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Federal Tipoffs Involving Nevada Newsletter for Sunday May 19, 2024 ( 6 items )  

CMS Roundup (May. 17, 2024)
BALTIMORE, Maryland, May 17 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services issued the following news release: Today, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) provides an at-a-glance summary of news from around the agency. CMS Approves State Plan Amendments Extending Postpartum Coverage in Nevada May 3: CMS marked another important maternal health milestone by approving Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance P  more

FHLBank San Francisco Celebrates 20th Anniversary of AHEAD Grant Program With $4 Million for Economic Vitality Initiatives in Arizona, California, and Nevada
SAN FRANCISCO, California, May 16 -- The Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco, a federal district bank, issued the following news release: The Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco (FHLBank San Francisco) is allocating $4 million to its annual Access to Housing and Economic Assistance for Development (AHEAD) economic development program, to be distributed through grants of up to $100,000 throughout Arizona, California, and Nevada. Since the program's inception in 2004, FHLBank San Francisc  more

Navy Advances Development of Air Force's New Joint Simulation Environment
PATUXENT RIVER, Maryland, May 15 -- The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, an organization within the U.S. Naval Air Systems Command, issued the following news release: Engineers from the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) successfully installed core software in the Air Force's future Joint Simulation Environment (JSE) facility at Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada bringing the service closer to operating its own next-generation training and test facility. Nellis is the   more

NNSA Completes Subcritical Experiment at PULSE Facility in Nevada
WASHINGTON, May 18 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration issued the following news: On the evening of May 14, the U.S. Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration successfully executed a subcritical experiment in the Principal Underground Laboratory for Subcritical Experimentation (PULSE) facility at the Nevada National Security Site. The experiment was the first in the Nimble series, executed in partnership with Lawrence Livermore Natio  more

U.S. Attorney for Central District of California: Two-Day Takedown Results in Arrest of Defendants Who Allegedly Packaged and Shipped Fentanyl and Cocaine Bought on Darknet
LOS ANGELES, California, May 17 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for Central District of California issued the following news release on May 16, 2024: Four defendants in California and Nevada have been arrested on a four-count federal grand jury indictment alleging they shipped hundreds of thousands of dollars' worth of fentanyl-laced pills and cocaine to buyers nationwide who purchased the narcotics on darknet marketplaces, the Justice Department announced today. Today, law enforcement arre  more

U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service: Nevada Native Seed Partnership Awarded $3.74 Million for Habitat Restoration in the Great Basin
WASHINGTON, May 15 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service issued the following news release: The Nevada Native Seed Partnership announced in May 2024 that it was awarded $3.74 million in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL)/Burned Area Rehabilitation (BAR) funding to increase native seed collection, production and use in restoration across the Great Basin. "A lack of readily available native seed and plant materials prevents us from successfully restoring ecosy  more