WASHINGTON, May 8 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issued the following letter on May 7, 2025: * * * Mr. Charles Ezell, Acting Director, Office of Personnel Management, 1900 E Street NW, Washington, DC 20415-0001 Re: Review of Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Agency Actions April 21, 2025, through May 2, 2025 Dear Acting Director Ezell: The Office of Personnel Management sent a continuing request to the employees of the Federal Energy Regulatory Co  more

WASHINGTON, May 7 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Contracts for May 7, 2025 DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY Freedom Fresh LLC,* Medley, Florida, has been awarded a maximum $348,000,000 fixed-price with economic-price-adjustment, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for fresh fruits and vegetables. This was a competitive acquisition with five responses received. This is a five-year contract with no option periods. The ordering period end date is May 4,  more

WASHINGTON, May 8 -- The FBI issued the following news release on May 7, 2025: * * * FBI New Orleans Announces Results of Operation Restore Justice Four individuals from across the state of Louisiana were charged between April 29 and May 2, 2025, during Operation Restore Justice, a nationwide initiative to identify, track, and arrest child predators. The operation coincided with the annual nationwide observance of Child Abuse Prevention Month in April. FBI agents were joined by our partners a  more

WASHINGTON, May 8 -- The White House Office of Management and Budget issued the following statement of administration policy on May 6, 2025, on the Gulf of America Act (H.R. 276), which was introduced by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Georgia, and 17 cosponsors: * * * The Administration strongly supports passage of H.R. 276, which codifies President Trump's January 20, 2025, Executive Order 14172, officially renaming as the "Gulf of America" the U.S. Continental Shelf area bounded on the north  more

WASHINGTON, May 8 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior U.S. Geological Survey issued the following news release on May 7, 2025: * * * USGS releases assessment of undiscovered oil and gas resources in the Hosston and Travis Peak formations along the Gulf Coast 35.8 trillion cubic feet of undiscovered gas, 14 months' supply for the nation RESTON, VA. -- The U.S. Geological Survey released its assessment of potential for undiscovered oil and gas in two formations under much of the Gulf of Ame  more