WASHINGTON, July 22 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news release: ARMY Global Ordnance,* Sarasota, Florida (W52P1J-21-D-0001); High Noon Unlimited Inc.,* Holiday, Florida (W52P1J-21-D-0002); and Paramount Enterprises International Inc.,* Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (W52P1J-21-D-0003), will compete for each order of the $189,000,000 firm-fixed-price contract for procurement of Trinitrotoluene. Bids were solicited via the internet with six received. Work locations and fundi  more

WASHINGTON, July 23 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on July 22, 2024: * * * Funded by President Biden's Investing in America Agenda, EPA announces 25 selected applications through competitive Climate Pollution Reduction Grants program to tackle climate change, improve air quality, and advance environmental justice * * * Today, July 22, as part of the Biden-Harris Administration's Investing in America agenda, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency an  more

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, July 23 -- Gov. Wes Moore, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on July 22, 2024: Governor Wes Moore today announced $130 million in Climate Pollution Reduction Grants awards from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency that will help Maryland become one of the greenest states in the nation and support the creation of thousands of new green jobs. The grants will also support workforce training for local workers on emerging charging technology to make Maryland more  more

WASHINGTON, July 22 -- The Health and Human Services Inspector General issued the following audit report (No. A-06-23-04004) on June 20, 2024, entitled "North Carolina Did Not Report and Return All Medicaid Overpayments for the State's Medicaid Fraud Control Unit Cases" filed under the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Here are excerpts: * * * Report in Brief Why OIG Did This Audit This audit is one of a series of audits to determine whether States had recovered, and returned the  more

WASHINGTON, July 23 -- President Biden issued the following statement on July 22, 2024, President Biden on climate pollution reduction grants: * * * "When I think of climate change, I think about jobs - good-paying, union jobs that put Americans to work, rebuild our nation's aging infrastructure, and support our transition to a clean energy future. As climate change continues to fuel more extreme impacts on communities across the country, we are using every tool in our toolbox to reduce poll  more

MORRISVILLE, North Carolina, July 23 (TNSres) -- Raleigh-Durham International Airport issued the following news release: CLEAR Now Offering TSA PreCheck Enrollment and Renewal at RDU: Passenger traffic at Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU) surged over the Independence Day holiday with nearly 329,000 passengers flying through the airport between July 1 and July 7 - an increase of 9.5 percent over the same holiday weekend in 2023. RDU broke another record in June, serving more than 1.4 m  more