Earmark details  |
Year 2008 |
Description
National Fatherhood Initiative, for fathers of the most at-risk children
(Commerce, Justice and Science) |
Amount
$658,000
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Sponsors
No additional sponsors indicated |
Locations
Gaithersburg, Maryland |
Recipients
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Earmark details |
Year 2008 |
Description
Coastal Weather for Catastrophic Events, to provide coastal Alabama appropriate weather monitoring equipment to measure wind gusts, water surge and rain fall levels during a catastrophic event such as hurricanes, Univeristy of South Alabama
(Commerce, Justice and Science) |
Amount
$258,500
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Sponsors
No additional sponsors indicated |
Locations
Mobile, Alabama |
Recipients
University of South Alabama |
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Earmark details |
Year 2008 |
Description
City of Greenville, AL, for mobile data terminals
(Commerce, Justice and Science) |
Amount
$235,000
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Sponsors
Former Rep. Terry Everett (R-AL) |
Locations
Greenville, Alabama |
Recipients
City of Greenville, Ala. |
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Earmark details |
Year 2008 |
Description
National Textile Center (NTC): Funding to continue and enhance research currently conducted at a multi-university consortium that links the textile and fiber-based materials industry sector to leading research and education programs
(Commerce, Justice and Science) |
Amount
$4,700,000
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Sponsors
Rep. Robert Aderholt (R-AL)
Former Rep. G.K. Butterfield (D-NC)
Former Rep. Howard Coble (R-NC)
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Locations
California; Georgia; Massachusetts; North Carolina; New York; Pennsylvania; South Carolina |
Recipients
National Textile Center |
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Earmark details |
Year 2008 |
Description
Tornado and Hurricane Operations and Research, to improve detection, tracking, and forecasting of tornadic thunderstorms and land-falling hurricanes in the Southeast United States, University of Alabama at Huntsville
(Commerce, Justice and Science) |
Amount
$846,000
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Sponsors
No additional sponsors indicated |
Locations
Huntsville, Alabama |
Recipients
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Earmark details |
Year 2008 |
Description
Troy University, for cyber crime prevention and training.
(Commerce, Justice and Science) |
Amount
$493,500
|
Sponsors
No additional sponsors indicated |
Locations
Troy, Alabama |
Recipients
Troy University |
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Earmark details |
Year 2008 |
Description
City of Talladega, for anti-methamphetamine programs
(Commerce, Justice and Science) |
Amount
$94,000
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Sponsors
Rep. Mike Rogers (R-AL) |
Locations
Talladega, Alabama |
Recipients
City of Talladega, Ala. |
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Earmark details |
Year 2008 |
Description
Novel Polymetrics Research; Within the funds provided for NTC, these funds will examine this new generation of advanced polymetric materials and their best applications to benefit our commercial competitiveness in the global market
(Commerce, Justice and Science) |
Amount
$1,316,000
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Sponsors
No additional sponsors indicated |
Locations
Auburn University, Alabama |
Recipients
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Earmark details |
Year 2008 |
Description
Marshall Space Flight Center, near-term development of the sensor technologies and integration algorithms necessary for on-orbit assembly and other AR&D missions
(Commerce, Justice and Science) |
Amount
$1,175,000
|
Sponsors
No additional sponsors indicated |
Locations
Huntsville, Alabama |
Recipients
Marshall Space Flight Center |
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Earmark details |
Year 2008 |
Description
Marshall Space Flight Center, cost effective nuclear power system to support NASA's long-range objectives for missions to the moon, to Mars, and to deep space
(Commerce, Justice and Science) |
Amount
$1,645,000
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Sponsors
No additional sponsors indicated |
Locations
Huntsville, Alabama |
Recipients
Marshall Space Flight Center |
