News from February 2022
By Interior Newswire | Feb 2, 2022
Cooperative Agreement for CESU- affiliated Partner of the Pacific Northwest Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) grant opened on Feb. 2.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2022
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - A Providence man who admitted to stealing both the identity and U.S. Mail of at least two individuals, including checks that he deposited into his own bank accounts after forging the check endorsement, has been sentenced to two years and one day in federal prison, announced United States Attorney Zachary A. Cunha.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2022
News Release: ATLANTA - U.S. Attorney General Merrick B. Garland today released the Justice Department’s new National Strategy to Combat Human Trafficking pursuant to the Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act.
By Bob Martin | Feb 2, 2022
The U.S. Department of Labor has fined PM Engineered Solutions Inc., a Connecticut-based metal fabrication company, after one of its employees was electrocuted repairing a portable water heater on July 14.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 2, 2022
FY 22 National Urban and Community Forestry Grant Program grant opened on Feb. 2.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2022
News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Keechant Sewell, the Commissioner of the New York City Police Department (“NYPD"), announced that IRVIN CARTAGENA, a/k/a “Green Eyes," was charged in a criminal complaint unsealed yesterday in Manhattan federal court...
By Press release submission | Feb 2, 2022
Since the military coup of February 1, 2021, the people of Burma have stood firm in rejecting military rule and calling for their country’s return to the path to inclusive democracy.
By Press release submission | Feb 2, 2022
The United States is designating Hizballah-affiliated financial facilitator Adnan Ayad, as well as members of an international network of facilitators and companies connected to him and to Adel Diab, Ayad’s business partner and fellow Hizballah financier.
By Press release submission | Feb 2, 2022
Black History Month celebrates the achievements of Black Americans and honors the pivotal role they have played in our nation’s history, from their contributions to building the original foundations of the American economy and our place in the world trade order to their leadership in the pursuit of equality, representation, and economic justice.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2022
News Release: Damian Williams, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that LAURENCE F. DOUD III, the former Chief Executive Officer of Rochester Drug Co-Operative, Inc. (“RDC"), was convicted today in Manhattan federal court of conspiring to distribute unlawfully oxycodone and fentanyl and conspiring to defraud the Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA"). DOUD was convicted after a two-week jury trial before U.S. District Judge George B. Daniels.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 2, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - A Guatemalan national previously removed to his home country by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) was convicted in a Guatemalan court for his role in sexual violence targeting indigenous women in the 1980s. Francisco Cuxum Alvarado, 66, was convicted of crimes against humanity by a High-Risk Court in Guatemala City, Guatemala and sentenced to 30 years imprisonment.
By Press release submission | Feb 2, 2022
Ambassador Tai and Minister Yeo discussed the ongoing cooperation between the two countries on the United States-Korea Free Trade Agreement (KORUS), and the need to address global supply chain issues.
By Press release submission | Feb 2, 2022
The United States is deeply concerned by the People’s Republic of China’s discriminatory trade practices against Lithuanian goods and EU products with Lithuanian content.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2022
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of New Castle, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 105 months’ imprisonment followed by four years of supervised release on his conviction for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine and 40 grams or more of fentanyl, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.
By Bob Martin | Feb 2, 2022
The U.S. Supreme Court recently ruled to stop the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s Emergency Temporary Standard on vaccination and testing, pending a review by the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2022
News Release: BOISE - A San Leandro, California man was sentenced to four months in federal prison and four months of home confinement for passing counterfeit currency.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2022
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Glassport, PA, has been sentenced in federal court to 87 months in prison to be followed by 5 years of supervised release on his conviction of possession of material depicting the sexual exploitation of children, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.
By Press release submission | Feb 2, 2022
The deeply disappointing decision today by the WTO arbitrator reflects erroneous Appellate Body interpretations that damage the ability of WTO Members to defend our workers and businesses from China’s trade-distorting subsidies.
By Press release submission | Feb 2, 2022
The United States Departments of Commerce, Homeland Security, Labor, State, the Treasury, and the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) today issued a Burma business advisory to inform the public of the heightened risks associated with doing business in Burma, and in particular with the military junta.
By Press release submission | Feb 2, 2022
The President’s Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Human Trafficking was convened today for the first time under the Biden-Harris Administration to discuss how the U.S. government will continue to build a stronger, more comprehensive federal anti-trafficking response and support the implementation of the National Action Plan to Combat Human Trafficking.
