By DAVE RESS | Daily Press | Published: May 18, 2021 NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (Tribune News Service) These days, when shipbuilders pick up their tools before heading over to the carriers Enterprise and Doris Miller or to work on modules for the new Columbia-class submarines, they don’t have to stop at the blueprint box. They’ll lug a laptop or tablet to the job site, instead of rolls of blueprints that can weigh as much as 20 pounds for some jobs, said Matt Needy, the shipyard’s vice president for Navy programs. Those laptops will save them time spent checking in at the blueprint box for plan revisions, specifications and process changes before they head over to Joint Manufacturing Assembly Facility in the North Yard.
Fully vaccinated Newport News Shipbuilding employees no longer required to wear masks
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NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - Newport News Shipbuilding will no longer require fully vaccinated employees to wear masks.
According to NNS President Jennifer Boykin, fully vaccinated employees can still wear masks if they choose to. Unvaccinated employees and those still going through the vaccination process are required to wear masks, and are subject to discipline up to and including termination if found to be unvaccinated and not wearing a mask.
Boykin said unvaccinated people can only remove their masks when social distancing is available, when requested by security for identity verification, when wearing NNS-approved respirators to work and when performing hot work.
Boykin has been at the helm of state’s largest industrial employer since 2017, when she was promoted to serve as the company’s first female president, overseeing 25,000 employees in the development of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers and submarines.
Officials Current Position: Previous Co-Chair Shirley Ann Jackson became co-chair of the President s Intelligence Advisory Board on August 29, 2014. The mission of the board, which was established in 1956 by President Dwight Eisenhower, is to keep the president apprised of the quality and adequacy of U.S. foreign intelligence efforts, including intelligence collection, estimates and analysis. Jackson was born on August 5, 1946, in Washington, D.C. Her parents, George Hiter Jackson and Beatrice Cosby Jackson, were strong supporters of their daughter’s education, especially in the area of science. Her fascination with the subject began during her elementary school years, when she would study bees in her backyard, observing their response to environmental changes. While Jackson’s father assisted her with science class school projects, her mother would read her the biography of African-American scientist and mathematician Benjamin Banneker. Insp
The Hampton Roads economy has long been supported by the federal government, the military, the aerospace industry, and the transportation and healthcare sectors. Lodging demand is also generated by tourism to the beaches and SMERFE-related transient and group travel.