News from March 2021
By State Newswire | Mar 8, 2021
Release: Today, the Department of the Treasury, in consultation with the Department of State, revoked the license that was issued to Specially Designated National Dan Gertler on Jan. 15, 2021.
By State Newswire | Mar 8, 2021
Release: Today in London, Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry joined meetings with Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak, Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab, Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng, and President-Designate of the 26th Conference of the Parties (COP26) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change Alok Sharma.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 8, 2021
News Release: Great Smoky Mountains National Park officials announced the implementation of a trial reservation system for group access to the Whiteoak Sink area during the 2021 wildflower season beginning Monday, April 12 through Friday, April 30. This trial project will allow managers to determine if better coordinating group access can reduce trampling and soil compaction around sensitive plant populations.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 8, 2021
News Release: Today Steven Mack, 46, of Bridgeville, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty before Judge William K. Sessions III of the United States District Court for the District of Vermont to one count of attempting to obstruct a federal investigation into the relationship between Mr. Mack’s former employer, Practice Fusion, Inc., and Purdue Pharma LP, the seller of extended release opioid products, including OxyContin.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 8, 2021
Release: WASHINGTON - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and TechConnect Ventures announce that 11 technology institutions won the crowdsourcing competition “Power of the Passengers Challenge" campaign.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 8, 2021
News Release: Today at 3:30 p.m. ET, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) will discuss the radical, anti-worker PRO Union Bosses Act, which the House is expected to vote on this week.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 8, 2021
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack designated seven Texas counties as primary natural disaster areas. Producers in Cameron, Duval, Hidalgo, McLennan, Starr, Webb and Zapata counties who suffered losses due to a winter storm that occurred from Feb. 10 through Feb. 20, 2021, may be eligible for United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) emergency loans.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 8, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced up to $52.5 million for DOE’s Industrial Assessment Centers that help American manufacturers and wastewater treatment facilities improve their efficiency, save money, and reduce their carbon footprint. These university-based training programs also create a pipeline for students looking to join the growing clean energy economy.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 8, 2021
News Release: Twenty-three Energy and Commerce Committee Democrats wrote to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg today demanding answers for Facebook’s advertising practices, which reports show promoted violence and disinformation both leading up to and after the violent insurrection at the United States Capitol.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 8, 2021
News Release: Twenty-three Energy and Commerce Committee Democrats wrote to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg today demanding answers for Facebook’s advertising practices, which reports show promoted violence and disinformation both leading up to and after the violent insurrection at the United States Capitol.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 8, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC- In advance of the House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing with Big Tech CEOs on Thursday, March 25, Republicans on the House Energy and Commerce Committee are putting out a call to action from the public.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 8, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Jan Sharp announced that Richard Snyder, age 46, of Fremont, Nebraska, was sentenced today in federal court in Omaha, Nebraska, after having pleaded guilty to Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine. Senior United States District Judge Joseph F. Bataillon sentenced Snyder...
By DOL Newswire | Mar 8, 2021
News Release: Republican Whip and Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis Ranking Member Steve Scalise (R-La.), House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.), House Education and Labor Committee Ranking Member Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.), and House Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking ...
By EPA Newswire | Mar 8, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC- In advance of the House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing with Big Tech CEOs on Thursday, March 25, Republicans on the House Energy and Commerce Committee are putting out a call to action from the public.
By State Newswire | Mar 8, 2021
Release: United States Department of State. Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL). Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO):. DRL FY20 IRF Promoting Religious Freedom in Afghanistan. This is the announcement of funding opportunity number SFOP0007705. Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number: 19.345...
By EPA Newswire | Mar 8, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Communications and Technology Subcommittee Republican Leader Bob Latta (R-OH), along with U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, and Sen. John...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 8, 2021
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Donnie Gale Leggett, Jr., of Brandywine, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 11 months of incarceration for a firearms charge, Acting United States Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 8, 2021
Release: DOE’s Industrial Assessment Centers Help Businesses Increase Energy Efficiency
By State Newswire | Mar 8, 2021
News Release: Dear Secretary Blinken: We write to you to express deep concerns about the Biden Administration’s implementation plans for the Nord Stream 2 sanctions required under the Protecting Europe’s Energy Security Act (PEESA), as amended by the Protecting Europe’s Energy Security Clarification Act (PEESCA).
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 8, 2021
News Release: OWENSBORO, Ky. - Fifteen defendants involved in an Owensboro based Drug Trafficking Organization have been charged by a federal Grand Jury for engaging in a conspiracy to distribute large quantities of methamphetamine and fentanyl, among other charges, announced Acting United States Attorney Michael A. Bennett.
