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News Tipoffs - Alaska Editors Newsletter for Saturday February 08, 2025 ( 6 items )  

Contracts for Feb. 6, 2025
WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Contracts for Feb. 6, 2025 ARMY ITC Defense Corp.,* North Charleston, South Carolina, was awarded an $82,384,032 hybrid (cost-no-fee, cost-plus-fixed-fee, firm-fixed-price) contract for programmatic support services. Bids were solicited via the internet with five received. Work locations and funding will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date of Feb. 28, 2030. Army Contracting Com  more

Contracts for Feb. 6, 2025
WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Contracts for Feb. 6, 2025 ARMY ITC Defense Corp.,* North Charleston, South Carolina, was awarded an $82,384,032 hybrid (cost-no-fee, cost-plus-fixed-fee, firm-fixed-price) contract for programmatic support services. Bids were solicited via the internet with five received. Work locations and funding will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date of Feb. 28, 2030. Army Contracting Com  more

Drummond announces defeat of Biden Administration's EV mandate
OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, Feb. 7 -- Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond issued the following news release: * * * Drummond announces defeat of Biden Administration's EV mandate OKLAHOMA CITY (Feb. 7, 2025) - Attorney General Gentner Drummond announced today the long-awaited defeat of the Biden Administration's burdensome emissions regulations from the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA). In 2023, Oklahoma joined a 21-state coalition to challenge the Biden Administration's attempt to dr  more

President Trump Appoints Scott Mason IV as EPA South Central Regional Administrator
WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: DALLAS (February 6, 2025) - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin announced that President Donald J. Trump has appointed Scott Mason IV to serve as the 14th regional administrator of the EPA's South Central Region, also known as Region 6. Mason will lead the implementation of President Trump's environmental agenda in Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas and   more

SCETV President, CEO Adrienne Fairwell Re-Elected to America's Public Television Stations Board of Trustees & Elected Professional Vice Chair
COLUMBIA, South Carolina, Feb. 8 -- The South Carolina Educational Television Network issued the following news release on Feb. 7, 2025: South Carolina ETV and Public Radio President and CEO Adrienne Fairwell has been re-elected to the America's Public Television Stations (APTS) Board of Trustees and selected as the Professional Vice Chair for 2025. APTS members are comprised of public television stations who play a leading role in developing public television's legislative agenda and regulat  more

World War II's "Home Guard"
WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Coast Guard issued the following news: * * * World War II's "Home Guard" The Long Blue Line blog series has been publishing Coast Guard history essays for over 15 years. To access hundreds of these service stories, visit the Coast Guard Historian's Office's Long Blue Line online archives, located here: THE LONG BLUE LINE (uscg.mil)...the broad statement can be made that the public never really knew the Coast Guard Temporary Reserv  more