WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 -- The Environmental Protection Agency announced that it expects to award up to four discretionary grants for environmental education in Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada and Pacific Islands. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $300,000 with a ceiling of $100,000 for each award in the program. The agency said the grant was associated with environment. The funding opportunity number is EPA-EE-20-09 (CFDA 66.951). It was posted on Oct. 24 with an appl  more

TUCSON, Arizona, Oct. 29 -- The Office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Arizona issued the following news release: On October 24, 2019, Jessica Diane Ferrell, 34, of Tucson, Arizona, was sentenced by United States District Judge James A. Soto to 60 months in prison to be followed by three years of supervised release. Ferrell had previously pleaded guilty to Solicitation of a Bribe and Falsification of Records. In March 2016, Ferrell, then an employee at the FCC Tucson Bureau of Prisons  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory issued the following news release: * * * - With installation near completion, new sky-surveying instrument begins final testing * * * A new instrument mounted atop a telescope in Arizona has aimed its robotic array of 5,000 fiber-optic "eyes" at the night sky to capture the first images showing its unique view of galaxy light. It was the first test of the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (https:  more

FORT HUACHUCA, Arizona, Nov. 1 -- The U.S. Army issued the following news: As the private partner that conducts property management Fort Huachuca's family housing, Mountain Vista Communities (MVC) ensured the safety of residents and the sustainability of homes by investing in regular roof repairs. MVC has an in-house maintenance team that is currently focusing on a special roofing project in the Miles Manor and Pershing Plaza neighborhoods. The team has inspected the homes for sliding, missing  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Oct. 28 -- The Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics issued the following news release: A new instrument mounted atop a telescope in Arizona has aimed its robotic array of 5,000 fiber-optic "eyes" at the night sky and captured the first images showing its unique view of galaxy light. It was the first test of the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument, known as DESI, with its nearly complete complement of components. The long-awaited instrument is designed to explo  more

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho, Nov. 1 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Idaho National Laboratory issued the following news: Idaho National Laboratory has been honored with two Federal Laboratory Consortium (FLC) Awards in 2019 in the Far West Region. The FLC is formally chartered and mandated by Congress to promote, educate and facilitate technology transfer nationwide among more than 300 federal laboratories, research centers and agencies. The Far West region, which includes more than 50 laboratories i  more

FORT HUACHUCA, Arizona, Oct. 30 -- The U.S. Army issued the following news: The U. S. Army Intelligence Center of Excellence (USAICoE) Mentorship Program held a closeout event to recognize participants for completing the year-long program at Fort Huachuca, Ariz. Four clients and four mentors completed the program that ran from October 2018 to October 2019. "The three primary goals of the program entail providing mentorship for DA Civilians seeking career progression within USAICoE and/or the   more

LUKE AIR FORCE BASE, Arizona, Oct. 30 -- The U.S. Air Force (56th Fighter Wing) issued the following news: The Secretary of the Air Force selected Luke Air Force Base, Arizona, as a candidate to host a Belgium F-35A Foreign Military Sales Formal Training Unit, for up to seven years, starting in 2023. "Because of Luke AFB's infrastructure and its experience in hosting international F-35 customers, Luke is uniquely suited to provide an optimal training environment for our Belgian Allies," said S  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following event notification (No. 54342) involving Medi-Physics, Phoenix, Arizona: AGREEMENT STATE REPORT - LOST SHIPMENT OF MO-99 GENERATORS The following was received from the Arizona Department of Health Services (the Department) via email: "The Department received notification on October 21, 2019, that a licensee's shipment of radioactive material, sent July 9, 2019, with an expected delivery date of July 18, 2019, has no  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 -- The White House Office of Management and Budget issued the following statement of administration policy: The Administration strongly opposes H.R. 1373, the Grand Canyon Centennial Protection Act. This bill would permanently make more than 1 million acres of Federal lands in Arizona off limits to development and uses that would otherwise be permissible under Federal laws governing public lands, mining, mineral, and geothermal leasing. The Administration opposes such a lar  more

MENLO PARK, California, Oct. 28 -- The SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory issued the following news release: The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument begins final testing, setting the stage for a 5-year survey that will analyze the light of 35 million galaxies. A new instrument mounted on a telescope in Arizona aimed its robotic array of 5,000 fiber-optic "eyes" at the night sky on Oct. 22 to capture the first images showing its unique view of galaxy light. It was the first test of the Dark  more

PHOENIX, Arizona, Oct. 31 -- The Social Security Administration's Office of the Inspector General issued the following news release: The Inspector General for the Social Security Administration, Gail S. Ennis, is announcing the arrest of Maria Rios, also known as "Maria Padro," for filing a false claim to receive more than $101,000 in Social Security retirement and disability benefits. The Social Security Office of the Inspector General (OIG), working with the United States Secret Service, exec  more

PHOENIX, Arizona, Oct. 28 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced the award of a total of $1,486,183 in Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA) grants to Maricopa County Air Quality Department and the City of Phoenix Public Works Department. The funds will be combined with matching city, state and private funds to retrofit and replace eight old, polluting diesel school buses, 14 municipal trucks and e  more