewide Enforcement Operation Leads to the Arrest of 232 Fugitives * * * Baltimore, MD -The U.S. Marshals Service and task force partners in the District of Maryland conducted a large-scale, public safety initiative from May through August dubbed Operation Silver Shield. During the 90-day interagency operation, deputies from the District of Maryland prioritized the arrest   more