Security News in Brief: Georgia CPA Indicted for Promoting Syndicated Conservation Easement Tax Scheme Involving Fraudulent Charitable Deductions

Source: United States Department of Justice News

A federal grand jury sitting in Atlanta, Georgia, returned an indictment today charging an Atlanta certified public accountant with one count of conspiracy to defraud the United States; 24 counts of wire fraud; 32 counts of aiding or assisting in the preparation of false federal tax returns; and five counts of filing false federal tax returns relating to a wide-ranging, abusive tax shelter scheme. 

Defense News in Brief: Navy Lodge locations now open for leisure travel

Source: United States Navy

Most Navy Lodge locations around the world are now taking reservations for leisure travel on a space available basis. In Spring 2020, Navy Lodges began restricting leisure travel as its locations were used to accommodate guests placed on restriction of movement orders by their commands due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Defense News in Brief: NAVWAR Announces Project Overmatch Prize Challenge; Offers $100,000 in Total Cash Prizes

Source: United States Navy

SAN DIEGO – NAVWAR kicked off the Networks Advanced Naval Technology Exercise (NetANTX) Challenge, a prize competition seeking operationally relevant innovations and emerging networking technologies, in support of Project Overmatch, a high priority Navy initiative aimed at delivering a more lethal, better-connected fleet of the future.

Defense News in Brief: FRCE teamwork, ingenuity produce millions in cost avoidance

Source: United States Navy

MARINE CORPS AIR STATION CHERRY POINT, N.C. – A cross-disciplinary team of Fleet Readiness Center East facilities maintenance personnel, production artisans and engineers excelled at problem solving when an automated welding machine for F402 engine combustion chambers – the only one of its kind in the world – started malfunctioning earlier this year. The team worked together for several weeks to implement a workaround, delivering results that produced a cost avoidance for the fleet that could add up to more than $4.9 million.