WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation announced that it expects to award up to 30 cooperative agreements for small-scale water efficiency projects. The award ceiling for this funding opportunity is $75,000. The agency said the grant was associated with natural resources. The funding is open to states, Indian tribes, irrigation districts, water districts, or other organizations with water or power delivery authority located in Alaska, Arizona, Califo  more

OMAHA, Nebraska, Dec. 28 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Omaha District issued the following news release: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District awarded a $58.3 million construction contract to Aptim Federal Services, LLC of Alexandria, Virginia Dec. 23. This contract is the first final repair contract to be awarded for the Missouri River Left Bank Levee Systems, which will allow the Corps to begin repairing the levee system to its Congressionally authorized level in turn restori  more

F. E. WARREN AIR FORCE BASE, Wyoming, Dec. 24 -- The U.S. Air Force Global Strike Command issued the following news: Capt. Javon Quarles, 321st Missile Squadron missileer, stood alert 283 times in his four years on active duty. As an Air Force reservist, though, Quarles stood alert for the second time Dec. 18, 2019 at a missile alert facility near Dix, Nebraska. For close to 60 years, nuclear and missile operation officer positions were off-limits to reservists, who serve in more than 200 oth  more