WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Community Living issued the following news: ACL's National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR) is announcing 20 Field-Initiated Projects (FIP) Program grant awards for 2024. The planned project period for these grants is three years, with an estimated funding amount of up to $200,000 per year for each grantee. The purpose of the FIP Program is to develop k  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 (TNSfact) -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Aviation Administration issued the following fact sheet on Sept. 30, 2024: * * * Facility Replacement Proposal Air Traffic Facility Replacement The budget proposal will fund the replacement of 20-25 Air Traffic Control Towers and Terminal Radar Approach Control facilities. It would also improve two Air Route Traffic Control Centers. Replacing air traffic facilities will enhance the safety and efficiency of the N  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Sept. 30, 2024: Two men were sentenced to prison today for selling targeted lists of U.S. consumers for the benefit of mass-mailing fraud schemes that defrauded hundreds of thousands of Americans out of tens of millions of dollars. Following a two-week trial, a federal jury convicted Robert Reger, 57, of Boulder, Colorado, and David Lytle, 64, of Leawood, Kansas, of conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Geological Survey issued the following news release: RESTON, Va. Low-level airplane flights are planned over a broad region in Missouri, Kansas, and Arkansas to image geology using airborne geophysical technology. The survey will be conducted from early October for approximately 8 months, weather and wildfire restrictions permitting. Flights will cover areas within the Missouri counties of Barry, Barton, Bates, Benton, Boone,  more

TULSA, Oklahoma, Oct. 1 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Tulsa District issued the following news: Story by Brannen Parrish, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Tulsa District The Tulsa District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers awarded an architecture and engineering design contract under its Military Construction mission at Tinker AFB, Oklahoma, Sept. 27. Tulsa District awarded the $5.4 million contract to Burns and McDonnell Inc., of Kansas City to design and engineer the Integrated Capability De  more