WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Administration for Children and Families issued the following statement on Sept. 9, 2024: * * * On July 30, 2024, the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) released Vol. II of the Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative Investigative Report. This report further illuminates how the federal government's past assimilationist policies separated young Native children from their families and directly contributed to  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate issued the following news: The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Centers of Excellence (COE) have now been at the forefront of innovation for two decades. In this guest blog, Rebecca Medina, Director of the Science and Technology Directorate's (S&T) Office of University Programs, and others reflect on how our institutions of higher learning have impacted the nation. View Original "Mapping 20  more

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, Sept. 11 -- The Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis issued the following analysis on Sept. 10, 2024, by senior economist Matthew Gregg and senior policy analyst H Trostle, both from the Center for Indian Country Development: * * * Households on tribal lands participated in the federal broadband-subsidy program at higher rates than households elsewhere * * * The COVID-19 pandemic exposed a critical lack of digital equity in the United States, particularly in Indian Cou  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, Sept. 10 -- Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr issued the following news release on Sept. 9, 2024: Attorney General Chris Carr has filed an amicus brief in support of a Tennessee-led lawsuit challenging the Biden-Harris administration's revised Title IX rule, which upends the foundation of women's sports and mandates that males and females share bathrooms. Carr previously filed suit against this same rule in April 2024, and he successfully blocked its implementation in Georg  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release: YAKIMA, Wash. Produce company Monson Fruit Co. will pay $250,000 and provide injunctive relief to resolve a sexual harassment lawsuit by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today. According to the EEOC's complaint, a Latina agricultural worker faced sexual harassment including repeated unwelcome advances and requests for sex from a manager in   more

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, Sept. 10 -- The U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center issued the following news wrap up: * * * 9 Sep 1954 (Tinker AFB/Mobility Directorate) In 1954, the Air Force purchased the first 29 of its future 700+-strong KC-135 Stratotanker fleet. And on this date in 1954, Tinker AFB sent its representatives to an Air Materiel Command phasing group meeting to discuss the anticipated delivery of its initial KC-135As, which would begin arriving in August 1956. These ear  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 -- The White House sent to the Senate on Sept. 9, 2024, the nominations of 10 individuals for positions in the federal government: * * * Ben Cardin, of Maryland, to be a Representative of the United States of America to the Seventy-ninth Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations. Lanhee J. Chen, of California, to be a Director of the Amtrak Board of Directors for a term of five years, vice Jeffrey R. Moreland, term expired. Elizabeth C. Coombe, of New York, t  more