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Federal Tipoffs Involving Arizona Newsletter for Saturday July 27, 2024 ( 6 items )  

Biden-Harris Administration Announces Preliminary Terms with Amkor Technology to Bring Cutting-Edge Advanced Packaging Technology to the U.S. for Leading-Edge Semiconductors
WASHINGTON, July 26 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce issued the following news release: Proposed CHIPS Investment Would Enable End-to-End Chip Production to Occur in the United States While Creating 2,000 Jobs in Arizona Today, the Biden-Harris Administration announced that the U.S. Department of Commerce and Amkor Technology, Inc. have signed a non-binding preliminary memorandum of terms (PMT) to provide up to $400 million in proposed direct funding under the CHIPS and Science Act. Presiden  more

Contracts for July 25, 2024
WASHINGTON, July 26 -- 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

Contracts for July 26, 2024
WASHINGTON, July 26 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news release: AIR FORCE Raytheon Co., Tucson, Arizona, has been awarded a $325,000,000 ceiling increase modification (P00010) to previously awarded contract FA8672-19-D-0001 for the StormBreaker(r) Small Diameter Bomb Increment II (SDB II, GBU-53/B). The modification brings the total cumulative face value of the contract from $275,000,000 to $600,000,000. Work will be performed in Tucson, Arizona, and is expected to be   more

ERO Boston arrests fugitive charged with raping minor in Brazil
WASHINGTON, July 26 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: BOSTON Enforcement and Removal Operations Boston apprehended an unlawfully present Brazilian fugitive wanted by Brazilian authorities to face criminal charges for raping a vulnerable minor in his home country. Deportation officers from ERO Boston arrested the 23-year-old noncitizen July 23 near his residence in Framingham. U.S. Border Patrol arrested the Braz  more

Special Warfare Team-3 From the 48th Rescue Squadron Executes a Complex Mass Casualty Response Training Mission
DAVIS-MONTHAN AFB, Arizona, July 27 -- The U.S. Air Force Davis-Monthan Air Force Base (355th Fighter Wing) issued the following news: By Staff Sgt. Abbey Rieves, 355th Wing Public Affairs Special Warfare Team-3, from the 48th Rescue Squadron executed a Full Mission Profile at the Barry M. Goldwater Range, Gila Bend Ariz., July 18-19, 2024. "Training missions like this one at Gila Bend sharpen our warriors and desensitize them to the stressors of combat," said the 48th Rescue Squadron command  more

White House Issues Readout of Briefing With Southwest Business Leaders
WASHINGTON, July 27 -- The White House issued the following readout of a briefing on July 25, 2024, with southwest business leaders: * * * On Thursday, July 25, the White House welcomed small business owners and leaders of local business organizations from Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah for a discussion with senior officials on the Biden-Harris Administration's actions to grow the economy from the middle out and bottom up. More than 40 individuals representing small businesses  more