JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, Oct. 17 -- The U.S. Air Force Civil Engineer Center issued the following news: By Mila Cisneros, AFIMSC Public Affairs As the Department of the Air Force focuses on the Great Power Competition, the Air Force Civil Engineer Center Airfield Pavement Evaluation team is helping keep runways worldwide ready to support the mission. The 21-member APE team at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, services more than 2 billion square feet of airfield pavement at more   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 -- The Federal Communications Commission's Wireline Competition Bureau issued the following public notice (WC Docket No. 24-456) on Oct. 16, 2024: * * * Re: Short Term Network Change Certification Received Frontier Florida LLC dba Frontier Communications of Florida (Frontier), an incumbent local exchange carrier (LEC), has filed certification that short term public notice of network change(s) has been provided through its publicly accessible Internet site, as required by s  more

ORLANDO, Florida, Oct. 17 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Florida issued the following news release: U.S. District Judge Wendy W. Berger has sentenced Shawndell Johnson (32, Melbourne) to 17 years and 7 months in federal prison for distribution of a controlled substance, possession with intent to distribute controlled substances, possession of a firearm and ammunition by a convicted felon, and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. The   more

MIAMI, Florida, Oct. 17 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Markenzy Lapointe, issued the following news release: On Oct. 15, Lakeisha Black a/k/a/ "Lakeisha Pierce," pled guilty in federal court in Fort Lauderdale to conspiracy to make false statements to the Small Business Administration in connection with myriad fraudulent Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans. From July 2020 through June 2021, Black charged between $2,000 and $6,000 to prepare fraudulent PPP loans   more

MIAMI, Florida, Oct. 16 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Markenzy Lapointe, issued the following news release on Oct. 15, 2024: Issa Asad, 51, of Southwest Ranches, Fla., and Q Link Wireless LLC, of Dania Beach, Fla., pleaded guilty today to conspiring to defraud and commit offenses against the United States in connection with a years-long scheme to steal over $100 million from a celebrated federal program providing discounted phone service to people in need. Asad, Q L  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 15 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Geological Survey issued the following abstract of an article on July 23, 2024, entitled "Projecting The Long-Term Effects Of Large-Scale Human Influence On The Spatial And Functional Persistence Of Extant Longleaf Pine Ecosystems In The Florida Flatwoods Pyrome". The article was written by Lilian Hutchens, John A. Kupfer, Peng Gao, Georgina M. Sanchez, Ross K. Meentemeyer, Adam Terando and J. Kevin Hiers. * * * Decades of hum  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 -- The Department of Housing and Urban Development issued the following news release on Oct. 16, 2024: Today, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced the implementation of federal disaster assistance for the State of Florida and ordered federal aid to supplement state, tribal, and local recovery efforts in the areas affected by Hurricane Milton beginning October 5, 2024 and continuing. President Biden issued a major disaster declaration for the   more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Oct. 16 -- The National Credit Union Administration posted the following joint news release on Oct. 15, 2024, with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Federal Reserve Board, the Florida Office of Financial Regulation and Treasury Office of the Comptroller of the Currency: The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Federal Reserve Board, the Florida Office of Financial Regulation, the National Credit Union Administration, and the Office of the Comptroller of   more

JACKSONVILLE, Florida, Oct. 17 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Jacksonville District issued the following news release: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Jacksonville District announced three additional counties now eligible for the Operation Blue Roof Program. The new counties include Flagler, Palm Beach, and Martin Counties. These locations join recently announced eligible counties in: Brevard, Citrus, Charlotte, DeSoto, Hardee, Hernando, Highlands, Hillsborough, Indian River, La  more