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West Wing Week: 10/26/12 or "The Difference One Person Can Make"
Posted by on October 26, 2012 at 12:00 AM EDTWelcome to the West Wing Week, your guide to everything that's happening at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
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Inaugural Splash for High-Tech Research Ship Built with Recovery Act Help
Posted by on October 23, 2012 at 5:43 PM EDTThe research ship, called Sikuliaq, which means “young sea ice” in the language of northern Alaska’s Inupiat people, is bound for ice-breaking adventures in the Arctic. Video courtesy of Val Ihde and the University of Alaska, Fairbanks.
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Celebrating National Wildlife Refuge Week
Posted by on October 17, 2012 at 4:25 PM EDTCheck out the special events that allow the public to enjoy National Wildlife Refuge Week at all 560 national wildlife refuges.
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Improving Education for American Indians and Alaska Natives
Posted by on October 5, 2012 at 5:13 PM EDTThe Obama Administration announces nearly $2 million in competitive grants to Tribal Education Agencies under the State-Tribal Education Partnership program.
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USTA Launches PSA to Highlight Efforts to Use Tennis to Support Military Families
Posted by on August 30, 2012 at 12:04 PM EDTThe United States Tennis Association has introduced tennis to more than 100,000 military service members and their families, introducing them to the physical and psychological health benefits of the game.
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Healthy Food for Kids Is a Matter of National Security
Posted by on August 6, 2012 at 12:28 PM EDTThe Army operates child development programs in over fifty percent of the states and several foreign countries, literally around the globe. Ensuring children receive healthy meals and snacks has always been a challenge. The idea started after visiting several installation Army child development programs and seeing first-hand the types of food children were being served – both in quantity and quality.
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Helping Communities Diversify Their Energy Sources
Posted by on August 3, 2012 at 9:40 AM EDTThe Deputy Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment at the U.S. Department of Agriculture discusses how biomass energy projects can restore forests, create jobs, and save money.
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Celebrating the Two-Year Anniversary of the Tribal Law and Order Act
Posted by on August 1, 2012 at 6:21 PM EDTThis week marks the two-year anniversary of the enactment of the Tribal Law and Order Act, and as implementation of the law continues, the Act is already improving the Federal Government’s ability to work with Indian tribes in the investigation and prosecution of crime impacting tribal communities.
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The Social Innovation Fund Adds Four New Intermediaries to its Portfolio
Posted by on July 31, 2012 at 3:13 PM EDTThe SIF is elevating proven community solutions, helping build scale through philanthropic leverage and evaluation of results to fund programs that work.
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National Minority Mental Health Month
Posted by on July 25, 2012 at 3:32 PM EDT
