News from January 2022
By Press release submission | Jan 16, 2022
Thank you, Isobel, for getting us started. And thank you especially to Marcela’s family, so many of whom are tuning in today: her husband, Beran, her two sons, Nico and Lucas, her mother, Irene, her father, Raul, her brother, Martin, and her sisters, Valeria and Marita.
By Press release submission | Jan 16, 2022
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) announced the United States government’s initial 2022 contribution of more than $308 million in humanitarian assistance for the people of Afghanistan.
By Press release submission | Jan 16, 2022
Today, the United States Agency for International Development commemorates National Human Trafficking Awareness Day, with the hope of bringing an end to this heinous crime that affects an estimated 25 million people around the world.
By Press release submission | Jan 16, 2022
DEPUTY ADMINISTRATOR COLEMAN: Good morning, good afternoon, and good evening, representatives, partners, and friends.
By Press release submission | Jan 16, 2022
Today, Administrator Power met with Daniel Endres, United Nations Assistant Secretary-General (ASG) and Regional Humanitarian Coordinator for East Africa, to discuss how USAID can work together with the UN to address humanitarian needs across Ethiopia and overcome major challenges to providing life-saving assistance to people in need.
By Press release submission | Jan 16, 2022
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is providing $100,000 in immediate assistance to support people affected by severe flooding in the Bahia State of Brazil, which has impacted nearly 800,000 people, including displacing more than 73,000 people from their homes.
By Press release submission | Jan 16, 2022
Today, Administrator Samantha Power met with Dr. John Nkengasong, the Director of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC).
By Press release submission | Jan 16, 2022
Thank you, Isobel, for kicking us off. And to all of Atul’s friends, colleagues, and especially his family members joining us today—including his mother, Sushila; his sister, Sumeeta; his wife Kathleen; and his children Hattie, Walker, and Hunter— thank you so much.
By Press release submission | Jan 15, 2022
The 24 U.S. scheduled passenger airlines employed 414,597 full-time equivalents (FTEs) in November 2021, 1,151 FTEs (0.3%) more than in October 2021.
By Press release submission | Jan 15, 2022
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) is providing notice that it will not take enforcement action against any person who fills a DOT-specification cylinder used to transport Division 2.2 non-flammable gas provided the cylinder meets all requirements of the Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR; 49 CFR Parts 171-180) except that the cylinder is overdue for periodic requalification by no more than 12 months through May 16, 2022.
By Press release submission | Jan 15, 2022
The U.S. Department of Transportation today announced that Amit Bose has been confirmed as the 15th Administrator of the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA).
By Press release submission | Jan 15, 2022
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) invites the aviation industry and the public to comment on a planned update to guidance for evaluating noise and land use around airports.
By Press release submission | Jan 15, 2022
Descent procedures that the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) put in place across the country in the 2021 will save millions of gallons of fuel and reduce CO2 and other emissions by hundreds of thousands of tons.
By Press release submission | Jan 15, 2022
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) awarded $5 million to educate the next generation of pilots and other aviation professionals.
By Press release submission | Jan 15, 2022
The Federal Aviation Administration will require operators of Boeing 787s to take additional precautions when landing on wet or snowy runways at airports where 5G C-band service is deployed.
By Emily Bevard | Jan 15, 2022
Taylor Energy and the Department of the Interior have reached a settlement, agreeing to turn over more than $400 million to plug the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
By Emily Bevard | Jan 15, 2022
Louisiana will join 25 other states in asking the federal government for more than $401 million to plug thousands of orphaned oil and gas wells.
