The Chief Information Officer-Solutions and Partners 4 (CIO-SP4) GWAC is a five-year, indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract with a $50 billion ceiling and a five-year option. The deadline for proposals is June 28. Keep Reading
These competitive grant opportunities are open to organizations that prepare lawful permanent residents for naturalization and promote civic integration through increased knowledge of English, U.S. history, and civics. Keep Reading
NITAAC Acting Director Brian Goodger said today that the eagerly awaited request for proposal for CIO-SP4 "has been delayed due to events that are, quite simply, out of our control" and the last sign-off needed to post the RFP is expected next week. Keep Reading
The Justice Department announced today that the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) has released approximately $58 million in three grant solicitations that will advance community policing. Keep Reading
The $6.5M production order will equip CWMD’s Mobile Detection Deployment Program (MDDP) and DHS Transportation Security Administration (TSA) with HAIBP backpacks to deliver advanced radiation detection capabilities. Keep Reading
Immigration increases include USCIS funding and Office of Professional Responsibility to process CBP, ICE complaints. Keep Reading
FTS can be used to determine if drugs have been mixed or cut with fentanyl, providing people who use drugs and communities with important information about fentanyl in the illicit drug supply so they can take steps to reduce their risk of overdose. Keep Reading
To develop capabilities to monitor the current COVID-19 pandemic and other future biological events, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) has awarded $199,648 to Mesur.io Inc., for analysis and reporting of outbreak-related data. Keep Reading
As part of President Biden’s American Jobs Plan, he is calling on Congress to make smart investments in research and development, manufacturing and regional economic development, and in workforce development to give U.S. workers and companies the tools and training they need to compete on the global stage. Keep Reading
In 2020, the U.S. suffered 22 separate billion-dollar weather and climate disasters, costing $95 billion in damages to homes, businesses, and public infrastructure. The American Jobs Plan pledges to make infrastructure more resilient in the face of increasingly severe floods, wildfires, hurricanes, and other risks. Keep Reading
The funding will promote safety, efficiency, environmental stewardship, infrastructure, and security at the nation’s airports. This latest grant announcement includes 449 grants to 390 airports in 39 states, Puerto Rico and the Federated States of Micronesia. Keep Reading
A total of $30.5 billion in Federal funding is now available to support the nation’s public transportation systems as they continue to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic and support President Biden’s call to vaccinate the U.S. population. Keep Reading
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration announced a Notice of Funding Opportunity on March 29 encouraging states and port authorities to apply for $230 million in discretionary grant funding for port and intermodal infrastructure-related projects through the Port Infrastructure Development Program. Keep Reading
The grant awardees will provide training to service members and military spouses through the Boots to Business entrepreneurship training program, which is part of the Department of Defense’s Transition Assistance Program. Keep Reading
Starting the week of April 6, 2021, the SBA is raising the loan limit for the COVID-19 EIDL program from 6-months of economic injury with a maximum loan amount of $150,000 to up to 24-months of economic injury with a maximum loan amount of $500,000. Keep Reading
For FY 2021, Congress supported the Department’s request to double the investment in sustainable prevention programming from $10 million to $20 million. Keep Reading
Released in conjunction with NISTIR 8355 is a draft NICE Framework List of Competencies that provides a proposed list of 54 Competencies for the cybersecurity workforce. Keep Reading
OIG determined SBA did not always have sufficient controls in place to detect and prevent duplicate PPP loans. As a result, lenders made more than one PPP loan disbursement to 4,260 borrowers with the same tax identification number. Keep Reading
All SBA disaster loans made in calendar year 2020, including COVID-19 EIDL, will have a first payment due date extended from 12-months to 24-months from the date of the note. Keep Reading
The American Rescue Plan has now been passed and signed into law by President Biden. Transportation has of course been significantly hampered by the pandemic. The sector has already received a good deal of financial aid from the previous administration, more than has been seen in many other nations, but as COVID-19 has not gone away, neither can the support. Keep Reading