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25 Jun 2020
WASHINGTON, June 25, 2020 – Today, the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) forged a new partnership with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) by signing the National Programmatic Agreement among the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development Programs, National Conference of State Historic Preservation Officers and the Advisory Council ...
25 Jun 2020
WASHINGTON, June 25, 2020 – The Trump Administration today announced that the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing more than $12.5 million to provide broadband service in unserved and underserved rural areas in Georgia. This investment is part of the $100 million in grant funding made available for the ReConnect Pilot Program...
24 Jun 2020
WASHINGTON, D.C., June 24, 2020 - Today, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue and FDA Commissioner Stephen M. Hahn, M.D., issued the following statement regarding food export restrictions pertaining to COVID-19:
24 Jun 2020
WASHINGTON, June 24, 2020 – The Trump Administration today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing $86 million in rural broadband service (PDF, 110 KB) for 17,000 people and businesses in eight states.
23 Jun 2020
(Washington, D.C., June 23, 2020) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced approval of a request from Kansas to provide online purchasing of food to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) households. This approval will allow Kansas to expedite the implementation of online purchasing with currently authorized SNAP onlin...