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Federal Tipoffs Involving Alaska Newsletter for Sunday March 29, 2020 ( 18 items )  

$3.6 Million Funding Available for Development of Workforce of Direct Victim Service Providers
WASHINGTON, March 26 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's Office for Victims of Crime announced that it expects to award up to eight grants for the development of a workforce of direct victim service providers to American Indian and Alaska Native victims in hard-to-staff positions and locations. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $3.6 million with a ceiling of $450,000. The categories of funding activity are a) income security and social services and b) law, justice and l  more

Air Force Releases Findings on 2019 Joint-Base Elmendorf-Richardson Motor Vehicle Accident
JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii, March 24 -- The U.S. Pacific Air Forces issued the following news: Pacific Air Forces released the results of its investigation into a motor vehicle accident resulting in the death Mr. Dunstan Wagner Aug. 18, 2019, at the Moose Run Golf Course at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska. Wagner, who was the Assistant Golf Course Manager and a Non-Appropriated Funds Government Civilian Employee assigned to Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, received fatal i  more

Alaska Field Office: FSA Makes Changes to Farm Loan, Disaster, Conservation and Safety Net Programs to Make It Easier for Customers to Conduct Business
PALMER, Alaska, March 27 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Farm Service Agency - Alaska Field Office issued the following news release: * * * - FSA Services Available by Phone Appointment Only * * * USDA's Farm Service Agency (FSA) county offices are open in Alaska by phone appointment only until further notice, and FSA staff are available to continue helping agricultural producers with program signups, loan servicing and other important actions. Additionally, FSA is relaxing the loan  more

Alaska U.S. Attorney: DOJ Announces More Than $83 Million Available to Support School Safety
ANCHORAGE, Alaska, March 25 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Alaska, Bryan D. Schroder, issued the following news release: U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder for the District of Alaska announced that more than $83 million in Department of Justice grants is available nationwide to help communities improve school security and protect students, teachers and faculty from threats of violence. "School violence is no longer an abstract threat but has become a tragic reality in too many of America's  more

Alaska U.S. Attorney: DOJ Announces Nearly $60 Million in Grants Available to Support Prisoners' Successful Reentry Into Their Communities
ANCHORAGE, Alaska, March 25 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Alaska, Bryan D. Schroder, issued the following news release: U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder for the District of Alaska announced that nearly $60 million in Department of Justice grants is available nationwide to help communities address public safety by supporting successful reentry of adult and juvenile offenders into their communities. "Our nation is facing difficult public safety challenges that demand strong and immediate   more

Cooperative Agreements Make $30 Million Available for Tribal Public Health Capacity-Building in Response to Coronavirus Outbreak
WASHINGTON, March 28 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced that it expects to award up to 13 cooperative agreements for tribal public health capacity-building and quality improvement in response to the outbreak of coronavirus. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $30 million with a ceiling of $3.5 million. Eligible Applicants: Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal go  more

Eielson Air Force Base Community Confirms First Coronavirus Case
EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska, March 26 -- The U.S. Air Force (354th Fighter Wing) issued the following news: An Airman assigned to the 354th Fighter Wing tested positive for the COVID-19 virus. The Airman had recent travel history in the continental United States; however, contact with others was minimal due to installation policy resulting in the individual being placed in quarantine upon return to the local area. "As Icemen, we take pride in thriving as a community in the harshest enviro  more

Eielson Air Force Base Institutes Health Protection Condition Charlie, Mission Essential Reporting
EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska, March 26 -- The U.S. Air Force (354th Fighter Wing) issued the following news: Eielson Air Force Base has been placed in Health Protection Condition Charlie effective March 25, 2020. HPCON Charlie is defined as an elevated risk of sustained community transmission. Currently, there are more than 40 confirmed cases of coronavirus in the state of Alaska. The enhanced health protection level brings additional base facility closures, as well as mission essential rep  more

FCC Wireless Bureau Issues Public Notice on Alaska Plan Population Distribution Methodology
WASHINGTON, March 27 -- The Federal Communications Commission's Wireless Telecommunications Bureau issued the following public notice (Docket No. 16-271) involving Alaska Plan Population Distribution Methodology: The Wireless Telecommunications Bureau (WTB) extends the comment and reply deadlines for its Public Notice, released on February 25, 2020, regarding a population-distribution model to be used for the Alaska Plan (Public Notice)./1 The Public Notice established a comment due date of Ma  more

Great Basin Institute to Receive $205,000 from Interior
WASHINGTON, March 25 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service announced that it intends to award a $205,000 cooperative agreement to the Great Basin Institute of Reno, Nevada, for archives cataloging and preservation for Alaska park units. The categories of funding activity are a) education, b) employment, labor and training and c) humanities. The agency description of the cooperative agreement states: "The goal of this Agreement is to provide opportunities for a student   more

Hoonah City Schools to Receive $340,000 from Interior
WASHINGTON, March 25 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service announced that it intends to award a $340,000 cooperative agreement to the Hoonah City Schools of Alaska for engaging Native youth through culturally responsive curricula. The category of funding activity is education. The agency description of the cooperative agreement states: "The National Park Service and Hoonah City Schools (HCS) have been collaborating for more than twenty years on programs designed to bui  more

Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson Implements Health Protection Condition CHARLIE
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska, March 24 -- The U.S. Pacific Air Forces issued the following news: The Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson Installation Commander has declared a Public Health Emergency, and directed Health Protection Condition (HPCON) to CHARLIE effective immediately and for the foreseeable future. HPCON CHARLIE is defined as an elevated risk of sustained community transmission. The state of Alaska currently reports a total of 32 confirmed cases. The Alaska Department of H  more

NOAA: Fisheries of Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska
SPRINGFIELD, Virginia, March 23 -- The Commerce Department's National Marine Fisheries Service has issued a proposed rule, published in the Federal Register on March 23, entitled: "Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Reclassifying Sculpin Species in the Groundfish Fisheries of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands and the Gulf of Alaska". The proposed rule was issued by Helene M.N. Scalliet, Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. DAT  more

NOAA: Fisheries of Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska
SPRINGFIELD, Virginia, March 23 -- The Commerce Department's National Marine Fisheries Service has issued a rule, published in the Federal Register on March 23, entitled: "Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Pacific Cod by Catcher Vessels Using Trawl Gear in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area". The rule was issued by Helene M.N. Scalliet, Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service DATES: Effective 1200 hours, Alaska loc  more

NOAA: Fisheries of Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska
SPRINGFIELD, Virginia, March 26 -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has issued a proposed rule, published in the Federal Register on March 26, entitled: "Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Reallocation of Pollock in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands". The proposed rule was issued by Helene M.N. Scalliet, Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. DATES: Effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), March 26, 202  more

NOAA: Pollock Fishing in West Yakutat District of Gulf of Alaska
SPRINGFIELD, Virginia, March 26 -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has issued a rule, published in the Federal Register on March 25, entitled: "Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Pollock in the West Yakutat District in the Gulf of Alaska". The rule was issued by Helene M.N. Scalliet, Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. DATES: Effective 1200 hours, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), March 24, 2020, through 2400 hour  more

NOAA: Pollock in Statistical Area in Gulf of Alaska
SPRINGFIELD, Virginia, March 23 -- The Commerce Department's National Marine Fisheries Service has issued a rule, published in the Federal Register on March 23, entitled: "Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Pollock in Statistical Area 620 in the Gulf of Alaska". The rule was issued by Helene M.N. Scalliet, Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. DATES: Effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), March 18, 2020, through 1200 hrs  more

Yakutat Tlingit Tribe to Receive $250,000 from Interior
WASHINGTON, March 25 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service announced that it intends to award a $250,000 cooperative agreement to the Yakutat Tlingit Tribe of Alaska for the planning and implementation of cultural trips to the Dry Bay Preserve. The category of funding activity is education. The agency description of the cooperative agreement states: "The primary purpose of this cooperative agreement is to provide a framework for: 1) restoring trust with local communit  more