WASHINGTON, May 8 -- The Federal Communications Commission's Wireline Competition Bureau issued the following order (WC Docket No. 09-197) on May 7, 2024: * * * In the Matter of Telecommunications Carriers Eligible for Universal Service Support, Petition for Limited Designation as an Eligible Telecommunications Carrier in the states of Alabama, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, New Hampshire, North Carolina, New York, Tennessee, the Commonwealth of Virginia, and the District of Columbia ORDER   more

FORT BRAGG, North Carolina, May 8 -- The U.S. Army Reserve Command issued the following news: FORT LIBERTY, N.C. - A former commander of the U.S. Army's 353rd Civil Affairs Command was honored by the special operations community at Fort Liberty, North Carolina, last week. Col. Frank Toscani was inducted into the U.S. Army's Civil Affairs Regiment as a distinguished member at the John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School on April 26, 2024. The current commander and com  more

WASHINGTON, May 8 -- The White House Office of Management and Budget issued the following statement of administration policy on May 6, 2024, on the Equal Representation Act (H.R. 7109), which was introduced by Rep. Chuck Edwards, R-North Carolina, and 114 cosponsors: * * * The Administration strongly opposes H.R. 7109, which would preclude the Department of Commerce's Census Bureau from performing its constitutionally mandated responsibility to count the number of persons in the United States   more