Charlotte Douglas International Airport News

Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx was sworn in as the nation’s 17th Secretary of Transportation by Judge Nathaniel Jones in a private ceremony at U.S. Department of Transportation headquarters at 11 a.m. yesterday (July 2). The ceremony was attended by Foxx’s wife, Samara, and their two children, Hillary and Zachary, and used a Bible belonging to Secretary Foxx’s great-grandparents, Peter and Ida Kelly. Secretary Foxx worked for Judge Jones as a law clerk for the U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals after law school and invited Judge Jones to administer the oath of office today.

The National Shipbuilding Research Program (NSRP) is hosting a Proposal Writing Workshop on Wednesday, October 27 at the Charlotte Douglas International Airport in Charlotte, NC. The Proposal Writing Workshop is a public workshop tailored to potential proposers for the NSRP Research Announcement Solicitation issued on September 24, 2010. Those interested in attending the workshop will need to register in advance of the workshop commencement.  Attendance can be in-person or via webinar. For logistics and virtual attendance information: http://www.nsrp.org/Solicitation/proposal_workshop_logistics.pdf