News from December 2021
By Press release submission | Dec 8, 2021
Today, the Department of Homeland Security is providing an update on our response to President Biden’s September 9, 2021 Executive Order (EO) on Requiring Coronavirus Disease 2019 Vaccination for Federal Employees.
By Press release submission | Dec 8, 2021
Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF), the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) and elected federal officials from New York and New England joined together to announce 18 grants totaling $2.8 million to state and local governments, nonprofit organizations, and community groups to improve the health and ecosystem of Long Island Sound in New York.
By Press release submission | Dec 8, 2021
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced $35 million in funding for twelve projects focused on developing technologies to reduce methane emissions in the oil, gas, and coal industries.
By Press release submission | Dec 8, 2021
Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $3 million grant to the Inland Valley Development Agency (IVDA), San Bernardino, California, to make improvements to supply chain and transportation infrastructure.
By Press release submission | Dec 8, 2021
To commemorate International Volunteer Day, Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Director Kiran Ahuja and Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland volunteered this past Saturday at the Anacostia Watershed Society’s Nash Run Trash Trap cleanup in Washington, D.C., an effort focused on creating a trash-free Anacostia River.
By George Willis | Dec 7, 2021
The 2021 Atlantic hurricane season concluded having produced 21 named storms with winds of 39 mph or greater. The list includes seven hurricanes (winds 74 mph or greater) of which four were major hurricanes (winds 111 mph or greater).
By Steven Hughes | Dec 7, 2021
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Risk Management Agency (RMA) recently updated crop insurance to ensure producers who dispose of cover crops before Nov. 1 can still receive a full prevented planting payment.
By Timothy Stuckey | Dec 7, 2021
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has recently issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) requesting public input on its proposal to revise the process used to calculate hourly Adverse Effect Wage Rates (AEWR) for the H-2A program.
By Zachary Richter | Dec 7, 2021
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has updated its policy manual by including existing guidance from the Adjudicator's Field Manual (AFM) to consolidate its policies and remove obsolete information.
By Zachary Richter | Dec 7, 2021
Certain petitioners for U Nonimmigrant Status may receive a refund for employment authorization applications that were submitted before Sept. 30.
By Timothy Stuckey | Dec 7, 2021
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has recently disclosed interest rates for Farm Service Equity (FSA) loans in December.
By Timothy Stuckey | Dec 7, 2021
Scientists and partners from the United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) have verified the existence of a newly identified mite in France, which may serve as a biological control agent for the invasive tree-of-heaven, or Ailanthus altissima.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 7, 2021
News Release: FARGO - An eastern North Dakota man was sentenced in federal court Tuesday to 72 months in prison for his role in a string of violent robberies in the summer of 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2021
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A federal grand jury today returned an indictment against six members of a Tijuana, Mexico-based hostage-taking organization that allegedly kidnapped nine victims and murdered six of them - including three United States citizens - some of them after their families paid ransom for their release.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - A Boston man pleaded guilty yesterday to his role in a wide-ranging cocaine trafficking conspiracy.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2021
News Release: MOBILE, AL - A Montgomery woman was sentenced to 37 months in prison for embezzlement, bank fraud, and wire fraud convictions.
By State Newswire | Dec 7, 2021
Release: Consistent with the goals of this week’s Summit for Democracy, the United States is committed to using its full range of tools to counter serious human rights abuse and repressive acts across the world. That is why today we designated multiple actors across three countries in connection with serious...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2021
News Release: Dimmitt, a user of controlled substances, was found in possession of four guns.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 7, 2021
News Release: In last week’s Full Committee hearing, AmeriCorps’ Inspector General, Deborah J. Jeffrey, confirmed what we already knew - AmeriCorps is a failed experiment.
