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Davidson: 'Everyone in America deserves strong privacy protections'

The National Telecommunications and Information Administration is seeking comments from the public on the adverse effects of data practices of commercial companies on marginalized or underserved communities.

EPA Announces Most Energy-Efficient Manufacturing Plants in Florida

News Release: Tallahassee, Fla. (Feb. 28, 2023) – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing that two U.S. manufacturing plants earned the agency’s 2022 ENERGY STAR certification in Florida, a designation reserved for manufacturing plants in the top 25% of energy efficiency in their sector. ...

USDOJ-OJP-OVC offers new grant application process starting March 1

OVC FY 2023 Building Capacity of National Crisis Hotlines grant opened on March 1.

Airworthiness Directives; Dassault Aviation Airplanes discussed on Feb. 28 by Transportation Department

The US Transportation Department published a three page rule on Feb. 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

BJS Releases Employment of State and Federal Prisoners Prior to Incarceration, 2016

News Release: The Bureau of Justice Statistics, a division of the Department of Justice’s Office of Justice Programs, today released Employment of State and Federal Prisoners Prior to Incarceration, 2016.

Country Reports on Terrorism 2021: Bangladesh

Release: Bangladesh. Overview: In 2021, incidents causing injury and death derived from hate-based communal protests and political differences occurred, with some violent extremist group involvement. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina reemphasized Bangladesh’s zero-tolerance policy on terrorism. Terrorist groups increased...

Country Reports on Terrorism 2021: Uzbekistan

Release: Uzbekistan. Overview: The Taliban takeover of Kabul heightened the Government of Uzbekistan’s concerns about the potential spillover of terrorism from Afghanistan and its Central Asian neighbors, particularly by ISIS-Khorasan Province, as well as Islamic Jihad Union, Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, Katibat...

Notice of Request To Renew an Approved Information Collection: Sanitation SOPs and Pathogen Reduction/HACCP discussed on Feb. 28 by Agriculture Department

The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on Feb. 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

EPA Announces Most Energy-Efficient Manufacturing Plants of 2022

News Release: WASHINGTON — Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing that 86 U.S. manufacturing plants earned the agency’s ENERGY STAR certification in 2022, a designation reserved for manufacturing plants in the top 25% of energy efficiency in their sector. Together, these plants saved over ...

Man Sentenced to More than 5 Years in Federal Prison for Supplying Heroin to Waterbury Drug Ring

News Release: WATERBURY, Conn. - Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JESUS NIEVES, also known as “Pop," 39, formerly of Waterbury, Connecticut, and Springfield, Massachusetts, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford to 63 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for supplying heroin to a member of a Waterbury-area drug trafficking ring.

Country Reports on Terrorism 2021: India

Release: India. Overview: In 2021, terrorism affected the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K), the northeastern states, and parts of central India. Terrorist groups active in India include Lashkar-e-Tayyiba, Jaish-e-Mohammed, Hizbul Mujahideen, ISIS, al-Qa’ida, Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen, and Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen...

EPA Announces $21M in Research Grant Funding to Investigate Cumulative Health Impacts of Climate Change on Underserved Communities

News Release: NEW YORK - Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced $21,410,211 in grant funding to 16 institutions for community-based research to examine how climate change may compound adverse environmental conditions and stressors for vulnerable populations in underserved communities. EPA Region 2 has three organizations slated to receive $4 million in grant funding from this total.

Agency Information Collection Activities; Oil and Gas Leasing: National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska discussed on Feb. 28 by Interior Department

The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Feb. 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

Federal Reserve System discusses Agency Information Collection Activities: Announcement of Board Approval Under Delegated Authority and Submission to OMB on Feb. 28

The US Federal Reserve System published a two page notice on Feb. 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

Washington, Illinois, Woman Sentenced to 44 Months in Federal Prison for Making False Statement During Purchase of Firearm Later Used in a Violent Crime

News Release: PEORIA, Ill. - A Washington, Illinois, woman, Kirstin Sue Jackson, 40, of the 300 block of North Summit Drive, was sentenced on Feb. 13, 2023, to 44 months in federal prison for making a false statement during the purchase of a firearm. Upon release from imprisonment, Jackson will serve a three-year term of supervised release.

Transportation Department publishes notice on Feb. 28

The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Feb. 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

EPA Announces Most Energy-Efficient Manufacturing Plants in South Carolina

News Release: EPA Announces Most Energy-Efficient Manufacturing Plants in South Carolina Contact: EPA Region 4 Press Office - (404) 562-8400, region4press@epa.gov Columbia, SC. (Feb. 28, 2023) – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing that an U.S. manufacturing plant earned the agency’s ...

Eliza Donner Houghton

News Release: The Cotter Award Committee announced the winners of the 2012 John L. Cotter Award for Excellence in NPS Archeology at the 2012 Society for American Archaeology meeting in Memphis, Tennessee. This year, the Cotter Award recognized two categories of achievement: Project Excellence and Long Term Achievement.

Secretary Antony J. Blinken and Kazakhstan Foreign Minister Mukhtar Tileuberdi At a Joint Press Availability

News Release: MODERATOR: (Via interpreter) We are about to start the press conference. I’d like to give the floor to the Secretary of State of the United States, Antony Blinken, and the minister of foreign affairs of Kazakhstan, Mukhtar Tileuberdi. You can pose your questions after we give the floor to our speakers. The floor goes to Mukhtar Tileuberdi, the foreign minister of Kazakhstan.

Chugiak Man Indicted for Sexually Exploiting Children

News Release: ANCHORAGE - A federal grand jury returned an indictment on Feb. 23, 2023, charging Jeremy Scott Daniels, 37, of Chugiak for crimes involving the sexual exploitation of children.

Agriculture Department publishes notice on Feb. 28

The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on Feb. 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

EPA Announces Most Energy-Efficient Manufacturing Plants in North Carolina

News Release: RALEIGH, NC. (Feb. 28, 2023) – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing that an U.S. manufacturing plant earned the agency’s 2022 ENERGY STAR certification in North Carolina, a designation reserved for manufacturing plants in the top 25% of energy efficiency in their sector. ...

National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Standards and Requirements discussed on Feb. 28 by Transportation Department

The US Transportation Department published a three page rule on Feb. 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.