Thursday - November 21, 2024
Federal Tipoffs Involving Mississippi Newsletter for Friday October 18, 2024 ( 3 items )  

Corps of Engineers Awards $18.6M for Lock and Dam 5A Gate Maintenance
ST. PAUL, Minnesota, Oct. 18 -- 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, awarded a $18.6 million contract to Abhe & Svoboda, Inc., of Jordan, Minnesota, Sept. 24, for dam maintenance on Lock and Dam 5A located near Fountain City, Wisconsin, on the Mississippi River. The project focuses primarily on sandblasting, painting, rehabilitation and other maintenance of the roller gates. The roller gates w  more

NDEAM Presentation
RANDOLPH AFB, Texas, Oct. 16 -- The U.S. Air Force Air Education and Training Command issued the following news: Official websites use .mil Secure .mil websites use HTTPS U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Chinmayee Huber, 81st Comptroller Squadron special actions team, gives the opening remarks during the National Disability Employment Awareness Month Presentation at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, Oct. 16, 2024. NDEAM celebrates the contributions of America's workers with disabilities past  more

Surface Transportation Board Approves CSX Transportation, Canadian Pacific Kansas City Acquisition of Meridian & Bigbee Railroad Lines in Alabama
WASHINGTON, Oct. 18 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Surface Transportation Board issued the following news release on Oct. 17, 2024: The Surface Transportation Board (Board) today issued two separate decisions approving, with conditions, CSX Transportation Inc.'s (CSXT) request for Board authority to acquire and operate the rail line of Meridian & Bigbee Railroad, L.L.C. (MNBR) that runs approximately 93.7 miles between Burkeville and Myrtlewood, Alabama, and Canadian Pacific Kansas   more