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News Release: DALLAS, TEXAS (Oct. 27, 2022) – This week, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), as part of Children’s Environmental Health Month, recognizes Lead Poisoning Prevention Week. To increase awareness of childhood lead poisoning, Regional Administrator Earthea Nance and staff from EPA Region 6 spoke with children and families at the Wesley Rankin Community Center in Dallas, Texas. The event was held in partnership with the city of Dallas Environmental Commission.

News Release: FOREIGN MINISTER JOLY: Hello, everyone. Bonjour, tout le monde.

News Release: FOSTORIA, OH - An Ohio vinyl tile manufacturer faces $1,232,705 in proposed penalties after U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration inspectors responded when a worker suffered severe injuries as a result of being caught in a machine on April 28, 2022.

News Release: The Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) and the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) have joined forces to implement a new internet standard, called Decentralized Identifiers (DiD). Let’s explain what this means and why it matters.

Release: FOREIGN MINISTER JOLY: Hello, everyone. Bonjour, tout le monde.

News Release: DAVENPORT, IA - Eight people from Burlington have now been sentenced to federal prison for their role in conspiring to distribute drugs in the Burlington area. The conspiracy started by at least Dec. 1, 2019, and continued until Nov. 2, 2021. Those sentenced as part of this drug conspiracy include.

News Release: PITTSBURGH - The part-owner and operator of a Pittsburgh-area assisted living provider has paid more than $1 million in back wages and liquidated damages to 47 workers after a U.S. Department of Labor investigation found their pay practices denied the workers their rightfully earned wages.

News Release: A Maine doctor was arrested today in Kennebunk on criminal charges related to her alleged illegal distribution of opioids and other controlled substances.

News Release: DOE is also launching the Energy Champions Leading the Advancement of Sustainable Schools Prize (Energy CLASS Prize). In response to overwhelming stakeholder feedback that many school districts lack the bandwidth and knowledge to find and fund projects, this prize facilitates capacity-building within local educational agencies (LEAs) to identify and implement health and energy improvements, especially in disadvantaged school districts.

News Release: ATLANTA - A federal court judge has ordered TPP Holdings Inc., an Atlanta architecture and interior design firm operating as The Preston Partnership, LLC, and its CEO, Robert N. Preston, to restore $540,658 to TPP’s employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) following an investigation and litigation by the U.S. Department of Labor.

News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Representative Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY), Chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, departed on a bipartisan congressional delegation to Palau, Papua New Guinea, and Australia to bolster engagement and partnership in the region.

Release: New Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Grant Program and Prize Competition for Public School Energy Improvements Will Save Schools Money and Enhance Learning Environments

News Release: FARMINGTON, N.M. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is announcing an upcoming 2-day session for the Northern New Mexico Resource Advisory Council (RAC). The session will include a field tour on December 1 from 9 a.m. - 4 p.m., and an in-person meeting with a virtual participation option on December 2 from 8 a.m.- 4 p.m. The field tour and meeting are open to the public.

News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A New Jersey resident has been sentenced in federal court to 18 months on his conviction of fraud conspiracy, plus three years supervised release, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.

News Release: MS COLLINS: Secretary, so just this morning, Putin is overseeing some annual nuclear drills with Russian forces. How concerned are you that Russia could use a dirty bomb and blame it on Ukraine – blame it on Ukraine? SECRETARY BLINKEN: We’re concerned about two things. We’re of course concerned about ...

News Release: NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that on Oct. 21, 2022, ALEXIS VIERA, 34, of New Haven, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to 30 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for distributing crack cocaine.

News Release: Assistant U. S. Attorney Seth Askins (619) 546-6692.

News Release: Houston, TX - House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul released the following statement in response to news that U.S.-trained Afghan commandos are being recruited by the Russian Private Military Company, the Wagner Group, to fight in Russia’s unjustified war of aggression against...

News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Subcommittee on Health Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY), and Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Republican Leader Morgan Griffith (R-VA) today sent the following letter to Boston University...

News Release: WASHINGTON (Oct. 26, 2022) — Today, the Biden-Harris Administration announced the Fiscal Year 2022 recipients of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Clean School Bus Program rebate competition, awarding nearly $2 million from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to 3 school districts ...

Release: The United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has developed a publicly available dashboard that displays the results from nation-wide avian influenza virus (AIV) monitoring in wild bird populations.Wild bird samples are routinely collected by ...

News Release: Acting United States Attorney Steven Russell announced that Armando Daniels, 33, of New York, was sentenced in federal court today in Omaha, Nebraska, for transporting a minor with the intent to engage in criminal sexual activity. United States District Judge Brian C. Buescher sentenced Daniels to 10 years of imprisonment. There is no parole in the federal system. After completing his term of imprisonment, Daniels will begin a 5-year term of supervised release.

News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Subcommittee on Health Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY), and Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Republican Leader Morgan Griffith (R-VA) today sent the following letter to Boston University...

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is announcing an upcoming 2-day session for the Northern New Mexico Resource Advisory Council (RAC).

Notice of Intent to issue Funding Opportunity Announcement No. DE-FOA-0002788 entitled Buildings Energy Efficiency Frontiers & Innovation Technologies (BENEFIT) - 2022 grant opened on Oct. 27.