RICHMOND, Virginia, July 19 -- Virginia Attorney General Jason S. Miyares issued the following news release: * * * Commonsense Policy Aims to Bolster Voting Integrity, Ensures Only Eligible Citizens Vote * * * Attorney General Jason Miyares joined a 22-state coalition in urging the U.S. Senate to support the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act. The U.S. House of Representatives passed the bill last week, however the Senate has yet to act. The SAVE Act, which garners broad suppor  more

SILVER SPRING, Maryland, July 19 -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued the following news release on July 18, 2024: * * * New projects will strengthen resilience for coastal and Great Lakes communities, including tribes and underserved communities. * * * Today, the Department of Commerce's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is recommending nearly $220 million in funding, and an additional $66 million in future year funding, to support 32 transforma  more

WASHINGTON, July 18 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration issued the following news release: MEMPHIS Today, as part of the Biden-Harris Administration's Investing in America tour, Federal Highway Administrator Shailen Bhatt announced nearly $394 million for the Tennessee Department of Transportation for the America's River Crossing Project in Memphis, Tennessee and West Memphis, Arkansas to replace the 75-year-old Interstate 55 bridge over the Mississippi River  more

WASHINGTON, July 18 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news release: NAVY Charles Stark Draper Laboratories Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts, is awarded a $111,015,771 fixed-price-incentive-fee and cost-plus-incentive-fee modification (P00003) under contract N0003023C6008 to exercise optional line items for design analysis, testing, procurement, and manufacturing of Interferometric fiber optic gyros repairs and associated material. This modification also benefits a foreign mi  more

WASHINGTON, July 18 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news release: U.S. SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND Ultimate Ammunition LLC, Las Vegas, Nevada; Canadian Commercial Corp., Ottawa, Canada; Blane International Group Inc., Cumming, Georgia; and Olin Winchester LLC, Oxford, Mississippi, is being awarded a multiple award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract (H9240323R00020001) with a maximum total ceiling of $750,000,000 and a separate $2,500 minimum ordering guaran  more

LOUISVILLE, Kentucky, July 19 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Kentucky issued the following news release: Gentiva, successor to Kindred at Home, has agreed to pay $19.428 million to resolve allegations that Kindred at Home and related entities (Kindred) knowingly submitted false claims and knowingly retained overpayments for hospice services provided to patients who were ineligible to receive hospice benefits under various federal health care programs. Gentiva's h  more

JACKSON, Mississippi, July 19 -- The Mississippi State Board of Education issued the following news release on July 18, 2024: The Mississippi State Board of Education (SBE) voted today to terminate its contract with NWEA to administer the Mississippi Academic Assessment Program (MAAP) assessments for English Language Arts (ELA) and mathematics for grades 3-8, Algebra I and English II in the 2024-25 school year and award an emergency contract to Data Recognition Corporation (DRC) to administer t  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, July 18 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: At 35.9 degrees north and 84.3 degrees west, otherwise known as the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, over 180 geospatial scientists convened in-person and remotely for the annual conference for the Mid-South Regional Chapter of the American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, or ASPRS. Participants spanning government, academia and ind  more

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, July 19 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Albuquerque District issued the following news release: Lt. Col. Matthew T. Miller assumed command of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Albuquerque District from Lt. Col. Jerre V. Hansbrough during a formal change of command ceremony today at the Balloon Fiesta Park Golf & Event Center. Headquartered in Albuquerque, New Mexico, the district serves more than 200,000 square miles of the Southwestern USA providing comprehensive e  more