WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, June 7 -- Air Force Institute of Technology issued the following news: Eric Meiers, director of the Department of Nuclear Studies at the Air Force Institute of Technology, is the Headquarters Air Force-level winner of the 2023 Strategic Deterrence and Nuclear Integration Award, Civilian Category III of the Year. This annual award, administered by Deputy Chief of Staff for Strategic Deterrence and Nuclear Integration at Headquarters U.S. Air Force (AF/A10), recognize  more

WASHINGTON, June 7 -- The Federal Communications Commission issued the following statement on June 6, 2024, by Commissioner Geoffrey Starks on an action entitled "Schools and Libraries Cybersecurity Pilot Program, Report and Order" (WC Docket No. 23-234): * * * Our schools possess massive amounts of data about students, including their social security numbers, health records, disciplinary records, and other personally identifiable information. Accordingly, schools are target rich environments   more

WASHINGTON, June 8 -- The Federal Reserve issued the following speech on June 7, 2024, by Governor Lisa D. Cook at the Girls Global Academy 2024 commencement: * * * A New Class of Trailblazers Thank you, Dr. O'Neal. It is an honor to be here to celebrate with you--the Girls Global Academy's first-ever graduating class. This is a momentous achievement and occasion. You are making history today! But, of course, you could not have done it alone. So let me start by acknowledging the teachers; adm  more

BOISE, Idaho, June 8 -- Gov. Brad Little, R-Idaho, issued the following joint news release with Lt. Gov. Scott Bedke, Sens. Mike Crapo, Jim Risch, and Rep. Mike Simpson: * * * Governor Brad Little, Lt. Governor Scott Bedke, U.S. Senator Mike Crapo, U.S. Senator Jim Risch, and Congressman Mike Simpson reacted today to the news that the federal Bureau of Land Management (BLM) issued a final environmental impact statement today approving the Lava Ridge Wind Project in south-central Idaho after st  more

WASHINGTON, June 7 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute issued the following news release: * * * By studying the structure and function of a cyanobacterial protein, researchers have new insights into how these ocean photosynthesizers cycle carbon in changing conditions. * * * The products of photosynthesis are easy to point out. Plants, algae and cyanobacteria create the air we breathe and the fuel for food webs as they turn carbon dioxide and water into oxygen an  more

TOPEKA, Kansas, June 7 -- The Kansas Department of Transportation issued the following news release: The Kansas Department of Transportation announces approved bids for state highway construction and maintenance projects. The letting took place May 22, 2024, in Topeka. Some of the bids may include multiple projects that have been bundled based on proximity and type of work. District One -- Northeast Brown - 36-7 KA-6948-01 - U.S. 36, bridge #041 on 12th Street over U.S. 36 highway and ramp lo  more

BARKSDALE AFB, Louisiana, June 7 -- The U.S. Air Force issued the following news: A joint team of Air Force Global Strike Command Airmen supported by Space Force Guardians launched an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile equipped with one re-entry vehicle June 4 at 12:56 a.m. Pacific Time from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California. This test launch is part of routine and periodic activities intended to demonstrate that the United States' nuclear deterrent is safe, secure,  more

WASHINGTON, June 7 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation issued the following news release: BOULDER CITY, Nev. - The Bureau of Reclamation has updated its Colorado River System Consumptive Uses and Losses Report using recalculated data. The report presents recalculated estimates for calendar years 1971 to 2015 in the lower system and 1971 to 2023 in the upper system. Reclamation developed the updated data using consistent and current methodologies within each basin to i  more

WASHINGTON, June 7 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the following remarks on June 6, 2024, by Commissioner Mark T. Uyeda at the 90th anniversary of the Securities and Exchange Commission celebration: * * * Today, we commemorate the 90th anniversary of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act"),[1] and with it, the founding of the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC" or "Commission").[2] I am pleased to celebrate this moment with my fellow colleagues at the Bo  more

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, California, June 7 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service issued the following news release on June 6, 2024: Today, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director Martha Williams joined partners to announce $3.4 million in funding from the President's Investing in America agenda to support existing cooperative agreements with The Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California and the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency to prevent and combat the spread of aquatic in  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, June 7 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Erin Webb, lead for the Bioresources Science and Engineering group at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has been elected a Fellow of the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers, or ASABE -- the society's highest honor. The election recognizes Webb's significant contributions to sustainable and reliable use of agricultural and forest resources in the exp  more