WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management issued the following news release: PALM SPRINGS, Calif. The Bureau of Land Management is seeking public comment on the draft environmental assessment for a proposed clean energy project on private lands and approximately 40 acres of public lands in eastern Riverside County. If approved, the Sapphire project could generate and store up to 117 megawatts of solar energy and deliver clean electricity to the statewid  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Oct. 4 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of California posted the following news release on Oct. 3, 2024: The Justice Department announced today the unsealing of a warrant authorizing the seizure of 41 internet domains used by Russian intelligence agents and their proxies to commit computer fraud and abuse in the United States. As an example of the Department's commitment to public-private operational collaboration to disrupt such adversarie  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued the following news release on Oct. 3, 2024: CDC has confirmed two human cases of H5 bird flu from specimens submitted by California. The cases occurred in people with occupational exposure to infected dairy cows. An investigation led by California is ongoing. The identification of H5 in people with exposure to infected animals is not unexpected and does not change CDC's risk  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Oct. 4 -- The California Department of Public Health issued the following news release: * * * Individual had contact with infected dairy cattle; risk to general public remains low What You Need To Know: One possible human case of bird flu is being investigated in an individual who had contact with infected dairy cattle in the Central Valley. The individual had mild symptoms. The risk to the general public remains low, although people who interact with infected animals  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Oct. 4 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release on Oct. 3, 2024: Attorney General William Tong announced today that Connecticut has joined the United States, the District of Columbia, and 42 other States in settling allegations against Precision Toxicology, LLC d/b/a Precision Diagnostics, Inc. ("Precision"). The settlement resolves allegations that Precision knowingly submitted or caused to be submitted false claims to the Medicaid p  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Geological Survey California Water Science Center issued the following report (No. 2024-5042) on Sept. 26, 2024, entitled "Groundwater Quality Near the Placerita Oil Field, California, 2018". The report was written by Jennifer S. Stanton, Matthew K. Landon, David H. Shimabukuro, Justin T. Kulongoski, Andrew G. Hunt, Peter B. McMahon, Isabelle M. Cozzarelli, Robert Anders and Theron A. Sowers. * * * Groundwater-quality data and   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 -- The Department of Housing and Urban Development issued the following news release on Oct. 2, 2024: * * * New awards will support climate resilience and energy efficiency renovations. * * * The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) today announced nearly $279 million in awards to properties across 23 states and territories under its Green and Resilient Retrofit Program (GRRP) to support significant energy efficiency and climate resilience renovations of   more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Oct. 4 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release: Attorney General Kwame Raoul, as part of a coalition of 18 attorneys general, defended a federal effort to expand health insurance access to Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients. Established in 2012, DACA enables certain young people, commonly referred to as Dreamers, who came to the United States as children and have lived in America continuously since 2007, to avoid immed  more

LIVERMORE, California, Oct. 4 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory issued the following news: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) recently joined representatives from higher education, including Columbia University, government officials from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the Air Force Research Laboratory as well as tech industry guests and moderators from Google, Bloomberg, Fortune and venture capital at the Roadrunner Technology Forum in  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy Pacific Northwest National Laboratory issued the following news on Oct. 3, 2024: * * * Increased electrical transmission across regions of the United States would save billions of dollars and decrease carbon emissions, a new report finds * * * RICHLAND, Wash. -- Across the United States, millions of people rely on electricity delivered by thousands of miles of transmission lines. As the nation continues to electrify all aspects o  more

PASADENA, California, Oct. 4 (TNSres) -- NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory issued the following news on Oct. 3, 2024: * * * After detailed evaluation of those studies, the agency expects to select one concept in 2026 to proceed with construction, for a launch in 2032. * * * Two proposals for missions to observe X-ray and far-infrared wavelengths of light from space were selected by NASA for additional review, the agency announced Thursday. Each proposal team will receive $5 million to conduct  more

PASADENA, California, Oct. 4 (TNSres) -- NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory issued the following news: * * * The Deep Space Optical Communications tech demo has completed several key milestones, culminating in sending a signal to Mars' farthest distance from Earth. * * * NASA's Deep Space Optical Communications technology demonstration broke yet another record for laser communications this summer by sending a laser signal from Earth to NASA's Psyche spacecraft about 290 million miles (460 mill  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued the following news: This year, the Northeast Fisheries Science Center hosted 18 students from 12 states and 18 different colleges and universities. Project topic areas ranged from climate change, offshore wind, and microplastics, to fish and fisheries, aquaculture, and protected species. Some projects involved technologies and techniques such as passive acoustics, photography, biodeposition, mass spectrometry, and   more

LIVERMORE, California, Oct. 4 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory issued the following news on Oct. 3, 2024: By Stephanie Turza Gathered in a Laboratory auditorium on Wednesday, Sept. 25, a dozen Livermore postdocs used three minutes and a single slide to answer the question "Why is my research important?" Lab trivia, guest appearances from previous Research SLAM! winners and thematic walk-up music for each of the finalists added to the festive atmosphere   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 -- The Small Business Administration issued the following news release: Today, Administrator Isabel Casillas Guzman, head of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) and the voice in President Biden's Cabinet for America's more than 34 million small businesses, announced the expansion of the SBA's Regional Innovation Cluster (RIC) network with 14 new awards. These awards aim to enhance the reach and impact of the SBA's support for innovative small businesses and entrepren  more

MENLO PARK, California, Oct. 4 (TNSres) -- The SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory issued the following news brief on Oct. 3, 2024: * * * This research advances our understanding of Earth's deep interior and exoplanets, opening new research avenues in Earth and planetary sciences. * * * By Ali Sundermier Researchers at the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory have revealed new details about Earth's core-mantle boundary and similar regions found in exoplanets. The t  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 -- The Smithsonian Institution issued the following news release: * * * Smithsonian Scientists Assembled and Analyzed Sprawling Genetic Database, Finding Some Fungal Crops Later Became Completely Reliant on Ants 27 Million Years Ago * * * When humans began farming crops thousands of years ago, agriculture had already been around for millions of years. In fact, several animal lineages have been growing their own food since long before humans evolved as a species. According  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: Immigration and Customs Enforcement has provided notice of its intent to the GEO Group, Inc. for the Adelanto ICE Processing facility in Adelanto, California, to extend the current task order to December 19, 2024. The extension allows the agency to maintain readiness while planning future use of the facility. The ability for the agency to remove individuals to   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture issued the following news release: MADISON, Wis., Oct. 4, 2024 The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced $11.04 million in funding to support dairy businesses and producers under the Dairy Business Innovation Initiatives (DBI) grant program, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced today at the World Dairy Expo in Madison, Wisconsin. The initiatives support small and mid-sized dairy businesses in the development, produc  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 -- The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs issued the following news release on Oct. 3, 2024: Today, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs' National Cemetery Administration awarded $44,553,338 in grants for the expansion and/or improvement of state Veterans' cemeteries during fiscal year 2024. These grants help deliver timely and accessible burial and memorial services to Veterans. The cemeteries receiving grants include California, Georgia, Maine, Minnesota, Missouri, Mon  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Oct. 4 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center issued the following news on Oct. 3, 2024: On September 18, 2024, the U.S. DOT Project Delivery Center of Excellence kicked off the first of the three-part thought leadership series: Making Good on the Potential of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (https://www.volpe.dot.gov/project-delivery-center-excellence/making-good-potential-bipartisan-infrastructure-law). Remar  more