US Senator Mark Warner’s Academy Day 2020 has been canceled. Those interested in attending a Service Academy should sign up to receive a video with the information.

Today, April 6, Virginia Congressman Rob Wittman, who represents part of Prince William County, and Rep. Bill Johnson (R-OH-6), spurred by the Coronavirus Pandemic across America, introduced legislation to create a five-year pilot grant program to expand reliable broadband access to some 19 million rural Americans who are unable to connect to this service.

The U.S. Department of Education has given Virginia permission to cancel federally mandated Standards of Learning tests during the 2019-2020 school year.

The Potomac and Rappahannock Transportation Commission, which operates mobility services under the name OmniRide, is seeking help from its Congressional delegation to deal with significant revenue losses resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic.

US Census Bureau asks people to complete the 2020 U.S. Census online, by phone, or send it in by mail. Person-to-person contact is not needed to complete the 2020 Census.

Prince William Board of County Supervisors says it has sent a letter to Vice President Michael Pence, who chairs the Federal COVID-19 Task Force, asking the Vice President to designate the National Capital Region as a priority testing site.

“I want you to hear directly from me how the COVID-19 pandemic is affecting our services. The first thing you should know is that we continue to pay benefits. Be aware that scammers may try to trick you into thinking the pandemic is stopping your Social Security payments but that is not true. Don’t be fooled," said Andrew Saul, Commissioner of Social Security, in a news release this morning March 19.

A total solar eclipse will cross the United States on April 8, 2024, in a path from Texas through Maine and passing through five national forests, according to Woodsy Owl of the US Forest Service. The previous two were in 1979 and 2017. After this year’s eclipse, we will not see another total solar eclipse in the United States for 20 years--in 2044.