News from May 2021
By State Newswire | May 5, 2021
News Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken met today with South African Foreign Minister Naledi Pandor in London. Secretary Blinken and Foreign Minister Pandor underscored the need to expand global COVID-19 vaccine production and to cooperate on climate ...
By State Newswire | May 5, 2021
News Release: “The United States stands firmly behind the sovereignty and the territorial integrity of Ukraine.” – Secretary Antony J. Blinken, Apr. 13, 2021 Secretary Blinken will visit Kyiv, Ukraine on May 6, where he will meet with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal, and Minister of Foreign ...
By State Newswire | May 5, 2021
News Release: The Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations’ (OBO) Industry Advisory Group (IAG) has ensured OBO is adopting the building industry’s latest concepts, methods, best practices, innovations, and ideas related to its mission to provide safe, secure, and resilient facilities for the U.S. Government since its founding in 2001.
By State Newswire | May 5, 2021
News Release: QUESTION: Secretary of State, let me start by asking this: You were enormously positive about the relationship between the United States and Britain when you spoke at your press conference with the foreign secretary. What impact does that positivity have on the possibility of a trade deal being signed ...

By Labor Gazette | May 5, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Employment and Training Administration today issued an Unemployment Insurance Program Letter that provides states with guidance on addressing unemployment insurance benefit overpayments established by states for programs authorized by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act. An overpayment occurs when a state finds an individual received a payment or payments to which they are not entitled.

By Labor Gazette | May 5, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced the withdrawal – effective May 6 – of the “Independent Contractor Rule,” to maintain workers’ rights to the minimum wage and overtime compensation protections of the Fair Labor Standards Act.

By Labor Gazette | May 5, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Employment and Training Administration today issued an Unemployment Insurance Program Letter that provides states with guidance on addressing unemployment insurance benefit overpayments established by states for programs authorized by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act. An overpayment occurs when a state finds an individual received a payment or payments to which they are not entitled.

By Labor Gazette | May 5, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced the withdrawal – effective May 6 – of the “Independent Contractor Rule,” to maintain workers’ rights to the minimum wage and overtime compensation protections of the Fair Labor Standards Act.
By State News Post | May 5, 2021
The US State Department published a one page notice on May 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By Commerce News Now | May 5, 2021
The US Commerce Department published a three page rule on May 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By DOE Gazette | May 5, 2021
The US Energy Department published a two page proposed rule on May 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By DOT News Wire | May 5, 2021
The US Transportation Department published a two page proposed rule on May 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By USDA Wire | May 5, 2021
The US Agriculture Department published a three page notice on May 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By USDA Wire | May 5, 2021
The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on May 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By USDA Wire | May 5, 2021
The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on May 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By USDA Wire | May 5, 2021
The US Agriculture Department published a one page notice on May 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By USDA Wire | May 5, 2021
The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on May 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By USDA Wire | May 5, 2021
The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on May 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By Labor Gazette | May 5, 2021
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on May 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By Labor Gazette | May 5, 2021
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on May 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.