News published on Federal Newswire in March 2021

News from March 2021


What did Interior Department publish on March 9?

The US Interior Department published a one page rule on March 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Rule published by Commerce Department on March 9

The US Commerce Department published a one page rule on March 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Commerce Department publishes rule on March 9

The US Commerce Department published a three page rule on March 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Proposed rule published on March 9 by Transportation Department

The US Transportation Department published a four page proposed rule on March 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Energy Department publishes proposed rule on March 9

The US Energy Department published a six page proposed rule on March 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


What did Transportation Department publish on March 9?

The US Transportation Department published a two page proposed rule on March 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Passaic County Man Admits Distributing Fentanyl

News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Passaic County, New Jersey, man today admitted distributing fentanyl, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.


Housing Vacancy Survey Annual Statistics

News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau today released the 2020 Housing Vacancy Survey. These statistics provide vacancy rates, homeownership rates and characteristics of units available for occupancy for the United States, regions, states and the 75 largest metropolitan statistical areas. Data for all geographies are...


News Release: The Bureau of Land Management Nevada Tonopah Field Office is asking the public to comment on the draft environmental assessment for a proposed, temporary lithium pilot plant located in Clayton Valley, approximately 30 miles southwest of Tonopah. The proposed pilot plant would test processes for extracting lithium from brine.


Wyden Statement on Shielding Economic Relief Payments From Private Debt Collectors

News Release: Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued the following statement on shielding economic relief payments from private debt collectors...


Release: ANCHORAGE, Alaska - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has launched a recruitment effort to hire more than 170 Transportation Security Officers (TSOs) in Alaska before summer 2021. Full- and part-time positions are available at 14 airports statewide.


Chair DeLauro Statement at FDA’s Foreign Drug Inspections Program Hearing

Release: House Appropriations Committee Chair and Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee Chair Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), delivered the following remarks at the Subcommittee's oversight hearing on the FDA’s Foreign Drug Inspections Program.


News Release: Jackson, TN - Orlando Mays, 41, has been sentenced to 88 months in federal prison for being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm. Joseph C. Murphy, Jr., Acting United States Attorney announced the sentence today.



GSENM accepting applications for 2021 Artist-In-Residence Program

News Release: KANAB, Utah - The Bureau of Land Management is pleased to announce applications are now being accepted for this year’s Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument (GSENM) Plein Air Artist-in-Residence (AiR) program, sponsored through a partnership between the Monument, Escalante Canyons Art Festival (ECAF) and Glen Canyon Conservancy.


Study Indicates That Humidity in Breath Makes Cotton Masks More Effective at Slowing the Spread of COVID-19

News Release: Researchers have come up with a better way to test which fabrics work best for masks that are meant to slow the spread of COVID-19. By testing those fabrics under conditions that mimic the humidity of a person’s breath, the researchers have obtained measurements that more accurately reflect how the fabrics perform when worn by a living, breathing person.


News Release: UPTON, N.Y. - Work crews have demolished the High Flux Beam Reactor (HFBR) exhaust stack at the Brookhaven National Laboratory, achieving an EM program priority.


Release: United States Department of State. Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL). Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO): DRL FY20 Latin America and Caribbean Small Grants Program. This is the announcement of funding opportunity number Funding Opportunity Number SFOP0007579. Catalog of Federal Domestic...


News Release: OAK RIDGE, Tenn. - Oak Ridge crews are removing building foundations and remaining contaminated soil areas at the East Tennessee Technology Park (ETTP) to achieve EM’s ultimate vision for the site: a multi-use industrial center, national park, and conservation area.


News Release: LAREDO, Texas - A 46-year-old resident of Pharr has been charged with importing kilogram quantities of meth, heroin and cocaine, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.