News from March 2022

By Commerce Newswire | Mar 17, 2022
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at an Energy Subcommittee hearing titled, “Charging Forward: Securing American Manufacturing and Our EV Future:"

By Interior Newswire | Mar 17, 2022
News Release: MILLS, Wyoming - The Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) has submitted notice to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to adopt the FEIS for the Leavitt Reservoir Expansion Project (LREP).
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2022
News Release: BOISE - A Nampa man was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison for unlawful possession of a firearm and possession of a firearm with an obliterated serial number.

By State Newswire | Mar 17, 2022
DRL Strengthening Worker Rights in Indonesia's Mining Industries grant opened on March 17.

By Homeland Newswire | Mar 17, 2022
News Release: LACEY, Wash- The March 7 deadline to apply for FEMA disaster assistance has passed, but help is still available for survivors of the declared disaster of Nov. 5 - Dec. 2 as FEMA continues working with the Emergency Management Division of the Washington Military Department.

By DOE Newswire | Mar 17, 2022
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at an Energy Subcommittee hearing titled, “Charging Forward: Securing American Manufacturing and Our EV Future:"
By Interior Newswire | Mar 17, 2022
News Release: BUSHKILL, PA- A section of US Route 209 between Raymondskill Road and Route 739 within Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area will be closed as of 8:30 am today due to a damaged culvert that has increased erosion of the slope between the road and Delaware River near Mile Marker 17. The road will...

By Homeland Newswire | Mar 17, 2022
News Release: ATLANTA - FEMA has authorized federal funds to reimburse costs to Florida to fight the Adkins Avenue Fire in Bay County.

By State Newswire | Mar 17, 2022
Release: The United States today imposed sanctions on gold refiner Alain Goetz and his network for the illicit movement of gold in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Our actions underscore the U.S. commitment to disrupt the illegal minerals trade in the DRC, which threatens the peace, security, and stability in the Great Lakes region.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 17, 2022
News Release: BATON ROUGE, La. - FEMA has posted a Public Notice regarding the availability of a Draft Environmental Assessment (EA) prepared for a proposed group housing site for survivors in need of housing as a result of Hurricane Ida.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 17, 2022
The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on March 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By Homeland Newswire | Mar 17, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON -- FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell reads to 2nd and 3rd graders from Widewater Elementary School today at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library in Washington D.C. Criswell, along with American Red Cross and Department of Education officials read from the "Prepare with Pedro" book to teach youth how to prepare for disasters before they occur.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2022
News Release: Two pill presses and more than 50,000 counterfeit oxycodone pills seized.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 17, 2022
News Release: - Today the U.S. Census Bureau released new statistics from the 2016-2020 American Community Survey (ACS) 5-year estimates. Following pandemic-related data collection disruptions, the Census Bureau revised its methodology to reduce nonresponse bias in data collected in 2020. After evaluating the effectiveness...

By DOE Newswire | Mar 17, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Communications and Technology Subcommittee Republican Leader Bob Latta (R-OH) delivered opening remarks at today’s subcommittee hearing on spectrum management.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2022
News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - Keith Allan Bee, 56, of San Tan Valley, Arizona, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge James A. Soto to six months in prison for filing a false tax return. Bee is a former Arizona state legislator and justice of the peace.

By USDA Newswire | Mar 17, 2022
The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on March 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By Press release submission | Mar 17, 2022
Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Mike Doyle (D-PA) announced today that the Communications and Technology Subcommittee will hold a hearing on Thursday, March 31, on oversight of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).

By Press release submission | Mar 17, 2022
Bipartisan Energy and Commerce Committee leaders wrote to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) today to request information regarding the Biden Administration’s efforts to address the increased levels of mental health issues in the United States, particularly given the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.

By Bob Pepalis | Mar 17, 2022
The U.S. Department of Labor awarded $2.97 million to provide temporary employment and training for individuals after the northern California wildfires between July and October 2021.