WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Census Bureau issued the following document on October 25, 2024, entitled "Facts for Features: National Native American Heritage Month: November 2024.": Here are excerpts: * * * The first American Indian Day was celebrated in May 1916 in New York. The event culminated an effort by Red Fox James, a member of the Blackfeet Nation, who rode across the United States on horseback seeking approval from 24 state governments to designate a day to honor American  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 -- The U.S. Census Bureau issued the following working paper (No. CES-24-60) in October 2024 entitled "Nonresponse and Coverage Bias in the Household Pulse Survey: Evidence from Administrative Data." The paper was written by Jonathan Eggleston and Carl Lieberman. Here are excerpts: * * * 1. Introduction The Census Bureau's Household Pulse Survey (HPS) is an agile survey product that can quickly and efficiently provide data on key social and economic measures. These data c  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management issued the following news release: ANCHORAGE, Alaska Today, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) released the final Coastal Plain Oil and Gas Leasing Program Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS), which analyzed a lease sale mandated by Congress in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (Tax Act) for the nearly 1.6-million-acre Coastal Plain of the Arctic Natio  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service issued the following news release: The National Park Service (NPS) today issued a first-ever Director's Order for agency decision makers engaging in nation-to-nation consultations with Indian and Alaska Native Tribes, underscoring the NPS' commitment to developing, implementing, and maintaining positive working relationships with Tribes based on transparency, accountability, mutual trust, and responsibility. The Di  more

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, Nov. 6 -- The U.S. Air Force Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland (16th Air Force) issued the following news: November is designated as National Native American Heritage Month. This observance commemorates the history, heritage, and culture of Native Americans and Alaskan Natives. It is during this month we acknowledge the vast achievements of America's original indigenous people. What started at the turn of the century as an effort to gain a day of recogniti  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued the following news: For decades, Alaska has been leading the way in gathering and using ecosystem information to inform fish and crab resource management decisions. Now, scientists at the Alaska Fisheries Science Center can rapidly provide managers with information about how changes in the marine environment affect the basis of the marine food web. Details about this new methodology were recently published in a pap  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management issued the following news release: SANTA FE, N.M. Today, leadership from the Bureau of Land Management, the USDA Forest Service, and the Pueblo of Tesuque signed a memorandum of understanding to co-steward culturally significant Tribal places located on public lands of the Caja del Rio Plateau west of Santa Fe, N.M. This agreement establishes a framework to collaboratively ensure the protection, preservation, an  more