WASHINGTON, March 14 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation Bureau of Transportation Statistics issued the following news: * * * Air Travel Consumer Report: December 2024, Full Year 2024 Numbers Contact: pressoffice@dot.gov (link sends email) This release is published on a fixed schedule as required by the Office of Management and Budget, and statistics in this release may be revised when inputs to the statistics are corrected or updated. Data on the program page of this website are the   more

WASHINGTON, March 14 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management issued the following news release: * * * BLM approves Sapphire gen-tie transmission line and facilities PALM SPRINGS, Calif. - Today the Bureau of Land Management helped Unleash American Energy by approving the Sapphire gen-tie transmission line and facilities project on approximately 40 acres of public lands in eastern Riverside County. EDF Renewables Development, Inc., is authorized to construct, operate,   more

WASHINGTON, March 14 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management issued the following news release: * * * BLM releases supplemental analysis of oil and gas development in Gunnison County MONTROSE, Colo. -- The Bureau of Land Management is seeking public input on an enhanced air quality analysis for two oil and gas developments in western Gunnison County. The additional analysis has been completed in response to a District Court decision directing the BLM to complete furth  more

WASHINGTON, March 14 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management issued the following news release: * * * BLM seeks initial input for October 2025 oil and gas lease sale in North Dakota BILLINGS, Mont. - The Bureau of Land Management Montana/Dakotas State Office today opened a 30-day public scoping period to receive public input on seven oil and gas parcels totaling 3,001 acres that may be included in an October 2025 lease sale in North Dakota. The comment period ends Apr  more

WASHINGTON, March 14 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management issued the following news release: * * * BLM seeks public comment for September 2025 oil and gas lease sale in Colorado LAKEWOOD, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management Colorado State Office today opened a 30-day public comment period to receive public input on plans to include 13 oil and gas parcels, totaling 12,111 acres, in an upcoming lease sale in Colorado. The comment period ends April 14, 2025. The B  more

WASHINGTON, March 14 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Contracts for March 14, 2025 AIR FORCE General Electric Aerospace, Cincinnati, Ohio, has been awarded a firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity $5,000,000,000 ceiling contract for F110 Foreign Military Sales (FMS) engines. This contract provides five years of pricing for F110-129 install and spare engines, with modernized engine monitoring system computers and spare engine accessories s  more

WASHINGTON, March 15 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation issued the following news release on March 14, 2025: * * * Air Travel Consumer Report: December 2024, Full Year 2024 Numbers WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today released its Air Travel Consumer Report (ATCR) on airline operational data compiled for the month of December 2024 and calendar year 2024 for on-time performance, mishandled baggage, mishandled wheelchairs and scooters, and oversales. The ATCR is   more

WASHINGTON, March 14 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Coast Guard issued the following news: * * * The Service's early drug seizures The Long Blue Line blog series has been publishing Coast Guard history essays for over 15 years. To access hundreds of these service stories, visit the Coast Guard Historian's Office's Long Blue Line online archives, located here: THE LONG BLUE LINE (uscg.mil) Ten and a half months before the RUSH made the first at-sea seizure, the USRC Oliver Wolco  more