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Federal Tipoffs Involving Connecticut Newsletter for Sunday July 12, 2020 ( 3 items )  

Black Hawk Delivery: COVID Can't Stop Defense Contract Management Agency's Warfighter Commitment
HARTFORD, Connecticut, July 7 -- The Defense Contract Management Agency issued the following news: With most of the country in some state of self-quarantine, the Army had a problem in March when the Defense Department issued a "stop movement" order that prevented them from getting 10 fresh-off-the-factory-floor UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters from a facility in Lakehurst, New Jersey, to the Republic of Korea. Facing an approaching deadline to load the aircraft on a ship bound for Korea, the Army  more

Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Newport Science Advisor Receives Meritorious Civilian Service Award
NEWPORT, Rhode Island, July 6 -- The Naval Sea Systems Command issued the following news: Robert L. Mushen, a science advisor from the Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division Newport Customer Advocate Office, received the Department of the Navy Meritorious Civilian Service Award at a ceremony held in at the Undersea Warfighting Development Center (UWDC) in Groton, Connecticut, on June 3. The award, presented and signed by UWDC Commander Rear Adm. Leonard Dollaga, commander, is the third   more

President Announces Intent to Appoint Connecticut State Representative as New Advisory Council on Historic Preservation Member
WASHINGTON, July 11 -- The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation issued the following news: President Donald J. Trump recently announced his intent to appoint Connecticut State Representative John H. Frey to be a member of the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP). "We are happy to hear about the President's intent to appoint Rep. Frey to the ACHP," Chairman Aimee Jorjani said. "As a dedicated public servant, his state and local experiences as well as background in the real esta  more