News from March 2022
By DOL Newswire | Mar 5, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration today announced the availability of $3.2 million in funds from the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 for Susan Harwood Workplace Safety and Health Training on Infectious Diseases, Including COVID-19 grants.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 5, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, March 2, 2022 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced an additional investment of $80 million in the Dairy Business Innovation (DBI) Initiatives. In November 2021, DBI awarded $18.4 million to three current Initiatives at University of Tennessee, Vermont Agency for Food ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 5, 2022
News Release: A federal grand jury sitting in Atlanta, Georgia, returned a superseding indictment on Feb. 24 charging seven individuals with conspiracy to defraud the United States and other crimes arising out of their promotion of fraudulent tax shelters involving syndicated conservation easements dating back nearly two decades. One of the defendants, Herbert Lewis, was previously charged in an indictment returned on June 9, 2021.
By Zachary Richter | Mar 4, 2022
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) Biotechnology Regulatory Services (BRS) makes it easier to submit an APHIS eFile BRS permit application.
By Laurie A. Luebbert | Mar 4, 2022
After years of closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Carl B. Hayden Visitor Center at Glen Canyon Dam reopened to visitors Thursday.
By Kaleb Brown | Mar 4, 2022
Attorney Richard D. Westphal, of the Southern District of Iowa, announced Justin Treanton, 37, of Bettendorf, Iowa, has been sentenced to 50 years in prison for the production and possession of child pornography in a March 2 news release.
By Caleb Lombardo | Mar 4, 2022
As the result of an FBI New Haven Task Force investigation, eight individuals have been charged with federal crimes. Additionally, 19 kilos of cocaine and $780,000 in cash has been seized.
By Karen Kidd | Mar 4, 2022
The recent "high-stakes argument" over greenhouse gas emissions before U.S. Supreme Court justices put President Joe Biden's climate change agenda in the spotlight and he should run with it, an environmental group said in a news release.
By Kaleb Brown | Mar 4, 2022
During the March 1 State of the Union Address, President Biden announced plans to expand Internet access for Americans.
By Press release submission | Mar 4, 2022
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has signed a strategic partnership with Brasfield & Gorrie Construction to promote worker safety and health during the construction of the University of Alabama’s Medical West project in McCalla.
By Bob Pepalis | Mar 4, 2022
The NOAA Fisheries Office of International Affairs and Seafood Inspection changed its name to the Office of International Affairs, Trade and Commerce to better reflect the work it does, according to a Feb. 28 announcement.
By Bob Pepalis | Mar 4, 2022
Inspections at four Dollar General stores in Alabama and Georgia during the summer of 2021 reportedly found the national retailer’s history of exposing workers to dangerous working conditions continues.
By Bob Pepalis | Mar 4, 2022
A $10 million reward awaits individuals who help identify or locate ISIS-K leader Sanaullah Ghafari or help lead to the arrest or conviction of those responsible for an August 2021 terrorist attack at the Kabul airport.
By Andy Nghiem | Mar 4, 2022
A Melvin, Iowa, man was sentenced to federal prison for child pornography convictions following an investigation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations, according to a Feb. 28 news release.
By Press release submission | Mar 4, 2022
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services reminds the public that we offer immigration services that may help people affected by extreme situations, including the invasion of Ukraine.
By Press release submission | Mar 4, 2022
Grand Canyon National Park fire managers—working with resources from Glen Canyon National Recreation Area and the National Park Service Utah Parks Group anticipate initiating prescribed fire treatments as early as next week downriver from Lees Ferry, Az. within Grand Canyon National Park.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 4, 2022
News Release: Washington,D.C.- Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released the following statement about the Senate’s action on the resolution under the Congressional Review Act (CRA) that will halt President Joe Biden’s vaccine mandate for Medicare and Medicaid providers.
By Press release submission | Mar 4, 2022
The National Park Service has updated its masking guidance to align with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) new COVID-19 Community Levels tool, which helps communities decide what prevention steps to take.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2022
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - An Independence, Missouri, man was sentenced in federal court today for possessing and sharing hundreds of videos and images of child pornography over the internet.
