WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Aug. 12, 2024: Attorney General Merrick B. Garland and Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland were in New Mexico today to highlight the work of the Biden-Harris Administration in helping address public safety, including the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Peoples (MMIP) and human trafficking crises throughout Indian Country. The leaders were briefed by representatives of both Departments at the headquarter  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration issued the following news on Aug. 12, 2024: The U.S. Department of Transportation's Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) announced today that it is awarding over $41 million in grants to states, territories, tribes, unions, and non-profits to support first responders and help enhance pipeline and hazardous materials safety programs at the community leve  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 -- The Health and Human Services Inspector General issued the following audit report (No. A-02-22-02001) entitled "Selected CDC Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health Program Recipients Generally Complied With Federal Requirements" filed under the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Here are excerpts: * * * Report in Brief Why OIG Did This Audit Chronic diseases and their outcomes disproportionately impact certain racial and ethnic populations and are l  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 -- The Interior Inspector General issued the following audit report (No. 2023-CGD-011) on July 18, 2024, entitled "Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Grants Awarded to the State of Alaska by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service." Here are excerpts: * * * Memorandum To: Martha Williams, Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service From: Melanie Sorenson, Deputy Assistant Inspector General for Audits Subject: Final Audit Report - Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Grants Awar  more

SPRINGFIELD, Virginia, Aug. 13 -- The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency issued the following news: Written by Adam Goodman NGA geodetic earth scientists Alicia Metzger and James Beale know firsthand what an important role the agency can play in the Arctic. Metzger and Beale in August 2021 joined other scientists doing research aboard the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy while it traveled from Alaska to Greenland via the ice-locked Northwest Passage through the Arctic Ocean. As the Healy br  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior issued the following news release: ALBUQUERQUE Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland and Attorney General Merrick B. Garland were in New Mexico today to highlight the work of the Biden-Harris administration in helping address the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Peoples (MMIP) and human trafficking crises throughout Indian Country. The leaders were briefed by representatives of both Departments at the headquarters of the Interior Departm  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 (TNSres) -- The National Endowment for the Humanities issued the following statement on Aug. 12, 2024: * * * NEH-supported research sheds light on the experiences and abuse of children within the federal Indian boarding school system * * * NEH Chair Shelly C. Lowe (Navajo) issued the following statement on the findings of the Department of the Interior's second investigative report issued under the ongoing Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative. "The first step toward  more