News from January 2022

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2022
News Release: On Four Counts of Production of Child Pornography.

By State Newswire | Jan 25, 2022
Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good afternoon, everyone. Welcome to all of you and welcome to those tuning in online. This is our Administration’s first meeting of the President’s Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, which I have the honor of chairing. And to kick off today’s meeting it is a great pleasure to introduce our first speaker, a longstanding leader on these issues, the Vice President of the United States.

By Press release submission | Jan 25, 2022
The Bureau of Reclamation announced today that Jamescita Mae Peshlakai was named the new Native American Tribal liaison for the Glen Canyon Dam Adaptive Management Program.The Tribal liaison supports communication between five Department of the Interior agencies (Reclamation, National Park Service, U.S.

By Press release submission | Jan 25, 2022
The Bureau of Reclamation is working with the Natural Resources Conservation Service to make federal funding available to improve agricultural water use efficiency throughout California.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 25, 2022
News Release: Brady: President Biden Began His Presidency Standing on Third Base and Proudly Stole Second.

By Interior Newswire | Jan 25, 2022
News Release: ST. CROIX FALLS, Wisconsin: St. Croix National Scenic Riverway is currently exploring opportunities for improving safety, protecting the natural environment, and enhancing visitor experiences at the Fairy Falls Day Use Area, located near Stillwater, Minnesota.

By Press release submission | Jan 25, 2022
The U.S. Army announced today the Civil Works studies, projects and programs that the Corps would implement in Fiscal Year 2022 with the $22.81 billion in supplemental funding provided in two recently enacted laws — the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act; and the 2022 Disaster Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act.

By Commerce Newswire | Jan 25, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, Chairwoman of the Oversight and Reform Committee, and Rep. James Comer, Ranking Member of the Oversight and Reform Committee, introduced the Federal Information Security Modernization Act of 2022. This legislation aims to improve the federal government’s...

By Press release submission | Jan 25, 2022
Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL)

By Press release submission | Jan 25, 2022
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has determined that the Sacramento Mountains checkerspot butterfly is at risk of extinction, due to the reduction of habitat quality and quantity, specifically the reduction in availability of host plants and nectar sources from overgrazing by large ungulates, recreation, climate change, nonnative plants, and an altered wildfire regime.
By State Newswire | Jan 25, 2022
Release: United States Department of State. Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL). Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO): DRL: Youth Engaged in Democratic Processes for Community-Driven Change. This is the announcement of funding opportunity number SFOP0008559. Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2022
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - A Jackson man was sentenced to 180 months in prison for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, announced U.S. Attorney Darren LaMarca and Special Agent in Charge Kurt Thielhorn of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2022
News Release: NASHVILLE - A Minor Hill, Tennessee, man was sentenced yesterday to 35 years in federal prison for crimes related to the production of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Mark H. Wildasin for the Middle District of Tennessee.

By Press release submission | Jan 25, 2022
The U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) today determined that revoking the existing antidumping duty orders on imports of carbon steel butt-weld pipe fittings from Brazil, China, Japan, Taiwan, and Thailand would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of material injury within a reasonably foreseeable time.

By Press release submission | Jan 25, 2022
Cane River Creole National Historical Park will host two separate memorial illumination events to remember and honor the people who were enslaved on Magnolia Plantation and Oakland Plantation on February 12 and February 26 as part of Black History Month.

By Press release submission | Jan 25, 2022
Cmdr. Billie Farrell relieved Cmdr. John Benda as commanding officer of USS Constitution during a change of command ceremony, Jan. 21.

By Press release submission | Jan 25, 2022
The park hosted 4,860,537 recreation visits in 2021, up 28% from 2020 (3,806,306 visits), making it the busiest year on record.

By Press release submission | Jan 25, 2022
We offer our condolences following the passing of Zhang Qing, wife of Chinese human rights activist and defender Guo Feixiong (also known as Yang Maodong).

By Press release submission | Jan 25, 2022
Shenandoah National Park will begin a pilot project designed to improve the visitor experience and protect fragile resources at Old Rag, one of the Park’s most popular hiking destinations.

By Press release submission | Jan 25, 2022
Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL)