By Emily Bevard | Jan 6, 2022
The U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Office of Justice Programs (OJP) has provided $87 million in grants to programs that combat human trafficking, conduct research on its origins and provide support to victims.
By Emily Bevard | Jan 5, 2022
The Biden administration's vaccine mandate on private employers will be front and center at the Supreme Court on Friday when justices will hear arguments on an application to stay the mandate pending court action on the merits.
By Emily Bevard | Jan 5, 2022
Criminals relegated to home confinement during the COVID-19 pandemic will not return to prison, Merrick Garland and the U.S Department of Justice (DOJ) announced in a Reuter’s report last week.
By Emily Bevard | Dec 29, 2021
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is taking over various border barrier projects that were previously run by the Department of Defense.
By Emily Bevard | Dec 29, 2021
In light of the severe weather and tornadoes impacting communities throughout the South and Midwest in December, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is assuring noncitizens that seeking help will not lead to arrest or deportation.
By Emily Bevard | Dec 29, 2021
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is conducting a nationwide monitoring effort to better understand the extent of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in drinking water while addressing public health and environmental risks.
By Emily Bevard | Dec 29, 2021
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will use $1 billion from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law towards 49 previously unfunded Superfund sites on the National Priorities List and accelerate the cleanup at dozens of sites contaminated by hazardous waste nationwide.
By Emily Bevard | Dec 29, 2021
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Department of Labor will supplement the H-2B cap with 20,000 additional temporary nonagricultural worker visas for fiscal year 2022.
By Emily Bevard | Dec 28, 2021
The Biden Administration is providing $1.5 billion in funding to states and schools through the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to help meal program operators push through COVID-19 related supply chain shortages while providing students with nutritious food.
By Emily Bevard | Dec 28, 2021
President Joe Biden intends to appoint nine U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) regional positions, including four Farm Service Agency (FSA) and five Rural Development (RD) state directors.
By Emily Bevard | Dec 28, 2021
In a show of bipartisan support for officially condemning forced labor in the Xinjiang region of China, the U. S Senate confirmed three nominees to diplomatic positions considered vital to enforcing the crackdown on the Chinese government.
By Emily Bevard | Dec 27, 2021
A Fortune 500 manufacturer based in Pennsylvania has recently settled with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for allegedly violating the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) and Emergency Planning Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA).
By Emily Bevard | Dec 27, 2021
The U.S. Department of Agriculture wants to develop new partnerships and increase voluntary conservation efforts with the agriculture industry and private landowners, by investing in additional staff and loosening the rules of a matching-funds requirement.
By Emily Bevard | Dec 20, 2021
Secretary of State Antony Blinken has issued a statement commending the European Union’s (EU) sanctions against the Russian-paramilitary Wagner Group and its affiliates earlier this week.
By Emily Bevard | Dec 20, 2021
The U.S. Department of the Interior’s U.S. Geological Survey and the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM) will partner to assess global, regional and national resources for geologic carbon storage
By Emily Bevard | Dec 18, 2021
Tampa resident and pharmacy owner, 44-year-old Peter Bolos, has been convicted for his role in a $174 million telemedicine scheme.
By Emily Bevard | Dec 18, 2021
Funding from the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Office of Insular Affairs (OIA) is set to continue support for gross domestic product (GDP) data collection and statistical analysis for U.S. territories.
By Emily Bevard | Dec 18, 2021
The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) conducted an unannounced oil spill response exercise in the Gulf Of Mexico Dec. 1, aiming to ensure oil and gas companies may quickly respond to offshore oil spills should the occasion arise.
By Emily Bevard | Dec 16, 2021
The Senate confirmed Chris Magnus as the next U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) commissioner Dec. 7, following a close vote.
By Emily Bevard | Dec 15, 2021
Though secretarial calendars have been previously provided to the American people to promote government transparency, Department of the Interior Secretary Deb Haaland has provided only 55 entries spanning 11 days on her public calendar on the DOI website.
