WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release: At the Direction of President Biden, FEMA Administrator to Travel to Florida to Survey Impacts Hurricane Helene is a massive, dangerous storm and FEMA is prepared for anticipated multi-state impacts. In advance of Hurricane Helene's landfall in Florida, the Biden-Harris Administration approved pre-landfall emergency declarations for Florida, Georgia and North   more

AUGUSTA, Georgia, Sept. 27 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Georgia issued the following news release: A Richmond County man was sentenced to federal prison for threatening to blow up Augusta's Social Security office. Keyon Tishaye Dickens, 39, of Augusta, was sentenced to 36 months in prison after pleading guilty to Using a Telephone to Make a Threat to Injure a Person or Damage a Building by Explosives, said Jill E. Steinberg, U.S. Attorney for the Southern Dis  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 -- The Department of Housing and Urban Development issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced today that it has charged Indian Oaks Apartments LTD, Russell Management Services LLC, H.J. Russell & Company, The Russell Realty LP, and Nichole Long, (collectively "Respondents") in Fort Valley, Georgia with discrimination against a tenant because of her child's disability. Read the Charge (https://www.hud.gov/press/p  more

GLYNCO, Georgia, Sept. 27 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers issued the following news release: The Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers (FLETC) hosted the maiden voyage of the Law Enforcement sUAS Pilot Instructor Collaboration and Technology Forum from Sept. 17 through 19, in Glynco, Ga. The event brought together experts and practitioners nationwide to exchange ideas, best practices, and innovative procedures related to small Unmanned A  more

LIVERMORE, California, Sept. 27 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory issued the following news: Researchers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), in collaboration with the Georgia Institute of Technology, have made a significant breakthrough in understanding the impact of carbon dioxide (CO2) on the stability of amine-functionalized porous solid materials, a crucial component in Direct Air Capture (DAC) carbon-capture technologies. This  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce National Telecommunications and Information Administration issued the following news release: * * * Four States Requested Access to BEAD Funds Totaling Over $2.9 Billion * * * The Department of Commerce's National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) has approved Georgia, Iowa, Minnesota, and South Carolina's Initial Proposals for the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program, a cornerstone of the Biden  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- The White House issued the following news release on Sept. 26, 2024: Today, President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. declared that an emergency exists in the State of Georgia and ordered Federal assistance to supplement State and local response efforts due to the emergency conditions resulting from Hurricane Helene beginning on September 24, 2024, and continuing. The President's action authorizes the Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), to  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release: FEMA announced today that federal disaster assistance is available to the state of Georgia to supplement response efforts due to emergency conditions resulting from Hurricane Helene beginning Sept. 24 and continuing. The President's action authorizes FEMA to coordinate all disaster relief efforts to alleviate the hardship and suffering caused by the emergency  more