• AMERICA’S GREAT OUTDOORS: Salazar Announces More Than $20 Million in Grants to Conserve Coastal Wetlands

    WASHINGTON – Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today announced $20.5 million in grants to support 24 projects in 13 states to conserve and restore coastal wetlands and their fish and wildlife habitat. The grants, awarded under the 2012 National Coastal Wetlands Conservation Grant Program, will be matched by nearly $21 million in partner contributions…

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  • CBP Becomes First Federal Agency to Join Disability Hiring Initiative

     Customs and Border Protection today became the first federal agency to enter an alliance agreement with the Department of Labor to advance President Obama’s executive order to increase federal hiring of people with disabilities. Acting Commissioner David V. Aguilar and Assistant Secretary of Labor for Disability Employment Policy Kathleen Martinez signed an agreement to partner…

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  • CBP Launches Human Trafficking Awareness Campaign

    Washington — U.S. Customs and Border Protection today launched two public service announcements as part of the “Don’t Be Fooled” campaign—a public awareness campaign designed to educate citizens and encourage public vigilance to combat human trafficking within local communities, and invite others to join the fight against this form of modern-day slavery. The two public…

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