News from January 2022
By DOE Newswire | Jan 12, 2022
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Oversight and Investigations Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO) announced today that the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee will hold a hearing on the energy impacts of cryptocurrencies on Thursday, Jan. 20, at 10:30 a.m. (EST) in the John D. Dingell Room, 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Cleaning Up Cryptocurrency: The Energy Impacts of Blockchains."
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 12, 2022
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - The president and CEO of a commercial diving school was sentenced today to 27 months in prison for fraudulently obtaining funding from the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for the school and its students, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.
By Press release submission | Jan 12, 2022
The disaster recovery centers in Luling and Montegut will change their Saturday hours of operation to 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., beginning Jan. 8.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 12, 2022
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Rodney Alexander Minter and John Eric Dickson pleaded guilty today for their roles in the distribution of methamphetamine.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 12, 2022
The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Jan. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOL Newswire | Jan 12, 2022
News Release: BILLINGS, MT - The U.S. Department of Labor announced that the department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration and Langlas & Associates Inc. have signed a strategic partnership to prevent serious hazards, and enhance workplace safety and health practices for workers on the Rocky Vista University construction project in Billings.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 12, 2022
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Travis A. Harner, of Morgantown, West Virginia, has admitted to a tax charge, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.
By DOL Newswire | Jan 12, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh and Switzerland’s President Guy Parmelin signed a memorandum of understanding today to expand apprenticeships among Swiss companies and Swiss-invested companies in the U.S., and promote job creation in both countries. Swiss companies actively invest in U.S. manufacturing, and directly support more than 500,000 U.S. jobs, with an average annual salary of $101,800.
By DOL Newswire | Jan 12, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor today announced the award of a $10 million cooperative agreement to American Institutes for Research to strengthen the labor mediation process in Mexico, by increasing transparency in labor disputes and improving the country’s labor justice system.
By DOL Newswire | Jan 12, 2022
News Release: MADISON, WI - A U.S. District Court judge in Wisconsin has held a Madison business owner in civil contempt of court after he failed to comply with a March 2021 consent order and judgment requiring him to restore $53,122 to the Thunderbird Engineering Inc. company’s 401(k) Plan.
By DOL Newswire | Jan 12, 2022
News Release: HONOLULU – A U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division investigation found the operator of two Hawaii restaurants denied workers overtime wages, and failed to record the hours of work for its kitchen cooks accurately, both violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act.
By DOL Newswire | Jan 12, 2022
News Release: PROVIDENCE, RI - The sidewalls of an unprotected trench can collapse without warning and with great force - crushing and sometimes suffocating workers beneath tons of soil and debris - before they can react or escape. A federal inspection at a Warwick excavation found two area contractors ignoring the risks and placing their workers in serious danger.
By Press release submission | Jan 12, 2022
Hurricane Maria’s winds and rains left Arthur Richards Junior High School in ruins in September 2017. FEMA and the Territory made it a priority to assess damage to the school’s six buildings and grounds, collaborate to build out temporary modular classrooms for students and ultimately replace the school.
By Fed Newswire | Jan 12, 2022
News Release: Federal bank regulatory agencies today issued a statement summarizing their interagency "policy sprints" focused on crypto-assets and providing a roadmap of future work related to crypto-assets.
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 12, 2022
The US Transportation Department published a three page rule on Jan. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Fed Newswire | Jan 12, 2022
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation today announced the 2022 updated asset-size thresholds used to define "small bank" and "intermediate small bank" under their Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) regulations.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 12, 2022
The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Jan. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Press release submission | Jan 12, 2022
FEMA announced today that federal disaster assistance has been made available to the state of Missouri to supplement state and local recovery efforts in the areas affected by severe storms, straight-line winds and tornadoes on Dec. 10, 2021.
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 12, 2022
The US Transportation Department published a three page notice on Jan. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Press release submission | Jan 12, 2022
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and Ohio Emergency Management Agency (Ohio EMA) announced today that $15,375,666 in federal funding has been made available to University Hospitals Health Systems for costs related to the state’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic under the federal disaster declaration of March 31, 2020.
