WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation announced that it expects to award up to 30 cooperative agreements for small-scale water efficiency projects. The award ceiling for this funding opportunity is $75,000. 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 Alaska, Arizona, Califo  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 27 -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following article from The Economics Daily: From November 2018 to November 2019, 25 states had over-the-year increases in nonfarm payroll employment. View chart at (https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2019/25-states-added-jobs-from-november-2018-to-november-2019.htm#tab-1). View chart data at (https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2019/25-states-added-jobs-from-november-2018-to-november-2019.htm#tab-2). The largest j  more

HOUSTON, Texas, Dec. 27 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers issued the following news release: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District has filed a Notice of Intent (NOI) in the Federal Register informing the public it formally plans to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) and Feasibility Report for the Buffalo Bayou and Tributaries Resiliency Study. The EIS will assess the likely social, economic and environmental effects of a range of potential alternative plans that wou  more

DALLAS, Texas, Dec. 28 -- The Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas issued the following news release: * * * - Increased flaring linked to lack of pipelines and other infrastructure issues; capital discipline likely to hold down spending * * * Energy sector activity dipped again in the fourth quarter, according to executives responding to the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Energy Survey. (https://www.dallasfed.org/research/surveys/des/2019/1904.aspx) The business activity index--the survey's broad  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 28 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news release: The chief of staff of the Army announces the assignment of the following general officer: Maj. Gen. Dennis P. LeMaster, commanding general, Regional Health Command-Pacific; command surgeon, U.S. Army Pacific; market manager, Puget Sound Enhanced Multi-Service Market; and chief of the Medical Service Corps, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, to commanding general, U.S. Army Medical Center of Excellence;   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 28 -- The Department of Energy's Office of Environmental Management issued the following news release: The Mercury Export Ban Act (MEBA), as amended, assigned the Department of Energy (DOE) the responsibility for the long-term management and storage of elemental mercury. DOE has undertaken efforts to establish a facility for long-term management and storage of elemental mercury. With respect to the facility, a DOE Record of Decision published in the Federal Register on Decembe  more

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas, Dec. 20 -- The U.S. Army Special Operations Command issued the following news: Members of the Mission and Installation Contracting Command welcomed their new command sergeant major during an assumption-of-responsibility ceremony Dec. 19 at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Texas. Command Sgt. Maj. Chantel Sena-Diaz became the command's sixth command sergeant major during the ceremony officiated by Brig. Gen. Christine Beeler, the MICC comm  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 24 -- Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute issued the following news release: The Small Mammal House at the Smithsonian's National Zoo has a new resident worth slowing down for. Visitors can now see Athena, a 11/2-year-old female two-toed sloth in her new home that she shares with golden lion tamarins, an aracari and a male two-toed sloth. She made her debut Dec. 22. Athena moved to the Zoo from the Ellen Trout Zoo in Texas as the result of a breeding   more

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH, Texas, Dec. 24 -- The U.S. Air Force issued the following news: Pilot Training Next begins its third iteration January 2020, but before moving forward, Detachment 24 officials are looking back at lessons learned from PTN version two. The PTN program is part of Air Education and Training Command's initiative to "reimagine" how learning is delivered to Airmen. "As we innovate, we must take stock in the lessons we've learned through our first two classes," said L  more

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Dec. 23 -- The U.S. Embassy in Guyana issued the following news release: In accordance with the U.S. priority to increase trade between the United States and Guyana, the U.S. Embassy sponsored a series of workshops on ISO 9001-2015 certification. Partnering with Centre for Local Business Development in Georgetown, and the Technical Institutes in New Amsterdam and Linden, the Embassy brought Humberto Hernandez from the American Petroleum Institute in Houston, Texas, who spoke  more