BALTIMORE, Maryland, Sept. 6 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following remarks on Sept. 5, 2024, by Assistant Attorney General Matthew G. Olsen announcing the charges against five officers of the Russian military intelligence agency: * * * As Prepared for Delivery Thank you joining us this afternoon. I am Matt Olsen, the Assistant Attorney General for National Security at the Department of Justice. I am joined today by the U.S. Attorney Erek Barron for the District of Maryland a  more

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, Sept. 6 -- The U.S. Naval Academy issued the following news release: Assistant Professor of English Shirley Lau Wong was recently was awarded the 2024 Robert Rhodes Prize for Books on Literature for her book Poetics of the Local: Globalization, Place, and Irish Contemporary Poetry (SUNY Press, 2023). The award is the top book prize given by the American Conference for Irish Studies (ACIS). According to ACIS, "The Rhodes Prize is awarded to an exceptional monograph about Ir  more

BETHESDA, Maryland, Sept. 6 -- The Consumer Product Safety Commission issued the following statement on Sept. 5, 2024, by Commissioner Richard Trumka Jr.: * * * It seems like CPSC is increasingly having to warn the public about fire hazards associated with lithium-ion batteries in products like e-bikes, hoverboards, and electric scooters. But even good batteries can cause fires when used with incompatible chargers. Today, the Agency warned that SafPow SPC-42020 and AMPOWSURE ASP-C10S42020 bat  more

ROCKVILLE, Maryland, Sept. 6 -- The National Institutes of Health's Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child's Health and Human Development issued the following news on Sept. 5, 2024: The National Institutes of Health today announced the final winners of its Connecting the Community for Maternal Health Challenge. Eight nonprofit organizations received cash prizes for their efforts to develop, implement, and conduct research projects to improve maternal health outcomes in their communi  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 6 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Sept. 5, 2024: * * * Defendants Are Alleged to Have Committed Cyber Attacks in Advance of Russia's Invasion of Ukraine; Also Targeted 26 North Atlantic Treaty Organization Countries Note: View the indictment here (https://www.justice.gov/opa/media/1366441/dl). * * * In an indictment unsealed today, a grand jury in Maryland charged six computer hackers, all of whom were residents and nationals of the  more

GREENBELT, Maryland, Sept. 7 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland issued the following news release on Sept. 5, 2024: In an indictment unsealed today, a grand jury in Maryland charged six computer hackers, all of whom were residents and nationals of the Russian Federation (Russia), with conspiracy to commit computer intrusion and wire fraud conspiracy. Five of the defendants were officers in Unit 29155 of the Russian Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU), a military int  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Sept. 7 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland issued the following news release: Medical device manufacturer THD America, Inc., located in Natick, Massachusetts, and its corporate parent, THD SpA of Italy (collectively, THD), have agreed to pay $700,000 to resolve allegations that THD violated the False Claims Act by knowingly causing physicians to use incorrect codes to obtain inflated reimbursement from Medicare and State Medicaid programs for th  more

PATUXENT RIVER, Maryland, Sept. 7 -- The U.S. Naval Air Systems Command issued the following news release: The E-2/C-2 Airborne Command & Control Systems Program Office (PMA-231) awarded a $16 million contract to Fuse Integration on Aug. 26 for the production of Fuse CORE 4.0 virtualized network systems for the E-2D Advanced Hawkeye. CORE updates the E-2D's external networking systems to a modern, software-based network as part of the E-2D's Delta System Software Configuration (DSSC)-5 build.   more

SILVER SPRING, Maryland, Sept. 6 -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Environmental Satellite, Data and Information Service issued the following news: The Space Environment In-Situ Suite (SEISS) instrument onboard NOAA's GOES-19 satellite is now sending radiation data back to Earth. GOES-19 launched on June 25, 2024, and the SEISS sensors have been collecting data continuously since August 22, 2024. SEISS is a suite of sensors that monitors proton, electron, and he  more

WOODLAWN, Maryland, Sept. 6 -- The Social Security Administration issued the following news release on Sept. 5, 2024: Today, the Social Security Administration (SSA) announced progress this year to reduce customer burden by transitioning wet (physical) signature requirements to digital signatures for over 30 forms as well as removing the signature requirements altogether for 13 forms. These actions simplify application processes for people, including removing a potential reason for claims to be  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 7 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia issued the following news release on Sept. 6, 2024: A federal grand jury yesterday returned an indictment charging Dana Garnett, 60, of Hyattsville, Maryland, a former District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS) employee, with conspiracy to commit bribery and wire fraud. The indictment also charges Yelake Meseretu, 40, owner of U.S. Office Solutions, a vendor of goods to DCPS, with bribery and wire fraud in excha  more

BETHESDA, Maryland, Sept. 6 -- The Uniformed Services University issued the following faculty news: * * * Dr. Michael Roy has been awarded a $500,000 grant to conduct research on the effects of blast exposure among military service members. * * * By Claire Pak Dr. Michael Roy, professor of Medicine and deputy director of the Military Traumatic Brain Injury (https://mtbi2.usuhs.edu/) Initiative at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (https://www.usuhs.edu/) (USU), has b  more

CLARKSBURG, West Virginia, Sept. 6 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of West Virginia issued the following news release: Olona Roba, a federal inmate at United States Penitentiary Hazelton, and Sakile G. Fiddermon, of Fort Washington, Maryland, were indicted on heroin, fentanyl, and methamphetamine charges. Roba, 26, and Fiddermon, 23, were each charged with conspiring to smuggle heroin, fentanyl, methamphetamine, and suboxone into the penitentiary. According to the   more