WASHINGTON, July 13 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news release: ARMY Nakupuna Consulting LLC,* Arlington, Virginia, was awarded a $370,000,000 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for the integration for functionality into the Integrated Personnel and Pay System-Army. Bids were solicited via the internet with five received. Work locations and funding will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date of July 9, 2031. Army Contracting Command, Aberdeen Provin  more

WASHINGTON, July 13 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Food and Drug Administration issued the following roundup on July 12, 2024: Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is providing an at-a-glance summary of news from around the agency: * On Wednesday, the FDA issued a Letter to Health Care Providers to notify providers (https://www.fda.gov/medical-devices/letters-health-care-providers/disruptions-availability-bd-bactec-blood-culture-media-bottles-letter-healt  more

MONTGOMERY, Alabama, July 13 -- Gov. Kay Ivey, R-Alabama, issued the following news release on July 12, 2024: Following notification of the grant awards to the Alabama Congressional Delegation, Governor Kay Ivey today announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) has awarded a $550 million discretionary grant from the Bridge Investment Program to the Mobile River Bridge and Bayway Project. The major grant award is believed to be one of the largest federal grants ever received fo  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 13 -- Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell issued the following news release: The Massachusetts Attorney General's Office (AGO) has joined a coalition of 18 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief urging a federal court to reject a challenge to the Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) Discriminatory Effects Rule. Under the Fair Housing Act, the rule holds insurers and other parties liable for housing practices that may appear neutral   more

WASHINGTON, July 13 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Commerce's Bureau of Economic Analysis issued the following news release on July 12, 2024: Expenditures by foreign direct investors to acquire, establish, or expand U.S. businesses totaled $148.8 billion in 2023 (chart 1), according to preliminary statistics released today by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. Expenditures decreased $57.4 billion, or 28 percent, from $206.2 billion (revised) in 2022 and were below the annual average of $  more

SACRAMENTO, California, July 13 -- The Small Business Administration's Office of Disaster Assistance issued the following news release: Low-interest federal disaster loans are now available to Texas businesses and residents as a result of President Biden's major disaster declaration, U.S. Small Business Administration's Administrator Isabella Casillas Guzman announced. The declaration covers the Brazoria, Chambers, Galveston, Harris, Jackson, Jasper, Jefferson, Liberty, Matagorda, Montgomery,   more

BERKELEY, California, July 13 (TNSres) -- The Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory's Energy Sciences Network issued the following news: The Scientific Networking Division of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory's Computing Sciences Area is pleased to announce the appointment of networking researcher Arpit Gupta, Assistant Professor of Computer Science at UC Santa Barbara and co-director of UCSB's Systems and Networking Lab, as faculty scientist. At Berkeley Lab, Gupta will continue his ground  more

WASHINGTON, July 13 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's U.S. Marshals Service issued the following news release: A fugitive wanted by the U.S. Marshals Pacific Southwest Regional Fugitive Task Force (PSWRFTF) Sacramento Office and the Stockton, California, police for a June 25 triple homicide in Stockton was arrested July 11 in Modesto, California. At approximately 2 p.m. July 11, the U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) received a tip that J. Carmen Cardoza Rodriguez had been seen around a bus statio  more

WASHINGTON, July 13 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Surface Transportation Board issued the following notice (Docket No. FD 36791) entitled "The Central Railroad Co. of Indiana - Trackage Rights Exemption - CSX Transportation Inc.": * * * The Central Railroad Company of Indiana (CIND), a Class III rail carrier, has filed a verified notice of exemption under 49 CFR 1180.2(d)(7) for CIND's acquisition of trackage rights pursuant to an amendment of an existing trackage rights agreement  more

WASHINGTON, July 13 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Surface Transportation Board issued the following notice (Docket No. FD 36792) entitled "Union Pacific Railroad Co. - Temporary Trackage Rights Exemption - BNSF Railway Co.": * * * Union Pacific Railroad Company (UP), a Class I railroad, has filed a verified notice of exemption under 49 CFR 1180.2(d)(8) for the acquisition of temporary overhead trackage rights over an approximately 51.7-mile rail line of BNSF Railway Company (BNSF)  more

WASHINGTON, July 13 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service issued the following recall alert: Taylor's Sausage, Inc., a Cave Junction, Ore., establishment, is recalling approximately 74 pounds of ready-to-eat Landjaeger sausage products due to misbranding and undeclared allergens, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today. The product contains soy, a known allergen, which is not declared on the product labe  more