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Posted by Caree Jackson Cotwright, PhD, RDN, Director of Nutrition Security and Health Equity, USDA Food and Nutrition Service in…

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WASHINGTON D.C., March 12, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Spring Holidays are a Treat, Don't Let Bacteria Ruin Your Feast WASHINGTON, March 12, 2024 — It’s a special time of year, where friends and family from coast to coast will gather…

Posted by Carrie Knight, Public Affairs Specialist, USDA Office of Partnerships and Public Engagement in…

3 min read Every once in a while, what happens inside an animal experimentation laboratory is so beyond the pale that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) takes the rare step of imposing a fine for animal welfare violations.…

INDIANAPOLIS, IN, Feb. 21, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Organization for Competitive Markets (OCM) and Competitive Markets Action (CMA), recently announced the recipients of their 2023 Congressional Awards and honored U.S. Rep.…

CHARLESTON, SC, Feb. 21, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Organization for Competitive Markets (OCM) and Competitive Markets Action (CMA), recently announced the recipients of their 2023 Congressional Awards and honored U.S. Rep. Nancy…

What GAO Found The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) ReConnect program was established by statute and awards grants and loans to provide broadband service in rural areas. In 2019 and 2020, USDA conducted two rounds of…

Posted by Carrie Knight, Public Affairs Specialist, USDA Office of Partnerships and Public Engagement in…

PATCHOGUE, NY, Feb. 22, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Organization for Competitive Markets (OCM) and Competitive Markets Action (CMA), recently announced the recipients of their 2023 Congressional Awards and honored U.S. Rep. Andrew…

LAS VEGAS, NV, Feb. 22, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Organization for Competitive Markets (OCM) and Competitive Markets Action (CMA), recently announced the recipients of their 2023 Congressional Awards and honored U.S. Rep. Dina…

Posted by Fatima Terry, Acting Executive Director of the USDA Digital Service in…

WASHINGTON D.C., Feb. 12, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --                                                                         Recall Release CLASS I RECALLHEALTH RISK: HIGH Congressional and Public Affairs Kenneth King…

Posted by Zane Evans, Public Affairs Specialist, USDA Foreign Agricultural Service in…

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The USDA issued a press release today celebrating the 10-year anniversary of the founding of the USDA Climate Hubs. I have worked with our Southeast Regional Climate Hub in Raleigh for most of that time, and they are a great resource…

Posted by Krissy Young, Senior Public Affairs Specialist, USDA Foreign Agricultural Service in…

WASHINGTON, Feb. 01, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Breakthrough Institute endorses the Improving Coordination of Agriculture Research and Data Act, introduced this week by Congresswoman Julia Brownley (D-CA), along with Congresswoman…

Posted by Carrie Knight, Public Affairs Specialist, USDA Office of Partnerships and Public Engagement in…

Posted by Carrie Knight, Public Affairs Specialist, Office of Partnerships and Public Engagement in…

Posted by Tony Craddock, Jr., Public Affairs Specialist, USDA Food and Nutrition Service in…

Posted by Carrie Knight, Public Affairs Specialist, USDA Office of Partnerships and Public Engagement in…

Maryland Department of Agriculture in Partnership with USDA Announces Resilient Food Systems Infrastructure Program Grant Opportunities January 8, 2024 ANNAPOLIS, MD (January 8, 2024)–…

Guest post by Ellen Langhans, healthfinder.gov Program Manager in the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion at the Department of Health and Human Services, with contribution from Tim Hudak, Web Analytics Specialist in…

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In 25 years, imagine a world where anytime, anywhere, any device is just taken for granted. That’s the theme from the responses we got from our MobileGov Community of Practice members when we asked them to predict the effect…

Smartphones, tablets, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, not to mention your agency’s desktop website, are all clamoring for information, but sliced and diced in different ways. How can you make your content adaptive for efficient…

APIs and User Experience go together like gummi bears and ice cream. An API is a product just like a car, a website or a ballpoint pen. It’s designed to help someone do something. Products are either designed well—they meet…

As highlighted in this Trends on Tuesday post, time spent on mobile phones—about 3 hours per day—has surpassed that of daily PC usage. This yields a significant opportunity for consumer interaction with federal agencies’ mobile apps, not…

Mobile devices are moving closer to the center of the social universe, according to this Sproutsocial article. Platforms like Instagram, Pinterest and Twitter are overwhelmingly used on the go. Comscore predicts that there will be…

Posted by Carrie Knight, Public Affairs Specialist, Office of Partnerships and Public Engagement in…

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Posted by Stephanie Ho, USDA Office of Communications in…

Posted by Dr. Lisa Ramírez, Director of the USDA Office of Partnerships and Public Engagement in…

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Want to know where the food you’re eating was produced? Here’s a handy trick before you head out to the grocery store: Download the Meat, Poultry & Egg Product Inspection Directory (MPI Directory) app produced by the U.S.…

Violka08, iStock, Thinkstock On September 6, 2013 at 11:27 p.m., EDT., viewers tuned in through the Internet to watch NASA launch its Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) spacecraft. As viewers logged onto the…

Data.gov has 130,000+ datasets (as of November 3, 2014) many of which are designed for application developers. In previous columns, I’ve showcased some of the great applications built using federal APIs. Have you wondered where the…

Every year, the Bureau of Justice Statistics surveys nearly 80,000 households and over 143,000 individuals about crime victimization. What is unique about this survey is that both reported and unreported crimes data is collected.…

Are you like me? Do you consistently eat too much on Thanksgiving to avoid invasive family conversations that have a high probability of 1) turning awkward and 2) forcing you to abandon a sworn blood oath to never again reveal…

When it comes to implementing a social media strategy, determining how to measure success can be challenging. Yes, knowing how many followers and likes you have is beneficial. However, to really get valuable results from the trove…

The Peace Corps just released a new dataset that lists all of the countries and regions Peace Corps volunteers serve. The API is RESTful and uses the JSON format. You have read in earlier columns about the different data formats…

We are in the middle of the holidays, and that means much driving to visit friends and relatives. I was just in Kentucky this past weekend where I spent a total of eight hours driving. I am sure many of you will spend even more time…

Recently, a reader pointed out that some of the APIs I write about are not really APIs but just datasets. Technically that is true but it only takes some development effort to turn a into an API. That is why I also highlight…