Cities and counties throughout the U.S. are expanding and modernizing public safety facilities. Many are long overdue for upgrades. The urgency to upgrade is because well-maintained and strategically placed facilities contribute to lower response times by police, fire and EMS services. The U.S. has approximately 52,290 fire stations and 19,000 police stations, and their combined […]
Big changes are coming to Austin-Bergstrom International Airport (AUS) following the Austin City Council’s approval of $1.9 billion in contracts for the airport’s Journey With AUS expansion program. The program includes numerous projects designed to help AUS, which has regularly broken passenger records, meet the needs of the growing Central Texas region. Those projects include: […]
The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) is investing $217 million into a port expansion project at the Port of Philadelphia. The project, led by the Philadelphia Regional Port Authority (PhilaPort), will increase shipping capacity and efficiency through one of the fastest growing ports in the U.S. This funding is a part of the National Infrastructure […]
The National Science Foundation wants to make the fields of science and technology more representative of the diversity present throughout the United States — and it’s backing up that desire with dollars. Investing $48 million for projects across the county, NSF is pouring funding into efforts aiming to increase diversity through the Broadening Participation in […]
This story was originally published in the Government Contracting Pipeline newsletter from Strategic Partnerships, Inc. To have the latest government contracting news stories from across the country delivered straight to your inbox, click here to subscribe. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will award $500 million to help California’s South Coast Air Quality Management District (AQMD) […]
The public comment period on a draft environmental impact statement regarding a multibillion project to rebuild the Oregon-Washington Interstate Bridge that connects the two states via I-5 is now open. The proposed project to replace the 100-year-old bridge that runs over the Columbia River is estimated to cost nearly $6 billion. Experts say the current […]
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is announcing the availability of $279.9 million in grant funding to further cybersecurity initiatives around the country. DHS is unveiling this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) as the next installment for a first-of-its-kind federal cybersecurity funding initiative. The NOFO represents the third year of funding from the State […]