News from July 2021
By State Newswire | Jul 14, 2021
News Release: On behalf of the United States of America, I send my warm wishes to the people of France as they celebrate their national day.
By State Newswire | Jul 14, 2021
News Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken spoke today with Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi. The Secretary and President reaffirmed the strength and importance of U.S.-Mozambique relations and our joint commitment to countering ISIS. The Secretary underscored ...
By State Newswire | Jul 14, 2021
News Release: The below is attributable to State Department Spokesperson Ned Price: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken spoke with Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs Marc Garneau today to discuss collaboration between the United States and Canada to defeat the COVID-19 pandemic and the Foreign Minister’s trip to ...
By State Newswire | Jul 14, 2021
News Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Secretary Antony J. Blinken spoke yesterday with Armenian acting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan of Armenia. The Secretary offered hearty congratulations to the people of Armenia following the June 20 elections, in which the OSCE’s Office for Democratic ...
By State Newswire | Jul 14, 2021
News Release: Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry had a phone call on July 14 with Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss U.S.-Russia cooperation on combatting the climate crisis. Special Presidential Envoy Kerry emphasized that the United States and Russia have important roles to play, including ...
By State Newswire | Jul 14, 2021
News Release: This month, the United States honors slain journalists Natalya Estemirova and Paul Klebnikov. Klebnikov, a Forbes magazine journalist and U.S. citizen, investigated and exposed corruption in post-Soviet Russia. On July 9, 2004, he was shot and killed in Moscow, likely in retaliation for his work. Estemirova ...
By State Newswire | Jul 14, 2021
News Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: (Speaks in French.) (In English) And it’s wonderful to see so many friends here this afternoon. The rain is about to come down on us. I will do my best to be brief.
By Commerce News Now | Jul 14, 2021
News Release: The following remarks were pre-recorded. Hello everybody! It’s great to be here with you at the annual meeting of the National Institute for Innovation in Manufacturing Biopharmaceuticals. Thank you, Dr. Lee, for that kind introduction. And thank you Senator Coons, Dr. Buckland, Dr. Woodcock and Dr. ...
By Commerce News Now | Jul 14, 2021
News Release: The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has made two awards totaling $153 million to the National Institute for Innovation in Manufacturing Biopharmaceuticals (NIIMBL). The awards were announced today by U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo at the NIIMBL annual meeting in Washington, D.C.
By Labor Gazette | Jul 14, 2021
News Release: FAYETTEVILLE, NC – Hotels commonly pay housekeepers on a piece-rate basis, often basing their pay on the number of rooms they cleaned or tasks they accomplished. When that approach allows workers’ wages to fall below the federal minimum wage, the employer has violated the Fair Labor Standards Act.
By Labor Gazette | Jul 14, 2021
News Release: HUNTSVILLE, AL – On Jan. 15 an employee of a Huntsville contracting company entered a trench greater than 5 feet in depth to work on underground utility pipes. Shortly after he entered the trench, it collapsed around him, suffocating the employee beneath thousands of pounds of soil. Research estimates that one cubic yard of soil weighs up to 3,000 lbs. – the weight of a small car – giving a worker buried in a trench little chance of survival.
By Labor Gazette | Jul 14, 2021
News Release: FAYETTEVILLE, NC – Hotels commonly pay housekeepers on a piece-rate basis, often basing their pay on the number of rooms they cleaned or tasks they accomplished. When that approach allows workers’ wages to fall below the federal minimum wage, the employer has violated the Fair Labor Standards Act.
By Labor Gazette | Jul 14, 2021
News Release: HUNTSVILLE, AL – On Jan. 15 an employee of a Huntsville contracting company entered a trench greater than 5 feet in depth to work on underground utility pipes. Shortly after he entered the trench, it collapsed around him, suffocating the employee beneath thousands of pounds of soil. Research estimates that one cubic yard of soil weighs up to 3,000 lbs. – the weight of a small car – giving a worker buried in a trench little chance of survival.
By DOT News Wire | Jul 14, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Buttigieg today announced the appointment of two new members and the reappointment of two current members of the Aviation Consumer Protection Advisory Committee (ACPAC). In addition, Secretary Buttigieg announced that Attorney General Maura Healey ...
By DOT News Wire | Jul 14, 2021
News Release: Press Conference in Eugene, OR on Bipartisan Infrastructure Framework.
By DOE Gazette | Jul 14, 2021
The US Energy Department published a one page proposed rule on July 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jul 14, 2021
The US Transportation Department published a four page proposed rule on July 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jul 14, 2021
The US Transportation Department published a two page proposed rule on July 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 14, 2021
The US Interior Department published a two page proposed rule on July 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | Jul 14, 2021
The US Agriculture Department published a one page notice on July 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
