/today K-State Today is a daily email providing faculty and staff a single source of timely K-State announcements. Category: NBAF Update en-us Tue, 02 Dec 2014 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss K-Publisher /today/announcement/?id=54040 Officials from the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security signed a memorandum of agreement on June 20 that formally outlines how the departments will transfer ownership and operational responsibility for NBAF. erin120@ksu.edu (Erin Pennington) Mon, 24 Jun 2019 +0000 NBAF Update /today/announcement/?id=2337 Gov. Sam Brownback says two Obama cabinet members have assured him of their support for building the National Bio- and Agro-Defense Facility in Manhattan. vpcm@k-state.edu (Communications and Marketing) Fri, 17 Feb 2012 +0000 NBAF Update /today/announcement/?id=2581 The U.S. Department of Homeland has released its updated site-specific risk assessment for the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility, or NBAF. vpcm@k-state.edu (Communications and Marketing) Mon, 05 Mar 2012 +0000 NBAF Update /today/announcement/?id=4137 The National Research Council released a new report Friday that assessed three options for the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility. vpcm@k-state.edu (Communications and Marketing) Fri, 13 Jul 2012 +0000 NBAF Update /today/announcement/?id=6464 Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback and the Kansas Congressional Delegation announced today the U.S. Department of Homeland Security has signed a land transfer agreement with the State of Kansas for the site of the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility. vpcm@k-state.edu (Office of the Governor) Wed, 02 Jan 2013 +0000 NBAF Update /today/announcement/?id=7257 The Kansas federal congressional delegation and the governor of Kansas have announced the Department of Homeland Security awarded the contract for construction of the central utilities plant, a critical step forward in construction of NBAF. vpcm@k-state.edu (Communications and Marketing) Tue, 26 Feb 2013 +0000 NBAF Update /today/announcement/?id=8114 A $714 million commitment was announced yesterday in President Obama’s Fiscal Year 2014 Budget request for construction of the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility laboratory on campus. vpcm@k-state.edu (Communications and Marketing) Thu, 11 Apr 2013 +0000 NBAF Update /today/announcement/?id=9230 The Fiscal Year 2014 Homeland Security Appropriations Bill was approved with bipartisan support by the Senate Appropriations Committee yesterday. vpcm@k-state.edu (Communications and Marketing) Fri, 19 Jul 2013 +0000 NBAF Update /today/announcement/?id=11869 The laboratory itself will require no additional land from what has been transferred to the Department of Homeland Security. Any future development will occur within the framework of the university's master plan. jbmorris@k-state.edu (Jeff Morris) Tue, 21 Jan 2014 +0000 NBAF Update /today/announcement/?id=11835 The omnibus appropriations bill written by the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives Committees on Appropriations includes $404 million for construction of the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility at Kansas State University. vpcm@k-state.edu (Communications and Marketing) Wed, 15 Jan 2014 +0000 NBAF Update /today/announcement/?id=12737 vpcm@k-state.edu (Communications and Marketing) Wed, 05 Mar 2014 +0000 NBAF Update /today/announcement/?id=16051 A new fly-through video of the National Bio and Agro-defense facility, or NBAF, is available at k-state.edu/NBAF. The video includes finalized design features for NBAF, currently under construction on K-State's Manhattan campus. vpcm@k-state.edu (Communications and Marketing) Tue, 07 Oct 2014 +0000 NBAF Update