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Federal Tipoffs Involving Mississippi Newsletter for 2024-04-20 ( 3 items )  
Army Engineer Research & Development Center's Ship/Tow Simulator Used to Assist the Francis Scott Key Bridge Response (10)
VICKSBURG, Mississippi, April 20 -- The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center issued the following news story: By Justus Reed, Public Affairs Specialist Francis Scott Key Bridge Response Unified Command is utilizing simulation resources from the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center's (ERDC) Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory (CHL) to test shipping runs around the Key Bridge accident site. Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed March 26, 2024, when a container more PR

Justice Dept.: Man Charged for Over $70M Medicare Fraud Scheme (10)
WASHINGTON, April 15 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: An indictment was unsealed in Tampa last week charging a Mississippi man for his alleged role in an over $70 million fraud scheme involving the payment of kickbacks and bribes to obtain doctors' orders for medically unnecessary durable medical equipment (DME). Joel Rufus French, 46, of Amory, made his initial appearance on April 11 in Oxford, Mississippi. According to court documents, French allegedly ma more PR

U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Announces New Investments in Nature-Based Solutions in Lower Mississippi River Valley as Part of President Biden's Investing in America Agenda (10)
ATLANTA, Georgia, April 19 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service issued the following news release on April 18, 2024: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced today the selection of nature-based solutions projects in the Lower Mississippi River Valley (LMRV) for forestry and wetland restoration across more than 63,100 acres of national wildlife refuges and state-managed lands in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Tennessee. These projects, totaling over  more PR