News from March 2022
By Press release submission | Mar 30, 2022
Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) held a hearing titled, “Rise and Shine: Improving Retirement and Enhancing Savings.”Ranking Member Burr’s prepared opening statement:“Good morning.
By Press release submission | Mar 30, 2022
Senate Appropriations Committee Vice Chairman Richard Shelby (R-Ala.)
By Press release submission | Mar 30, 2022
Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that ERIN VERESPY was sentenced to 66 months in prison for her participation in a widespread, $33 million scheme to misappropriate client healthcare funds and defraud multiple lenders through her role as the Chief Financial Officer of Employee Benefit Solutions LLC (“EBS”), an insurance firm located in Wilton, Connecticut.
By Press release submission | Mar 30, 2022
A Michigan man pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston in connection with his involvement in a fraudulent scheme to obtain COVID-19-related unemployment assistance.Devin Smith, 30, pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud and one count of aggravated identity theft.
By Press release submission | Mar 30, 2022
Terence Aubrey Larker, 35, of Las Vegas, previously of Sacramento, was arrested today after a federal grand jury returned an eight-count indictment last Thursday, charging him with mail fraud and aggravated identity theft, U.S.
By Press release submission | Mar 30, 2022
Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee Chair, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), and Ranking Member, Senator Richard Burr (R-NC), sent a letter to the Government Accountability Office (GAO) calling on the agency to examine the need for stronger spousal protections in defined contribution retirement plans.“People plan their futures around their retirement accounts, so it is important that no one have these critical resources undermined by their spouse’s decisions without their knowledge or consent,” wrote the Senators.
By Press release submission | Mar 30, 2022
During the hearing, Chairman Manchin praised the innovative research and efforts led by Dr. Ziemkiewicz’s team at WVU to extract critical rare earth elements from acid mine drainage.
By Press release submission | Mar 30, 2022
The Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration’s Uranium Processing Facility Project has reached a significant milestone with all buildings being fully enclosed, or “in the dry.”
By Press release submission | Mar 30, 2022
When it comes to role models, Ingrid Colbert has a diverse list: voting rights advocates Ida B. Wells and Fannie Lou Hamer; Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg; U.S. Sen. Barbara Mikulski; and Michelle Obama, just to name a few.
By Press release submission | Mar 30, 2022
Improved Forecasting Models Will Help Grid Operators Predict Production of Solar Power
By Press release submission | Mar 30, 2022
Projects at the University of Washington and University of California, Davis Focus on Carbon Drawdown and Storage in Building Construction, Materials and Designs
By Press release submission | Mar 30, 2022
On March 22, Administrator Samantha Power was in Miami, Florida to participate in a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signing ceremony between USAID and Florida International University (FIU).
By Press release submission | Mar 30, 2022
I'm beyond thrilled to be in Miami today. As the old saying goes, the only South American capital located in North America.
By Press release submission | Mar 30, 2022
Today, Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken announced that the United States has determined that the Burmese military committed genocide and crimes against humanity against the Rohingya people.
By Press release submission | Mar 30, 2022
On March 21-22, Administrator Power will travel to South Florida for the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Florida International University (FIU) under USAID’s Minority Serving Institutions Partnership Initiative.
By Press release submission | Mar 30, 2022
Today, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Deputy Administrator Isobel Coleman met with Director-General of Norad Bård Vegar Solhjell to discuss shared global development priorities.
By Press release submission | Mar 30, 2022
Today, Administrator Power met with United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) Executive Director Grete Faremo.
By Press release submission | Mar 30, 2022
Shortly after the earthquake and Haitian Prime Minister Henry’s declaration of a state of emergency, U.S. Ambassador to Haiti Michele Sison issued a U.S. diplomatic disaster declaration.
