News from March 2021
By Fed Newswire | Mar 29, 2021
News Release: Five federal financial regulatory agencies are gathering insight on financial institutions' use of artificial intelligence (AI). The agencies seek information from the public on how financial institutions use AI in their activities, including fraud prevention, personalization of customer services, credit underwriting, and other operations.
By State Newswire | Mar 29, 2021
News Release: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken will deliver on-camera remarks on the release of the 2020 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, Mar. 30, 2021, in the Press Briefing Room at the U.S. Department of State.
By State Newswire | Mar 29, 2021
News Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Linda, thank you, thank you, thank you. It is wonderful to be with everyone this morning. I can’t think of a better way to start the week than with all of you here in New York.
By State Newswire | Mar 29, 2021
News Release: The U.S. Department of State’s Rewards for Justice program is offering a reward of up to $10 million for information leading to the location or identification of Salim Jamil Ayyash, a senior operative in the assassination unit of the terrorist organization Lebanese Hizballah, or information leading to preventing him from engaging in an act of international terrorism against a U.S. person or U.S. property.
By State Newswire | Mar 29, 2021
News Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: (In progress) and thank you, Dr. Ballour, both for the lifesaving service you performed for your fellow Syrians amidst the most harrowing circumstances, and for your powerful, determined efforts to bring the experiences of the Syrian people to the world – and to push for their rights to be respected.
By State Newswire | Mar 29, 2021
News Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Well, Secretary-General Guterres, Antonio, it’s wonderful to be with you even virtually. And Ambassador Thomas-Greenfield, wonderful to see you as well. I think this is our third exchange, Mr. Secretary-General, in the two months that I’ve been Secretary of State, and it reflects a basic reality, which is the United Nations is the anchor of the multilateral system. And that multilateral system is vitally important to the United States.
By State Newswire | Mar 29, 2021
News Release: MR BOZKIR: As the president of the General Assembly, I am delighted to welcome you, albeit virtually, to the United Nations headquarters in New York. We have faced difficult circumstances this session. Because of COVID-19 we have encountered daunting operational challenges. But through it all, the 75th ...
By State Newswire | Mar 29, 2021
News Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken held a virtual meeting with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres today to discuss U.S. priorities at the United Nations. They focused on the ways in which we can work together to address regional and global challenges ...
By State Newswire | Mar 29, 2021
News Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken held a virtual meeting with President of the General Assembly Volkan Bozkir today to discuss U.S. priorities at the United Nations. Secretary Blinken thanked President Bozkir for his leadership during the 75th session of the General Assembly, and they discussed President Bozkir’s priorities for the remainder of his term.
By State Newswire | Mar 29, 2021
News Release: MR PRICE: Good afternoon, everyone. I apologize we’re running a couple minutes late here but thank you for joining us as we discuss tomorrow’s virtual meeting of the foreign ministers of the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS Small Group. The meeting, as you know, will be co-hosted by Secretary Blinken and his Belgian counterpart, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sophie Wilmes.
By Commerce News Now | Mar 29, 2021
News Release: In a roundtable meeting convened by the White House today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo announced two new initiatives that will advance the Biden-Harris Administration’s clean energy goals by harnessing the economic potential of offshore wind power generation to combat the climate crisis and create more clean energy jobs.
By Labor Gazette | Mar 29, 2021
News Release: OXFORD, OH – Without proper safety measures taken, gases and or vapors in a confined space may overcome a worker or a lack of oxygen may suffocate them. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that from 2011-2018, there were 1,030 confined space-related workers deaths.
By Labor Gazette | Mar 29, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced that its Office of Labor-Management Standards will not enforce its final rule on “Labor Organization Annual Financial Reports For Trusts In Which A Labor Organization Is Interested, Form T-1” until one year after the date a labor organization’s first Form T-1 is due.
By Labor Gazette | Mar 29, 2021
News Release: ARLINGTON, VA – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration today announced the availability of $10,537,000 in state grant funding to provide training and retraining of miners and mine operators working at surface and underground coal and metal and nonmetal mines. The training is federally mandated.
By Labor Gazette | Mar 29, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration announced today the availability of up to $1 million to fund grants to support education and training to help mine workers identify, avoid and prevent unsafe working conditions.
By Labor Gazette | Mar 29, 2021
News Release: OXFORD, OH – Without proper safety measures taken, gases and or vapors in a confined space may overcome a worker or a lack of oxygen may suffocate them. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that from 2011-2018, there were 1,030 confined space-related workers deaths.
By Labor Gazette | Mar 29, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced that its Office of Labor-Management Standards will not enforce its final rule on “Labor Organization Annual Financial Reports For Trusts In Which A Labor Organization Is Interested, Form T-1” until one year after the date a labor organization’s first Form T-1 is due.
By Labor Gazette | Mar 29, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration announced today the availability of up to $1 million to fund grants to support education and training to help mine workers identify, avoid and prevent unsafe working conditions.
By Labor Gazette | Mar 29, 2021
News Release: ARLINGTON, VA – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration today announced the availability of $10,537,000 in state grant funding to provide training and retraining of miners and mine operators working at surface and underground coal and metal and nonmetal mines. The training is federally mandated.
By DOT News Wire | Mar 29, 2021
News Release: President Biden’s American Rescue Plan Provides Critical Investments to Support Transit
