LIVERMORE, California, May 15 -- The U.S. Department of Energy Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory issued the following news: * * * Contained Firing Facility marks 200th explosive experiment The Contained Firing Facility (CFF) at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) recently marked a major milestone: its 200th explosive experiment. This milestone was achieved with a three-in-one event as shots 198, 199 and 200 were conducted simultaneously. In these hydrodynamic experiments, known  more

WASHINGTON, May 15 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Contracts for May 15, 2025 NAVY Raytheon Co., El Segundo, California, is awarded a $580,589,011 fixed-price incentive (firm-target) contract for the production and delivery of low rate initial production Lot V of the Next Generation Jammer Mid-Band ship sets, to include spares and data in support of ensuring that manufacturing technologies and processes are mature and will support full rate production deci  more

WASHINGTON, May 15 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Defense Leaders Discuss Threats, Golden Dome During Budget Talks Senior Defense Department officials met with the Senate Armed Services Committee strategic forces subcommittee in Washington, May 13, 2025, to discuss Golden Dome, a next-generation missile defense shield aimed at protecting the U.S. from evolving aerial threats. 48:31 Video Player 00:00 00:00 | 00:00 Captions / Subtitles * None   more

WASHINGTON, May 16 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issued the following news release: * * * Summaries | May 2025 Commission Meeting These are summaries of orders voted by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission at its May 15, 2025, public meeting. Links to each order will be provided below once the order is issued. The summaries are produced by FERC's Office of External Affairs and are intended to provide only a general synopsis of the orders. These su  more

WASHINGTON, May 16 -- The U.S. Department of Energy Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory issued the following news: * * * Five Ways Berkeley Lab's NERSC is Revolutionizing Scientific Research By William Plasencia The National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC) at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory is a powerhouse for computing in science research, enabling the work of nearly 11,000 scientists every year. Research powered by NERSC systems is helping transform our understa  more

PATUXENT RIVER, Maryland, May 15 -- The U.S. Naval Air Systems Command issued the following news release: * * * FRCE inducts first CH-53K King Stallion for maintenance Fleet Readiness Center East (FRCE) opened a new chapter in its support of naval aviation's heavy lift mission with the induction of a CH-53K King Stallion April 17, marking the first time the platform has ever been inducted for depot-level maintenance. The aircraft arrived April 4 from Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 461 (HM  more

PHOENIX, Arizona, May 16 -- The Arizona Department of Water Resources issued the following news on May 15, 2025: * * * Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs convened a "roundtable" of state water users and other officials on Tuesday to assess the condition of Arizona's Colorado River water supplies and to increase public awareness of the challenges the state faces as negotiations over the future operations of the river system go forward. The event at the headquarters of the Central Arizona Project inc  more

WASHINGTON, May 15 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued the following news release: * * * HHS Office for Civil Rights Settles HIPAA Cybersecurity Investigation with Vision Upright MRI Small Health Care Providers Also Must Comply with the HIPAA Rules Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced a settlement with Vision Upright MRI, a small California health care provider that conducts magnetic resonance imaging a  more

FORT BRAGG, North Carolina, May 15 -- The U.S. Army Reserve Command issued the following news: * * * Mojave Falcon 25: Army Reserve's largest exercise ever LOS ALAMITOS, Calif. - "We must be prepared and ready to win in LSCO (Large Scale Combat Operations)." That's the focus of the first-of-its-kind multifaceted Army Reserve exercise named Operation Mojave Falcon -- the largest Army Reserve exercise ever. Nine thousand service members will participate in the history-making exercise whic  more

PASADENA, California, May 15 (TNSres) -- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory issued the following news: * * * NASA, French SWOT Satellite Offers Big View of Small Ocean Features Small things matter, at least when it comes to ocean features like waves and eddies. A recent NASA-led analysis using data from the SWOT (Surface Water and Ocean Topography) satellite found that ocean features as small as a mile across potentially have a larger impact on the movement of nutrients and heat in marine ecosyst  more

WASHINGTON, May 15 -- The U.S. Department of the Treasury Office of the Comptroller of the Currency issued the following news release: * * * OCC Announces Enforcement Actions for May 2025 WASHINGTON--The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) today released enforcement actions taken against individuals currently and formerly affiliated with banks the OCC supervises. The OCC uses enforcement actions against banks to require the board of directors and management to take timely action  more

WASHINGTON, May 16 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service issued the following news release: * * * Partner Fish and Wildlife Agencies Receive $55 Million to Protect and Manage Species of Conservation Concern The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is distributing more than $55 million to state fish and wildlife agencies through the State Wildlife Grant (SWG) Program to protect and manage species of conservation need, promote the recovery of wildlife and conserve habitats   more

WASHINGTON, May 15 -- The Federal Trade Commission issued the following news release: * * * Student Loan Fraudsters Permanently Banned From Debt Relief Industry And Required to Turn Over All Assets as Result of FTC Action As a result of a Federal Trade Commission lawsuit, a fraudulent student loan debt relief operation and its owners are permanently banned from the debt relief industry and required to turn over all assets to resolve allegations that they misled consumers. "Consumers looking  more

WASHINGTON, May 15 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation issued the following news release: * * * U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy Announces USMMA's Christ on the Water Painting is Moving out of the Basement WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Secretary of Transportation Sean P. Duffy announced that the historic Christ on the Water painting will be moved out of the basement and returned to its original location in the Elliot M. See Room at the United States Merchant Marine Ac  more