Be Cyber-Compliant Or Be Gone
DoD will begin requiring all companies seeking any type of military contract be cyber-compliant beginning with the Requests for Proposals issued in September 2020. DoD’s chief information security office is setting up routes to assist contractors achieve compliance as well as helping an industry-designed nonprofit establish itself as the certification agency issuing compliance certifications.
Citadel Shield-Solid Curtain at Pax Feb. 3-14
Naval Air Station Patuxent River and other naval installations in the National Capital Region are preparing for the annual anti-terrorism force protection exercise — Citadel Shield-Solid Curtain 2020 — that will be conducted Feb. 3-14.
DoD F-35 Report: Hundreds of Deficiencies, 13 ‘Must-Fix’ Problems
A DoD annual report says the F-35 has hundreds of unresolved deficiencies and new problems are being discovered regularly. There’s a long list of issues that should be resolved, including 13 described as Category 1 “must-fix” items.
Local Singer Carr to Open 2020 Jazz Fest
Local singer and St. Mary’s County resident Latrice Carr will open for nationally known jazz acts at the Potomac Jazz & Seafood Festival slated for July 10-12, 2020.
MD Veterans Affairs Annual Report
The Maryland Department of Veterans Affairs issued its 2019 annual report.
Access to Care Team to Meet
MedStar St. Mary’s Hospital supports the Healthy St. Mary’s Partnership’s Access to Care Action Team, which will meet from 3 to 4 pm Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2020, at Health Connections at MedStar St. Mary’s Hospital in Leonardtown.
Need an Outlet for Your Photography Addiction?
The St. Mary’s County Camera Club is offering an opportunity for photographers to have their work critiqued at its February 6 meeting in Lexington Park.
Tobacco-Free Action Team to Meet
MedStar St. Mary’s supports the Healthy St. Mary’s Partnership’s Tobacco-Free Living Action Team, which will meet at 10:45 am February 6, 2020, at the East Run Medical Center in Lexington Park.
UK Welcomes Huawei 5G
The United Kingdom gives Huawei the go-ahead to build parts of the country’s 5G network, at a crucial time in the broader fight for tech supremacy between the US and China.
Grant to Allow Land Preservation in Mattapany RLA
The Southern Maryland Resource Conservation & Development Board was awarded more than $2.5 million in fiscal 2020 grant funding for land preservation in St. Mary’s County.
