The Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve recently reported its latest strikes in Iraq and Syria against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), part of the coalition’s continued efforts to destroy the group’s operations. Read More »

U.S. Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, praised the Senate recently for passing S. 2012, the Energy Policy Modernization Act, and highlighted the House’s companion bill, which passed late last year. Read More »

The Department of Defense (DoD) honored nine individuals, teams and installations with this year's Secretary of Defense Environmental Awards, which honor environmental achievements and innovative and cost-effective environmental practices, the DoD said late last week. Read More »

U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter and Saudi Arabian Defense Minister Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman discussed the nations’ mutual security interests during Carter's recent visit to Riyahh, the Saudi capital. Read More »

The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee recently advanced H.R. 4937, the Protecting our Infrastructure of Pipelines and Enhancing Safety (PIPES) Act of 2016, a bi-partisan bill that reauthorizes the Department of Transportation’s (USDOT) pipeline-safety initiative. Read More »

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) recently released a report on the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (also called the Lightning II) program, which found that the Department of Defense (DoD) faces affordability and accountability challenges. Read More »

National Security Adviser Susan Rice recently spoke at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, detailing the "whole-of-government" strategy that the U.S. is taking against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). Read More »

A U.S. Army Edgewood Chemical Biological Center (ECBC) team recently completed four months of work to increase the lab-analysis capabilities of U.S. Forces Korea (USFK), which will now be able to better test for suspected biological warfare agents. Read More »

Secretary of Defense Ash Carter recently spoke to U.S. airmen earlier this week at Al-Dhafra Air Base in the United Arab Emirates, highlighting their role in defeating the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and the need to counter Iran’s influence in the area. Read More »

U.S. Rep. Lou Barletta (R-PA), chairman of the Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management Subcommittee of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, said the U.S. is woefully ill-prepared for the aftermath of a cyberattack that takes out the nation's electrical grid. Read More »

Indiana, Department of the Navy (DON) and Duke Energy officials spoke about their cooperative efforts on energy security and energy resiliency initiatives within the state during a recent presentation at the Indiana Capitol. Read More »

Duke Energy Progress (DEP), which expanded its solar capacity last year, recently was ranked third on the Smart Electric Power Alliance’s (SEPA) list of utility companies that added new solar capacity in 2015. Read More »

The National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) recently initiated its first cooperative effort in the energy industry by signing a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with German company Wintershall, a subsidiary of BASF. Read More »

The Department of Defense (DoD) recently recognized Dominion with its “Employer Support of the Guard and Reserves (ESGR) Extraordinary Employer Support Award,” which celebrates the company's support of the National Guard and Reserve service by prior recipients of the Secretary of Defense Freedom Award, which Dominion won in 2008. Read More »

Officials at Security Service Federal Credit Union recently announced that it hired Janet Anne Parcenue to be the company’s new manager of Commercial Credit Underwriting. Read More »

The Department of Defense (DoD) said this week that aircraft from Marine Corps. Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 4 have been deployed to Turkey to beef up the coalition's electronic-attack strength against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). Read More »

Lockheed Martin said this week that it is teaming up with Babson Global, a wholly owned subsidiary of Babson College, to create a college for entrepreneurship at King Abdullah Economic City (KAEC) in Saudi Arabia. Read More »

At the International Conference & Exhibition on Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) this week in Perth, Australia, officials announced that the 2022 conference would be held in St. Petersburg, Russia. Read More »

The Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) vowed to fight a recent subpoena from U.S. Virgin Islands Attorney General Claude Walker that would require the nonprofit to turn over a decade's worth of materials regarding its work on climate change. Read More »

Deputy Defense Secretary Bob Work concluded his recent trip to the Pacific Northwest with a visit to Boeing’s final-assembly facilities in Renton, Washington, for the Boeing 737 and the derivative P-8A Poseidon, a military marine patrol aircraft. Read More »