WASHINGTON, Aug. 20 -- The Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled has issued a notice, published in the Federal Register on Aug. 16, 2024, entitled "Procurement List; Proposed Deletions." AGENCY: Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled. ACTION: Proposed Deletions from the Procurement List. SUMMARY: The Committee is proposing to delete product(s) from the Procurement List that were furnished by nonprofit agencies employing persons  more

WICHITA, Kansas, Aug. 20 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Kansas issued the following news release: A Kansas man was sentenced to 293 months in prison for using his former position as chief executive officer (CEO) of a bank to embezzle tens of millions of dollars in a cryptocurrency scheme which led the bank to fail at a complete loss of equity for investors. According to court documents, Shan Hanes, 53, of Elkhart pleaded guilty to one count of embezzlement by a bank of  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 21 -- The White House issued the following news release on Aug. 20, 2024: Today, President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. declared that a major disaster exists in the State of Kansas and ordered Federal assistance to supplement state, tribal, and local recovery efforts in the areas affected by a severe storm, straight-line winds, tornadoes, and flooding on May 19, 2024. Federal funding is available to state, tribal, and eligible local governments and certain private nonprofit organizati  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 20 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release: FEMA announced that federal disaster assistance is available to the state of Kansas to supplement recovery efforts in the areas affected by the severe storms, straight-line winds, tornadoes and flooding on May 19, 2024. Public assistance federal funding is available to the state, tribal and eligible local governments and certain private nonprofit organizations  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 20 (TNSres) -- The National Science Foundation issued the following news release: The U.S. National Science Foundation and the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation are investing $16 million across 10 projects that will conduct basic science with direct conservation applications to benefit species and ecosystems. The projects are awarded under the second year of grants from the Partnership to Advance Conservation Science and Practice (PACSP) program, a first-of-its-kind collaboration  more