WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued the following news: NOAA is announcing the availability of up to $100 million in funding for transformational projects that restore coastal habitat and strengthen community resilience. This funding has been made available through the Biden-Harris Administration's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. This is the third and final round of this funding opportunity under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. Of the $100 million more PR

SILVER SPRING, Maryland, Dec. 5 -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued the following news release on Dec. 4, 2024: * * * Funds will support state and tribal projects to conserve and restore salmon on the West Coast and Alaska. * * * Today, the Department of Commerce and NOAA Fisheries announced up to $99 million in funding through the Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery Fund (PCSRF) for conservation and recovery projects focusing on Pacific salmon and steelhead. This fundi more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 -- The U.S. Census Bureau issued the following news release: December 6, 2024 The U.S. Census Bureau today announced the appointment of five new members to its National Advisory Committee (NAC). The NAC considers topics such as hard-to-reach populations, race and ethnicity, language, aging populations, American Indian and Alaska Native tribal considerations, new immigrant populations, populations affected by natural disasters, highly mobile and migrant populations, complex ho more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: In the shadow of Coosa County, Alabama's pine-strewn hills, and across Nome, Alaska's rugged expanse, the Defense Department is mounting a strategic response to an urgent security challenge. Beneath these two distinct landscapes lie the BamaStar Graphite Project and the Graphite Creek deposit, which anchor efforts to rebuild America's graphite production enterprise an undertaking critical to our military's lithium-i more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on Dec. 5, 2024: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today that PSF, Inc., formerly known as Peter Pan Seafoods, has paid a $750,000 penalty for violations of state and federal Clean Water Act permit requirements limiting the amount of waste that seafood processors can discharge to the marine environment. PSF's and Peter Pan Seafood Company LLC's violations occurred at seafood processing  more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 29 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: Alaska National Guardsmen delivered nearly 14,000 pounds of frozen beef, chicken and pork this month to Toksook Bay, Alaska, helping residents still recovering from losses sustained when Typhoon Merbok flooded thousands of communities in September 2022. The storm's impact and ensuing power outages caused vital meat stores to spoil. After Typhoon Merbok, Federal Emergency Management Agency representatives and the r more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Indian Health Service issued the following news release on Dec. 5, 2024: Today, the Indian Health Service released its Strategic Plan (https://www.ihs.gov/strategicplan/) for fiscal years 2025-2029, which aims to help strengthen health care service delivery for American Indians and Alaska Natives throughout the United States. "The IHS Strategic Plan reflects critical priorities of the agency over the next five years," said  more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release: ANCHORAGE, Alaska Residents who were affected by the August 5-6 flooding that occurred in the City and Borough of Juneau have until Monday, December 16, to apply for FEMA housing and other needs assistance, and FEMA Disaster Unemployment Assistance, administered through the Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development, and the U.S. Department of Labor. T more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 -- NASA issued the following news release: Credit: NASA NASA has selected Nova Space Solutions, LLC of Anchorage, Alaska, to provide operations, services, maintenance, and infrastructure support for NASA's Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, and NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans. The Combined Operations, Services, Maintenance, and Infrastructure Contract is a cost-plus-incentive-fee, firm-fixed-price, and indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quanti more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: Seattle (December 5, 2024) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is re-issuing wastewater discharge permits to the southeast Alaska communities of Haines, Sitka, Skagway, Wrangell, Peterburg, and Ketchikan requiring the facilities to significantly reduce the levels of bacteria they discharge into local marine waters. Permits for Haines, Sitka, Skagway, and Wrangell are being reissued today, and per more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release: ANCHORAGE, Alaska FEMA is partnering with the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) to meet the needs of residents who were affected by the Juneau Mendenhall Glacier Flooding. The SBA is offering low-interest federal disaster loans for businesses and residents impacted by the disaster. In previously declared major disasters, 80% of SBA loans were approved for  more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 (TNSrep) -- The Government Accountability Office issued the following report: Here are excerpts: * * * Highlights Tribal applicants experience systemic barriers to access federal programs, funding, and services. For example, federal cost-share requirements can create obstacles for Tribes with limited financial resources to match funds. GAO has made recommendations to several agencies to help alleviate these barriers. The Big Picture The Office of Management and Budget an more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 26 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service issued the following news: The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) has released a new Tribal Relations Strategy (https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/our-agency/nrcs-tribal-relations-strategy), demonstrating the agency's commitment to honoring its federal trust relationship with the 574 federally recognized tribes and Alaska Native Villages that have sovereig more PR