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Federal Tipoffs Involving Michigan Newsletter for Sunday November 19, 2023 ( 4 items )  

Big flex for big science: Frontier search for lightweight, flexible alloys earns Gordon Bell Prize nomination
OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Nov. 14 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Researchers used Frontier, the world's first exascale supercomputer, to simulate a magnesium system of nearly 75,000 atoms and the National Energy Research Computing Center's Perlmutter supercomputer to simulate a quasicrystal structure, above, in a ytterbium-cadmium alloy. Credit: Vikram Gavini Researchers used the world's first exascale supercomputer to run one o  more

Michigan Drought and Excessive Heat Activates SBA Disaster Loan Program
ATLANTA, Georgia, Nov. 16 -- The Small Business Administration issued the following news release on Nov. 15, 2023: The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) announced today that federal Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDLs) are available in Michigan for small businesses, small agricultural cooperatives, small businesses engaged in aquaculture, and most private nonprofit organizations with economic losses due to the drought and excessive heat that occurred May 15 through Sept. 15, 2023. Th  more

U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia: Michigan Man Arrested on Felony Assault and Other Charges for Actions During Jan. 6 Capitol Breach
WASHINGTON, Nov. 14 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia issued the following news release on Nov. 13, 2023: A Michigan man has been arrested on felony assault and other charges for acts committed during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. His actions and the actions of others disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress convened to ascertain and count the electoral votes related to the 2020 presidential election. Lawrence Silas Billiter, 30, of Flint,   more

W.Va. U.S. Attorney Thompson and Law Enforcement Officials Announce Major Drug Trafficking Indictment
HUNTINGTON, West Virginia, Nov. 16 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia, Will Thompson, issued the following news release on Nov. 15, 2023: United States Attorney Will Thompson joined with law enforcement officials today to announce an indictment charging 27 individuals for their roles in a drug trafficking organization (DTO) responsible for distributing large quantities of methamphetamine and fentanyl in the Huntington area. The indictment unsealed today is the resu  more