WASHINGTON, May 5 -- The Defense Inspector General issued the following project announcement (Project No. D2024-D0DIEM-0113.000) on April 29, 2024, regarding the review of the Army's Future Soldier Preparatory Course: * * * MEMORANDUM FOR AUDITOR GENERAL, DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY SUBJECT: Review of the Army's Future Soldier Preparatory Course (Project No. D2024-D0DIEM-0113.000) The purpose of this memorandum is to notify you that we plan to begin the subject review in April 2024. The objective  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, April 30 -- The Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond issued the following Regional Matters analysis by Regional Economist Joseph Mengedoth: * * * According to the most recent county population estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau, almost half of the Fifth District counties in rural areas or small towns (those with a Rural-Urban Continuum Code (RUCC) of 3-9 and henceforth referred to as "rural") experienced population growth between 2020 and 2023. (See here for more on our use   more