CREECH AFB, Nevada, Aug. 2 -- The U.S. Air Force Creech Air Force Base (432nd Air Expeditionary Wing) issued the following news: By Senior Airman Victoria Nuzzi, 432nd Wing/432nd Air Expeditionary Wing Public Affairs The first general programmable electronic digital computer was invented in 1943 at the University of Pennsylvania and was used during World War II to calculate ranges for artillery. The computer had to be programmed by plugboards and could take hundreds of hours to program manuall  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Aug. 2 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Philadelphia District issued the following news release: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Philadelphia District has signed a design agreement with the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC) for the Delaware Beneficial Use of Dredged Material (BUDM) for the Delaware River, Philadelphia to Sea Project, also known as the 'Delaware Bayshore BUDM Project.' The agreement, signed by USAC  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news release: NAVY Bechtel Plant Machinery Inc., Monroeville, Pennsylvania, is awarded a $447,000,000 cost-plus-fixed-fee modification to previously awarded contract N00024-24-C-2115 for naval nuclear propulsion components. Work will be performed in Monroeville, Pennsylvania, and is expected to be completed by September 2033. Fiscal 2024 National Sea-Based Deterrence Funds in the amount of $447,000,000 will be obligated   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- The Federal Communications Commission's Wireline Competition Bureau issued the following public notice (WC Docket No. 24-236) on July 31, 2024: * * * Re: Network Change Certification Received Verizon Pennsylvania LLC (Verizon), an incumbent local exchange carrier (LEC), has filed certification that public notice of network change(s) has been provided through its publicly accessible Internet site, as required by section 51.329(a)(2) of the rules of the Federal Communicati  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Aug. 2 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory issued the following news: NETL researchers recently took a significant step forward in harnessing the power of the world's largest computer chip -- the Wafer-Scale Engine (WSE) -- by using an application programming interface designed in-house to connect commercial computational fluid dynamics (CFD) software through data-file sharing with the next-generation computing technology.   more

SCRANTON, Pennsylvania, Aug. 1 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Pennsylvania issued the following news release: The United States Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Thomas Burton, age 48, a New York City native, was indicted on July 30, 2024, by a federal grand jury for possessing a weapon and controlled substance while being an inmate in prison. According to United States Attorney Gerard M. Karam, the indictment alleges that B  more

SCRANTON, Pennsylvania, Aug. 1 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Pennsylvania issued the following news release: The United States Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that John Nester, age 54, of Tobyhanna, Pennsylvania, was indicted by a federal grand jury for drug trafficking and firearm offenses. According to United States Attorney Gerard M. Karam, the indictment charges Nester with possessing with the intent to distribute fentanyl  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 -- The White House sent to the Senate on July 31, 2024, the nominations of nine individuals for positions in the federal government: * * * * Anthony J. Brindisi, of New York, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of New York, vice David N. Hurd, retiring. * Thomas B. Chapman, of Maryland, to be a Member of the National Transportation Safety Board for a term expiring December 31, 2028. (Reappointment) * Tiffany Rene Johnson, of Georgia, to be United S  more