WASHINGTON, July 4 - The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Administration for Children and Families announced that it expects to award up to two discretionary grants for Head Start services in Newark and Essex County, New Jersey. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $7,576,469. The agency said the grant was associated with income security and social services. The funding is open to state, county, city, township governments; independent school districts; privat  more

WASHINGTON, July 1 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service announced that it intends to award a $355,682 cooperative agreement to the Appalachian Trail Conservancy of Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, for the completion of cyclic maintenance projects for continued visitor access at the Appalachian National Scenic Trail in Connecticut, Georgia, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, North Carolina, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, Vermont and Wes  more

NEW YORK, July 5 -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - New York-New Jersey Regional Information Office issued the following news release: Wages increased in 14 of the 15 largest counties in New Jersey from the fourth quarter of 2017 to the fourth quarter of 2018, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (Large counties are those with 2017 annual average employment levels of 75,000 or more.) Mercer County had the largest increase, with a gain of 7.1 percent, f  more

WASHINGTON, July 6 - The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service announced that it intends to award a $103,000 cooperative agreement to the Citizens United to Protect the Maurice River and Its Tributaries Inc. of Millville, New Jersey, for Maurice River comprehensive management plan implementation. The funding opportunity number is NPS-19-NERO-0060 (CFDA 15.962). For more information, contact Craig McKaige, 215/597-8863.  more

WEST DEPTFORD, New Jersey, July 3 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed a cleanup plan to address lead and other contamination on a portion of the Matteo & Sons, Inc. Superfund Site in West Deptford, New Jersey. The portion of the Matteo site includes the Matteo facility at 1692 Crown Point Road as well as a property across the street formerly occupied by Mira Trucking. Former operations in this a  more

WASHINGTON, July 3 -- The Federal Communications Commission's Enforcement Bureau issued the text of the following citation and order (File No. EB-FIELDNER-19-00028519): In the Matter of Jose Perez of Perez Communications and Electronics New Milford, New Jersey CITATION AND ORDER ILLEGAL PROGRAMMING OF UNAUTHORIZED FREQUENCIES Adopted: July 3, 2019 Released:July 3, 2019 By the Regional Director, Region One, Enforcement Bureau: I. NOTICE OF CITATION 1. This CITATION AND ORDER (Citation) no  more

WASHINGTON, July 4 - The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service announced that it intends to award a $140,000 cooperative agreement to the The Great Egg Harbor Watershed Association of Newtonville, New Jersey, for the implementation of a management plan for the Great Egg Harbor River. The funding opportunity number is NPS-19-NERO-0059 (CFDA 15.962). For more information, contact Craig McKaige, 215/597-8863.  more

WASHINGTON, July 2 -- NASA issued the following news release: NASA has awarded eight contracts under the NASA-wide Acquisition for Nitrogen and Oxygen 3 (NANO 3) solicitation to eight U.S. companies to supply nitrogen and oxygen to NASA centers for a variety of operational activities. The NANO 3 contracts are fixed-price, indefinite-delivery requirement contracts with economic price adjustment. The five-year contracts begin July 1 and have a combined total value of approximately $77 million.   more

NEWARK, New Jersey, July 2 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, Craig Carpenito, issued the following news release: Four executives of two information technology staffing companies have been arrested on charges of fraudulently using the H-1B visa program to gain an unfair advantage over competitors, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced today. Vijay Mane, 39, of Princeton, New Jersey; Venkataramana Mannam, 47, of Edison, New Jersey; Fernando Silva, 53, of Princeton; and Satee  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, July 2 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, Craig Carpenito, issued the following news release: A Middlesex County, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to six months home confinement and four years' probation for illegally smuggling wildlife into New Jersey, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced. Wlodzimie Lapkiewicz, 30, a/k/a "Wlodek Lapkiewicz," of Metuchen, New Jersey, previously pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Peter G. Sheridan to an inform  more

WASHINGTON, June 27 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the following trading suspension order (Release No. 34-86227) involving Anvia Holdings: It appears to the Securities and Exchange Commission that there is a lack of current and accurate information concerning the securities of Anvia Holdings Corp. ("Anvia') because of questions regarding the accuracy of assertions by Anvia, a Delaware corporation whose principal place of business is listed on OTC Markets' website as Ridgefield  more

WASHINGTON, June 28 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the following trading suspension order (Release No. 34-86250) involving Natural Health Farm Holdings: It appears to the Securities and Exchange Commission that there is a lack of current and accurate information concerning the securities of Natural Health Farm Holdings Inc. ("Natural Health")because of questions regarding the accuracy of assertions by Natural Health, a Nevada corporation whose principal place of business is li  more