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Federal Tipoffs Involving Rhode Island Newsletter for Sunday December 25, 2022 ( 6 items )  

Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Newport Electronics Engineer Wins Prestigious Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers-USA Harry Diamond Memorial Award
NEWPORT, Rhode Island, Dec. 20 -- The Naval Sea Systems Command issued the following news: Dr. David Rivera, a senior research electronics engineer in the Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division Newport's Undersea Warfare Electromagnetic Systems Department, recently won the 2022 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)-USA Harry Diamond Memorial Award. This prestigious annual award honors individuals for distinguished technical contributions in the field of electro-technol  more

R.I. U.S. Attorney: Nathan Bishop Middle School Students Complete First Rhode Island 'Discovering Justice' Program
PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Dec. 24 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Rhode Island, Zachary A. Cunha, issued the following news release: In record time, a jury sitting in federal court in Providence returned a verdict for the plaintiff, finding that a school principal violated her 4th Amendment rights. The student, suspended for damaging school property, was punished based on information the principal discovered while searching her electronic devices during an unrelated investigation. The   more

R.I. U.S. Attorney: North Providence Woman Sentenced for Defrauding Federal Housing Administration, Business, Unemployment COVID Relief Programs
PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Dec. 22 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Rhode Island, Zachary A. Cunha, issued the following news release on Dec. 21, 2022: A North Providence woman convicted of defrauding multiple publicly-funded programs was sentenced on Tuesday to eighteen months in federal prison for making false statements when applying for a Federal Housing Administration (FHA)-backed mortgage, a Small Business Association (SBA) loan, and for fraudulently applying for government-funded   more

R.I. U.S. Attorney: United States Resolves Civil Claims Against Woonsocket Defense Contractor for Foreign Goods
PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Dec. 21 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Rhode Island, Zachary A. Cunha, issued the following news release: The United States Attorney's Office has resolved a civil False Claims Act investigation into Hyman Brickle & Son, Inc., a Woonsocket-based Rhode Island textile manufacturing company that supplies products to the U.S. military, announced United States Attorney Zachary A. Cunha. The investigation focused on allegations that Hyman Brickle sold woolen blanke  more

Secretary of the Navy Names Future Oceanographic Survey Ship USNS Robert Ballard
WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 -- The U.S. Navy issued the following news release: Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) Carlos Del Toro announced today that a future Pathfinder-class oceanographic survey ship will be named USNS Robert Ballard (T-AGS 67). The future USNS Robert Ballard will honor Dr. Robert Ballard, a retired U.S. Navy Commander, and former director of the Center for Ocean Exploration. A tenured professor of oceanography at the University of Rhode Island's Graduate School of Oceanography, he is  more

U.S. Navy Demonstrates New Launch, Recovery Solutions for Large Unmanned Undersea Vehicles
NEWPORT, Rhode Island, Dec. 19 -- The Naval Sea Systems Command issued the following news: A collaborative research and development effort led by a U.S. Navy team recently demonstrated a new launch and recovery concept for large unmanned undersea vehicles (UUVs), with staff from the Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division Newport and Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII), which is headquartered in Virginia. The demonstration, conducted at Division Newport's Narragansett Bay Test Facility i  more