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Federal Tipoffs Involving New Mexico Newsletter for Saturday June 22, 2024 ( 4 items )  

FCC Public Safety & Homeland Security Bureau Issues Public Notice: Emergency Communications Procedures for New Mexico Wildfires
WASHINGTON, June 22 -- The Federal Communications Commission Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau issued the following public notice (Docket No. DA-24-587) on June 20, 2024: * * * The Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau, in coordination with the Media Bureau, Office of International Affairs, Space Bureau, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, and Wireline Competition Bureau, announces procedures to help communications service providers initiate, resume, and maintain operations in re  more

Joseph R. Biden, Jr. Approves Major Disaster Declaration for New Mexico
WASHINGTON, June 20 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release: FEMA announced that federal disaster assistance is available to the state of New Mexico to supplement recovery efforts in the areas affected by the South Fork Fire and Salt Fire beginning on June 17, 2024 and continuing. The President's action makes federal funding available to affected individuals in the Mescalero Apache Tribe and Lincoln County. Assistance   more

South Central US Students to Hear From NASA Astronaut Aboard Station
WASHINGTON, June 22 -- NASA issued the following news release on June 21, 2024: Students from Louisiana, New Mexico, and Texas will have an opportunity to hear from a NASA astronaut aboard the International Space Station. The 20-minute Earth-to-space call will stream live at 9:10 a.m. EDT, Wednesday, June 26, on NASA+, NASA Television, the NASA app, and the agency's website (https://www.nasa.gov/nasatv/). Learn how to stream NASA TV through a variety of platforms including social media. NASA   more

This Week at Interior June 21, 2024
WASHINGTON, June 21 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior issued the following news release: This Week: Secretary Haaland highlights conservation and Indigenous youth public service as she begins her visit to New Mexico; a new report documents the cumulative impacts of federal Columbia River dams on Indigenous communities in the Pacific Northwest; a $43 million investment for rural water projects will provide clean, reliable drinking water to rural and Tribal communities; a $22 million grant f  more