WASHINGTON, Nov. 11 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation announced that it expects to award up to 10 cooperative agreements for drought contingency planning. The award ceiling for this funding opportunity is $200,000. The agency said the grant was associated with natural resources. The funding is open to states, Indian tribes, irrigation districts, water districts, or other organizations with water or power delivery authority located in the Western United States inclu  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 13 -- The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued the following news release: The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (Bureau) issued a report today with state-by-state comparisons of financial well-being scores. The scores are based on Bureau analysis of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Foundation's 2018 National Financial Capability Study. The report shows that the average financial well-being scores for all adults (ages 18 and older) in the United States rang  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 12 -- The Corporation for National and Community Service issued the following news release: The Corporation for National and Community Service today announced the eight colleges and universities selected for a new AmeriCorps VISTA partnership designed to encourage participation in national service opportunities. The schools selected for this partnership are: the Rochester Institute of Technology, Tufts University, University of Hawaii, University of Montana, University of Roche  more

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Nov. 12 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service Pacific Islands Area office issued the following news release: USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) seeks public comments on its interim final rule for the Conservation Stewardship Program. CSP, the nation's largest conservation program in terms of participating land, is designed to help farmers have more robust conservation activities. The rule - now available on the Federal  more