Funding Priorities in Our Community
Each year, I receive numerous requests for assistance obtaining federal funds from towns, cities, counties, universities, non-profit organizations and others throughout the 8th District. My office vets each project by collecting more information about the details of the proposed project, the amount of funding needed, and the project's benefits to the 8th District. Of the numerous requests I receive from 8th District entities each year, many will not meet my own qualifications or those established by the federal agencies and will not be submitted to the House Appropriations Committee for consideration. Below you will find more information about projects I requested for fiscal year 2011 funding.
Building Critical Infrastructure
Investing in Our Future through Education
Improving Access to Health Care
Promoting New Business and Job Opportunities
Protecting Local Communities
Strengthening National Defense
Building Critical Infrastructure
Requesting Entity: City of Terre Haute
Location: City Hall, 17 Harding Avenue, Terre Haute, Indiana 47807
Project Name: Deerfield Interceptor Sewer Capacity Initiative
Amount Requested: $470,470
Project Summary: These funds would be allocated to the city of Terre Haute for an Interceptor project, which will increase the sewer capacity at the Deerfield neighborhood. Specifically, this project consists of installing 5,000 feet of sewer main, which will allow for the elimination of the Deerfield Lift Station. Waste water currently collected by the "All Development" sewer along US 41 will be diverted into the new sewer line, which will allow for more capacity for future development along the US 41 corridor and the State Road 641/41 interchange. This project would be a valuable use of taxpayer funds because it will help encourage economic development along the US 41 corridor, and help fix a failing sewer system.
Requesting Entity: City of Petersburg
Location: City Hall, 704 Main Street, Petersburg, IN 47567
Project Name: Petersburg Wastewater System Improvements Project
Amount Requested: $500,000
Project Summary: These funds would be allocated to the city of Petersburg to make repairs to their wastewater system. The city has been experiencing an increase in the amount of inflow and infiltration into the system and has resulted in broken pipes and also problems at the existing wastewater treatment plant. This project would be a valuable use of taxpayer money because it will help avoid violations from the Indiana Department of Environmental Management. Additionally, it will help position the city for further development that will be realized due to the construction of I-69, with the City benefiting from the only interchange in Pike County.
Requesting Entity: Greencastle, Putnam County, Greencastle/Putnam County Development Center
Location: 2 South Jackson Street Greencastle, IN 46135
Project Name: Greencastle/Putnam County Transportation Corridor Study
Amount Requested: $1,000,000
Project Summary: These funds would be used to conduct a planning and environmental assessment to reroute US 231 around Greencastle, IN. Currently, US 231 goes through downtown Greencastle, along two sides of Courthouse square. This route requires two significant turns, especially problematic for trucks. Greencastle is an industrial base for many companies, and are soon expecting a new ethanol plant in nearby Cloverdale. It is very problematic for these suppliers heading north who are forced to take 231 through the city. This project would be a valuable use of taxpayer funds because it will provide the community a document to help guide infrastructure investment. And it will eventually benefit the community by making it easier for companies to move goods and stay competitive. It will improve overall quality of life in the community.
Requesting Entity: City of Vincennes
Location: 201 Vigo Street, Vincennes, Indiana 47591
Project Name: 6th Street Grade Separation
Amount Requested: $1,000,000
Project Summary: These funds would be used for the city of Vincennes to construct a new grade separation that will carry 6th Street over existing CSX rail lines. Currently, train tracks bisect the city; affecting traffic flow and impeding the ability of emergency vehicles to respond to emergencies. This project would be a valuable use of taxpayer funds because it will improve vehicular flow and provide a way for emergency vehicles to travel without delay.
Requesting Entity: City of Terre Haute
Location: City Hall, 17 Harding Avenue, Terre Haute, Indiana 47807
Project Name: Margaret Avenue Safety and Capacity Enhancement
Amount Requested: $500,000
Project Summary: This funding would be used for the city of Terre Haute to enhance Margaret Avenue in order to mitigate traffic congestion and allow for additional commercial and retail development along the thoroughfare, which is the most congested street in the city. This project would be a valuable use of taxpayer funds because it will alleviate traffic congestion, encourage additional economic development and improve regional air quality by reducing vehicle emissions normally associated with transportation network delays and congestion.
Requesting Entity: City of Evansville
Location: Administration Building, Room 302, Civic Center Complex, Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Evansville, IN 47708
Project Name: Slack Water Harbor Intermodal Transportation Facility Study
Amount Requested: $100,000
Project Summary: These funds would be used for the United States Army Corps of Engineers to conduct a general investigation study to determine the feasibility of creating a Slack Water Intermodal Facility on the Ohio River in Evansville, IN. If constructed, this facility would allow for the fleeting and unloading of barges out of the Ohio River Channel. The purpose of this project is to capitalize on the growing shipment of goods and commodities via container to and from Asian and Midwest markets. This project would be a valuable use of taxpayer funds because it would promote significant economic development opportunities and allow Evansville to become a key commercial shipping hub for the Midwestern region.
Requesting Entity: Army Corps of Engineers
Location: PO Box 59, Louisville, KY 40201
Project Name: John T Myers Lock and Dam Major Rehabilitation Project
Amount Requested: $6,000,000
Project Summary: These funds would be used for the United States Army Corps of Engineers to make repairs to significant structural damage to the facility. A failure of a stilling basin could result in the loss of the navigation pool which, during low river stages, would stop commercial traffic, disrupt water intakes, and cause potential damage to barges. There is a 10 percent chance of failure by 2012 and a 100 percent probability by 2022. This project would be a valuable use of taxpayer funds because it will protect the approximately 66.3 million tons of commodities that are shipped through John T. Myers Locks on an annual basis.
Requesting Entity: Evansville ARC
Location: 615 W. Virginia Street, Evansville, Indiana 47710
Project Name: Documentation & Billing System Modernization
Amount Requested: $375,790
Project Summary: These funds would be allocated to Evansville ARC to purchase and install an electronic billing and documentation system that accommodates Medicaid billing requirements and client document regulations. Since Evansville ARC has partnered with Gibson County ARC, Pike County ARC, and Southern Indiana Resource Solutions to reduce information technology (IT) overhead costs, this new system would enhance the ability of these agencies to serve a combined 1,300 clients daily. This project would be a valuable use of taxpayer funds because it would enable Evansville ARC and its partner agencies to provide services to the community in a more efficient manner, while ensuring compliance with insurance and privacy regulations.
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Investing in Our Future through Education
Requesting Entity: Purdue University
Location: Agronomy Department, 915 West State St, West Lafayette, IN 47907
Project Name: Crop Production and Food Processing
Amount Requested: $215,000
Project Summary: These funds would be used to continue research done in collaboration with the Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service. This research is advancing genetic study to improve disease resistance in wheat and oats. Yellow dwarf virus, Fusarium head blight, stem rust, and leaf rust are all globally devastating diseases of wheat, and yellow dwarf virus is also globally devastating to oat production. This project would be a valuable use of taxpayer funds because this research will produce genes that will be highly resistant to these diseases, thereby significantly reducing the need for insecticides and fungicides. This will reduce input costs for farmers and reduce chemical contamination to farmland, nearby waterways, and surrounding communities.
Requesting Entity: Indiana State University
Location: 200 North Seventh Street, Terre Haute, Indiana 47809
Project Name: Rural Algebra Project for Parke and Vermillion Counties
Amount Requested: $350,000
Project Summary: These funds would be used for Indiana State University (ISU) to implement and sustain their Center for Mathematics Education (CME) Rural Algebra Project in Parke and Vermillion Counties. CME is designed to enhance the teaching and learning of mathematics through professional development programs for new and current teachers, research, and a coordinated outreach program to local schools. Specifically, the Center brings together mathematics educators from ISU and surrounding counties to reform instructional curriculum for middle and high school in five different rural school districts. This project would be a valuable use of taxpayer funds because it would improve elementary and secondary school students' mathematical skills, making them better prepared to compete in the global economy.
Requesting Entity: University of Evansville
Location: 1800 Lincoln Avenue, Evansville, IN 47722
Project Name: Engineering Equipment Upgrades
Amount Requested: $1,000,000
Project Summary: These funds would be used for the University of Evansville to purchase new engineering equipment for its College of Engineering and Computer Science. This purchase will allow UE to strengthen its engineering and computer science programs. The university has been working with outdated and substandard equipment, with a significant portion of the engineering equipment dates back to World War II. This project would be a valuable use of taxpayer dollars because it will have a significant impact on the education of skilled engineers for the 21st century workforce in Indiana, especially the southwest region.
Requesting Entity: The Center for Civic Education
Location: 5145 Douglas Fir Road
Project Name: Center for Civic Education
Amount Requested: $26,635,625
Project Summary: This program provides funding for the We the People and the Center for Civic Education program, which promote among students a profound understanding of and commitment to the fundamental values and principles of American constitutional democracy. Specifically, the We the People program has been very successful in my congressional district. This program provides every congressional district sets of specialized textbooks for their schools at the upper elementary, middle and high school levels. Teachers benefit from professional development seminars and institutes to improve their content knowledge and teaching methods. A network of dedicated volunteers administers each program locally, adapting the program to their local needs and leveraging the federal funding with additional amounts at the state and local level in support of the program.
Requesting Entity: Reach Out and Read
Location: 56 Roland Street, Suite 100 D, Boston, MA 02129
Project Name: Reach Out and Read
Amount Requested: $10,000,000
Project Summary: Reach Out and Read has been proven to be among the most effective strategies to promote early language and literacy development and school readiness: pediatricians and other healthcare providers guide and encourage parents to read aloud to their children from their earliest years of their life, and send them home from each regular checkup with a new book and a prescription to read together.
Reach Out and Read is a national evidence-based school readiness initiative that promotes literacy and language development in infants and preschoolers, targeting children and families living in poverty and under-performing school districts. Fourteen peer-reviewed, published research studies spanning the last two decades clearly demonstrate the impact of the Reach Out and Read model and the importance of promoting early language and literacy skills in preparing children to excel in school. Today, Reach Out and Read serves 3.8 million children annually, including 5,531 children in my 8th Congressional District, but millions more children nationwide do not receive the necessary support and assistance they need to develop these critical skills and enter kindergarten ready to learn. Funding provided by Congress through the U.S. Department of Education has been matched by tens of millions of dollars from the private sector and state governments.
Requesting Entity: Reading is Fundamental
Location: 825 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, DC 2009
Project Name: Reading is Fundamental
Amount Requested: $25,000,000
Project Summary: The funding would be used for purposes authorized in Section 5451 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. This program is a valuable use of taxpayer funds because it enhances child literacy by providing millions of underserved children, including 5,149 children in my congressional district, with books for personal ownership and reading encouragement.
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Improving Access to Health Care
Requesting Entity: Clarian Health Systems
Location: I-65 at 21st Street (PO Box 1367), Indianapolis, Indiana 46206
Project Name: Telestroke Outreach Service (TOS)
Amount Requested: $638,000
Project Summary: These funds would be allocated to Clarian's tele-medicine program designed to provide immediate stroke treatment expertise to rural Hoosiers. The technology and services funded by this program would extend the stroke treatment expertise of the Clarian network to 8 pilot counties, including facilities in Gibson and Putnam counties. The funds will purchase tele-health equipment, including 8 tele-radiology carts, 8 tele-radiology physician sets, and 1 videoconferencing server ($205,280). Physicians will receive training on the equipment, online tutorials, and 3 years of cellular and data service. The funds will also provide extensive IT service for 3 years ($432,720). This request is supported by the IN Rural Health Assn, Gibson General Hospital, and Putnam County Hospital. This project is a valuable use of taxpayer funds because it will help establish a working framework to help rural Hoosiers access the same state-of-the-art treatment available to those in urban and suburban areas.
Requesting Entity: Union Hospital
Location: 1606 North Seventh Street, Terre Haute, IN 47804
Project Name: Rural Health Clinical Simulation Laboratory
Amount Requested: $250,000
Project Summary: These funds will provide students with the simulated experience necessary to develop clinical skills using the latest technologies. The main goal of simulated training is to greatly reduce accidents during general practice. This laboratory simulates the environment, patient population, case variety, and resources available for a medical professional practicing in a rural setting. Such training is necessary to ensure medical professionals have the tools they need to successfully function once they begin solo or small group practice. These funds will be used to purchase of office equipment, patient simulators, computers, and other medical office equipment. This project is a valuable use of taxpayer funds because it will help train the next generation of rural Hoosier physicians and begin addressing the insufficient number of rural Indiana physicians.
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Promoting New Business and Job Opportunities
Requesting Entity: SW IN Economic Development Coalition
Location: 100 NW Second Street, Suite 208, Evansville, Indiana 47708
Project Name: Research & Commercialization Technology Park Development
Amount Requested: $500,000
Project Summary: These funds would be allocated to the Economic Development Coalition to further develop a plan to establish a Thermal Management Technology Research & Commercialization Park on the soon-to-be-vacated Whirlpool plant site. This park will building on the world-class research and development conducted at the Whirlpool Product Development Center. The plan will help the SW IN EDC drive economic development and growth by attracting emerging companies in thermal management technology. This project would be a valuable use of taxpayer funds because it will redirect the region's economic development strategy to move away from traditional manufacturing to attracting new, high-tech jobs that are not outsourced.
Requesting Entity: Purdue University - Southwest Purdue Agricultural Center
Location: Hovde Hall, Room 233 Purdue Mall, West Lafayette, IN 47907
Project Name: Specialty Crops Research, Extension, and Training Center (SWPAC)
Amount Requested: $220,000
Project Summary: These funds would be used to increase the SWPAC staff and upgrade equipment for the Center, resulting in increased educational opportunities in production, processing and marketing for Vincennes students, regional producers and their employees. In addition, the Center would offer technical assistance to potential producers and processors in local communities. This project would be a valuable use of taxpayer funds because it will enhance economic opportunities for students and agricultural producers while increasing the availability of locally grown produce.
Requesting Entity: Vincennes University
Location: 1002 North First Street, Vincennes, IN 47591
Project Name: Gibson County Center for Advanced Manufacturing and Logistics
Amount Requested: $750,000
Project Summary: These funds would be used for Vincennes University to purchase cutting-edge industry emulation equipment to train and retrain new and incumbent workers for high-tech, high-growth job opportunities in the advanced manufacturing, logistics, medical and mining industries throughout Indiana's southwestern industrial corridor and statewide. This project would be a valuable use of taxpayer dollars because it will allow the university to meet the educational and training needs of regional advanced manufacturing industries and employers in the region.
Requesting Entity: Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana, Southwest Campus
Location: Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana, Southwest Campus; 3501 N. First Avenue; Evansville, IN, 47710
Project Name: School of Technology Advanced Manufacturing Program
Amount Requested: $350,000
Project Summary: These funds would be used for the Ivy Tech Community College of Southwest Indiana to purchase high-technology equipment for enhanced training of students. This project will be able a valuable use of taxpayer dollars because it will help provide local advanced manufacturers with a steady stream of highly trained and experienced employees. Additionally, advanced manufacturing jobs pay well, which will benefit both the employee and community.
Requesting Entity: Rose-Hulman Ventures
Location: 5500 Wabash Avenue, Terre Haute, Indiana 47803
Project Name: Ventures Economic Development Program
Amount Requested: $650,000
Project Summary: Rose-Hulman Ventures is a partnership between Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, Terre Haute Economic Development Corp., and Crane Naval Surface Warfare Center. This funding would allow the partnership to provide commercialization services to 10 technology-based startups in the Vigo County and Martin County areas at discounted rates. Specifically, federal funds would lower the cost of this commercialization research by supporting Venture Program Management salaries and engineering services and supplies used in commercialization research and development. This project is a valuable use of taxpayer funds because it will provide Hoosier students with valuable commercialization experience while assisting start-up businesses in how to expand their operations.
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Protecting Local Communities
Requesting Entity: Warrick County Emergency Management Agency
Location: 107 West Locust St, Room 307, Boonville, IN 47601
Project Name: Warrick County Interoperable Communications
Amount Requested: $200,000
Project Summary: These funds would be used to purchase an 800 mega hertz-capable main communications console. This console would enable interoperable communication among the county's 11 fire departments, 6 police departments, sheriff's office, EMA office, EMS office, and coroner's office. This would bring the county one step closer to becoming part of the Integrated Public Safety Commission's Project Hoosier Safe-t Program. This will give Warrick County first responders the ability to communicate with all county emergency service agencies, neighboring emergency service agencies, and the Indiana State Police. This project would be a valuable use of taxpayer funds because it will enhance the ability of first responders to coordinate in an emergency, which will provide greater protection to the local community.
Requesting Entity: Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission (ORSANCO)
Location: 5735 Kellogg Avenue, Cincinnati, OH, 45228
Project Name: Ohio River Watershed Pollution Reduction Program
Amount Requested: $2,000,000
Project Summary: These funds would be allocated to the Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission to allow them to continue to identify, isolate, and respond to pollutants that contaminate the Ohio River watershed. Specifically, these funds would be used to 1) Measure the Bacteria Total Maximum Daily Load 2) Conduct a broad scan of all of the unmonitored pollutants regulated under the Clean Water Act and Safe Drinking Water Act to determine what, if any, contaminants need additional controls to meet Federal water quality objectives 3) Initiate development of a water quality model which will be used to develop scientifically-defensible nutrient criteria for the Ohio River. These funds would be a valuable use of taxpayer dollars because it will help protect 5 million people, including nearly 1 million Hoosiers, who rely on the Ohio River as a source for drinking water.
Requesting Entity: City of Evansville, IN
Location: 1 NW Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd., Room 302, Evansville, IN, 47708
Project Name: U.S. Highway 41/Benjamin Bosse High School Safety Overpass
Amount Requested: $750,000
Project Summary: This funding would be used by the city of Evansville to conduct preliminary engineering, acquisition and construction of the U.S. Highway 41/Benjamin Bosse High School Safety Overpass. This project would be a valuable use of taxpayer funds because it will enable residents, specifically school-age children, to safely walk or ride their bikes across U.S. Highway 41 at Washington Avenue, an extremely high-traffic intersection. As more children use the overpass, Bosse High School can become a more pivotal center for the community and help revitalize the neighborhood.
Requesting Entity: Evansville Audubon Society
Location: 510 ½ West Morton Box 217, Oakland City, IN 47660
Project Name: Patoka River National Wildlife Refuge and Wildlife Management Area
Amount Requested: $1,600,000
Project Summary: These funds would be used for the acquisition of 1,070 acres of land within the purchase boundary of the Patoka River National Wildlife Refuge. These acres contain seven lakes, a half-mile of the historic Wabash & Erie Canal, rolling grasslands, natural unmined forested bottomlands, and reclaimed mineland. This project would be a valuable use of taxpayer funds because it will preserve and restore refuge areas for wildlife and increase economic opportunities for the area.
Requesting Entity: Sullivan County Commissioners
Location: Sullivan County Commission 100 Courthouse Square, Room 202 Sullivan, IN 47882
Project Name: Sullivan County Emergency Response System
Amount Requested: $650,000
Project Summary: These funds would be allocated toward upgrading Sullivan County's Emergency Response System to connect the 911 communications to the Sheriff's office, all cities and towns, all local police, fire, and EMS offices, and county/city officials. The funding would also purchase 10 sirens and the hardware and software to support a county-wide emergency alert system. The emergency alert system will include system control panels and consoles, a radio system CAD, a records management system, 911 equipment, and mapping software. Sullivan County Emergency Management provides security, warning system training courses, emergency and disaster aid and shelter to the County. Unfortunately, the County's current emergency response system is antiquated and ineffective. This project is a valuable use of taxpayer funds because it will improve the County's ability to respond to fires, floods, earthquakes, tornadoes, winter storms, hazardous material spills, and other emergency situations.
Requesting Entity: Indiana State University
Location: 200 N. Seventh Street, Terre Haute, Indiana 47809
Project Name: Interoperable Communications Systems Upgrades
Amount Requested: $140,000
Project Summary: These funds would be allocated toward upgrading Indiana State University's Police Department's communications system to ensure interoperability with local first responders. Recent school shootings--such as Wesleyan University (May 2009), Hampton University (April 2009), Northern Illinois University (February 2008), and Virginia Tech (April 2007)-have proven the need for state-of-the-art security at our universities. ISUPD provides police services to 12,000 students, faculty and staff as well as hundreds of visitors who come to the campus daily. Furthermore, given that the campus of ISU is located in the heart of the City of Terre Haute, ISUPD officers are frequently called upon to assist Terre Haute Police Department (THPD) officers on calls for service requiring back up or to cover calls for the City when their units are unavailable. This funding would be used to purchase the equipment necessary for interoperability. This project is a valuable use of taxpayer funds because it will allow ISUPD to assist local security agencies in better protecting the ISU campus and the surrounding community.
Requesting Entity: Youth First, Inc
Location: 3420 E. Morgan Ave., Suite A., Evansville, Indiana 47715
Project Name: Youth First Prevention Project
Amount Requested: $660,000
Project Summary: Youth First, Inc.'s mission is to reduce substance abuse through research proven prevention and early intervention programs for youth and families. Youth First provides social work services and evidence-based prevention programs for 47 Indiana schools. The Youth First Prevention Project will help Youth First sustain, refine, and grow its successful youth substance abuse prevention model. This project would fund the salaries, training, supervision, and materials needed for 11 Master's level social workers to help thousands of at-risk youth and families succeed in life by reducing risk factors, increasing protective factors, and building resiliency. This project is a valuable use of taxpayer funds because it would help prevent substance abuse in Indiana.
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Strengthening National Defense
Requesting Entity: Purdue University in partnership with NSWC Crane
Location: Purdue University, 610 Hovde Hall, Room 233, West Lafayette, IN 47907-2040
Project Name: Battery Research Initiative: A Partnership of Purdue University and NSWC Crane
Amount Requested: $5,000,000
Project Summary: These funds would be allocated to establish the Battery Research Initiative (BRI) which will be developed as the national resource for re-establishing a United States based battery manufacturing capacity for national defense applications. This project would be a valuable use of taxpayer funds because BRI will serve as a leading edge center of battery cell and battery system manufacturing technology and science, focused primarily on addressing Department of Defense (DoD) customers. These technologies will lead to sustainable growth in the field of battery research, thus resulting in job creation to support the emerging sector. Current warfighter requirements for power and energy are increasing faster than current technology can deliver. Advanced battery technology is a critical enabling technology that is required to achieve warfighting requirements.
Requesting Entity: University of Southern Indiana in partnership with NSWC Crane
Location: University of Southern Indiana, 8600 University Boulevard, Evansville, IN 47712
Project Name: STEM Outreach Education in Southwest Indiana
Amount Requested: $1,233,000
Project Summary: This funding would be used for Navy workforce development for K-12 STEM Outreach Education in Southwest Indiana. This partnership between the University of Southern Indiana (USI) and Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division will utilize the administration, faculty, and scientists of the partner organizations to improve the regional STEM workforce through programs and activities targeting K-12 teachers and students. High-quality professional development activities designed to improve content knowledge and pedagogy of K-12 STEM teachers will be offered to teachers in counties in southwest Indiana. This project would be a valuable use of taxpayer funds because the program will create a highly-skilled and technologically-talented workforce. The partnership will provide significant human intellectual capital to transform the educational experience for both teachers and students in southwest Indiana.
Requesting Entity: Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in partnership with NSWC Crane
Location: Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, 5500 Wabash Avenue, Terre Haute, IN 47803
Project Name: Photonic Digital-Beamforming System
Amount Requested: $5,500,000
Project Summary: This funding would be used for the photonic digital-beamforming system which will provide a path to accomplish the military's mission with improved situational awareness, reduced personnel and with faster response. Rose-Hulman will build a scalable all optical digital RF beamformer to process multiple radar, communication, and electronic warfare for Navy's broadband active phased-array antennas. This project would be a valuable use of taxpayer funds this technology could vastly decrease the number of antennae needed on navy ships. Currently, naval warships have more than 100 antennas and apertures on board that require extensive support systems (personnel, monitoring stations, spare parts, etc) which increase vessel weight and consume valuable space that could be used for important mission functions. This will save resources for the military.
Requesting Entity: Vincennes University
Location: Vincennes University, 1002 N. First Street, Vincennes, IN 47591
Project Name: Distance Instructional Support Center (DISC)
Amount Requested: $1,774,800
Project Summary: This funding would be used for Vincennes University (VU) of Vincennes, Indiana to provide local Distance Instructional Support Center (DISC) computer centers at Naval Base Coronado, San Diego and Fort Benning, GA. These centers will have computer clusters for student usage and will be staffed with trained mentors to assist students in succeeding. This project would be a valuable use of taxpayer funds because service members and dependants who are prepared for college level work will be able to enroll in high quality academically challenging courses. The DISC program will enhance our military students' learning and increase their opportunities for success.
Requesting Entity: NSWC Crane
Location: NAVSURFWARCENDIV, 300 Highway 361, Crane, IN 47522
Project Name: Platform Protection Engineering Complex (P-328)
Amount Requested: $19,140,000
Project Summary: This funding would be used to build facilities which are required for the rapid reaction design, build, and testing various critical electro-optic imaging devices. This project will construct an addition to the existing Electro-Optics Facility, a Light-Tight Tunnel for indoor testing, and enhancements to an existing EO-IR-Laser Proving Range for outdoor testing. This project would be a valuable use of taxpayer funds because it will help NSWC Crane to deliver and sustain Shipboard Protection Systems, required by 2014, which are so critical to our warfighter.
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