The Collier Report of U.S. Government Contracting

Sampling of Federal Government Funding Actions/Set Asides

In order by amount of set aside monies.

• $8,007 - Thursday the 6th of August 2015
  Centers For Disease Control And Prevention
  CDC - PITTSBURG
  OTHER FUNCTION - INSTRUMENTED BIT

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• $7,370 - Friday the 22nd of June 2012
  Forest Service
  EASTERN REGION REGIONAL OFFICE
  LAKE STATES SILVICULTURE MODULE

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• $733,333 - Monday the 5th of March 2012
  Department Of Air Force
  FA8750 AFRL RIK
  MULTI-DOMAIN INTELLIGENCE

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• $71,500 - Monday the 9th of April 2012
  Forest Service
  EASTERN REGION REGIONAL OFFICE
  LAKE STATES SILVICULTURE MODULE

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• $66,667 - Wednesday the 11th of January 2012
  Department Of Air Force
  FA8750 AFRL RIK
  MULTI-DOMAIN INTELLIGENCE

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• $650,963 - Wednesday the 25th of April 2012
  Department Of Army
  W4GG HQ US ARMY TACOM
  OPTION EXERCISED

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• $600,000 - Friday the 1st of November 2013
  Department Of Air Force
  FA8650 USAF AFMC AFRL/RQK
  INCREMENTAL FUNDING MODIFICATION. WATERFORM STUDIES FOR ENHANCED RADAR PERFORMANCE.

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• $575,834 - Tuesday the 27th of May 2014
  Department Of Army
  W4GG HQ US ARMY TACOM
  NEW WORK DIRECTIVE (WD) TO PROVIDE CONTINUED ENGINEERING SUPPORT FOR TARDEC TRACK AND SUSPENSION GROUP IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF A HIGH PERFORMANCE LIGHTWEIGHT TRACK SYSTEM. THIS WEPROVIDE CONTINUED ENGINEERING SUPPORT FOR TARDEC TRACK AND SUSPENSION GROUP IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF A HIGH PERFORMANCE LIGHTWEIGHT TRACK (HPLWT) SYSTEM. THIS WD AUGMENTS PRIOR EFFORTS, BY PERFORMING FAILURE ANALYSIS AND DESIGN OPTIMIZATION OF LIGHTWEIGHT TRACK COMPONENTS DEVELOPED UNDER THIS CONTRACT AND DEVELOPING NEW METHODS FOR TESTING T157I TRACK.

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• $54,986 - Thursday the 29th of December 2011
  Department Of Army
  W072 ENDIST DETROIT
  TAS::96 3121::TAS MODIFICATION TO ROADSOFT CULVERT MODULE

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• $545,669 - Thursday the 15th of October 2015
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER
  SPREAD OF INVASIVE PLANT SPECIES IN THE COASTAL WETLANDS OFTHE LAURENTIAN GREAT LAKES IS DEGRADING WETLAND HABITAT, DECREASING BIODIVERSITY AND REDUCING ECOSYSTENV SERVICES. THE HEALTH AND MAINTENANCE OFTHE COASTAL WETLANDS, WHICH PROVIDE A VITAL LINK BETWEEN LAND AND WATER, ARE IMPERATIVE TO MAINTAINING THE HEALTH OF THE ENTIRE GREAT LAKES BASIN. THE SIMULTANEOUS IMPACTS OF LAND USE AND CLIMATE CHANGE ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE THE SPREAD OF INVASIVE PLANT SPECIES. MOST COASTAL WETLANDS IN THE GREAT LAKES BASIN ARE LOCATED WITHIN THE DROWNED RIVER MOUTHS OF MAJOR TRIBUTARIES, ISOLATED BY NARROW CONNECTING CHANNELS FROM THE LARGER LAKES. URBANIZATION AMPLIFIES THE THREAT OF EUTROPHIEATION ALONG THE COASTS, FACILITATING INVASIONS AND REDUCING BIODIVERSITY. SIMILARLY CLIMATE CHANGES ARE EXPECTED TO ALTER THE FLUXES OFWATER AND NUTRIENTS TO THE COASTS, AND IMPACT THE RATE OF INVASION BY THESE PROBLEMATIC PLANT SPECIES. UNDERSTANDING THE MECHANISMS OF INVASION IS CRUCIAL TO CONTROLLING THIS GROWING THREAT, AND REQUIRES COUPLING HYDROLOGIC AND ECOSYSTEM MODELS. THE CURRENT UNDERSTANDING OF MECHANISMS OF INVASION IN WETLANDS IS LIMITED, AND PAST STUDIES HAVE BEEN CONFINED TO SMALL CATCHMENTS. THE PROPOSED RESEARCH WILL INTEGRATE REMOTE SENSING WITH A PROCESS-BASED HYDROLOGIC MODEL AND AN ECOSYSTEM MODEL, DEVELOPED SPECIFICALLY TO UNDERSTAND MECHANISMS OF INVASIONS, TO STUDY THE WATERSHEDS OFTHE LOWER PENINSULA OF MICHIGAN. THIS INTEGRATED RESEARCH WILL LINK FLOW AND TRANSPORT OFWATER AND NUTRIENTS FROM THE LAND TO THE COASTS WITH THE PROCESS-BASED ECOSYSTEM MODEL TO UNDERSTAND THE EFFECTS OFA CHANGING LANDSCAPE AND CLIMATE ON THE SPREAD OF INVASIVES. WE WILL PARAMETERIZE AND TEST OUR MODELS FOR THREE INVASIVE SPECIES IN MICHIGAN'S LOWER PENINSULA (PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS, TYPHA ANGUSTIFOLIA AND TYPHA XGLAUCA). THE CONCEPTUAL ADVANCES OF THIS RESEARCH AND THE FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF THESE MODELS ARE EXPECTED TO BE BROADLY TRANSFERABLE TO OTHER INVADERS ACROSS A RANGE OF ECOSYSTEMS. OUR OVERARCHING HYPOTHESIS IS THAT THE NET RATE AND EXTENT OF INVASIONS WILL BE DETERMINED BY THE INTERACTION OF NUTRIENT ADDITIONS (RELATED TO LANDSCAPE HYDROLOGY, UPLAND LAND USES, AND ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION) AND BY WATER AND SEDIMENT TEMPERATURES AS AFFECTED BY REGIONAL CLIMATE. TO TEST THIS HYPOTHESIS, WE WILL ADDRESS FOUR SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES: 1) EVALIIATE INTERACTIONS OF NUTRIENT CYCLING PROCESSES, TEMPERATURE, AND PLANT TRAITS THAT FACILITATE INVASIONS ON A LOCAL SCALE USING PROCESS-BASED COMMUNITY-ECOSYSTEM MODEL, MONT)RIAN; 2) SIMULATE WATER AND NUTRIENT FLUXES AND WATER TEMPERATURE ACROSS REGIONAL WATERSHEDS USING THE INTEGRATED LANDSCAPE HYDROLOGY MODEL (ILHM); AND 3) DEVELOP A REGIONALLY-CALIBRATED ECOLOGICAL MODEL AND USE THE TESTED, COUPLED MODELS TO SIMULATE HOW CHANGES IN CLIMATE AND LAND USE IN MICHIGAN ARE LIKELY TO AFFECT WETLAND PLANT INVASIONS AND ECOSYSTEM SERVICES PROVIDED BY GREAT LAKES COASTAL MARSHES. WE WILL PARAMETERIZE AND VERIFY OUR MODELS USING SEVERAL NEW REMOTE SENSING PRODUCTS THAT WILL PROVIDE IMPORTANT PHYSIOLOGICAL, BIOCHEMICAL AND LANDSCAPE INFORMATION INCLUDING A NOVEL HYBRID RADAR-OPTICAL TECHNIQUE DEVELOPED TO DELINEATE STANDS OF INVASIVES AND NATURAL WETLAND COVER TYPES, AS WELL AS NEW ALGORITHMS TO ESTIMATE LEAF AREA INDEX (LAI) AND CANOPY NITROGEN CONCENTRATION USING LANDSAT AND HYPERSPECTRAL DATA. THIS PROPOSAL DIRECTLY ADDRESSES NASA'S GOALS FOR NNH09ZDA001N-IDS, INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH IN EARTH SCIENCE, SUBELEMENT 2 BY UTILIZING SATELLITE DATA, FIELD OBSERVATIONS, AND OBSERVATIONALLY DRIVEN HYDROLOGICAL AND ECOLOGICAL MODELS TO UNDERSTAND WATERSHED DYNAMICS IN THE FACE OFA CHANGING CLIMATE AND CHANGING LAND USE. BY CONNECTING PROCESSES THAT OCCUR IN UPLAND ECOSYSTEMS AND LANDSCAPES WITH COASTAL MARINE ECOSYSTEMS THROUGH THE SHARED HYDROLOGY, AN UNDERSTANDING OFTHE EFFECTS OF COUPLED CLIMATE AND LAND USE CHANGES ON COASTAL GREAT LAKES WETLANDS WILL BE ATTAINED. -

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