News from March 2021
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 16, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – The Department of Justice (DOJ), and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), including the FBI and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), released today key findings and recommendations from a joint report to the President issued last month on the impact of foreign governments and their agents on the security and integrity of the 2020 U.S. federal elections.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 16, 2021
News Release: Investments will Benefit 460,000 Rural Residents and Businesses WASHINGTON, March 16, 2021 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced today a $598 million rural electric loan package to build or improve electric infrastructure in 11 states.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 16, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, March 16, 2021 — The U.S. Department of Agriculture today announced the names of individuals who will hold senior positions in Washington, D.C.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 16, 2021
News Release: Two Florida men have agreed collectively to pay at least $4 million to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by engaging in schemes to generate prescriptions for compounded drugs and refer those prescriptions to pharmacies in exchange for illegal kickbacks. Many of those prescriptions ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 16, 2021
News Release: Note: The joint report can be viewed here.
By State Newswire | Mar 16, 2021
News Release: MR YOUNG: So hello, everyone. Thanks for tuning in. It’s a real privilege for us to welcome you to Japan, to host your first overseas visit, Mr. Secretary. And we particularly appreciate the new spirit that you’ve brought to our work as diplomats.
By State Newswire | Mar 16, 2021
News Release: FOREIGN MINISTER MOTEGI: Tony, welcome back to Tokyo. We have (inaudible) and I’m so happy that finally we are seeing each other face-to-face. I look forward to our close cooperation.
By State Newswire | Mar 16, 2021
News Release: FOREIGN MINISTER MOTEGI: Tony and General – may I call you Lloyd? SECRETARY AUSTIN: Yes, please. (Inaudible.) FOREIGN MINISTER MOTEGI: Welcome to Tokyo. And I’m so glad and delighted to host a 2+2 meeting face-to-face, and for the first time in two years, and even in this COVID situation.
By State Newswire | Mar 16, 2021
News Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: On Mar. 16, Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken met in Tokyo with Japanese Minister for Foreign Affairs Toshimitsu Motegi and reaffirmed the vital importance of the U.S.-Japan Alliance to promoting peace, security, and prosperity in the Indo-Pacific ...
By State Newswire | Mar 16, 2021
News Release: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken and Japan’s Minister for Foreign Affairs Toshimitsu Motegi reaffirmed the vital importance of the U.S.-Japan Alliance as the cornerstone of peace, security, and prosperity in the Indo-Pacific region and around the world during Secretary Blinken’s visit to Tokyo. Secretary ...
By State Newswire | Mar 16, 2021
News Release: The following statement was released by the Security Consultative Committee.
By State Newswire | Mar 16, 2021
News Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken and Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III met today with Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga in Tokyo. Secretary Blinken, Secretary Austin, and Prime Minister Suga highlighted that the U.S.-Japan Alliance ...
By State Newswire | Mar 16, 2021
News Release: PRIME MINISTER SUGA: (Via interpreter) I would like to extend my sincere welcome to Secretary Blinken and Secretary Austin for visiting Japan as your first overseas travel. I would also like to welcome that President Biden has declared that America is back, and is promoting policies that value relations with its allies and partners.
By State Newswire | Mar 16, 2021
News Release: MODERATOR: (Via interpreter) The ministers and secretaries will enter the room shortly. Please stay seated.
By State Newswire | Mar 16, 2021
News Release: The Department of Defense (DoD) released its annual Freedom of Navigation (FON) Report for Fiscal Year 2020 on Mar. 10, 2021. Each year, DoD releases an unclassified FON Report identifying the broad range of excessive maritime claims that are challenged by the U.S. government. This year, with historic ...
By State Newswire | Mar 16, 2021
News Release: MODERATOR: Hi, everyone. Good evening. Our call today is going to be attributed to senior administration officials. Our speakers today are [Senior Administration Official One] and [Senior Administration Official Two]. Again, on background, to SAOs, and the contents of this call are embargoed until its ...
By Labor Gazette | Mar 16, 2021
News Release: DELAWARE, OH – Creative Foundations Inc. has paid $327,848 in back wages to 223 employees after the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division found the Delaware-based employer violated the Fair Labor Standards Act’s overtime and child labor requirements. The department assessed $671 in civil money penalties for the employer’s child labor violations.
By Labor Gazette | Mar 16, 2021
News Release: SMITHFIELD, NC – Temporary foreign workers are essential contributors to America’s agricultural workforce, and laws enforced by several federal departments, including the U.S. Department of Labor, govern their hiring, wages and working conditions.
By Labor Gazette | Mar 16, 2021
News Release: EL PASO, TX – Construction is a high hazard industry that comprises various activities that can expose workers to serious injuries. Depending on the job, construction workers may face falls, trench and scaffold collapses, slips, trips and other dangers.
By Labor Gazette | Mar 16, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC ‒ Today, six of every 10 workers trapped in a grain bin don’t make it out alive. This is a frightening reality, but one that the nation’s 8,378 off-farm grain storage facilities’ operators can change by following common sense approaches that truly may be the difference between life and death.
