News from April 2022
By Press release submission | Apr 21, 2022
US Department of Labor seeks public comment on proposed changes to help states’ improve unemployment insurance processing, other services
By Press release submission | Apr 21, 2022
US Department of Labor workplace fatality investigation finds contractor sent 2 workers back into Austin trench after partial collapse
By Press release submission | Apr 21, 2022
US Department of Labor initiative seeks to protect Wisconsin workers from machine hazards in food processing plants
By Press release submission | Apr 21, 2022
Employment Situation of Veterans Summary
By Press release submission | Apr 21, 2022
Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will resume cleanup of hazardous and potentially hazardous substances remaining after the June 29, 2021, lithium battery fire at 900 E. Benton St., Morris, Illinois.
By Press release submission | Apr 21, 2022
Quantum information science (QIS) is an emerging field of discovery and technology that offers tremendous potential—from quantum computers with powerful new capabilities to networks of ultrasensitive quantum sensors. QIS is on the mind of many scientists, engineers, and tech entrepreneurs.
By Press release submission | Apr 21, 2022
On April 19, Administrator Samantha Power was joined by President of the Republic of Moldova Maia Sandu, United States Ambassador to Moldova Kent Logsdon, and USAID/Moldova Mission Director Scott Hocklander to meet with members of the Moldovan American community.
By Press release submission | Apr 21, 2022
Today, USAID released its first Equity Action Plan, which details five key recommendations to advance equity with underserved communities, including racial and ethnic equity, in our policies, programs and partner base. USAID, along with other federal agencies, are committed to advancing equity and stand with the Biden-Harris Administration to prioritize the advancement of equity throughout the federal government.
By Press release submission | Apr 21, 2022
Administrator Samantha Power traveled to Lorman, Mississippi to participate in a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signing ceremony between USAID and Alcorn State University, the first Black land-grant institution established in the United States, back in 1871.
By Press release submission | Apr 21, 2022
The text of the following statement was released by the Governments of the United States of America and India on the occasion of the Fourth Annual U.S.-India 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue in 2022.
By Press release submission | Apr 21, 2022
Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, the Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, released an interim staff report entitled, The Firm and the FDA: McKinsey & Company’s Conflicts of Interest at the Heart of the Opioid Epidemic. The report presents preliminary findings from the Committee’s investigation into McKinsey’s consulting work during the opioid epidemic.
By Press release submission | Apr 21, 2022
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.), and House Committee on the Judiciary Ranking Member Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), joined by several Select Subcommittee Republicans, today wrote to Dr. Kristian Andersen calling on him to clarify his response to Congress that he did not act to suppress any theory about the origins of COVID-19.
By Press release submission | Apr 21, 2022
Inflation is hammering workers and businesses at a 40-year high, and Americans should brace for even more inflation pain ahead, said Republican Leader on the Ways and Means Committee Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX) on “Your World with Neil Cavuto” on Fox News.
By Press release submission | Apr 21, 2022
Business owners, economists, and American families are worried that the U.S. economy is heading towards a recession.
By Press release submission | Apr 21, 2022
U.S. Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) issued the following statement after the Producer Price Index (PPI) release showed inflation for March jumping to 11.2 percent--a record high on a year-over-year basis.
By Press release submission | Apr 21, 2022
Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) sent a letter today with eight other Natural Resources Committee members to U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) Secretary Deb Haaland urging reversal of the Trump administration’s decision to approve the Northern Corridor Highway (NCH) through Red Cliffs National Conservation Area (Red Cliffs NCA) in southern Utah
By Press release submission | Apr 21, 2022
House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Subcommittee on Health Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY), and Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Republican Leader Morgan Griffith (R-VA) sent a letter to White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) Acting Director Alondra Nelson requesting more information on funding, including proposals for furin cleavage site research or any other cleavage site research.
By Press release submission | Apr 21, 2022
The United States International Trade Commission (USITC) today determined that a U.S. industry was materially injured by reason of imports of organic soybean meal from India that the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) has determined is subsidized and sold in the United States at less than fair value.
By Press release submission | Apr 21, 2022
The U.S. Census Bureau today released new data from its 2021 Annual Survey of State Government Tax Collections. The data tables provide a comprehensive look at state governments and contains statistics on their tax collections, including receipts from compulsory fees. State governments and businesses have been using these statistics to make policy and investment decisions since 1951.
By Press release submission | Apr 21, 2022
In the western U.S., the impacts of drought conditions in the 21st century are increasingly evident as extended fire seasons, dwindling water supplies, and widespread tree mortality are becoming more common occurrences.
