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Federal Reserve System publishes 24 press releases in March
There were 24 press releases published by the Federal Reserve System in March.
Environmental Protection
EPA Administrator Michael Regan: 'We are transforming our nation's infrastructure for the better'
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is seeking technical input on the technologies needed for planned programs to invest $4 billion from the Inflation Reduction Act for port upgrades and zero-emission vehicles to reduce pollution around the nation's ports, schools, and truck routes
Commerce
Raimondo: Well-trained U.S. workforce 'critical to spurring more foreign direct investment'
A joint federal initiative has been launched to develop a network of skilled employees to fill the workforce requirements of foreign firms with new or expanding U.S. operations.
Transportation
Buttigieg: 'Flight cancellations are lower than average'
The U.S. Department of Transportation released its Air Travel Consumer Report for February 2023, revealing cancellation rates have remained low in the first two months of the year.
Agriculture
Vilsack: 'The transition period before attaining organic certification can be cost-prohibitive'
U.S. Department of Agriculture is taking new steps to enhance organic markets and support food producers to make it easier for farmers to enter the organic market.
State
Blinken: 'Staff are working tirelessly to help bring Americans to safety' from Sudan
The United States recently announced the successful evacuation of U.S. citizens, along with locally employed staff and nationals from allied countries, from Sudan to Saudi Arabia amid ongoing violence and unrest in the region.
News
The Evolving Nature of Banking, Bank Culture, and Bank Runs
News Release: It is a pleasure to be with you here today.1 This symposium, focused on building the financial system of the twenty-first century, is very timely. Given the recent banking system stress many are welcoming a fresh look at whether the Dodd-Frank era changes to the financial system and the approach to supervision ...
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On the Assessment of Current Monetary Policy
News Release: Good afternoon, everyone. Thank you to the organizers for inviting me to speak. It is a pleasure to be here. I welcome hearing diverse views on how to best conduct monetary policy, and this conference is certainly providing an invigorating debate on that topic.
Commerce
SEC Chair Gensler: Advisory committee's new members will play important role 'for companies of every size'
SEC has confirmed new members of the Small Business Capital Formation Advisory Committee.
State
Gallagher: 'There is no such thing as a private company in China'
Chairman of the Committee on the Chinese Communist Party Rep. Mike Gallagher, R-Wis., commented on China's updated counter-espionage law.
Interior
Interior Department slates funding for desalination facility in New Mexico
The U.S. Department of the Interior announced in a press release last week funding for the Brackish Groundwater National Desalination Research Facility in Alamogordo, New Mexico.
Justice
Government charges Try2Check with fraud, computer intrustion, money laundering
Denis Gennadievich Kulkov, accused of running Try2Check, a "card-checking" platform used by cybercriminals in the stolen credit card trade, has been charged with access device fraud, computer intrusion, and money laundering.
Transportation
Buttigieg: 'We will see benefits nationwide as goods move more quickly and efficiently'
The U.S. Department of Transportation recently announced its partnership with supply chain companies to launch a new data exchange in order to strengthen the country's supply chains.
Energy
Jenks: Cooper 'will advise one of the nation’s largest sponsors of research in the physical sciences'
Valentino Cooper, a scientist at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has been appointed to the Department of Energy's Basic Energy Sciences Advisory Committee (BESAC).
Commerce
Gensler: Updates to Form PF will 'help protect investors and promote financial stability'
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has adopted amendments to a confidential reporting form for certain SEC-registered investment advisers to private funds.
Homeland
ICE announces record 288 arrests from Operation SpecTor
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced, in a news release this week, that Operation SpecTor led to 288 arrests, a record for a Joint Criminal Opioid and Darknet Enforcement (JCODE) operation and almost twice as many as the previous operation.
Labor
Parton: YouthBuild grants will help ‘meet the demands of employers in high-demand industries’
The U.S. Department of Labor awarded $90 million grants to 68 organizations in 32 states to provide training and employment services.
ITIF sees FTC overreach: 'The FTC is a regulatory agency, not a legislature'
In the third action the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has taken against Facebook, the agency has proposed prohibiting the company from monetizing the data of minors, alleging that Facebook violated its 2020 privacy order. Daniel Castro, vice president of the nonprofit research institute Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF), said the FTC does not have the authority to implement such a ban.
Commerce
SEC OKs amendments to modernize disclosure requirements for equity securities repurchases
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has adopted amendments that modernize the disclosure requirements for issuers' equity securities repurchases, according to a news release.
Energy
Kearns: 'Foundry will spur advances to quantum information science'
The U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory has opened the Argonne Quantum Foundry, an innovative facility aimed at accelerating quantum information science.
Justice
Olsen: 'British American Tobacco and its subsidiary engaged in an elaborate scheme to circumvent U.S. sanctions'
The United States obtained a settlement of $629 million with British American Tobacco and its subsidiary BAT Marketing Singapore to resolve charges of bank fraud and sanctions violations related to the sale of tobacco products to North Korea.
Interior
Sams: 'It was truly inspiring to visit national parks in and around Boston'
Boston is the home of three national parks — National Park Service sites, Boston National Historical Park, Boston African American National Historic Site and Boston Harbor Islands National and State Park.
State
Blinken: U.S. and African Union hope to 'secure unhindered humanitarian access for the Sudanese people'
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke with African Union Commission Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat April 25 to discuss an U.S.-AU collaboration toward ending the fighting in Sudan.
State
Cha: 'Reestablishing those bilateral relationships was quite important'
Participants in the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) panel, “Allies and Geopolitical Competition in the Indo-Pacific Region” on May 4, stressed the participation of allies in the region.
Commerce
McHenry on First Republic collapse: 'Americans should remain confident in the safety of their deposits at U.S. banks'
JPMorgan Chase Bank has entered into an agreement to assume all deposits and substantially all of the assets of First Republic Bank.