WASHINGTON, May 5 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Contracts for May 5, 2025 ARMY General Dynamics Information Technology Inc., Falls Church, Virginia (W5J9CQ-25-D-0001); Leidos Inc., Reston, Virginia (W5J9CQ-25-D-0002); Royce Geospatial Consultants Inc., Arlington, Virginia (W5J9CQ-25-D-0003); Reinventing Geospatial Inc.,* Fairfax, Virginia (W5J9CQ-25-D-0004); Research Innovations Inc.,* Alexandria, Virginia (W5J9CQ-25-D-0005); OM Group Inc.,* Piscataway,   more

BETHESDA, Maryland, May 6 -- The Consumer Product Safety Commission issued the following statement by Commissioner Richard Trumka Jr. on May 5, 2025: * * * CPSC Protects Babies from Lethal Infant Pillow Suffocation Risk Today marks momentous progress in CPSC's efforts to keep sleeping babies alive. A safety standard is now in effect to make the world safer for a lot of babies. It addresses the risk of death posed by poorly designed "infant support cushions," commonly known as infant loungers   more

ATLANTA, Georgia, May 6 -- The Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta, a district bank in the Federal Home Loan Bank System, issued the following news: * * * FHLBank Atlanta Contributes Nearly $6 Million to Help Homeowners Safeguard their Inheritances Grants provided to 21 organizations preventing and resolving heirs' property issues ATLANTA (May 5, 2025) - Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta (FHLBank Atlanta) is awarding a total of $5.9 million to 21 organizations committed to preventing and resol  more

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, May 4 -- Gov. Wes Moore, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: * * * Governor Moore Delivers Lincoln University Commencement Address ANNAPOLIS, MD -- Governor Wes Moore today delivered the commencement address to the Lincoln University class of 2025. The governor's address centered on patriotism during uncertain times, told through the story of his grandfather, Reverend Dr. James Thomas--an alumnus of Lincoln University, who was run out of the United States by   more

WASHINGTON, May 6 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division has released a notice announcing changes in the membership of the Undersea Technology Innovation Consortium (UTIC), as required under Section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993. The notice, officially filed on April 9, 2025, serves to extend antitrust protections for participating organizations engaging in collaborative research and development initiatives under UTIC, which focuses   more

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, May 6 -- The Maryland Department of Agriculture issued the following news release on May 5, 2025: * * * Maryland Department of Agriculture Tree Planting Incentives Still Available ANNAPOLIS, MD (May 5, 2025) - As part of Maryland's 5 Million Trees Program, the Maryland Department of Agriculture is reminding farmers that financial assistance is available for a range of tree-planting programs that can boost farm income, improve soil and herd health, and protect local strea  more

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, May 6 -- The Maryland Department of Natural Resources issued the following news on May 5, 2025: * * * DNR Unit Renamed Watershed and Climate Services to Highlight Focus on Restoration and Resilience Previously the Chesapeake and Coastal Service, WCS will continue Bay restoration work with additional climate emphasis The Maryland Department of Natural Resources has officially rebranded its Chesapeake and Coastal Service with the name Watershed and Climate Services, a name  more

WASHINGTON, May 6 -- NASA issued the following article: * * * NASA Data Helps Map Tiny Plankton That Feed Giant Right Whales By Emily DeMarco, NASA Headquarters In the waters off New England, one of Earth's rarest mammals swims slowly, mouth agape. The North Atlantic right whale filters clouds of tiny reddish zooplankton -- called Calanus finmarchicus -- from the sea. These zooplankton, no bigger than grains of rice, are the whale's lifeline. Only about 370 of these massive creatures remain.  more

WASHINGTON, May 6 -- NASA issued the following news release: * * * NASA's Webb Lifts Veil on Common but Mysterious Type of Exoplanet Though they don't orbit around our Sun, sub-Neptunes are the most common type of exoplanet, or planet outside our solar system, that have been observed in our galaxy. These small, gassy planets are shrouded in mystery...and often, a lot of haze. Now, by observing exoplanet TOI-421 b, NASA's James Webb Space Telescope is helping scientists understand sub-Neptune  more

FREDERICK, Maryland, May 6 -- The National Institutes of Health's National Laboratory for Cancer Research issued the following news: * * * Valuable medical and biological images languish for want of support Experts are working globally on standards for sharing medical and biological image data, much of which cannot be reused because they are not publicly available or well organized. To tap this resource for discovery, a group of scientists is calling for long-term funding commitments for adeq  more

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, May 6 -- The Maryland Department of Natural Resources issued the following news on May 5, 2025: * * * Project Spotlight: DNR's Watershed and Climate Services Partners With Environmental Education Preserve To Build a Living Laboratory of Restoration Science Projects create habitat and public access at Chesapeake Bay Environmental Center Located in Grasonville near Kent Island, the Chesapeake Bay Environmental Center -- known as CBEC - has been the site of living shoreline  more

WASHINGTON, May 6 -- Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, vice chair of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on May 5, 2025: * * * Schatz Applauds Return Of Sacred Cultural Item To Hawaii Feathered Cape Of Warrior Chief Kekuaokalani Returned Schatz Leading Efforts To Enforce NAGPRA, Help Return Native Cultural Items And Ancestral Remains WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai'i), vice chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, celebrated the retur  more

PATUXENT RIVER, Maryland, May 5 -- The U.S. Naval Air Systems Command issued the following news release: * * * Workforce suggestions save FRCE more than $230K Ten members of the Fleet Readiness Center East (FRCE) workforce recently earned recognition for their contributions to the Beneficial Suggestion Program (BSP), which allows employees to improve the way the command does business. Employees who develop a money-saving idea that increases the life or quality of a product, reduces costs or i  more