Montgomery Community Media

U.S. Senator Barbara A. Mikulski (D-Md.), Chairwoman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today (Dec. 23) praised President Obama’s announcement of a one percent pay raise for federal employees in January of 2014. “I’m proud to fight on the front lines for federal employee pay as hard as federal employees fight on the front lines each […]

The National Institute of Standards and Technology’s (NIST) National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) will host a signing ceremony for companies who are joining the center as National Cybersecurity Excellence Partners at 2:30 p.m. on April 15. The new partners will pledge to contribute hardware and software components and share best cybersecurity practices and personnel […]

U.S. Senators Barbara A. Mikulski and Ben Cardin (both D-Md.) announced on March 29 that the Glen Echo Volunteer Fire Department (GEVFD) has been awarded $44,574 in federal funding through the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) program to purchase lifesaving rescue equipment and personal protection equipment for its first responders. […]

Montgomery County Council President Roger Berliner makes a point on July 23 as the county celebrated the completion of a road repaving projects that improved more than 43 miles of seven roadways using $6.744 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funding. The federal funds employed 50 people. The selected roads were designated as […]