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The Department of Defense (DoD) announced today a $25.8 million award to Honeywell in Plymouth, Minnesota, to produce or acquire trusted strategic radiation-hardened microelectronics. The Defense Production Act Investment (DPAI) award provides an assured capability of essential DoD components for operation in radiation environments. This effort supports the 2024 National Defense Industrial Strategy to expand domestic production and increase supply chain resilience.

An Indiana man was sentenced today to 17 and a half years in prison for possessing and creating images of child sexual abuse.

On September 6, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the availability of $232 million in grant funding through its Brownfields Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund, and Cleanup (ARC) program. This initiative represents the fourth wave of funding under the Biden-Harris Administration’s Investing in America agenda, aimed at assessing and cleaning up polluted brownfield sites nationwide. The new grants are intended to advance environmental justice and transform once-polluted, vacant properties into community assets while promoting economic revitalization in...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the release of the final "Achieving Health and Environmental Protection Through EPA’s Meaningful Engagement Policy" on September 5, 2024. The updated policy aims to enhance public participation in the agency's programs and regions by ensuring that EPA actions are informed by the experiences of communities and individuals it serves.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced a proposed consent decree to cover the cleanup costs of the Raritan Bay Slag Superfund Site in Old Bridge Township and Sayreville, New Jersey. The settlement, totaling $151.1 million, will be paid by parties identified as potentially responsible for the site contamination, including NL Industries, Inc., its former customers, Old Bridge Township, several federal agencies, and the state.

WESTBY, WI, Sept. 5, 2024 – During a visit to Wisconsin today, President Joe Biden and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack will announce more than $7.3 billion in financing for rural electric cooperatives to build clean energy for rural communities across the country through the Empowering Rural America (New ERA) program. Together, New ERA and other investments in rural clean energy in the President’s Inflation Reduction Act make up the largest investment in rural electrification since President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed the Rural...

The Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT) has joined several civil rights and civil liberties groups in submitting an amicus brief to the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals in the case of Armendariz v. City of Colorado Springs. The case concerns extensive searches conducted on phones and laptops belonging to an individual charged with simple assault during a protest.

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor announced updates on goods and products produced through child or forced labor, the industries where children are exploited, and how governments can combat these abuses.

The United States and the Republic of Korea convened the seventh U.S.-Republic of Korea (ROK) Working Group on September 5-6 to counter cyber threats posed by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK). Led by Deputy Special Representative for the DPRK Seth Bailey and ROK Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director General for Korean Peninsula Policy Lee Jun-il, the meeting underscored the continued close collaboration between the U.S. and ROK governments to disrupt the DPRK’s ability to generate revenue through malicious cyber activity, which it uses to fund its unlawful WMD...

On September 5, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service released an updated version of the AirNow Fire and Smoke Map. This tool aims to provide millions of Americans with enhanced information to protect themselves from wildfire smoke.

The text of the following statement was released by the Governments of the United States of America and Egypt on the occasion of the 2024 U.S.-Egypt Joint Economic Commission.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced that the Fort Independence Indian Community (FIIC) in California will receive a $1,362,172 Climate Pollution Reduction Grant as part of the Biden-Harris Administration’s Investing in America agenda.

In an indictment unsealed today, a grand jury in Maryland charged six computer hackers, all residents and nationals of the Russian Federation, with conspiracy to commit computer intrusion and wire fraud conspiracy. Five of the defendants were officers in Unit 29155 of the Russian Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU), a military intelligence agency. The sixth individual was a civilian already under indictment for conspiracy to commit computer intrusion and is now also charged with wire fraud conspiracy.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has allocated $156 million to the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU) under the Solar for All Program. This initiative aims to develop enduring solar programs benefiting low-income and disadvantaged communities in New Jersey. The funding is part of EPA’s $27 billion Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, established through President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act.

The Center for American Progress (CAP), in collaboration with 25 advocacy organizations, has released a new resource titled "The Need for Paid Safe Leave and Model Legislative Language." This document marks the first product of the safe leave working group, co-chaired by CAP and Futures Without Violence. The initiative aims to highlight the importance of paid safe leave as a vital resource for survivors of various forms of violence, including gender-based violence, family and domestic violence, and sexual violence.

This week, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced the appointment of four new experts to the National Artificial Intelligence Advisory Committee (NAIAC), which advises the President and the White House on a range of issues related to artificial intelligence (AI).

Federal Trade Commission (FTC) staff have submitted a comment urging the Indiana Department of Health to deny an application seeking to merge Union Hospital, Inc. (Union Health) and Terre Haute Regional Hospital, L.P. (THRH).

Special Representative Morgenthau’s Travel to the Kingdom of Tonga

The Department of Defense (DoD) is emphasizing its commitment to suicide prevention and awareness this September through its campaign, "Joining Your Fight: Connect to Protect."

On September 5, 2024, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced the allocation of over $31 million in funding to 12 local governments and tribes through the Communities Sparking Investments in Transformative Energy (C-SITE) initiative. This effort aligns with the Biden-Harris Administration's Investing in America agenda and aims to support high-impact clean energy projects in disadvantaged communities, energy transition communities, and small- and medium-sized jurisdictions.

The U.S. Department of Labor has recovered $54,185 in back wages for 54 workers after an investigation revealed that Teijin Automotive Technologies Inc. failed to issue paychecks between March and August 2023. The Wage and Hour Division found that the company violated overtime and minimum wage provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act.

WASHINGTON – Today, global tech trade association ITI provided recommendations on how the U.S. government can enhance AI safety, risk management, and responsible development in response to the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)’s AI Safety Institute (AISI) consultation titled "Managing Misuse Risk for Dual Use Foundation Models."

NASHVILLE, TN – The U.S. Department of Labor has recovered $31,761 in back wages and damages from a Tennessee operator of assisted living communities that illegally fired one worker for questioning the employer’s pay practices and denied full overtime wages to seven care workers.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has allocated $31.7 million from its FY 2024 budget to support 75 fair housing organizations nationwide through the Fair Housing Initiatives Program (FHIP). These funds are designated for second- and third-year multi-year grantees of the Private Enforcement Initiative (PEI) to continue their fair housing enforcement activities on a national scale.

The Justice Department announced today that Samuel Ogoshi, 24, and Samson Ogoshi, 21, both of Lagos, Nigeria, were each sentenced to 210 months in prison and five years of supervised release for conspiracy to sexually exploit minors. On March 25, 2022, 17-year-old high school student Jordan DeMay of Marquette, Michigan died as a result of this sextortion scheme, which targeted over 100 other victims.