News from April 2022
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 US DOT Newswire | Apr 12, 2022
The US Transportation Department published a six page proposed rule on April 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 12, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - 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 DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2022
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - The U.S. Department of Justice today announced the seizure of the RaidForums website, a popular marketplace for cybercriminals to buy and sell hacked data, and unsealed criminal charges against RaidForums’ founder and chief administrator, Diogo Santos Coelho, 21, of Portugal. Coelho was arrested in the United Kingdom on Jan. 31, at the United States’ request, and remains in custody pending the resolution of his extradition proceedings.
By State Newswire | Apr 12, 2022
Release: The People’s Republic of China is an authoritarian state in which the Chinese Communist Party is the paramount authority. Communist Party members hold almost all top government and security apparatus positions. Ultimate authority rests with the Communist Party Central Committee’s 25-member Political...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2022
News Release: SAN ANTONIO - A Helotes man and woman were arrested today in Helotes on criminal charges related to the husband’s involvement in alleged export violations and both of their alleged involvement in a scheme to defraud a research and development company (R&D Company) that provided services to industrial and government clients in the United States and abroad.
By State Newswire | Apr 12, 2022
Release: Rwanda is a constitutional republic dominated by a strong presidency. The ruling Rwandan Patriotic Front party leads a governing coalition that includes four smaller parties. In 2017 voters elected President Paul Kagame to a third seven-year term with a reported 99 percent of the vote. One independent...
By DOE Newswire | Apr 12, 2022
News Release: OAK RIDGE, Tenn. - EM cleanup contractor UCOR is raising awareness among soon-to-be graduates in higher education about opportunities to work at Oak Ridge.
By State Newswire | Apr 12, 2022
Release: Mauritius is a multiparty democracy governed by the prime minister, the Council of Ministers, and the National Assembly. International and local observers judged elections for the prime minister and legislators in 2019 to be free and fair. The coalition headed by the incumbent prime minister won a majority of seats.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2022
News Release: Physician Partners of America to Pay $24.5 Million to Settle Allegations of Unnecessary Testing, Improper Remuneration to Physicians and a False Statement in Connection with COVID-19 Relief Funds.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2022
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to conspiring to violate the Clean Water Act, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.
By State Newswire | Apr 12, 2022
Release: Gabon is a republic with a presidential form of government dominated by the Gabonese Democratic Party and headed by President Ali Bongo Ondimba, whose family has held power since 1967. Bongo Ondimba was declared winner of the 2016 presidential election. Observers noted numerous irregularities, including...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 12, 2022
There was activity on one bill related to the Ways and Means Committee on April 11.
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 DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2022
News Release: BOSTON - A Brockton man was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston for his role in a wide-ranging drug trafficking conspiracy that spanned from Boston to Brockton to Cape Cod.
By State Newswire | Apr 12, 2022
Release: Guinea-Bissau is a multiparty republic. In March 2019 the country held legislative elections, which included all 102 seats in the National Assembly. Presidential elections held in November 2019 resulted in two finalists: Domingos Simoes Pereira and Umaro Sissoco Embalo. The National Elections Commission...
By USDA Newswire | Apr 12, 2022
NRCS Vermont Conservation Planning grant opened on April 12.
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 State Newswire | Apr 12, 2022
Release: The Republic of Maldives is a multiparty constitutional democracy. In 2018 voters elected Ibrahim Mohamed Solih president. Observers considered the election mostly free and fair despite a flawed pre-election process, which was overseen by the former administration. Parliamentary elections held in 2019 were well administered and transparent according to local and international observers.
By David Hutton | Apr 12, 2022
The Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe has received approval from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to oversee the Clean Water Act’s quality control and certification efforts on reservation and trust lands.
