JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, Jan. 18 -- The U.S. Air Force Global Strike Command issued the following news: The Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center is executing a multi-year design and construction program to provide beddown for the Department of the Air Force nuclear deterrence mission. Under the program, AFIMSC recently spearheaded the award of a $120 million contract to deliver new test infrastructure at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California. "Modernizing infrast  more

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, Jan. 19 -- The U.S. Air Force Civil Engineer Center issued the following news: The Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center is executing a multi-year design and construction program to provide beddown for the Department of the Air Force nuclear deterrence mission. Under the program, AFIMSC recently spearheaded the award of a $120 million contract to deliver new test infrastructure at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California. "Modernizing infrast  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Jan. 18 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management's California State Office issued the following news release on Jan. 17, 2024: The Department of the Interior today announced an updated roadmap for solar energy development across the West, designed to expand solar energy production in more Western states and make renewable energy siting and permitting on America's public lands more efficient. The Bureau of Land Management also announced the next   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management issued the following news release: KANAB, Utah -- The Bureau of Land Management invites the public to attend a virtual public meeting of the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument Advisory Committee on Feb. 29, 2024, from 9 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. Mountain Time (MT). A public comment period scheduled from 10:45 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. MT, or until all public comments have concluded, whichever comes first. The 15-me  more

HILL AFB, Utah, Jan. 19 -- The U.S. Air Force Hill Air Force Base (75th Air Base Wing) issued the following news: By Senior Airman Seth Haddix, 2D Audiovisual Squadron Hill Air Force Base welcomed Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force JoAnne S. Bass as she visited the base Jan. 8. During the visit, she held an all-call to engage with the Airmen on a large scale, where she hosted a question-and-answer session with service members and extended her perspective of the priorities and changing future o  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 19 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy issued the following news release on Jan. 18, 2024: The U.S. Department of Energy today announced 20 winners of the first phase of the Wind Turbine Materials Recycling Prize. The $5.1 million, two-phase competition funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law helps develop a cost-effective and sustainable recycling industry for key wind turbine materials not currently recycled commercially. Ro  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, through the Indian Health Service (IHS), awards $55 million in funding to 15 tribes and tribal organizations as part of the competitive Small Ambulatory Program to invest in the construction, expansion, or modernization of small ambulatory health care facilities. "Tribal partners need access to culturally appropriate, quality health care,   more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Jan. 19 -- Utah Attorney General Sean D. Reyes issued the following news: Attorney General Sean D. Reyes joined an amicus brief, led by the State of Alabama, to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in NAACP v. Pennsylvania. The case involves the ability of states to enact reasonable election integrity measures, including ballot-processing rules. The Plaintiffs in this dispute sued Pennsylvania over an election law that governs the "marking and mailing" of absen  more