A | 据路透社报道，五角大楼周五表示，微软公司（Microsoft Corp.）赢得了价值17.6亿美元的五年期合同，为国防部、海岸警卫队和情报部门提供商业服务。合同的细节仍不清楚。今年，世界上最大的云客户将是美国国防部，该部门先前审查了投标审查，并将多年合同授予各个云提供商。该计划被称为联合企业防御计划（Jedi），旨在将国防部的大型计算系统转移到云端。 The largest wildfire in Louisiana state history has been determined to have been arson-caused, state officials said Saturday. The Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry reported Saturday that it is asking for the public's help in finding a suspect in the Tiger Island Fire. No details were provided on exactly how investigators believe the blaze started. The Tiger Island Fire, which broke in southwestern Louisiana's Beauregard Parish on Aug. 22, has so far burned 48.43 square miles and damaged or destroyed at least 20 homes and structures. It remains only 50% contained. Damage from the Tiger Island Fire in Louisiana, the largest wildfire in state history. September 2023. Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry At the fire's height, it forced the evacuation of about 1,200 people from the town of Merryville, located near the Texas border. Mandatory evacuation orders were lifted earlier this week. There have been no reports of injuries or fatalities from the blaze. Louisiana, which has been contending with extreme summer heat and drought, saw an unprecedented 441 wildfires in August, officials said, stretching the state's resources thin. Most of southwest Louisiana has been classified by the U.S. Drought Monitor as being in "exceptional drought.""This is unprecedented," Mike Strain, the commissioner for Louisiana's Department of Agriculture and Forestry, told reporters last month. "We've never had to fight this many fires simultaneously and at this duration."
A $2,000 reward has been offered for information leading to an arrest by the Louisiana Forestry Association.
