News from June 2022
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 28, 2022
The US Transportation Department published a two page rule on June 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2022
News Release: The Department of Justice today announced that it signed settlement agreements requiring 16 private employers to pay a total of $832,944 in civil penalties to resolve claims that each company discriminated against non-U.S. citizens in hiring. According to the department, each company posted at least ...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 28, 2022
Release: I’m excited to reunite with my friend, Minister Josephine Teo. We are both firm believers in supporting female entrepreneurs operating in tech.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 28, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - As part of a multi-stop tour, Bureau of Land Management Artist in Residence, Native American jazz trumpeter Delbert Anderson and his group D’DAT are headed to California to teach in music workshops, and then perform in concert to celebrate America’s public lands.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 28, 2022
The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on June 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 28, 2022
Release: Gina Raimondo is the 40th U.S. Secretary of Commerce. Cecilia Rouse serves as the 30th Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers. Brian Deese serves as the Director of the National Economic Council.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 28, 2022
The US Environmental Protection Agency published a three page proposed rule on June 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 28, 2022
News Release: HAWAII NATIONAL PARK, Hawaiʻi - A new National Park Service report announced that 1.3 million visitors to Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park in 2021 spent an estimated $117 million in local communities. That local spending supported 1,220 jobs and had a total benefit to the island of Hawaiʻi of $154 million.
By State Newswire | Jun 28, 2022
News Release: On behalf of the United States of America, I congratulate the people of Djibouti on the 45th anniversary of your independence.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 28, 2022
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - The Bureau of Land Management will host an additional, virtual public meeting to hear comments regarding oil and gas lease sale decisions made by the Rio Puerco and Farmington field offices. These decisions authorized the lease of 42 parcels for oil and gas development, pursuant to the December 2018 Rio Puerco Field Office lease sale, November 2019 Rio Puerco Field Office lease sale, and February 2020 Rio Puerco and Farmington field offices lease sale.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 28, 2022
There was activity on two bills related to the Appropriations Committee on June 27.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 28, 2022
“TRIBUTE TO DALE W. MOORE“ was published in the Senate section on page S3156 on June 23
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 28, 2022
News Release: Today, NOAA proposed new measures to strengthen its ability to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing activities and counter forced labor in the seafood supply chain. As a global leader in combating IUU fishing, NOAA employs a suite of tools to deter these activities where they may occur. The proposed changes are part of a rulemaking process that is open for public comment.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 28, 2022
News Release: Employer: A&G Auto Service and Repair Inc. operating as Magic Wheels Auto World Inc. 15252 Spring Hill Drive, Brooksville, FL 34604 Investigation findings: U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division investigators found A&G Auto Service and Repair Inc. paid a salary for all hours employees worked ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2022
News Release: ROCKFORD - An inmate at the United States Penitentiary in Thomson, Ill., was indicted today by a federal grand jury on charges of murder, assault, and possession of a weapon in connection with the death of a fellow inmate.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 28, 2022
News Release: Color these scientists happy. An exotic gel they studied at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has an unexpected property: The material’s temperature determines which color of light can pass through it.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 28, 2022
Release: Congressman Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Chairman of the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Subcommittee, delivered the following remarks at the Appropriations Committee's markup of the fiscal year 2023 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies bill.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2022
News Release: After a 24-day trial, a federal jury in the Middle District of Florida convicted two individuals for their roles in a conspiracy that fraudulently billed approximately $1.4 billion for laboratory testing services in a sophisticated pass-through billing scheme involving rural hospitals.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 28, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, and Committee Member Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, sent a letter to Brendan McGuire, Chief Counsel for Rikers Island...
