News from February 2022
By Fed Newswire | Feb 1, 2022
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Friday invited public comment on proposed guidance to implement a framework for the supervision of certain insurance organizations overseen by the Board.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 1, 2022
News Release: Following the Biden Administration’s first-ever interagency convening on economic growth , Deputy Secretary of Commerce Don Graves and Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Director Kiran Ahuja hosted a virtual roundtable to bring leaders together to discuss ways to reinvent the federal workforce through the lens of equity and make the federal government the model employer.
By State Newswire | Feb 1, 2022
U.S. Embassy San Jose PD Annual Program Statement grant opened on Feb. 1.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2022
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - U.S. Magistrate Judge Patricia D. Barksdale has sentenced Timothy Terrance DeJoris (42, Ponte Vedra) to six months’ probation and a $2,500 fine for importing from China a mislabeled erectile dysfunction drug and distributing it online and in the Jacksonville area. DeJoris had previously administratively forfeited $50,000 in proceeds from the offense. DeJoris had pleaded guilty on November 4, 2021.
By State Newswire | Feb 1, 2022
Release: United States Department of State. Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL). Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO): DRL: Promoting Government Accountability in Thailand through Citizen Journalism. This is the announcement of funding opportunity number SFOP0008569. Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance...
By DOL Newswire | Feb 1, 2022
There were 32 press releases published by the House Committee on Education and Labor in January.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 1, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON – Beginning on Jan. 22, 2022, DHS will require non-U.S. individuals seeking to enter the United States via land ports of entry and ferry terminals at the U.S.-Mexico and U.S.-Canada borders to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 and provide related proof of vaccination, as COVID-19 cases continue ...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 1, 2022
Release: Thank you. When President Biden asked me to take this job, he told me that one of his top priorities is the revitalization of our manufacturing economy. The main reason I took this job is because my dad lost his manufacturing job when it went overseas, like so many others. And my brother told me “Dad ...
By DOL Newswire | Feb 1, 2022
News Release: NORTH PORT, FL - Working in the recesses of Apalachicola National Forest on a July day as temperatures neared 100 degrees, the supervisor of two crews hired to clear invasive plants saw one 42-year-old worker was sweating heavily, his hands were trembling, and he seemed confused, unable to respond to commands.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 1, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor today announced a new program designed to encourage and help America’s miners to get the COVID-19 protections that vaccinations offer.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2022
News Release: Leonard C Boyle, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ROBERT McGUIRE, 42, of Easton, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Robert N. Chatigny in Hartford to 30 years of imprisonment, followed by a lifetime term of supervised release, for producing photographs and videos of his sexual abuse of a young child.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 1, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - Department of the Interior Assistant Secretary for Water and Science Tanya Trujillo wrapped up a three-day trip to California today where she highlighted President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law’s $8.3 billion investments in water management and drought resilience. During her visit, ...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 1, 2022
Release: Thank you to President Biden for inviting me to join you today.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 1, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, Jan. 21, 2022 – Today, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture issued the following statement highlighting key accomplishments to promote food and nutrition security at the Department of Agriculture since the Biden-Harris Administration took office on Jan. 20, 2021.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 1, 2022
News Release: BOSTON - Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Deanne Criswell stated, on Jan. 20, 2022, “It is my pleasure to announce that Ms. Lori A. Ehrlich is appointed as FEMA Region 1 Regional Administrator." Region I encompasses Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont, and ten federally recognized Tribal Nations.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 1, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, Jan. 19, 2022 – Today, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack issued the following statement highlighting key accomplishments of the Department of Agriculture to create more and better markets since the Biden-Harris Administration took office on Jan. 20, 2021. The Biden-Harris Administration ...
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 1, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - On Thursday, Jan. 20, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers (FLETC) hosted state and local law enforcement officers from the Gainesville, FL area for a Human Trafficking Awareness Training (HTAT). The HTAT program provides law enforcement officers ...
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 1, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, secured a commitment from Shalanda Young, the nominee to be Director of the Office of Management and Budget, that OMB would produce documents within two weeks that...
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 1, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON – Today, on International Day of Education, Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas and Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona hosted a discussion with presidents of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) from across the nation to share information on grant programs, ...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 1, 2022
News Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce released the results from the Risks in the Semiconductor Supply Chain Request for Information (RFI) issued in Sept. 2021. Key findings from the report provided data-driven information about the depths of the semiconductor shortage and underscored the need for the President’s proposed $52 billion in domestic semiconductor production.
