WASHINGTON, May 21 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Contracts for May 21, 2025 ARMY Palantir USG Inc., Palo Alto, California, was awarded a $795,000,000 modification (P00005) to contract W911QX-24-D-0012 for Maven Smart System software licenses. Work locations and funding will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date of May 28, 2029. Army Contracting Command Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, is the contracting activity. (Awarded May  more

WASHINGTON, May 22 -- The Federal Communications Commission's Wireline Competition Bureau issued the following public notice (WC Docket No. 09-197; GN Docket No. 24-286): * * * The Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) seeks comment on a petition for relinquishment of Eligible Telecommunications Carrier (ETC) designations in New Hampshire, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia, pursuant to 47 U.S.C. Sec. 214(e)(4), filed by United States Cellular Corporation (UScellular)./1 UScellular seeks r  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, May 21 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: * * * Researchers simulate tens of thousands of electrons in real time A research team from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, in collaboration with North Carolina State University, has developed a simulation capable of predicting how tens of thousands of electrons move in materials in real time, or natural time rather than compute time. The  more

WASHINGTON, May 21 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: * * * The U.S. Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division Dismisses Biden-Era Police Investigations and Proposed Police Consent Decrees in Louisville and Minneapolis Today, the Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division is beginning the process of dismissing lawsuits against the Louisville, Kentucky and Minneapolis, Minnesota police departments. These lawsuits, which were filed at the last minute b  more