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Federal Tipoffs Involving Hawaii Newsletter for Sunday November 03, 2019 ( 9 items )  

$300,000 Funding Available for Environmental Education in EPA Region Nine
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

'Midway' Actors Experience the Gravity of Their World War II Characters
WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news story: In the early hours of June 4, 1942, four Japanese aircraft carriers led the attack on the U.S. base on Midway Island just six months after their attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Unbeknown to the Japanese, American cryptographers had cracked the enemy's communication code and were aware of the date and approximate location of the attack beforehand. U.S. carriers quickly moved in, sinking four Japanese aircraf  more

FCC Chairman Pai Issues Statement on Effective Competition in 32 Massachusetts Communities, Kauai
WASHINGTON, Oct. 25 -- The Federal Communications Commission issued the following statement by Chairman Ajit Pai: Re: Petition for Determination of Effective Competition in 32 Massachusetts Communities and Kauai, HI (HI0011), MB Docket No. 18-283 and CSR No. 8965-E. "During the previous Administration, a bipartisan majority of the FCC adopted a rebuttable presumption that cable operators are subject to effective competition. At the time, 99.7% of homes in the United States had access to multip  more

INL Wins Two Federal Laboratory Consortium Regional Awards
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

INSCOM Set the Theater for Intelligence Table Top Exercise
SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, Hawaii, Oct. 27 -- The U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command issued the following news: Various stakeholders across the intelligence community participated in a week long planning event hosted by the U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command (INSCOM) headquarters staff at the 500th Military Intelligence Brigade -- Theater (MIB-T) headquarters, Fukuhara Hall, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, Aug. 13-16. The planning event is part of the ongoing INSCOM Set the Theater for   more

Making History: U.S. Air Force Pilots Fly F-35Bs Aboard USS America
HONOLULU, Hawaii, Nov. 1 -- The U.S. Pacific Air Forces issued the following news: Hundreds of Marines and sailors embarked aboard the amphibious assault ship USS America. Among the sea of naval warriors stood two service members who see the sky as home. U.S. Air Force Captains Spencer G. Weide and Justin J. Newman, both pilots assigned to Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz., made history as the first operational Air Force pilots to fly the F-35B Lightning II aboard an amphibious assault ship  more

Pacific Air Forces Airmen Participate in Junior Enlisted Leadership Forum in Canada
JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii, Nov. 1 -- The U.S. Pacific Air Forces issued the following news: Thirty-one service members from eight nations met for the Junior Enlisted Leadership Forum at the 17 Wing, Winnipeg, Canada October 21 - 25. The JELF is designed to inform junior Non-Commissioned Officers about professional development strategies to grow them into tomorrow's senior enlisted leaders. Pacific Air Forces co-hosted the annual five-day event with the Royal Canadian Air Force and  more

U.S. EPA Awards Nearly $500,000 to Hawaii Department of Health to Help Reduce Diesel Emissions
HONOLULU, Hawaii, Oct. 28 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced the award of $474,474 in Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA) grants to the Hawaii Department of Health. These funds will be combined with $316,494 in Volkswagen Mitigation Settlement funds and $2,511,239 in fleet cost-share to retrofit and replace old, polluting municipal diesel vehicles. "By promoting clean diesel technologies, we  more

U.S. Pacific Air Forces: Friends Devote Decades to Honor Guard
JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii, Nov. 1 -- The U.S. Pacific Air Forces issued the following news: It's almost a universal phenomenon, knowing that some of life's best experiences seem to come-and-go at the blink of an eye. Teenagers create unforgettable friendships and memories over a few short years in high school, as do some young adults who pursue a college education. Perhaps it's even rarer for people to work side-by-side for decades on end. Two such friends in the Hawaii Air Nationa  more