WASHINGTON, July 20 - The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service announced that it intends to award a $336,300 cooperative agreement to the American Conservation Experience of Flagstaff, Arizona, for youth fellowships to provide training opportunities for qualified graduate students in cultural resources fields such as historic preservation, archeology, history, museum management and landscape architecture. The agency description of the grant states: "The project engages the fe  more

WASHINGTON, July 20 - The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service announced that it intends to award a $65,450 cooperative agreement to the American Conservation Experience of Flagstaff, Arizona, for boundary fence repairs at the Petrified Forest National Park. The agency description of the grant states: "The Petrified Forest National Park (PEFO) Fence Support project will take place within the park and will involve boundary fence repairs and installation at remote and rugged lo  more

WASHINGTON, July 20 - The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service announced that it intends to award a $132,900 cooperative agreement to the Archeology Southwest of Tucson, Arizona, for historic inscription documentation at the Aztec Ruins National Monument Visitor Center in New Mexico. The agency description of the grant states: "An intensive survey of Aztec East and West Ruin and the Aztec Ruins National Monument Visitor Center identifying and fully documenting historic era in  more

WASHINGTON, July 15 -- The Export-Import Bank of the U.S. issued the following news release: With a highly skilled workforce delivering precision-machined parts worldwide, Competitive Engineering Inc. (CEI) in Tucson, Arizona, has leveraged support from the Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM) to expand its international sales and sustain and create local jobs. During Made in America Week announced today by the White House, EXIM is highlighting the work of American job creators such   more

WASHINGTON, July 20 - The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service announced that it intends to award a $35,000 cooperative agreement to the Conservation Legacy of Durango, Colorado, for providing local Native American youth access to public lands through employment, recreation and resource stewardship at the Petrified Forest National Park in Arizona; Joshua Tree National Park and Muir Woods National Monument in California; and Glen Canyon National Recreation Area in Arizona and U  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, July 19 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * - California, Arizona businesses to receive $800,000 in funding * * * Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced $2.3 million in funding for 21 small businesses to develop technologies that will help protect human health and the environment by monitoring air quality, treating drinking water, cleaning up contaminated sites, and creating greener, less toxic ma  more

WASHINGTON, July 12 -- The Federal Labor Relations Authority issued the following decision (Case No. 0-AR-5387): UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE, DAVIS-MONTHAN AIR FORCE BASE, ARIZONA, (Agency) and AMERICAN FEDERATION OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, LOCAL 2924, (Union) DECISION Before the Authority: Colleen Duffy Kiko, Chairman, and Ernest DuBester and James T. Abbott, Members (Member DuBester concurring; Chairman Kiko dissenting) Decision by Member Abbott for the Authority I. St  more

WASHINGTON, July 20 - The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service announced that it intends to award a $47,800 cooperative agreement to the Grand Canyon Youth for engaging youth in outdoor recreation, citizen science, resource stewardship, and service learning at the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area in Arizona and Utah. The funding opportunity number is P19AS00393 (CFDA 15.945). For more information, contact Kelly Adams, Kelly_Adams@nps.gov.  more

LAKEWOOD, Colorado, July 15 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service - Mountain Regional Field Office issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) will survey producers in 32 states, including Arizona, Colorado, Montana and Wyoming, for its Small Grains County Agricultural Production Survey (CAPS). The survey will collect information on total acres planted and harvested, an  more

WASHINGTON, July 15 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the following litigation release: * * * - Securities and Exchange Commission v. William Scott Lawler and Natalie Bannister, No. 19 Civ. 4025 (E.D.N.Y. filed July 12, 2019) * * * The Securities and Exchange Commission charged an Arizona-based attorney and a Missouri-based agent of microcap shell companies with securities fraud and registration violations. According to the SEC's complaint, from February 2015 to April 2017, a  more

WASHINGTON, July 20 - The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service announced that it intends to award a $45,004 cooperative agreement to the Tucson Audubon Society of Arizona for aquatic resource monitoring in Sonoran Desert Network parks. The agency description of the grant states: "The goal of this project is to engage and partner with the Tucson Audubon Society to support a 9-month long research internship focused on aquatic resources monitoring. This goal is in support of sci  more

LUKE AIR FORCE BASE, Arizona, July 18 -- The U.S. Air Force (56th Fighter Wing) issued the following news: By Brooke Moeder Every career in the Air Force contributes toward the overall mission to fly, fight and win in air, space and cyberspace. Air traffic controllers do their part through ensuring the safety of pilots and aircraft that go through their airspace by making quick decisions and monitoring different variables. ATCs separate traffic by staying in communication with the pilots as t  more

WASHINGTON, July 20 - The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service announced that it intends to award a $156,200 cooperative agreement to the Virginia Tech for visitor use data collection at the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area in Arizona and Utah. The agency description of the grant states: "Glen Canyon NRA (GLCA) is striving to provide world-class recreation opportunities for an increasingly diverse array of visitors. This means ensuring we are maximizing a variety of oppor  more