News from April 2022
By State Newswire | Apr 12, 2022
Release: Zimbabwe is constitutionally a republic. The country elected Emmerson Mnangagwa president for a five-year term in 2018 in general elections. Despite incremental improvements from past elections, domestic and international observers noted serious concerns and called for further reforms to meet regional...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2022
News Release: SAN ANTONIO - 2011 Bandera Road, LLC agreed to pay the United States $15,000 to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. §§ 3729-3733, by collecting excess rent from a tenant in the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) federal Housing Choice Voucher Program...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2022
News Release: ST. LOUIS - Robert Williams, age 58, of St. Louis, Missouri, appeared before United States District Court Judge Matthew T. Schelp on today’s date. Based on a previous plea of guilty, Williams was sentenced to 125 months in federal prison for numerous counts of bank fraud related to Payment Protection Program (“PPP") loans.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2022
The US Justice Department published a two page notice on April 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 12, 2022
NRCS Vermont Easement Support (Restoration and Maintenance) grant opened on April 12.
By State Newswire | Apr 12, 2022
Release: Turkey is a constitutional republic with an executive presidential system and a unicameral 600-seat parliament (the Grand National Assembly). In presidential and parliamentary elections in 2018, Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe observers expressed concern regarding restrictions on...
By USDA Newswire | Apr 12, 2022
The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on April 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State Newswire | Apr 12, 2022
Release: Costa Rica is a constitutional republic governed by a president and a unicameral legislative assembly directly elected in multiparty elections every four years. In 2018 voters elected Carlos Alvarado of the Citizen’s Action Party as president during a second round of elections. All elections were considered free and fair.
By State Newswire | Apr 12, 2022
Release: El Salvador is a constitutional multiparty republic with a democratically elected government. In 2019 voters elected Nayib Bukele as president for a five-year term. The election was generally free and fair, according to international observers. Municipal and legislative elections took place on February 28 and were largely free and fair.
By State Newswire | Apr 12, 2022
Release: Uganda is a constitutional republic led since 1986 by President Yoweri Museveni of the National Resistance Movement party. During the year voters re-elected Museveni to a sixth five-year term and returned a National Resistance Movement majority to the unicameral parliament. Allegations of arbitrary killings...
By State Newswire | Apr 12, 2022
Release: The Azerbaijani constitution provides for a republic with a presidential form of government. Legislative authority is vested in the Milli Majlis (National Assembly). The presidency is the main branch of government, dominating the judiciary and legislature. In February 2020 the government conducted National...
By State Newswire | Apr 12, 2022
Release: South Africa is a multiparty parliamentary democracy in which constitutional power is shared among the executive, judiciary, and parliamentary branches. In 2019 the country held a credible national election in which the ruling African National Congress won 58 percent of the vote and 230 of 400 seats in the National Assembly. In 2019 African National Congress president Cyril Ramaphosa was sworn in for his first full term as president of the republic.
By State Newswire | Apr 12, 2022
Release: Japan has a parliamentary government with a constitutional monarchy. On Nov. 10, Kishida Fumio, the new leader of the Liberal Democratic Party, was confirmed as prime minister. International observers assessed elections to the Lower House of the Diet in October, which the Liberal Democratic Party...
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 12, 2022
The US Transportation Department published a two page proposed rule on April 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State Newswire | Apr 12, 2022
Release: Vanuatu is a multiparty parliamentary democracy with a freely elected government. Observers considered the March 2020 parliamentary election generally free and fair. Parliament elected Bob Loughman as prime minister. The president is head of state. Parliament elected Tallis Obed Moses president in 2017.
By State Newswire | Apr 12, 2022
Release: Ghana is a constitutional democracy with a strong presidency and a unicameral 275-seat parliament. Presidential and parliamentary elections conducted in December 2020 were generally peaceful, although there were isolated incidents of violence during the voting and vote count, resulting in as many as eight deaths, some by security forces. Domestic and international observers assessed the elections to be transparent, inclusive, and credible.
By State Newswire | Apr 12, 2022
Release: Cambodia is a constitutional monarchy with an elected parliamentary government. The ruling Cambodian People’s Party won all 125 National Assembly seats in the 2018 national election, having banned the main opposition party in 2017, turning the country into a de facto one-party state. The prime minister...
By DOL Newswire | Apr 12, 2022
“WITHDRAWALS“ was published in the Senate section on page S2105 on April 7
By State Newswire | Apr 12, 2022
Release: MS PETERSON: It’s a privilege to be here for the release of the 46th Human Rights Report, which we submitted to the U.S. Congress earlier today.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 12, 2022
The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on April 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
