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News Tipoffs - Mississippi Editors Newsletter for Friday July 26, 2024 ( 4 items )  

"INVESTING IN AMERICA: Mississippi" Short-Form Documentary Highlights How the Biden-Harris Administration is Strengthening Rural Communities in the American South
WASHINGTON, July 25 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation issued the following news release: Click here to view the fourth installment of the Investing in America short-form video series. Today, the U.S. Department of Transportation released the fourth installment of its "Investing in America" video series focused on U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg's two-day visit to Mississippi in June. During the trip, Secretary Buttigieg toured projects funded by President Biden's Bipartisa  more

Contracts for July 25, 2024
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

More Than $10 Million Approved for April Tornado Survivors in Mississippi
WASHINGTON, July 25 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release: MADISON, Miss. As of July 24, 2024, more than $10 million in FEMA assistance has been approved for survivors of the April 8-11, 2024, severe storms, straight-line winds, tornadoes and flooding. This assistance helps pay for uninsured and underinsured losses and storm-related damage to eligible homeowners and renters in Hancock, Hinds, Humphreys, Madison, Nesho  more

NSF funds over $50M in new partnerships to broaden participation in materials science
WASHINGTON, July 25 (TNSres) -- The National Science Foundation issued the following news release: The U.S. National Science Foundation is announcing $50 million in Partnerships for Research and Education in Materials (PREM) awards to 15 collaborative research projects nationwide to expand participation and access to materials science-focused facilities, education, training and careers. NSF is investing over $50 million in total, which includes awards of over $4 million each to 11 partnering i  more