WASHINGTON, Nov. 28 -- The U.S. Department of Education issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of Education today announced nearly $74 million in new, five-year Full-Service Community Schools (FSCS) grants to support an additional 30 local educational agencies, nonprofits, and other public or private organizations and institutions of higher education working to expand community schools including by making awards in four new states: Idaho, Missouri, New Hampshire, and Ohio.   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 (TNSrep) -- The Defense Inspector General issued the following audit report (DODIG-2024-030) on Nov. 30, 2023, entitled "Environmental Threats to Naval Dry Docks." Here are excerpts: * * * Inspector General Robert P. Storch announced today that the Department of Defense Office of Inspector General released the "Audit of Environmental Threats to Naval Dry Docks." The audit highlighted potential vulnerabilities in the master planning for environmental threats to dry docks a  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Dec. 2 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Federal Voting Assistance Program issued the following news: Upcoming elections for federal office: The following states have elections for federal office in the next 90 days: P- Presidential Primary; S- State Primary; D- District Primary; T- Territory Primary *Dates subject to change. Election dates marked with an asterisk are updated and state-approved. December 2023: No elections for federal office scheduled January 2024-  more

CAMP SMITH, Hawaii, Dec. 1 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Indo-Pacific Command issued the following news: YIGO, Guam - Engineers from the 254th Red Horse Squadron, Guam National Guard, are working to restore 50 uninhabited houses to livable conditions on Andersen Air Force Base. Federally activated under the 356th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Group, the 30 Guam Guardsmen are working with other activated Guardsmen from as far away as New Hampshire and New Jersey perform  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Dec. 2 -- The U.S. Department of Labor issued the following news release: * * * Decision affirms willful fall protection, serious safety violations * * * A federal administrative law judge has determined that New Hampshire general contractor Barry Billcliff, doing business as Merrimack Valley Roofing and under other alleged business names, willfully exposed his employees to fall safety hazards and held him personally liable for more than $160,000 in penalties and atto  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service issued the following news release: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is seeking public input on a draft recovery plan for the lower 48 distinct population segment of Canada lynx (Lynx canadensis), informed by an updated species status assessment. The Canada lynx lower 48 DPS includes populations in northern Maine and northeastern New Hampshire, northeastern Minnesota, northwestern Montana and north Idaho  more