News from April 2022

By Press release submission | Apr 18, 2022
U.S. Department of Transportation Announces up to $1.76 Billion Loan for the Purple Line Light Rail Transit Project in Maryland

By Press release submission | Apr 18, 2022
Courts orders Lancaster healthcare agency to pay more than $1.15M in back wages, damages after US Department of Labor investigation

By Press release submission | Apr 18, 2022
New Web-Based Dashboard Enhances Access to Critical Safety Data

By Press release submission | Apr 18, 2022
Lithium Battery Air Safety Advisory Committee

By Press release submission | Apr 18, 2022
Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $911,900 CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant to Illinois Central College, East Peoria, Illinois, to expand its workforce training facilities.

By Press release submission | Apr 18, 2022
Ocean County landscaping company ordered to pay $220K in back wages, civil penalties after federal investigation, administrative law judge decision, order

By Press release submission | Apr 18, 2022
US Department of Labor announces leadership, new members to advisory council on employee welfare, pension benefit plans for 2022

By Press release submission | Apr 18, 2022
US Department of Labor places El Paso metal fabricator in Severe Violator Program after 10th incident in 5 years

By Press release submission | Apr 18, 2022
US Department of Labor cites Clearwater construction contractor after fatal incident on the Pinellas Gateway Express project

By Press release submission | Apr 18, 2022
Application Process Opens to Modernize Small Town, Regional Air Traffic Towers Using Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funds

By Press release submission | Apr 18, 2022
FAA Awards $4.4 Million in Drone Research Grants to Seven Universities

By Press release submission | Apr 18, 2022
US Department of Labor, Puget Sound Shipbuilders Association renew alliance to promote worker safety

By Press release submission | Apr 18, 2022
US Department of Labor, AGC of South Dakota sign alliance to educate workers, employers on construction’s deadly hazards

By Press release submission | Apr 18, 2022
Map of the proposed Severe Classification Area for the 2008 Ozone StandardBOSTON (April 12, 2022) – Following the Clean Air Act requirements, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing determinations for whether certain areas of Connecticut have met the 2008 and 2015 National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for ground-level ozone, commonly referred to as smog.

By Press release submission | Apr 18, 2022
There will be many exciting milestones as the United States transitions to electric vehicles (EVs), and today marks the latest one.

By Press release submission | Apr 18, 2022
On April 15, Administrator Samantha Power spoke with the Prime Minister of Bulgaria, Kiril Petkov to discuss the government of Bulgaria’s anti-corruption agenda.

By Press release submission | Apr 18, 2022
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) will contribute an additional $18 million to Education Cannot Wait (ECW), the major global fund for education in emergencies. USAID announced the additional funding during ECW’s scoping visit to Moldova to support the response to the crisis in Ukraine.

By Press release submission | Apr 18, 2022
Against tremendous odds, with extraordinary courage, and in the face of Russia’s relentless brutality against civilians, Ukraine’s forces are regaining ground, as Russian forces retreat from Kyiv and the surrounding region. Still, Russia’s premeditated, unprovoked, unjustified, and brutal war against Ukraine is far from over. Russia is repositioning its forces for renewed attacks in eastern and southern Ukraine.

By Press release submission | Apr 18, 2022
Good afternoon, and welcome to today’s New York Foreign Press Center briefing on Biden-Harris administration’s engagement with international partners on responsible state behavior in cyberspace. My name is Mahvash Siddiqui, and I’m today’s moderator. Just a reminder, this briefing is on the record.

By Press release submission | Apr 18, 2022
Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and Rep. James E. Clyburn, Chairman of the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis, sent a letter to ID.me CEO Blake Hall, requesting documents and information related to the company’s contracts with federal, state, and local governments for use of its facial recognition technology.