News from March 2022
By DOL Newswire | Mar 11, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - As part of the omnibus package, Congress passed key provisions of the Survivors’ Access to Supportive Care Act (SASCA), as part of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA).
By Press release submission | Mar 11, 2022
In support of the cities that host its annual show, NADA announced a $25,000 donation to the Three Square Food Bank in Las Vegas. Established in 2007, Three Square is Southern Nevada's only food bank and the area's largest hunger-relief organization.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2022
News Release: ST. LOUIS - James L. Rodgers, age 42, of Farmington, Missouri appeared before United States District Court Judge Audrey G. Fleissig on today’s date and was sentenced to 16 years in prison to be followed by a lifetime of supervised release for the receipt of child pornography and the coercion and enticement of a minor.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2022
News Release: MACON, Ga. - A Macon resident who was on probation for aggravated assault when he was arrested during an ATF-led investigation into illegal gun possession and drug distribution was sentenced to prison this week for unlawfully possessing a firearm.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 11, 2022
Release: HOUSTON, TEXAS — U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm, together with Energy Minsters from Canada, Norway, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia, today formally launched the Net-Zero Producers Forum (NPF) through an inaugural ministerial meeting. During the meeting, Ministers endorsed the initiative’s Terms of Reference, which codifies the objectives and framework of the NPF.
By Press release submission | Mar 11, 2022
In an unprecedented move aimed at recruiting, training and hiring more women and minorities in the auto retail industry, the National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA) and National Urban League (the League) today announced that the two organizations have partnered to create a workforce development initiative.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 11, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, and House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.) yesterday sent a letter to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan requesting transparency and information on EPA’s use of Social Cost of Greenhouse Gases (SC-GHG).
By DOL Newswire | Mar 11, 2022
News Release: Date of action: Jan. 11, 2022
By Press release submission | Mar 11, 2022
The 1996 Reauthorization Act, Title 49 United States Code §47134, authorized the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to establish an airport privatization pilot program limited to five airports.
By Press release submission | Mar 11, 2022
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration today issued a first-of-its-kind final rule to ensure safety of occupants in automated vehicles.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 11, 2022
News Release: WELLFLEET, Mass- Cape Cod National Seashore rangers are offering a variety of programs in March focused on Outer Cape history and natural resources. Programs are free, and no reservations are required.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2022
News Release: Baltimore, Md., - A federal jury convicted Che Jaron Durbin, age 43, of Aberdeen, Maryland and Terrell Darnell Walton, age 36, of Delaware, yesterday on federal charges related to their participation in a drug trafficking organization distributing cocaine and crack cocaine in Harford County, Maryland.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 11, 2022
Release: WASHINGTON - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) recognized Harry Reid International Airport (LAS) as the 2021 large Airport of the Year during its annual TSA Honorary Awards celebration, which was held virtually Thursday. LAS was selected for its commitment to excellence, leadership development among the local workforce and innovation.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 11, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (ENR), introduced the Black Hills Forest Protection and Jobs Preservation Act. This legislation will prioritize forest management projects to reduce the risk of wildfire hazards ...
By Press release submission | Mar 11, 2022
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration urges everyone to drink responsibly during this year’s St. Patrick’s Day. The international celebration is often recognized by adults as a time for gatherings at bars and pubs. Unfortunately, one night of drinking can lead to deadly consequences if plans aren’t made to get home safely.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 11, 2022
News Release: (MISSOULA, Mont.) - There will be a little “smoke on the water" this spring as the Bureau of Land Management’s Missoula Field Office does some prescribed burning along the Blackfoot River corridor between Johnsrud Park and Riverbend Campground, north of Potomac and west of Highway 200 near Greenough.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 11, 2022
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on March 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2022
News Release: The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced that the following persons were arraigned or appeared this week before U.S. Magistrate judges on indictments handed down by the Grand Jury or on criminal complaints. The charging documents are merely accusations and defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 11, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - A landmark provision authored by U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH) and Gary Peters (D-MI), Ranking Member and Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, to significantly enhance our nation’s ability to combat ongoing cybersecurity threats against critical infrastructure...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2022
News Release: EL DORADO - A Harrell man was sentenced today to 140 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release on one count of Distribution of Methamphetamine. The Honorable Chief Judge Susan O. Hickey presided over the sentencing hearing in the United States District Court in El Dorado.
