News from March 2022
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 9, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.), House Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.) and Congressional Western Caucus Chair Dan Newhouse (R-Wash.)led a letter signed by 61other members to Department...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2022
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Ellen L. Hollander sentenced Panagoltis Skordalos, age 43, of Baltimore, Maryland to four years in federal prison, followed by four years of supervised release, after Skordalos pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute a controlled substance.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2022
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A Monmouth County, New Jersey, man who ran an illegal gambling business today admitted filing a false tax return, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2022
News Release: Defendant Accused of Pushing Officer from Behind, Causing Officer to Fall.
By State Newswire | Mar 9, 2022
Release: The U.S. government is deeply concerned by the injustice and lack of transparency on display at the trials of political prisoners in Nicaragua. We remain committed to supporting the people of Nicaragua by fighting corruption and promoting democracy, the rule of law, and accountability, which are keys...
By State Newswire | Mar 9, 2022
DRL Improving the Security of Technology for Ukrainian and Moldovan Anticorruption Efforts grant opened on March 9.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2022
News Release: MINNEAPOLIS - A Maple Grove man has been sentenced to 60 months in prison followed by two years of supervised release for fraudulently applying for $9,619,046.46 from the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Paycheck Protection Program, out of which he fraudulently obtained and misappropriated more than $1.7 million. Acting U.S. Attorney Charles J. Kovats made the announcement after Senior U.S. District Judge David S. Doty sentenced the defendant.
By State Newswire | Mar 9, 2022
Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Well, good afternoon, everyone. It’s a real pleasure to welcome Foreign Minister Kamilov here. We’ve had the opportunity to work together over many years with a little bit of an interruption on my part, but it’s an honor to continue to be working with you again.
By Savannah Howe | Mar 9, 2022
A Pennsylvania man will spend over a decade in federal prison for his sixth felony narcotics conviction.
By Press release submission | Mar 9, 2022
NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) settled the remaining claims in NRDC’s 2017 lawsuit, which challenged the EPA’s failure to comply with the Endangered Species Act (ESA) when approving dozens of neonicotinoid pesticides (“neonics”).
By Press release submission | Mar 9, 2022
President Biden announced today that the United States will stop importing oil from Russia.
By Press release submission | Mar 9, 2022
The Biden Administration’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced its guidelines for distributing $50 billion dollars in infrastructure funding for clean water, which represents the largest single investment in drinking water and wastewater systems in U.S. history.
By Press release submission | Mar 8, 2022
The Bureau of Land Management Carson City District in February aerially seeded approximately 8,000 acres of western Nevada and northern California’s public lands. Objectives range from restoring and maintain watershed health and improving wildlife habitat to protecting human life and property and repairing fire damage.
By Press release submission | Mar 8, 2022
More than one in 10 people endure workplace noise levels loud enough to damage their hearing while seven in 10 experience moderately loud noise levels, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports.
By Press release submission | Mar 8, 2022
An employer installing sanitation sewer pipes in a 15-foot-deep trench in Batavia exposed its employees to the hazard of collapsing walls by not installing trench safety boxes.
By Press release submission | Mar 8, 2022
The U.S. Department of Labor has ordered a California business aviation provider to pay $958,000 in back wages and associated costs, and correct misinformation about a former employee who the employer retaliated against after they reported flight safety issues.
By Press release submission | Mar 8, 2022
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), in partnership with SAFECOM and the National Council of Statewide Interoperability Coordinators (NCSWIC), has published the Contingency Planning Guide for Emergency Communications Funding.
By Press release submission | Mar 8, 2022
As our adversaries continue to evolve their efforts to compromise networks across all sectors of the economy, the Biden Administration is driving urgent efforts toward a new cybersecurity paradigm.
By Press release submission | Mar 8, 2022
Building on the long-standing relationship between the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Israel National Cyber Directorate (INCD), DHS Under Secretary for Strategy, Policy and Plans, Robert Silvers met Director General of the INCD Gaby Portnoy in Israel at the Cybertech Global Conference and jointly decided to expand cooperation in the areas of cybersecurity and emerging technology.
By Press release submission | Mar 8, 2022
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced a new designation of Sudan and an extension and redesignation of South Sudan for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for 18 months.
