WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 -- 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. 3 -- The Federal Election Commission issued the following weekly digest: * * * Commission meetings and hearings No open meetings or executive sessions were scheduled this week. * * * Advisory Opinions Request Received Advisory Opinion Request 2024-11 (https://www.fec.gov/data/legal/advisory-opinions/2024-11/) (Caroline Gleich) On August 1, the Commission made public an advisory opinion request from Caroline Gleich, a 2024 candidate for the U.S. Senate in Utah. The request  more

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- The Federal Trade Commission issued the following news release: The Federal Trade Commission is sending more than $12 million in refunds to consumers who paid Zurixx, LLC for a real estate investment training program that allegedly made empty promises about earning big profits by "flipping" houses. The FTC and the Utah Department of Commerce Division of Consumer Protection (UDCP) sued Zurixx and its owners, Cristopher Cannon, James Carlson, and Jeffrey Spangler in Septem  more