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Federal Tipoffs Involving Michigan Newsletter for Sunday June 13, 2021 ( 10 items )  

19th Airlift Wing Enhances Interoperability During Mobility Guardian 2021
LITTLE ROCK AFB, Arkansas, June 12 -- The U.S. Air Force Air Mobility Command issued the following news: More than 170 Airmen and four C-130J Super Hercules assigned to the 19th Airlift Wing recently returned home after participating in Air Mobility Command's largest and longest running training event, Mobility Guardian 2021, at Alpena Combat Training Readiness Center, Michigan, May 15-27. Conducted biennially, Mobility Guardian is the Air Force's only formal, Total Force, service-level mechan  more

Acting N.J. U.S. Attorney: Michigan Man Admits Defrauding Business Opportunity Buyers of More Than $5 Million
CAMDEN, New Jersey, June 11 -- The Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, Rachael A. Honig, issued the following news release on June 9, 2021: A Michigan man today admitted defrauding victims of more than $5 million in connection with the sale of medical-related business opportunities, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced. Vijay Reddy, 45, of Milan, Michigan, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Robert B. Kugler to an information charging him with one count of con  more

BLS: 335 Metro Areas Had Over-The-Year Employment Increases in April 2021
WASHINGTON, June 10 -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following article from Economics Daily: In April 2021, 335 metropolitan areas had statistically significant over-the-year increases in nonfarm payroll employment. Employment in the remaining 54 areas was essentially unchanged. The largest over-the-year employment increases occurred in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA (966,700 or 12.0 percent), Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California (431,600 or 8  more

HHS I.G. Audit: 'University of Michigan Health System: Audit of Medicare Payments for Polysomnography Services'
WASHINGTON, June 4 -- The Health and Human Services Inspector General issued the following audit report (No. A-04-20-07088) entitled "University of Michigan Health System: Audit of Medicare Payments for Polysomnography Services" filed under the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services: * * * Here are excerpts: Report in Brief Why OIG Did This Audit Medicare administrative contractors nationwide paid approximately $885 million for selected polysomnography (a type of sleep study) services   more

NASS - Great Lakes Regional Field Office: 2021 Michigan Cherry Production Forecast
EAST LANSING, Michigan, June 11 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service - Great Lakes Regional Field Office issued the following news release: Michigan tart cherry total production for 2021 is forecast at 65.6 million pounds, 5 percent lower than the 2020 production, according to Marlo Johnson, Regional Director of USDA NASS, Great Lakes Regional Office. In Michigan, the largest tart cherry producing State, frosts and freezing temperatures have reduced t  more

NASS - Great Lakes Regional Field Office: Maple Syrup Production
EAST LANSING, Michigan, June 11 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service - Great Lakes Regional Field Office issued the following news release: Michigan maple syrup production was estimated at 150,000 gallons for the 2021 season, according to Marlo Johnson, Director of the USDA NASS, Great Lakes Regional Office. The 2021 production was down 20,000 gallons from the previous year. The season lasted 25 days, compared to 29 days in 2020, and 25 days in 2019.   more

NASS - Great Lakes Regional Field Office: Michigan Winter Wheat Production
EAST LANSING, Michigan, June 11 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service - Great Lakes Regional Field Office issued the following news release: Michigan wheat growers expect slightly lower yields than they did a month ago, according to Marlo Johnson, Director of the USDA NASS, Great Lakes Regional Office. Winter Wheat production in the State is expected to total 41.6 million bushels, up 23 percent from 2020. The yield forecast of 80 bushels is down 2 bus  more

New Languages Among Many Skills Developed as Civil Affairs Soldier
FORT CUSTER, Michigan, June 7 -- The U.S. Army Reserve Command issued the following news: Learning new languages, experiencing world cultures, discovering new geographies, and gaining opportunities to travel. These are just a few of the advantages of being a civil affairs Soldier. One of those Soldiers is Spc. Alexander Shaltry, from Grand Ledge, Michigan, of Bravo Company, 415th Civil Affairs Battalion, who studied business as a student and chose civil affairs in the U.S. Army Reserve to lear  more

Pacific Northwest Lab: Clean Water for All
WASHINGTON, June 8 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory issued the following web feature: By Sarah Wong Across the globe, billions of people lack reliable access to clean drinking water. In the United States, cities like Flint, Michigan and Newark, New Jersey made national news headlines for the hazardous levels of toxic lead contamination in their drinking water. This is such a pressing issue that the U.S. Department of Energy lists "water security" as one   more

U.S. Department of Commerce Invests $754,840 in CARES Act Recovery Assistance to Support Medical Technology Innovators in Southeast Michigan
WASHINGTON, June 11 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration issued the following news release on June 10, 2021: The U.S. Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $754,840 CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant to the Wayne State University Research and Technology Park, Detroit, Michigan, to support innovation and entrepreneurship in the region's medical and manufacturing sectors. This EDA grant, to be matched with $249,900 in  more