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Federal Tipoffs Involving Nebraska Newsletter for Sunday May 10, 2020 ( 5 items )  

$601,538 Available in Cooperative Agreements for Floodplain Management in FEMA Region 7
WASHINGTON, May 4 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency announced that it expects to award up to four cooperative agreements for floodplain management in Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $601,538. The categories of funding activity are a) community development, b) disaster prevention and relief, c) education, d) employment, labor and training, e) environment, f) information and statistics,  more

Corps of Engineers Issues Contract to Build COVID-19 Montana Alternate Care Facility
OMAHA, Nebraska, May 9 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Omaha District issued the following news release: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Ohama District has awarded a $2.6 million contract to build an Alternate Care Facility in Kalispell, Montana, in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. The ACF will be built out in the vacant third floor shelled space of Montana Children's, which is part of the Kalispell Regional Healthcare system, by USACE under a mission assignment from FEMA in suppo  more

Corps of Engineers: Draft Environmental Assessment for Surplus Water Use at Lake Sakakawea, ND Available for Public Comment
RIVERDALE, Nebraska, May 8 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Omaha District issued the following news release: A draft environmental assessment for a surplus water request at Lake Sakakawea in North Dakota is currently available for public review. The draft EA evaluates the use of surplus water and the environmental impacts of constructing an industrial water intake to allow 1,000 acre-feet (maximum withdrawal rate of 2,100 gallons per minute) to be used by White Horse Water, LLC for oil and   more

Federal Election Commission Cites Committee for Failure to File 12-Day Pre-Primary Financial Report
WASHINGTON, May 8 -- The Federal Election Commission issued the following news release: The Federal Election Commission cited a campaign committee for failing to file the 12-Day Pre-Primary Report required by the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, as amended (the Act), for the primary election being held on May 12, 2020 in Nebraska. As of May 7, 2020, the required disclosure report had not been received from: * Barbara Ramsey for Congress (NE-1) The pre-primary report was due on April 30  more

Natural Resources Conservation Service-Nebraska: USDA Announces $5 Million in Wetland Mitigation Banking Program Funds
LINCOLN, Nebraska, May 7 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service Nebraska office issued the following news release: The USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) announced the availability of up to $5 million for wetland mitigation banks. This funding through the Wetland Mitigation Banking Program is available to help conservation partners develop or establish mitigation banks to help agricultural producers maintain eligibility for USDA programs  more