Friday - November 22, 2024
Federal Tipoffs Involving Wisconsin Newsletter for Sunday October 06, 2024 ( 3 items )  

Central Region, Headquarters Team Members Visit Crane Assembly Plant
WASHINGTON, Oct. 5 -- The Defense Contract Management Agency issued the following news: By DCMA Milwaukee MANITOWOC, Wis. - Employees from Defense Contract Management Agency Milwaukee, Central Region Command, and headquarters' DCMA Safety Center participated in a joint surveillance event at Konecranes in Manitowoc, Wisconsin, Sept. 11. The contractor produces 175-ton portal jib cranes. Each crane is valued at $46 million. The cranes, which are manufactured and assembled on site, will be shipp  more

Corps of Engineers Awards Miter Gate Contract for Two Locks, Dams
ST. PAUL, Minnesota, Oct. 5 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-St. Paul District issued the following news release: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, recently awarded an $18 million contract to G&G Steel, Inc., of Russellville, Alabama, for the fabrication of new miter gates at Lock and Dam 3, near Welch, Minnesota, and Lock and Dam 4, near Alma, Wisconsin. The original miter gates are from the 1930s. Over time, the gates have been damaged and distressed, which led to servi  more

Justice Dept.: Federal Court Issues Preliminary Injunction Against Town of Thornapple, Wisconsin, Requiring Use of Accessible Voting System During November Election
WASHINGTON, Oct. 5 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Oct. 4, 2024: The Justice Department announced today that a federal court in the Western District of Wisconsin has entered a preliminary injunction requiring the Town of Thornapple, Wisconsin, to comply with federal law by offering an accessible voting system at each of its polling places during the Nov. 5 federal general election. "This preliminary injunction affirms the right of voters with disabilities  more