WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, Aug. 20 -- The U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center issued the following news: Transformative growth was on full display at the fourth annual Air Force Materiel Command Continuous Improvement and Innovation Training Summit Aug. 13-15 at the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Club. Hosted by the AFMC Commander's Accelerated Initiatives Office (CDX), the event brought together nearly 200 leaders, practitioners, and experts from across the Department of the Air For  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 20 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: The Department of Defense recently announced seven additional awards to bioindustrial firms via the Distributed Bioindustrial Manufacturing Program (DBIMP). This announcement brings the DBIMP to 13 awards to date totaling $23 million. The awardees include Battelle in Columbus, Ohio; Modular Genetics in Cambridge, Massachusetts; Genomatica in San Diego; Industrial Microbes in Alameda, California; ZymoChem in San Le  more

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, Aug. 21 -- The U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center issued the following news: LINCOLN, Mass. Hanscom Air Force Base officials partnered with the Department of Defense's National Security Innovation Network to hold a technology forecasting-focused Bootcamp session at the NEXUS Center in Lincoln, Massachusetts, Aug. 12-15. The NSIN-run program leverages the expertise of startup founders, entrepreneurs and university faculty to teach military personnel and DOD   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 20 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release: CLEVELAND The Laurels of Athens, a nursing and rehabilitation facility in Athens, Ohio, owned and operated by Laurel Heath Care Company, Athens LTC, Inc., Ciena Healthcare Management, Inc., and Ciena Group, LLC, will pay $150,000 and provide other relief to settle an age and sex discrimination case filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced to  more

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, Aug. 21 -- The U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center issued the following news: HANSCOM AIR FORCE BASE, Mass. In 1944, during World War II, a 17-year-old Cambridge, Massachusetts native began her federal career as a clerk-typist to support the war effort. More than 80 years later, Maria Bandouveres continues to put service above self while working every day at Hanscom Air Force Base, Mass. "Throughout her career she has worn many hats, that as a leader and a   more

BECKLEY, West Virginia, Aug. 22 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia issued the following news release on Aug. 21, 2024: Jack Paskin, 34, of Nelsonville, Ohio, pleaded guilty today to money laundering. According to court documents and statements made in court, from in or about mid-summer 2019 to on or about August 31, 2020, Paskin facilitated the shipment of wholesale quantities of marijuana to Mullens, West Virginia. Merrick admitted that the shipments  more