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Tipoffs for Great Bend, Kansas (Federal Agencies) Newsletter for Thursday September 26, 2024 ( 5 items )  

Army Leaders Seek to Improve Soldiers' Quality of Life Through Enhanced Privatized Housing Oversight
WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 -- The U.S. Army News Service issued the following news: By Christopher Hurd Army senior leaders and family housing providers recently discussed the ongoing construction and renovation efforts for military housing during the Army Privatized Housing Council meeting in Arlington, Virginia. This annual gathering allows Army leaders and housing providers to discuss the importance of ensuring Soldiers and their families have access to safe, comfortable, and modern living condi  more

Biden-Harris Administration Partners with Organizations to Bring Affordable Clean Energy to Rural Americans as Part of Investing in America Agenda
WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture issued the following news release: Funding Will Lower Electricity Costs and Spur Economic Growth for Families and Businesses Across 9 States CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wisc., Sept. 25, 2024 U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that USDA is moving forward in the awards process with eight new clean energy projects through the Powering Affordable Clean Energy (PACE) program. Secretary Vilsack announced that the  more

ITC Issues Notice Involving Pick-Up Truck Folding Bed Cover Systems, Components
WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 -- The International Trade Commission has issued a notice, published in the Federal Register on Sept. 25, 2024, entitled "Certain Pick-Up Truck Folding Bed Cover Systems and Components Thereof (III); Notice of a Commission Final Determination of Violation of Section 337; Issuance of a General Exclusion Order and Two Cease and Desist Orders; Termination of the Investigation." SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade Commission has previously determi  more

Justice Dept.: James B. Nutter & Co. to Pay $2.4M for Allegedly Causing False Claims for Federal Mortgage Insurance
WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: James B. Nutter & Company, a former mortgage lender located in Kansas City, Missouri, has agreed to pay $2.4 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act and the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery and Enforcement Act of 1989 by knowingly underwriting Home Equity Conversion Mortgages (HECM) insured by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)'s Federal Housing Admini  more

Mo. U.S. Attorney: Independence Man Sentenced to 19 Years for Drug Trafficking, Illegal Firearms
KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Sept. 26 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Missouri issued the following news release on Sept. 25, 2024: An Independence, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today after law enforcement officers seized 22 firearms and a large quantity of a variety of illegal drugs from his residence and his two campers in Bagnell, Mo. Jonathan P. Henik, 45, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Gary A. Fenner to 19 years and two months in federal prison wi  more