By Bob Pepalis | Apr 24, 2022
The Global Cross-Border Privacy Rules Forum will build on shared data privacy rules and facilitate trade and international data flows.
By Bob Pepalis | Apr 23, 2022
The U.S. Department of Commerce said it welcomed the announcement by Vice President Kamala Harris not to conduct destructive, direct-ascent anti-satellite (ASAT) missile tests.
By Bob Pepalis | Apr 22, 2022
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reported 2021 was the second year in a row in which a record increase in methane in the atmosphere was observed.
By Bob Pepalis | Apr 22, 2022
A Pennsylvania nursing home has been ordered by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania to pay more than $1.1 million in back wages and damages to 193 employees.
By Bob Pepalis | Apr 21, 2022
U.S. Department of Labor Secretary Marty Walsh spoke about the efforts made by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to protect employees from heat-related threats during a tour of an Alabama water utility company last week.
By Bob Pepalis | Apr 21, 2022
The inaugural board of the Marine Debris Foundation will join the fight to keep oceans and the Great Lakes free of marine debris.
By Bob Pepalis | Apr 21, 2022
The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Arms Control, Verification and Compliance is following an international investigation into the unconfirmed report of chemical weapons deployed in Mariupol.
By Bob Pepalis | Apr 20, 2022
The University of Alabama was picked by the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration as the host of a new cooperative institute to improve water analysis and flooding forecasts.
By Bob Pepalis | Apr 20, 2022
Three San Diego-area businesses must pay nearly $2 million combined in back wages to 108 workers.
By Bob Pepalis | Apr 20, 2022
The U.S. Department of State released its Equity Action Plan in response to President Joe Biden’s mandate to build equity in the executive branch, from programming to decision-making.
By Bob Pepalis | Apr 19, 2022
Uyghur Christian Ovalbek Turdakun described on April 13 how the Chinese government treated him after being abducted from his home one February morning, taking him to what the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) called a training center but he said was a concentration camp.
By Bob Pepalis | Apr 19, 2022
China announced April 19 it has reached and signed an agreement with the Solomon Islands, according to Reuters, which will add to the “historic challenge” for the Indo-Pacific Strategy of the United States.
By Bob Pepalis | Apr 19, 2022
Actions taken by the U.S. Department of Commerce and the Biden administration, through coordination with U.S. allies around the world, have ensured Russia and its enablers pay for their actions, Deputy Commerce Secretary Don Graves said.
By Bob Pepalis | Apr 19, 2022
A Bayville, New Jersey commercial landscaping company must pay $181,670 in back wages and a little more than $38,000 in civil penalties for failing to pay 47 temporary workers prevailing wages or overtime.
By Bob Pepalis | Apr 18, 2022
A U.S. Department of Commerce official thanked members of the Trade Finance Advisory Council for their work and updated them on progress the DOC has made in implementing the council's recommendations at a council meeting earlier this month.
By Bob Pepalis | Apr 18, 2022
The U.S. Department of State is reexamining how COVID-19 concerns factor into how it determines Travel Advisory (TA) levels it issues for U.S. citizens traveling abroad
By Bob Pepalis | Apr 18, 2022
Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh highlighted the department’s efforts to protect workers from heat-related workplace hazards during a tour of a treatment facility operated by the Spanish Fort Water System, an Alabama water utility company.
By Bob Pepalis | Apr 17, 2022
Evidence has been uncovered that indicates Russia's campaign of misinformation about its war in Ukraine started before its illegal invasion of the sovereign country on Feb. 24.
By Bob Pepalis | Apr 17, 2022
The U.S. Department of State is offering rewards of up to $5 million for information that leads to the arrests and/or convictions of three members of an Irish organized-crime family,
By Bob Pepalis | Apr 17, 2022
U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration launched a program to help protect millions of workers from heat illness and injuries.
