News from February 2022
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 1, 2022
There were 22 press releases published by the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs in January.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2022
News Release: Department Strategy Supports National Action Plan to Combat Human Trafficking.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 1, 2022
News Release: CHARLESTON, SC - A Charleston Walgreens failed to comply with federal labor laws setting minimum age standards and limiting the number of hours and times a minor-aged employee can work. This led the U.S. Department of Labor to assess a civil money penalty to the Walgreens location, part of the nation’s second largest pharmacy store chain.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 1, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) spoke today before the House Committee on Rules in opposition to H.R. 4521, the America Concedes Act.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 1, 2022
News Release: PHILADELPHIA, Pa. - Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland and Principal Deputy Director of the Fish and Wildlife Service Martha Williams visited the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s (Service) John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) today to discuss the important role of urban wildlife refuges in conservation ...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 1, 2022
Release: Thank you to Governor DeWine, Lt. Gov. Husted, Senator Brown and Senator Portman for inviting me to join you today.
By State Newswire | Feb 1, 2022
There were six press releases or notices published by the U.S Department of State, Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons in January.
By Fed Newswire | Feb 1, 2022
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday announced the execution of the enforcement action listed below: Consent prohibition order against Tylifa A. Milton Former institution-affiliated party of M&T Bank, Buffalo, New York Unauthorized use of corporate credit card and fabrication of documents and bank records Additional enforcement actions can be searched for here.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 1, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, Jan. 27, 2022 – Today, President Joe Biden announced his intent to appoint five U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) regional positions, including four Farm Service Agency (FSA) State Executive Directors and one Rural Development (RD) State Director.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 1, 2022
News Release: United States Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo, United States Trade Representative Katherine Tai and United Kingdom Secretary of State for International Trade Anne-Marie Trevelyan today announced the start of bilateral discussions to address global steel and aluminum excess capacity, including ...
By USDA Newswire | Feb 1, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, Jan. 21, 2022 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Office of the Chief Economist (OCE) today highlighted some of the office’s key accomplishments in 2021 that support creating better markets and expanding climate-smart agriculture.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 1, 2022
News Release: U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo and Deputy Secretary of Commerce Don Graves released the following statements today after Intel announced it would be investing $20 billion to build two semiconductor facilities outside Columbus, Ohio, and create 3,000 Intel jobs, and 7,000 construction jobs over the course of the build.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 1, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON – Today, Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas announced that U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) issued a new Withhold Release Order and two new forced labor Findings. By barring goods produced with forced labor from entering the United States, the Department is playing ...
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 1, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON – The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced, as part of its implementation of the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA), that it will seek public input to inform the Department’s continued efforts to prohibit goods from being imported into the United States that are produced with forced labor in the People’s Republic of China, including in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 1, 2022
News Release: CALDWELL, ID - A U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division investigation found a painting contractor in Idaho failed to pay workers overtime wages, and failed to keep accurate records of employees’ earnings, both violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 1, 2022
There were 38 press releases published by the U.S. Congress Committee on Ways and Means in January.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 1, 2022
News Release: Brady: One Year of Biden’s Bungled Economy Wiped Away Three Years of Wage Gains.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 1, 2022
News Release: Today, United States Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo and National Economic Council Chair Brian Deese addressed newly appointed members of the Advisory Committee on Supply Chain Competitiveness (ACSCC) during their quarterly meeting. During the meeting, Raimondo and Deese discussed the Biden-Harris ...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 1, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) spoke today before the House Committee on Rules in opposition to H.R. 4521, the America Concedes Act.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 1, 2022
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Sixteen people participating in an employee retirement plan sponsored by a now defunct Danville construction company will receive distributions of almost $1 million in assets following an investigation and litigation by the U.S. Department of Labor.
