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McCaul Oversight Request Examines Effectiveness of New BIS Rules in Protecting Critical Technology From CCP
News Release: Austin, TX - House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul released the following statement on a letter he sent to Secretary of Commerce Raimondo requesting licensing data from the Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) on the recently issued rules on advanced...
Environmental Protection
ICYMI: EPA Administrator Regan, Congressman Pat Ryan visit Ulster County, New York, Highlight Expedited Removal of Asbestos Contamination Under the Superfund Program
News Release: NEW YORK – In case you missed it, EPA Administrator Michael S. Regan and Congressman Pat Ryan (NY-19), traveled to Ulster County, New York on Friday to see firsthand the expedited removal of asbestos contamination under EPA’s Superfund program, as well as highlight the economic benefits being delivered thanks to the public-private partnership between federal, state, and local officials.
Labor
Profit Over People: Alarming trend continues at Dollar General stores where seven Southeast inspections again find willful violations
News Release: ATLANTA - Less than one month after the U.S. Department of Labor cited Dollar General Corp. and Dolgencorp LLC with more than $1.6 million in penalties for putting its workers’ safety at risk, federal inspectors have issued citations for similar violations at store locations in Alabama, Florida and Georgia, and added $2,777,640 in proposed penalties now owed by one of the nation’s largest discount retailers.
Justice
USDOJ-BOP-NIC offers new grant application process starting Nov. 2
Public Information Officers and Communication Directors Master Trainer Pilot grant opened on Nov. 2.
Justice
New Haven Man Sentenced to 12 Years in Federal Prison for Role in Cocaine Trafficking Ring
News Release: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JOSE RODRIGUEZ-CARABALLO, also known as “Puma," 33, of New Haven, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer in New Haven to 144 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for cocaine trafficking offenses.
State
Posobiec: 'Emperor Xi just had his predecessor Hu Jintao hauled out of the CCP summit on live TV'
A former member of the Office of Naval Intelligence shared a video showing the former president of China being removed from the 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party.
Environmental Protection
EPA Announces 2022 Safer Choice Partner of the Year Award Winners; New Jersey and New York Winners Highlighted
News Release: NEW YORK (Nov. 1, 2022) – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is recognizing 26 Safer Choice Partner of the Year award winners across 14 states and the District of Columbia for achievement in the design, manufacture, selection, and use of products with safer chemicals. In EPA Region ...
State
DOS-MDA offers new grant application process starting Nov. 2
Alumni Engagement Program grant opened on Nov. 2.
Environmental Protection
EPA $18.5 Million Rebate Will Put Clean School Buses on the Streets of New York City
News Release: NEW YORK - The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) is transforming how New York City children get to school, accelerating the transition to zero-emission vehicles, and producing cleaner air for our communities. That is the message delivered today by EPA Deputy Regional Administrator Walter Mugdan, Mayor ...
Justice
New Haven Man Sentenced to Prison for Crack Cocaine Distribution and Ammunition Possession Offenses
News Release: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that BRIAN WARD, 30, of New Haven, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Alvin W. Thompson in Hartford to 37 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for narcotics distribution and ammunition possession offenses.
Transportation
Agency Information Collection Activities: Request for Comments for a New Information Collection discussed on Nov. 1 by Transportation Department
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Nov. 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
Homeland
Lamborn: National Defense Strategy ‘leaves an unclear picture’ of US’ defense
U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn (R-CO) said he will demand that the Biden administration “fully fund” priorities outlined in the unclassified National Defense Strategy, Nuclear Posture Review and Missile Defense Review recently released.
Transportation
Pureval: Cincinnati viaduct 'project is going to change the face of our city for a generation'
The $127 million federal INFRA grant announced for Cincinnati's Western Hills Viaduct will get traffic moving more smoothly through the area.
Interior
Doorman: 'We look forward to receiving public input' on Nevada communication tower
Bureau of Land Management's Las Vegas field office is looking forward to public input about the draft environmental assessment for a proposed communication tower along State Route 163 in Nevada.
Justice
Diaz: Seattle police 'made getting firearms and illegal narcotics off our streets a top priority'
Eleven people were arrested in Washington and California in connection with cartel-connected drug trafficking schemes from Mexico across the border and up I-5 to the Pacific Northwest.
Justice
Garland on charges against Chinese agents: 'The Justice Department will not tolerate attempts by any foreign power to undermine the Rule of Law'
Charges against Chinese agents in a "multi-year campaign of harassment" to bully a Chinese national into returning to China demonstrates the communist country's determination to undermine the United States' judicial system, U.S. Attorney General Merrick B. Garland said in a news release
Homeland
FEMA Welcomes New National Advisory Council Members
News Release: WASHINGTON -- FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell announced today the appointment of 16 new members and 3 returning members to the agency's National Advisory Council.
Labor
Jensen: Ohio tile company 'continues to put profit before safety'
An Ohio vinyl tile manufacturer faces $1,232,705 in potential fines after inspectors from the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration were called after a worker was severely hurt after becoming entangled in a machine April 28.
State
Briefing on the Secretary’s Upcoming Travel to Germany
News Release: MR PATEL: Hey, everybody. Good afternoon and thanks so much for joining this press briefing, previewing Secretary Blinken’s travels to Munster, Germany for the G7 Foreign Ministers meeting. This call is on the record; and joining us today we have Acting Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Nerissa Cook ...
Environmental Protection
Waterhouse: EPA National Lead Strategy aimed at 'substantially reducing childhood lead exposure'
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency presented its historic National Lead Strategy at a ceremony in Omaha to renew a cooperative agreement with the Douglas County Health Department.
Transportation
Carper, Coons, Blunt Rochester Announce Federal Grant to Support Cleaner School Buses
News Release: WILMINGTON, Del. - The Delaware Department of Education (DDOE) has been awarded an $809,000 federal grant to purchase one propane and three electric school buses for the Colonial School District through the federal Clean School Bus Rebate Program. Nationally, these awards are part of the first $1 billion ...
Homeland
FEMA Disaster Recovery Center in St. Louis Closes November 7
News Release: The Disaster Recovery Center (DRC) at Ranken Technical College in St. Louis will close on Monday, November 7 at 5 p.m. November 7 is also the application deadline for federal assistance for individuals in St. Louis, St. Louis County and St. Charles County directly affected by the July 25-28 storms and flooding.
Homeland
Mayorkas: 'New Cybersecurity Performance Goals will help organizations decide how to leverage their cybersecurity investments'
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security recently published the Cybersecurity Performance Goals, which are voluntary guidelines that provide the highest-priority baseline security precautions owners of critical infrastructure can adopt.
State
Briefing on the Secretary’s Upcoming Travel to Germany
Release: MR PATEL: Hey, everybody. Good afternoon and thanks so much for joining this press briefing, previewing Secretary Blinken’s travels to Munster, Germany for the G7 Foreign Ministers meeting. This call is on the record; and joining us today we have Acting Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Nerissa Cook ...
Environmental Protection
Environmental Protection Agency discusses Approval of Air Quality Implementation Plans; New York; Gasoline Dispensing Stage I, Stage II, and Transport Vehicles on Nov. 1
The US Environmental Protection Agency published a six page proposed rule on Nov. 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.