Sunday, October 2, 2022

Spinning wheels and following the crowd. October 2022

IT IS BETTER TO WALK ALONE, THAN WITH A CROWD GOING IN THE WRONG DIRECTION 

HERMAN SU 

Grant Opportunity: National Science Foundation, DOT. October 2, 2022


National Science Foundation
Build and Broaden: Enhancing Social, Behavioral and Economic Science Research and Capacity at Minority-Serving Institutions Synopsis 1
https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=343874



DOT

Department of Transportation

DOT Federal Highway Administration

2023 Tribal Transportation Program Safety Fund Synopsis 2

https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=340972


NSF

National Science Foundation

Advanced Chip Engineering Design and Fabrication Synopsis 1

https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=343873

 

 

 

NSF

National Science Foundation

Office of Polar Programs Postdoctoral Research Fellowships Synopsis 1

https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=343872

 

 

 

NSF

National Science Foundation

Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences Postdoctoral Research Fellowships Synopsis 1

https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=343875


Water Insecurity. Re-print from BEMA Int from 2016. 6-Years and still an issue. Change the paradigm.

Another study or data gathering is not needed.   ACTIONS to solving the TRUE problem are.

BEMA International.  October 2022

  1. https://psmag.com/the-next-flint-water-crisis-6436aa92b053#.tpoiqrmcc

A new study suggests a number of minority American neighborhoods are at risk of having

unhealthier water than their white counterparts.

……… The kitchen tap water in majority-black Wake County communities that depend on wells is more than 50 times more likely to contain coliform bacteriaand more than 700 times more likely to contain E. colithan the municipal water that’s available to majority-white neighborhoods just next door.

……Studies have shown that other majority-white Southern towns have refused to annex surrounding, majority-black neighborhoods and to extend municipal services to them.  The practice is so common that it has a name: underbounding.  Researchers have also documented towns underbounding Hispanic neighborhoods in Texas’ Lower Rio Grande and California’s Central Valley.

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Posted By BEMA to BLACK EMERGENCY MANAGERS ASSOCIATION at 11/21/2016 08:28:00 AM

Saturday, October 1, 2022

Disaster Philanthropy. Webinar Hurricane IAN: Responding to a Catastrophic Storm. Tuesday, Oct. 4, at 2 p.m. ET

Philanthropy Southeast is hosting a webinar Tuesday, Oct. 4, at 2 p.m. ET in partnership with the 
  • Center for Disaster Philanthropy and the 
  • Florida Philanthropy Network 
to help foundation, corporate and individual donors learn about the storm, the impact of the devastating wind and flooding and how they can help affected communities. 

Philanthropy Southeast, the Center for Disaster Philanthropy, Community Foundation of Sarasota County, and DHS Center for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships will discuss managing the needs in highly populated areas with large numbers of older adults and residents whose second language is English. 

                 

PS: Automatic closed captioning will be available via Zoom during the webinar. The fully captioned webinar recording will be emailed to everyone who registered.

Please register and join us






IRS: Hurricane Ian victims in Florida qualify for tax relief; Oct. 17 deadline, other dates extended to Feb. 15


IRS: Hurricane Ian victims in Florida qualify for tax relief; Oct. 17 deadline, other dates extended to Feb. 15

IR-2022-168, Sept. 29, 2022

WASHINGTON — Hurricane Ian victims throughout Florida now have until Feb. 15, 2023, to file various federal individual and business tax returns and make tax payments, the Internal Revenue Service announced today.

The IRS is offering relief to any area designated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). This means that individuals and households that reside or have a business anywhere in the state of Florida qualify for tax relief. The current list of eligible localities is always available on the disaster relief page on IRS.gov.

The tax relief postpones various tax filing and payment deadlines that occurred starting on Sept. 23, 2022. As a result, affected individuals and businesses will have until Feb. 15, 2023, to file returns and pay any taxes that were originally due during this period.

This means individuals who had a valid extension to file their 2021 return due to run out on Oct. 17, 2022, will now have until Feb. 15, 2023, to file. The IRS noted, however, that because tax payments related to these 2021 returns were due on April 18, 2022, those payments are not eligible for this relief. 

The Feb. 15, 2023, deadline also applies to quarterly estimated income tax payments due on Jan. 17, 2023, and the quarterly payroll and excise tax returns normally due on Oct. 31, 2022, and Jan. 31, 2023. Businesses with an original or extended due date also have the additional time including, among others, calendar-year corporations whose 2021 extensions run out on Oct. 17, 2022. Similarly, tax-exempt organizations also have the additional time, including for 2021 calendar-year returns with extensions due to run out on Nov. 15, 2022.     

In addition, penalties on payroll and excise tax deposits due on or after Sept. 23, 2022, and before Oct. 10, 2022, will be abated as long as the deposits are made by Oct. 10, 2022.

 

The IRS disaster relief page has details on other returns, payments and tax-related actions qualifying for the additional time.

 

The IRS automatically provides filing and penalty relief to any taxpayer with an IRS address of record located in the disaster area. Therefore, taxpayers do not need to contact the agency to get this relief. However, if an affected taxpayer receives a late filing or late payment penalty notice from the IRS that has an original or extended filing, payment or deposit due date falling within the postponement period, the taxpayer should call the number on the notice to have the penalty abated.

 

In addition, the IRS will work with any taxpayer who lives outside the disaster area but whose records necessary to meet a deadline occurring during the postponement period are located in the affected area. Taxpayers qualifying for relief who live outside the disaster area need to contact the IRS at 866-562-5227. This also includes workers assisting the relief activities who are affiliated with a recognized government or philanthropic organization.

 

Individuals and businesses in a federally declared disaster area who suffered uninsured or unreimbursed disaster-related losses can choose to claim them on either the return for the year the loss occurred (in this instance, the 2022 return normally filed next year), or the return for the prior year (2021). Be sure to write the FEMA declaration number – DR-4673-FL − on any return claiming a loss. See Publication 547 for details.

 

The tax relief is part of a coordinated federal response to the damage caused by Hurricane Ian and is based on local damage assessments by FEMA. For information on disaster recovery, visit disasterassistance.gov.

 
 
 
Washington, D.C.


 

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