WASHINGTON, July 25 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news release: MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY Raytheon Technologies, Tucson, Arizona, is being awarded a sole-source, hybrid (fixed-price incentive and cost-plus-fixed-fee) contract for $1,944,082,765 to perform the manufacture and assembly of Standard Missile-3 Block IIA All-Up Rounds for the U.S. government and Japan Ministry of Defense (JMOD) Foreign Military Sales (FMS) case requirements. The work will be performed in Tucson  more

WASHINGTON, July 26 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: LENEXA, KANSAS (JULY 24, 2024) - Today at a brownfield site in Schuyler, Nebraska, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 7 Administrator Meg McCollister presented a $500,000 ceremonial check to Schuyler Community Development as an EPA Brownfields Assessment Grant selectee. EPA selected the organization to receive the grant through EPA's Brownfields Multipurpose, Assessment, and Cleanup (MA  more

WASHINGTON, July 26 -- The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Internal Revenue Service issued the following news release on July 25, 2024: * * * Quarterly update highlights expansion on individual, business online accounts; Document Upload Tool hits 1 million submissions and more amended returns can be filed electronically * * * As part of ongoing transformation efforts, the Internal Revenue Service announced today continued progress on a variety of taxpayer service and technology projects us  more

WASHINGTON, July 26 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on July 25, 2024: A federal grand jury in Houston returned an indictment today charging an Indian national with selling and shipping tens of thousands of dollars' worth of counterfeit oncology pharmaceuticals into the United States. According to court documents, Sanjay Kumar, 43, of Bihar, India, and his co-conspirators allegedly arranged for the sale and shipment of fake, counterfeit versions of oncology   more

WASHINGTON, July 26 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on July 25, 2024: * * * Hacking Group Known as "Andariel" Used Ransom Proceeds to Fund Theft of Sensitive Information from Defense and Technology Organizations Worldwide, Including U.S. Government Agencies * * * A grand jury in Kansas City, Kansas, returned an indictment on Wednesday charging North Korean national Rim Jong Hyok for his involvement in a conspiracy to hack and extort U.S. hospitals and othe  more

WASHINGTON, July 25 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release: Kansas City, MO Missourians in 10 counties impacted by the severe weather and flooding from May 19 May 27 are immediately eligible to apply for assistance to help support their disaster recovery. It's free, and as easy as a 20-minute phone call or a click online. President Biden made the federal assistance available Tuesday when he approved a Major Disaster Dec  more