WASHINGTON, July 31 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management Salt Lake Field Office issued the following news release: * * * Biden-Harris Administration initiative supports landscape resilience and environmental health * * * SALT LAKE CITY - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is announcing it has awarded a $2.3 million construction contract to Global Engineering Services of Midvale, Utah, to replace range and riparian fencing in the Upper Bear River Watershed Landsc  more

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news release: AIR FORCE Gauss Management Research and Engineering Inc., Ogden, Utah (FA8003-24-D-0015); Luna Labs USA LLC, Charlottesville, Virginia (FA8003-24-D-0016); TransTecs Corp., Wichita, Kansas (FA8003-24-D-0017); Frontier Technology Inc., Beavercreek, Ohio (FA8003-24-D-0018); SelectTech Services Corp., Dayton, Ohio (FA8003-24-D-0019); Boston Engineering Corp., Waltham, Massachusetts (FA8003-24-D-0020); SynapseM  more

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued the following news release: Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health (OASH) Office on Women's Health (OWH) announced the Phase 1 winners of the HHS Innovation Challenge to Prevent Human Trafficking Among Women and Girlsopens in a new tab at the "Activating Connections: Mobilizing Communities to Prevent Human Trafficking" event in DC. The c  more

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' National Institutes of Health issued the following news release: While the overall numbers remain low, the findings spotlight the need to identify and help those at risk. If you are suicidal or in emotional distress, call or text 988 or chat online(link is external) to connect with the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline. The Lifeline provides 24-hour, confidential support to anyone in suicidal crisis or emotional distress. Re  more

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: The United States military is diligently working to implement the strategy for an increasingly important region of the world: The Arctic. Amanda Dory, the acting undersecretary of defense for policy, spoke last week at the Wilson Center about the recently announced revamp of DOD strategy in the High North and why it is important for defense. Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks announced the new strategy o  more

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- The Naval Postgraduate School issued the following news: By Matthew Schehl Early this year, inside the Arctic Circle - thousands of miles from the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) campus in Monterey - a small team of students and faculty undertook a critical scientific research expedition, working with the Undersea Warfighting Development Center's Arctic Submarine Laboratory (ASL) at the biennial Operation Ice Camp. Positioned some 200 nautical miles away from land in th  more

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Coast Guard issued the following news: By Kathy Murray, Senior Writer, MyCG You thought you'd have a place by now, but as the summer winds down, you're still trying to find housing at your new station. Where to turn for help? MyCG asked Coast Guard housing experts and members who have done multiple Permanent Change of Station (PCS) moves. Here's their advice. Let your local housing office know "Communication -- with the local  more

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued the following news: Human activities can pose a significant threat to marine mammal populations. Recognizing these threats, Congress enacted the Marine Mammal Protection Act in 1972 to ensure that marine mammal populations continue to act as healthy, functioning elements of their ecosystems. In 1994, Congress amended the MMPA to reinforce this conservation goal by adding a management tool called the Potential Biol  more

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued the following news release: Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) released the results of the 2023 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH)opens in a new tab, which shows how people living in United States reported their experience with mental health conditions, substance use and pursuit of treatment. The 2023 NSDUH repo  more

WASHINGTON, July 31 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration issued the following news on July 30, 2024: Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) released the results of the 2023 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), which shows how people living in United States reported their experience with mental health conditions, s  more

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior issued the following news release: The Department of the Interior today announced next steps on the Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative, launched in June 2021 by Secretary Deb Haaland as the first-ever comprehensive effort by the federal government to recognize the troubled legacy of past federal Indian boarding school policies with the goal of addressing their intergenerational impact and shedding light on past and present trauma  more