News published on Federal Newswire in December 2022

News from December 2022


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Bipartisan E&C Leaders Voice Concern Over Ticketmaster’s Handling of Ticket Sales for Taylor Swift’s Upcoming Tour

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Bipartisan Energy and Commerce Committee leaders wrote to the CEO of Ticketmaster’s parent company Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. today raising concerns about potentially unfair or deceptive practices in the live ticketing industry and the chaotic ticket pre-sale for Taylor Swift’s upcoming concert tour. The Committee leaders requested a staff briefing from the company on the key areas of concern.


EPA Issues Guidance to States to Reduce Harmful PFAS Pollution

News Release: WASHINGTON — Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a memorandum to states that provides direction on how to use the nation’s bedrock clean water permitting program to protect against per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). The guidance released today, which outlines how states ...


What did Environmental Protection Agency publish on Dec. 6?

The US Environmental Protection Agency published a one page rule on Dec. 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Notice of Final Federal Agency Actions on Proposed Highway in California; Statute of Limitations on Claims discussed on Dec. 6 by Transportation Department

The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Dec. 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


What did Transportation Department publish on Dec. 6?

The US Transportation Department published a three page proposed rule on Dec. 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Manchin: American Energy Security Has Never Been More Threatened

News Release: Washington, DC - U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, released the following statement on bipartisan, comprehensive permitting reform for energy and minerals projects being excluded from the National Defense Authorization Act.


Homeland Security Department discusses Homeland Security Advisory Council; Meetings on Dec. 6

The US Homeland Security Department published a two page notice on Dec. 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Criminal Charges Unsealed Against 12 Individuals in Wide-Ranging Scheme to Monopolize Transmigrante Industry and Extort Competitors Near U.S.-Mexico Border

News Release: The U.S. Department of Justice today announced the unsealing of an 11-count indictment charging 12 individuals in a long-running, multi-faceted conspiracy to monopolize the transmigrante forwarding industry in the Los Indios, Texas, border region near Harlingen and Brownsville, Texas. Transmigrantes ...



Special Representative McAuliffe’s Travel to Cote d’Ivoire and Senegal

News Release: Special Representative Dorothy McAuliffe traveled to Côte d’Ivoire and Senegal November 12-19, 2022, to visit health facilities monitored by Parsyl, which provides risk management and cargo insurance for supply chains. In January 2021, the Office of Global Partnerships awarded a 12-month cooperative ...


California Executive Compensation Consultant Sentenced To Prison For Committing Insider Trading

News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that FRANK GLASSNER, a principal of an executive compensation consulting firm based in Novato, California (the “Consulting Firm"), was sentenced to one year and one day in prison by U.S. District Judge Lewis...


Notice published by Justice Department on Dec. 6

The US Justice Department published a two page notice on Dec. 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the EPW Committee, Representative Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.), Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure ...


Transportation Department discusses Notice of Intent to Rule on Request To Release Airport Property at the Colorado Air and Space Port, Watkins, Colorado on Dec. 6

The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Dec. 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


FEMA Awards Almost $4.5 Million to Manchester-by-the-Sea to Fight Flooding

News Release: BOSTON - The Federal Emergency Management Agency has announced a nearly $4.5 million grant to the town of Manchester-by-the-Sea to help address flooding problems on Sawmill Brook by the Central Street Bridge.


Joint Statement on Australia-U.S. Ministerial Consultations (AUSMIN) 2022

News Release: The Governments of the United States of America and Australia released the following statement on the occasion of the 32nd annual Australia-United States Ministerial Consultations (AUSMIN).


Amendment of Class C Airspace; Manchester, NH discussed on Dec. 6 by Transportation Department

The US Transportation Department published a three page rule on Dec. 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


US Department of Labor seeking current, former Tempe plastering contractor’s workers owed share of $2.6M in back wages, damages

News Release: PHOENIX - The U.S. Department of Labor is seeking current and former employees of a Tempe construction contractor who may be owed a share of more than $2.6 million in overtime wages and damages recovered after a federal court approved a consent judgment in response to litigation and a long-standing investigation by the department.


Announcement of New Cohort of U.S. Science Envoys

News Release: The U.S. Department of State has selected seven distinguished scientists to serve as U.S. Science Envoys in January 2023: Dr. Drew Harvell, Dr. Jessica Gephart, Dr. Christine Kreuder Johnson, Dr. LaShanda Korley, Dr. Prineha Narang, Ms. Frances Seymour, and Dr. Kyle Whyte. Through the Science Envoy Program, ...