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Federal Tipoffs Involving Hawaii Newsletter for Sunday October 20, 2019 ( 7 items )  

Agricultural Research Service: First Genome of Spotted Lanternfly Built From a Single Insect
HILO, Hawaii, Oct. 16 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service issued the following news: Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists, in cooperation with Pacific Biosciences (https://www.pacb.com/) and Penn State University (https://www.psu.edu/), have published the first genome of the invasive Spotted Lanternfly (SLF) in the journal Gigascience (https://academic.oup.com/gigascience/article/8/10/giz122/5586996?searchresult=1) and they did it from a single caught  more

Bureau of Labor Statistics Issues County Employment and Wages in Hawaii for First Quarter 2019
SAN FRANCISCO, California, Oct. 18 -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following news release: Hawaii's two large counties had employment decreases from March 2018 to March 2019, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (Large counties are those with annual average employment levels of 75,000 or more in 2018.) Assistant Commissioner for Regional Operations Richard Holden noted that Honolulu County and Maui + Ka  more

Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency Team Searches for the Missing
JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii, Oct. 17 -- The U.S. Pacific Air Forces issued the following news: His eyes scan page after page, photo after photo, searching ... searching ... searching for one, just one document that can help. He has been at this for more than a year, attempting to find something that may not even be there for him to find, but he does not give up because that's part of his mission. The historian is about to scroll past a photo, but something catches his eye and he smi  more

EPA Postponing Start Date on Factory Street Removal
HONOLULU, Hawaii, Oct. 18 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * - Agency expects to complete work in 2020 * * * The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will be moving back the planned start date on the removal of lead-contaminated soil that remains under Factory Street in the Kalihi-Palama neighborhood of Honolulu. While EPA considers this work a priority, additional time is needed to find a location to dispose of project debris and soil with  more

Island Marauder Showcases Emerging Command and Control Capabilities on the Tactical Edge
MARINE CORPS BASE QUANTICO, Virginia, Oct. 17 -- The U.S. Marine Corps Systems Command issued the following news: In late September, a team of Marines, engineers and other subject matter experts converged upon Marine Corps Base Hawaii to execute Island Marauder 2019. Island Marauder is an annual technology demonstration jointly executed by Marine Corps Systems Command, Marine Corps Combat Development Command, Combat Development and Integration, Naval Information Warfare Center-Atlantic and III  more

Midway Movie Takes War in the Pacific Seriously
PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii, Oct. 18 -- The U.S. Navy issued the following story: This Veterans Day, moviegoers everywhere can witness the most pivotal Pacific battle in World War II: "Midway." The production reminds viewers just how precariously America's future teetered in the early 1940s, and what cost, sacrifice and luck was required to achieve a free and open Indo-Pacific. Director Roland Emmerich (Independence Day, The Patriot, White House Down, Independence Day: Resurgence) waited ten years be  more

State Department: Korea Special Measures Agreement Negotiations October 22-24
WASHINGTON, Oct. 18 -- The U.S. Department of State issued the following news release: The United States will host the Republic of Korea (ROK) in Honolulu, Hawaii October 22-24 for consultations on the Special Measures Agreement (SMA). The SMA, a type of burden-sharing agreement, is the mechanism by which the Republic of Korea shares the costs of U.S. forces to defend the Republic of Korea. The United States has had SMAs with the Republic of Korea since 1991 and this new agreement will replace   more