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News Tipoffs - Illinois Editors Newsletter for Wednesday July 17, 2024 ( 7 items )  

ACIC's Patricia Bridges Airbrushed Americans' Path to the Moon
SPRINGFIELD, Virginia, July 16 -- The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency issued the following news: In an office tucked under the stairs, Patricia Bridges sits, pen in hand, surrounded by black-and-white photographs of ridges, ravines and craters. Bridges' talent with an airbrush is known well enough to her colleagues at the Aeronautical Chart and Information Center in St. Louis. But her work is secret. She's in hiding, professionally-speaking. It's 1959. Bridges, only a few years out of  more

Contracts for July 15, 2024
WASHINGTON, July 16 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news release: U.S. TRANSPORTATION COMMAND Alaska Marine Lines Inc., Seattle, Washington (HTC71124DW001); American President Lines LLC, Arlington, Virginia (HTC71124DW002); American Roll-On Roll-Off Carrier LLC, Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida (HTC71124DW003); Crowley Government Services Inc., Jacksonville, Florida (HTC71124DW004); Farrell Lines Inc., Norfolk, Virginia (HTC71124DW005); Federated Maritime LLC, Boca Raton, Flor  more

GSA and DOD Announce Plans for Major Carbon Pollution-Free Electricity Procurement for Federal Agencies in Several Mid-Atlantic and Midwest States and the District of Columbia
WASHINGTON, July 15 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) and the Department of Defense (DoD) are seeking contractors that can provide federal facilities in several mid-Atlantic and Midwest states with 100% carbon pollution-free electricity (CFE) by 2030. These two parallel clean electricity procurements, slated for award later this year, would together constitute one of the federal government's largest-ever clean electricity  more

GSA and DOD Announce Plans for Major Carbon Pollution-Free Electricity Procurement for Federal Agencies in Several Mid-Atlantic and Midwest States and the District of Columbia
WASHINGTON, July 16 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news release: The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) and the Department of Defense (DoD) are seeking contractors that can provide federal facilities in several mid-Atlantic and Midwest states with 100% carbon pollution-free electricity (CFE) by 2030. These two parallel clean electricity procurements, slated for award later this year, would together constitute one of the federal government's largest-ever clean ele  more

GSA and DOD Announce Plans for Major Carbon Pollution-Free Electricity Procurement for Federal Agencies in Several Mid-Atlantic and Midwest States and the District of Columbia
WASHINGTON, July 16 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) and the Department of Defense (DoD) are seeking contractors that can provide federal facilities in several mid-Atlantic and Midwest states with 100% carbon pollution-free electricity (CFE) by 2030. These two parallel clean electricity procurements, slated for award later this year, would together constitute one of the federal government's largest-ever clean electricity  more

McConnell Hosts Air Mobility Command Sexual Assault Prevention Response Conference
MCCONNELL AFB, Kansas, July 17 -- The U.S. Air Force McConnell Air Force Base (22nd Air Refueling Wing) issued the following news: By Senior Airman William Lunn, 22nd Air Refueling Wing Public Affairs Office The first major command-focused training for Sexual Assault Prevention Response Victim advocates took place at McConnell from July 9-11, 2024, with representatives from bases across Air Mobility Command. In the last three years, AMC has increased from one victim advocate to four at each b  more

Moving Quantum Computing From Hype to Prototype
WASHINGTON, July 17 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency issued the following news: * * * DARPA, collaborators seek to validate the promise of quantum computing * * * When quantum is seemingly everywhere and in everything, is it possible to spin true value out of the hype cycle? DARPA is attempting just that -- armed with a healthy dose of skepticism, scientific rigor, and industry and academic expertise. DARPA is starting a new effort to ex  more