News from December 2022

By State Newswire | Dec 3, 2022
Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2022
News Release: MINNEAPOLIS - A North Dakota man has been charged in a criminal complaint with threatening to murder a United States official, announced U.S. Attorney Andrew M. Luger.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2022
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - U.S. District Judge Brian J. Davis has sentenced Darnell Donya Rice, Jr. (28, Jacksonville) to five years in federal prison for possession and transfer of a device designed for use in converting a weapon into a machinegun and making a false written statement to a federally licensed firearms dealer during the acquisition of a firearm. Rice had pleaded guilty on Aug. 22, 2022.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2022
News Release: BANGOR, Maine: A former Portland man was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Bangor for being a felon in possession of a firearm. The charges stemmed from an August 2021 standoff with the Brewer Police Department.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 3, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Subcommittee on Health Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY) released the following statement after the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra announced the Biden administration’s notice to unwind the Monkeypox Public Health Emergency in 60 days...

By EPA Newswire | Dec 3, 2022
The US Environmental Protection Agency published a two page proposed rule on Dec. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By EPA Newswire | Dec 3, 2022
The US Environmental Protection Agency published a one page notice on Dec. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Press release submission | Dec 3, 2022
Today, the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee held a hearing titled, “Putting the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to Work: The Private Sector Perspective.”
By Press release submission | Dec 3, 2022
Today, the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee held a business meeting to consider multiple nominations, including Shailen Bhatt to serve as administrator of the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA).
By Press release submission | Dec 3, 2022
Today, the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee held a business meeting to consider multiple nominations, including Joseph Goffman to be an assistant administrator for the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Office of Air and Radiation.
By Press release submission | Dec 3, 2022
Ice and snow will be no match for packages this winter at a key air cargo airport and sorting center.
By Press release submission | Dec 3, 2022
Today, the U.S. Department of Transportation announced that two of the Department’s career employees have received the 2022 Presidential Rank Award, one of the most prestigious awards in Federal career civil service.
By Press release submission | Dec 3, 2022
The U.S. Department of Transportation today released its Air Travel Consumer Report (ATCR) on airline operational data compiled for the month of September 2022 and 3rd quarter 2022 numbers (nine months data) for on-time performance, consumer complaints received, mishandled baggage, and mishandled wheelchairs and scooters.
By Press release submission | Dec 3, 2022
The Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) today released U.S. airlines’ October fuel cost and consumption numbers indicating U.S. scheduled service airlines used 1.433 billion gallons of fuel, 2.3% more fuel than in September 2022 (1.401 billion gallons) and 7.0% less than in pre-pandemic October 2019.
By Press release submission | Dec 3, 2022
The National Transportation Safety Board issued urgent recommendations on Friday asking American and Canadian aviation regulators to require both immediate and more frequent inspections of certain components on Bell 407 helicopters.
By Press release submission | Dec 3, 2022
The National Transportation Safety Board will hold a virtual public board meeting Dec. 13 to discuss the findings of a new safety research report that examines the crash risk associated with different drugs — such as alcohol, cannabis, prescription, over-the-counter and other drugs — and their use among drivers.
By Press release submission | Dec 3, 2022
The National Transportation Safety Board is calling on the Federal Aviation Administration to issue special regulations to address flight safety hazards specific to air tour operations in Ketchikan, Alaska.
By Press release submission | Dec 3, 2022
Ice and snow will be no match for packages this winter at a key air cargo airport and sorting center.
By Press release submission | Dec 3, 2022
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s (USDOT) Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) today announced cooperative agreements re-establishing regional Tribal Technical Assistance Program (TTAP) centers.
By Press release submission | Dec 3, 2022
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) today announced the latest round of transportation innovations through the Every Day Counts (EDC) Program (EDC-7).