Department of Defense

All 12 Federal Appropriations Committees Adopt Norton’s Minority Ad Spending Measure

August 2, 2019

Beginning later this year when federal agencies submit proposed budgets to one or more of the 12 Appropriations Committees, those requests now must include a line item detailing what they are spending with minority-owned businesses, which include black-, women- and other minority-owned media outlets. ... read more »

Black Female Pilot Makes History in Alabama National Guard

August 2, 2018

News outlets report that 2nd Lt. Kayla Freeman of Huntsville graduated from Fort Rucker's Army Aviation School last month, following her 2016 graduation from Tuskegee University where she was enrolled in the Reserve Officers' Training Corps. ... read more »

GAO Set to Issue Advertising Spending Report

May 3, 2018

A long-awaited report that details what federal agencies spend on advertising in African American-owned newspapers is finally near completion, according to officials in the General Accounting Office (GAO). ... read more »