WASHINGTON, May 15 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Contracts for May 14, 2025 NAVY General Dynamics, Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, is being awarded a $216,493,753 cost-plus-award-fee modification against a previously awarded contract (N00024-24-C-4212), DDG-51 Planning Yard Services. Work will be performed in Bath, Maine, and is expected to be completed by July 31, 2026. Fiscal 2025 other procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $398,542 (<1%) will be obli  more

WASHINGTON, May 15 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release: * * * FEMA's National Flood Insurance Program Pays Tennesseans More Than $15 Million FEMA's National Flood Insurance Program has paid $15.1 million to Tennessee policyholders to repair flood damage from Tropical Storm Helene. More than 83% of these claims came from areas at high risk for flooding. National Flood Insurance Program policyholders with flood damag  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, May 14 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: * * * ORNL hosts AI Expo, features OpenAI and Anthropic models The Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory gathered more than 200 artificial intelligence experts and domain scientists for an AI expo exploring cutting edge artificial intelligence that's making a difference for scientific research institutions around the world. The lab's AI Initiative,   more