WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration issued the following news release: * * * Advances administration's efforts to expand apprenticeships, strengthen workforce * * * The U.S. Department of Labor today announced its award of $99.3 million in grants to 71 organizations in 31 states to provide training and employment services in its continuing effort to expand access to Registered Apprenticeships, prepare young workers for quality jobs and e more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: Today, President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. is granting clemency consisting of 39 pardons and 1,499 commutations. President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. is pardoning the following 39 individuals: NINA SIMONA ALLEN - Harvest, Alabama Nina Simona Allen is a 49-year-old woman who was convicted of a non-violent offense in her 20s. In the years since, Ms. Allen returned to school to earn a post-baccalaureate degree and two more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: Drew Mitchell Schreiber, of Orlando, Florida, pleaded guilty yesterday in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida to three counts of odometer tampering. Schreiber, owner of Central Florida Automotive Group (now-named Southeastern Credit Union Solutions), in Winter Garden, Florida, purchased high-mileage used vehicles from wholesale automobile auctions throughout Florida. The vehicles' od more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 -- NASA issued the following news release: NASA has selected FedSync-BFS, LLC of Alexandria, Virginia, to provide administrative services for multiple NASA centers. The Multi-Center Administrative Support Services Contract is a firm-fixed-price and indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with a value not to exceed $200 million during a five-year ordering period. The performance period begins April 1, 2025. Contracted work will take place in six NASA centers and fa more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 -- The U.S. Census Bureau issued the following news release: The number of owner-occupied housing units increased by 8.4%, from 76.4 million in 2014-2018 to 82.9 million in 2019-2023, according to newly released U.S. Census Bureau data. The 2019-2023 American Community Survey (ACS) 5-year estimates show that more people owned homes than rented in 3,070 of the nation's 3,144 counties and county equivalents between 2019 and 2023. Additionally, home values increased 21.7% bet more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- The Senate Appropriations Committee released the following testimony by Agriculture Deputy Secretary Xochitl Torres Small from a Nov. 20, 2024, hearing entitled "A Review of Disaster Funding Needs": * * * Thank you, Chair Murray, Vice Chair Collins, and Members of the Committee for the opportunity to come before you today to provide an update on the impact of disasters on American farms, ranches, private and public forest lands, and rural communities, and the work the U. more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- The Senate Appropriations Committee released the following testimony by Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg from a Nov. 20, 2024, hearing entitled "A Review of Disaster Funding Needs": * * * Chair Murray, Vice Chairman Collins, and members of the committee--thank you for this opportunity to speak with you today alongside my colleagues in the Biden-Harris Administration. A month ago, I was in North Carolina and Tennessee visiting communities impacted by Hurricane Hel more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- The Senate Appropriations Committee released the following written testimony by Adrianne Todman, deputy secretary of the Housing and Urban Development Department from a Nov. 20, 2024, hearing entitled "A Review of Disaster Funding Needs": * * * Chairwoman Murray, Vice Chair Collins, and Members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, thank you for the opportunity to testify today to discuss disaster recovery alongside my colleagues. In the last month, the Biden-Harris A more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- The Senate Appropriations Committee released the following testimony by Small Business Administrator Isabel Guzman from a Nov. 20, 2024, hearing entitled "A Review of Disaster Funding Needs": * * * Chair Murray, Vice Chair Collins, and distinguished members of the Committee, thank you for the invitation to appear today to discuss the pressing need for additional funding for the Disaster Loan Program at the U.S. Small Business Administration. For decades, SBA disaster lo more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- The Senate Appropriations Committee released the following testimony by Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Georgia, from a Nov. 20, 2024, hearing entitled "A Review of Disaster Funding Needs": * * * Thank you, Chair Murray and Vice Chair Collins, for the opportunity to brief the Committee on the dire conditions facing Georgia farmers in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene and the urgency of passing this disaster supplemental before year's end. Let me be clear: Georgia agriculture was dev more PR

MACDILL AIR FORCE BASE, Florida, Dec. 15 -- The U.S. Central Command issued the following news release: TAMPA, Fla. On Dec. 14, the USS Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group (HSTCSG) consisting of the flagship USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75); Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 1 with nine embarked aviation squadrons; Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 28; the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser, USS Gettysburg (CG 64); and two Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers, USS Stout (DDG 55) and USS Jason Dunham more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 -- The White House issued the following news release: Today, President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. is granting clemency consisting of 39 pardons and 1,499 commutations. President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. is pardoning the following 39 individuals: NINA SIMONA ALLEN - Harvest, Alabama Nina Simona Allen is a 49-year-old woman who was convicted of a non-violent offense in her 20s. In the years since, Ms. Allen returned to school to earn a post-baccalaureate degree and two master's degre more PR