News from September 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2021
News Release: A federal grand jury in Los Angeles returned an indictment against four California-based defendants for their alleged roles laundering fraud proceeds stored on gift cards. The indictment, which was unsealed today, charges U.S. citizen Blade Bai, 33, of El Monte; and Chinese citizens Bowen Hu, 26, of ...
By State Newswire | Sep 28, 2021
News Release: On Sept. 27, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Administrator Samantha Power announced $37 million in new contributions to the Education Cannot Wait (ECW) global fund at its biannual High Level Steering Group.
By State Newswire | Sep 28, 2021
News Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Well, good morning, everyone. It’s a real pleasure to welcome Foreign Minister Alvarez here to the State Department and to Washington. We have had a chance to spend a fair bit of time together in various meetings and on the phone, but it’s especially good to have him here in person. ...
By State Newswire | Sep 28, 2021
News Release: Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry will travel to Geneva, Switzerland; Milan, Italy; and Paris, France from September 29 to October 6, 2021, to engage with counterparts on efforts to address the climate crisis and raise global climate ambition ahead of the 26th Conference of the Parties (COP26) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), which will be held October 31 to Nov. 12, 2021, in Glasgow, United Kingdom.
By State Newswire | Sep 28, 2021
News Release: The U.S. Department of State is pleased to showcase over 275 U.S. cultural performers and speakers at the USA Pavilion during World Expo 2020 Dubai, opening on Oct. 1, 2021.
By State Newswire | Sep 28, 2021
News Release: “We renewed our engagement with the European Union, a fundamental partner in tackling the full range of significant issues facing our world today.” – President Joseph R. Biden, Sept. 21, 2021 Secretary Antony J. Blinken is travelling to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, September 29-30, where he will co-chair ...
By State Newswire | Sep 28, 2021
News Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken met with Foreign Minister Roberto Álvarez of the Dominican Republic today in Washington, D.C. The Secretary applauded the reforms undertaken by the Dominican Republic to encourage greater transparency and foster ...
By State Newswire | Sep 28, 2021
News Release: Yesterday, the premier human rights conference of the Europe-Eurasia region should have opened in Warsaw, Poland. Unfortunately, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe’s (OSCE) 2021 Human Dimension Implementation Meeting (HDIM) did not convene due to a decision by the Russian government to block the meeting. We deeply regret this attempt by the Russian government to block scrutiny of its worsening human rights record.
By Commerce News Now | Sep 28, 2021
News Release: Thank you, David, for that introduction. It’s an honor to be here with you all today.
By Commerce News Now | Sep 28, 2021
News Release: Today, Secretary Gina Raimondo and Deputy Prime Minister of Ireland (Tánaiste) and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment of the Republic of Ireland, Leo Varadkar, discussed opportunities to deepen U.S.-Ireland trade and investment ties and to work together on their shared interests through the ...
By Labor Gazette | Sep 28, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration today announced the award of more than $11.6 million in grants to 93 nonprofit organizations nationwide to fund education and training on hazard recognition and prevention, and on rights of workers to safe workplaces and the responsibilities of employers to provide them.
By Labor Gazette | Sep 28, 2021
News Release: GREELEY, CO – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited JBS Foods Inc. – one of the nation’s largest meat and pork suppliers – again, for exposing employees to safety hazards at its Greeley facilities, this time following the death of a worker who was installing a paddlewheel.
By Labor Gazette | Sep 28, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration today announced the award of $1 million in Brookwood-Sago Mine Safety grant program funding to support education and training to help identify, avoid and prevent unsafe working conditions in and around the nation’s mines.
By Labor Gazette | Sep 28, 2021
News Release: GREELEY, CO – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited JBS Foods Inc. – one of the nation’s largest meat and pork suppliers – again, for exposing employees to safety hazards at its Greeley facilities, this time following the death of a worker who was installing a paddlewheel.
By Labor Gazette | Sep 28, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration today announced the award of more than $11.6 million in grants to 93 nonprofit organizations nationwide to fund education and training on hazard recognition and prevention, and on rights of workers to safe workplaces and the responsibilities of employers to provide them.
By Labor Gazette | Sep 28, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration today announced the award of $1 million in Brookwood-Sago Mine Safety grant program funding to support education and training to help identify, avoid and prevent unsafe working conditions in and around the nation’s mines.
By State Newswire | Sep 28, 2021
Release: Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry will travel to Geneva, Switzerland; Milan, Italy; and Paris, France from September 29 to October 6, 2021, to engage with counterparts on efforts to address the climate crisis and raise global climate ambition ahead of the 26th Conference of the Parties (COP26) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), which will be held October 31 to Nov. 12, 2021, in Glasgow, United Kingdom.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 28, 2021
News Release: Palm Springs, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management California Desert District Desert Advisory Council (DAC) will meet virtually via Zoom this Saturday, Oct.2, from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2021
News Release: Used aerosol cans as a blowtorch to light cars on fire; Broke windows, looted stores, and smashed equipment in pattern of destruction.
By Timothy Stuckey | Sep 28, 2021
The legislation strengthens intergovernmental cooperation to improve the detection and prevention of violent crime against Indians and on Indian lands
