News from January 2022
By DOL Newswire | Jan 12, 2022
News Release: “OSHA is gratified the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit dissolved the Fifth Circuit’s stay of the Vaccination and Testing Emergency Temporary Standard. OSHA can now once again implement this vital workplace health standard, which will protect the health of workers by mitigating the spread of the unprecedented virus in the workplace.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 12, 2022
The US Homeland Security Department published a five page notice on Jan. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOL Newswire | Jan 12, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced the award of a $5 million cooperative agreement to the American Center for International Labor Solidarity to improve workers’ rights in agricultural supply chains in Honduras and Guatemala, and the garment sector in El Salvador.
By DOL Newswire | Jan 12, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - Historically, high school students in the nation’s poorest neighborhoods have faced disproportionate barriers to obtaining an education equal to that available to students in the wealthiest neighborhoods. In the past year, closures and virtual learning forced by the pandemic are deepening this inequality and are likely to hurt disadvantaged students’ future earning potential, a recent Yale University study shows.
By DOL Newswire | Jan 12, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor - in collaboration with departments of Health and Human Services, Treasury and the Office of Personnel Management - today announced the “Prescription Drug and Health Care Spending" interim final rule with comment period and the implementation of a reporting requirement for the cost of prescription drugs and certain medical expenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 12, 2022
News Release: DENVER - The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado announces that Idaho-based Native American Services Corp. (NASCO) and Texas-based Mirador Enterprises, Inc. (Mirador) have agreed to pay $1.15 million to the United States to resolve allegations of fraud related to two construction contracts at Colorado’s Fort Carson Army installation. NASCO will pay $750,000 of the settlement amount, and Mirador will pay $400,000.
By Fed Newswire | Jan 12, 2022
News Release: The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Federal Reserve Board, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the National Credit Union Administration, and the state regulators, collectively the agencies, recognize the serious impact of tornadoes on the customers and operations of many financial institutions ...
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 12, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C- Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today released the following statement in response to the National Taxpayer Advocate Report...
By DOE Newswire | Jan 12, 2022
The US Energy 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: APEX, NC – The U.S. Department of Labor has recovered $33,230 in back wages for five employees working on a federally funded construction project in Fayetteville. Investigators found the employer failed to pay workers all wages earned as required by the Davis Bacon Act.
By Fed Newswire | Jan 12, 2022
The US Federal Reserve System published a two page notice on Jan. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Fed Newswire | Jan 12, 2022
News Release: The attached tables and charts released on Wednesday summarize the economic projections made by Federal Open Market Committee participants in conjunction with the December 14-15 meeting.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 12, 2022
News Release: Dear Ambassador Tai: The United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (“USMCA" or the “Agreement") has the potential to deliver tangible benefits for America’s workers, farmers, and businesses by improving and strengthening the relationship between the United States and its two closest trading partners. However,...
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 12, 2022
The US Commerce Department published a four page notice on Jan. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 12, 2022
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Jan. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 12, 2022
The US Commerce Department published a four page notice on Jan. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 12, 2022
News Release: Cedar City, Utah - The National Park Service is excited to announce the return of guided snowshoe walks at Cedar Breaks National Monument this winter. The guided walks will begin this Saturday, Jan. 15, 2022 and continuing through March. Two walks will be offered each Saturday and Sunday, snowshoes and poles will be provided for participants; reservations are required.
By DOL Newswire | Jan 12, 2022
News Release: NEVILLE ISLAND, PA – A workplace safety investigation into the June death in Neville Island of a 19-year-old roofing worker who fell 30 feet through an unprotected skylight found two commercial contractors willfully failed to use fall protection systems that might have saved his life.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 12, 2022
The US Homeland Security Department published a three page rule on Jan. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 12, 2022
News Release: 1. On 16 December 2021, the U.S.-EU Ministerial Meeting on Justice and Home Affairs took place in Washington D.C. The United States was represented by Attorney General Merrick B. Garland and by Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas. The European Union was represented by Commissioner for ...
