
Bill passes Senate committee to refurbish technology for veterans, others in need
Last week, the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs voted unanimously to pass the Computers for Veterans and Students Act.

Last week, the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs voted unanimously to pass the Computers for Veterans and Students Act.

Imagine the horror of the Uvalde school shooting parents waiting outside the school for the next shot.
The Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library in Staunton will host a virtual conversation with Neil Lanctot, author of The Approaching Storm: Roosevelt, Wilson, Addams and Their Clash Over America’s Future.

Virginia’s K-12 Digital Mapping Program was introduced in April and has more than 1,000 schools and 85 divisions participating.

The Youth Coastal Fishing Program Act is bipartisan legislation that would create a grant program within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
A group of U.S. lawmakers including Tim Kaine (D-VA) and 35 advocacy groups have asked the U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona to extend the limited Public Service Loan Forgiveness waiver deadline until July 1, 2023.
The Virginia Information Technologies Agency is supporting and promoting a Cybersecurity Awareness Month campaign throughout October.
Two Virginia localities will not follow “model policies” that would roll back equal protections for trans students.
Virginia State Police Superintendent Colonel Gary T. Settle has announced the appointments of three new executive staff leaders in the wake of the retirement of the department’s first female deputy superintendent.

There are many problems facing the world today, including war and the threat of nuclear destruction, climate change, human rights abuses, hunger, extreme poverty, growing income inequality, and global pandemics.
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