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Assistant Secretary Medina’s Remarks for U.S. Center Panel “Fragility, Conflict, and Climate Change: A New Strategy to Build Sustained Peace”

Global Fertilizer Challenge Raises $135 million for Fertilizer Efficiency and Soil Health Measures to Combat Food Insecurity

U.S. Government and Foundations Announce New Public-Private Effort to Unlock Finance to Accelerate the Energy Transition

Administrator Samantha Power Announces 22 New Solar-Powered Projects In Lebanon

The U.S. Government’s Global Cyber Initiatives FPC BRIEFING

News Release: - The U.S. Census Bureau today released new data tables from the 2021 Service Annual Survey (SAS). The SAS table package provides statistics on revenue, payroll, sources of revenue, expenses, exports, inventory, revenue from electronic sources and other selected industry-specific data for service industries.

News Release: New Orleans, LA - The U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) New Orleans Task Force (USMS Eastern District of Louisiana) sponsored its annual Operation Boo Dat 2019 from October 20 to Nov. 09, 2019. The partnership between USMS, Crimestoppers GNO, Louisiana State Police (LSP), Louisiana Probation and Parole...

News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced a voluntary compliance agreement under Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA") with New York University (“NYU" or the “University") to increase the accessibility of NYU’s student housing facilities for individuals with disabilities. The agreement covers all of NYU’s student housing facilities in the New York metropolitan area.

News Release: WASHINGTON - The Office of Justice Programs (OJP)’s Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) and the National Institute of Corrections (NIC) announced today a grant award of almost $2 million to establish the Department of Justice Jails and Justice Support Center to help create and maintain safe environments for people in the custody of the nation’s jails and those who work in jail facilities.

News Release: Essex Junction, VT - The U.S. Marshals Service arrested a fugitive who has been actively evading apprehension.

The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Nov. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Jason David Willis, 50, of Gasport, NY, who was convicted of receipt of child pornography following a prior conviction, was sentenced to serve 15 years in prison by Senior U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny.

News Release: ST. GEORGE, Utah- Each year hundreds of people enjoy finding unique, naturally grown Christmas and holiday trees on public lands. The Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Arizona Strip Field Office and agency partners have begun selling non-commercial permits in-person and online. To obtain a tree permit...

News Release: COLUMBUS, OH - When federal workplace safety inspectors opened an investigation at a Dollar General store in Columbus, they discovered violations that were all-too-familiar and the kind that has led to more than $15 million in proposed penalties since 2017 for one of the nation’s largest discount retailers.

News Release: Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Health, Employment, Labor and Pensions Subcommittee Republican Leader Rick Allen (R-GA) released the following statement after President Biden’s Department of Labor (DOL) released a final rule allowing retirement plan managers to consider environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) factors when making investment decisions and exercising shareholder rights...

U.S. Deputy Secretary of Labor Julie Su used her recent visit to a southern California training academy to point out the value of apprenticeships for workers, especially women of color.

A national operation to apprehended “unlawfully present individuals” who previously were convicted sex offenders resulted in the arrest of 21 noncitizens.

A company in Walnut Creek, Calif., that reduces waste sent to landfills through digitalization and streamlining of waste data collection and maintenance processes for waste management professionals has received a $400,000 contract from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to expand its work.

The U.S. Department of Energy announced Diablo Canyon Power Plant will receive the first round of funding from the Civil Nuclear Credit Program.

News Release: BROADVIEW, IL ‒ Federal safety investigators found a Schaumburg excavating contractor has again failed to follow federally mandated safety measures to protect workers from potentially deadly trenches cave-ins.

News Release: WASHINGTON - Deputy Undersecretary of Labor for International Affairs Thea Lee visited Vietnam from Nov. 15 through 17, 2022, to resume a dialogue on labor issues that began in 2002.

News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor today announced a final rule that allows plan fiduciaries to consider climate change and other environmental, social and governance factors when they select retirement investments and exercise shareholder rights, such as proxy voting.

News Release: - The U.S. Census Bureau today released a brief on health insurance coverage and the rate of uninsured in the United States by race and Hispanic origin. The brief uses 2021 American Community Survey (ACS) 1-year estimates to describe how health care coverage - whether people have health insurance as well as the type of coverage they hold - varies across groups.

News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A New Jersey man was sentenced to 57 months in prison for threatening to assault and murder federal law enforcement officers, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today.

F23AS00100 Refuges Enhancement/Infrastructure grant opened on Nov. 23.