News from March 2022
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 Kaleb Brown | Mar 17, 2022
Energy ministers from the United States, Canada, Qatar, Norway and Saudi Arabia met in Houston March 9 to launch a Net-Zero Producers Forum.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 17, 2022
News Release: FRANKFORT, Ky. - As residents continue to repair and rebuild after the Dec. 10-11 severe storms and tornadoes, FEMA has teamed with Menards in Elizabethtown and Paducah to provide free information and tips on how to make homes damaged by natural disasters stronger and safer.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2022
News Release: Tampa, FL - United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that a federal jury has convicted Luis Elias Angulo Leones (Ecuador, 29), Jhonis Alexis Landazuri Arboleda (Colombia, 33), and Dilson Daniel Arboleda Quinones (Colombia, 25) of possessing and conspiring to possess with intent to distribute...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2022
News Release: A 39-year-old man who volunteered to torture a sex trafficking victim for money was sentenced today to 10 years in federal prison, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Chad E. Meacham.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 17, 2022
FY 2022 Technical Assistance Grant (TAG) grant opened on March 17.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2022
News Release: FLINT, MI -- The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Michigan today announced that it has filed a lawsuit against Flint Neurological Centre P.C., alleging that the medical practice violated Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act by refusing to provide auxiliary aids and services required to ensure effective communication with patients who are deaf or hard of hearing, such as sign language interpreters.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 17, 2022
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. issued the following statement today in response to the Biden Administration announcing it is reinstating a waiver of federal preemption under the Clean Air Act for California’s Advanced Clean Car program, recognizing its authority to set more...
By DOL Newswire | Mar 17, 2022
The US Labor Department published a three page proposed rule on March 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2022
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Fayette County man pleaded guilty today to a federal drug crime.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2022
News Release: Leonard C Boyle, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Jonathan Mellone, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Inspector General, and Galen Blanton, Regional Administrator of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Criminal Investigations Team...
By State Newswire | Mar 17, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), ranking member and chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today released the following statement on the elimination of press freedom in Russia following Putin’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 17, 2022
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA) released the following joint statement today after the House of Representatives passed the omnibus funding package, which includes key health care provisions.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 17, 2022
News Release: Guaynabo, Puerto Rico -The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced an obligation of $113.6 million to the Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer Authority (PRASA) geared towards repairing the trunk sewers that transport raw sewage to water treatment plants throughout the island for the benefit of over 100,000 people.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 17, 2022
The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on March 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2022
OJJDP FY 2022 Strengthening ICAC Technological Investigative Capacity grant opened on March 17.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2022
News Release: Tampa, FL - United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that a federal jury has convicted Luis Elias Angulo Leones (Ecuador, 29), Jhonis Alexis Landazuri Arboleda (Colombia, 33), and Dilson Daniel Arboleda Quinones (Colombia, 25) of possessing and conspiring to possess with intent to distribute...
By Press release submission | Mar 17, 2022
We applaud the bravery of factory workers in Mexico who exercised their voice on the job and voted against powerful interests to elect their own new independent union. This marks another significant step forward for workers’ rights in México.
By Press release submission | Mar 17, 2022
Wednesday, the Biden Administration announced the creation of Task Force KleptoCapture (Task Force), an interagency law enforcement task force dedicated to enforcing these sweeping sanctions, along with export restrictions and other economic countermeasures the United States has imposed.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 17, 2022
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on March 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
