News from April 2022
By DOE Newswire | Apr 12, 2022
The US Energy Department published a one page notice on April 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State Newswire | Apr 12, 2022
Release: Fiji is a constitutional republic. In 2018 the country held general elections, which international observers deemed free, transparent, and credible. Josaia Voreqe (Frank) Bainimarama’s Fiji First party won 27 of 51 seats in parliament, and he began a second four-year term as prime minister.
By State Newswire | Apr 12, 2022
Release: The Socialist Republic of Vietnam is an authoritarian state ruled by a single party, the Communist Party of Vietnam, led by General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, President Nguyen Xuan Phuc, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, and Chairman of the National Assembly Vuong Dinh Hue. May 23 National Assembly elections were neither free nor fair; there was limited competition among Communist Party-vetted candidates.
By State Newswire | Apr 12, 2022
Release: Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs Rena Bitter will travel April 12-22 to Tokyo, Jakarta, Singapore, Manila, and Los Angeles. During the overseas portion of her trip, she will observe consular operations and meet with consular staff to see first-hand their work to serve U.S. citizens overseas...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2022
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Frances Marie Eddings, 68, of Orlando, FL, and Jude Denis, 54, of Wyncote, PA, were convicted after trial in the Allentown Federal Courthouse of accessing a computer system without authorization for pecuniary gain from a non-profit charity organization.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 12, 2022
News Release: WORLAND, Wyo. - The Bureau of Land Management Cody and Worland field offices are seeking your input as they evaluate the 2015 Bighorn Basin Resource Management Plan (RMP).
By State Newswire | Apr 12, 2022
Release: Romania is a constitutional republic with a democratic, multiparty parliamentary system. The bicameral parliament consists of the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies, both elected by popular vote. Observers considered the 2019 presidential election and December 2020 parliamentary elections to have been generally free and fair.
By State Newswire | Apr 12, 2022
Release: While Venezuela is legally a multiparty, constitutional republic, the authoritarian regime led by Nicolas Maduro usurped control over all branches of government: executive, judicial, legislative, the offices of the prosecutor general and ombudsman, and the electoral institutions. In December 2020 the...
By Karen Kidd | Apr 12, 2022
Two federal officials and North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper have had good things to say about Vietnamese automaker VinFast's multi-billion dollar investment to build electric vehicles in the tar heel state.
By John Kelly | Apr 12, 2022
A man was charged with a transnational repression campaign while acting as an illegal agent of the Chinese government in the United States.
By Trina Thomas | Apr 12, 2022
Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack commented March 28 on the Biden-Harris administration's budget for fiscal year 2023.
By Andy Nghiem | Apr 12, 2022
U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro N. Mayorkas released a statement on the Biden-Harris administration's fiscal year 2023 budget for the DHS.
By Karen Kidd | Apr 12, 2022
U.S. Department of Transportation is recommending almost $4.5 billion for new and expanded public transit services.
By David Hutton | Apr 12, 2022
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing reclassifying the northern long-eared bat as endangered under the Endangered Species Act.
By Karen Kidd | Apr 12, 2022
The U.S. Department of Labor reportedly filed a lawsuit against a New York ophthalmologist for allegedly firing an employee who raised health and safety concerns, according to a March 17 news release.
By State Newswire | Apr 12, 2022
Release: Brunei Darussalam is a monarchy governed since 1967 by Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah. Emergency powers in place since 1962 allow the sultan to govern with few limitations on his authority. The Legislative Council, composed of appointed, indirectly elected, and ex officio members, met during the year and exercised a purely consultative role in recommending and approving legislation and budgets.
By State Newswire | Apr 12, 2022
Release: Australia is a constitutional democracy with a freely elected federal parliamentary government. In a free and fair federal parliamentary election in May 2019, the Liberal Party and National Party coalition was re-elected with a majority of 77 seats in the 151-seat House of Representatives. The House subsequently reconfirmed Scott Morrison as prime minister.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2022
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A Springfield, Missouri, man was sentenced in federal court today for producing child pornography and distributing those images over the internet.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2022
News Release: Hattiesburg, Miss. - A Mexican citizen was sentenced to 40 months in federal prison for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, announced U.S. Attorney Darren J. LaMarca and Special Agent in Charge David L. Denton of Homeland Security Investigations in New Orleans.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2022
The US Justice Department published a five page rule on April 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
