News from March 2022
By USDA Newswire | Mar 31, 2022
Release: Washington, D.C. - March 31, 2022. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal Plant and Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has completed a draft environmental assessment (EA) required under the National Environmental Policy Act for its box tree moth (BTM) control program in New York. The BTM was discovered ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2022
News Release: A Vermont man was sentenced today to 27 years in prison for paying a woman in Venezuela to make videos for his sexual pleasure in which victims were sadistically abused and at least one video in which he demanded a victim be killed.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 31, 2022
News Release: The Memorandum of Understanding implementing the PGI was signed by Singapore’s Minister for Trade and Industry Gan Kim Yong and U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo in October 2021. The PGI is a bilateral economic cooperation platform designed to secure inclusive growth for our economies and regions by strengthening U.S.-Singapore collaborations in new and forward-looking areas.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2022
News Release: HOUSTON - Local critical infrastructure partners and area business owners have participated in a training session to increase cybersecurity posture and awareness on how to tackle such cyberattacks, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.
By State Newswire | Mar 31, 2022
Release: At a historic groundbreaking ceremony highlighting the enduring bilateral friendship and partnership between the United States and Nigeria, Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu joined U.S. Ambassador Mary Beth Leonard and U.S. Consul General Claire Pierangelo on Thursday to officially mark the beginning of construction of a new, modern U.S. Consulate General in Lagos.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 31, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - House Agriculture Chairman David Scott delivered the following statement following the State of the CFTC Hearing...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 31, 2022
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks as prepared for delivery today at a Health Subcommittee hearing titled, “FDA User Fee Reauthorization: Ensuring Safe and Effective Medical Devices:"
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2022
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.-On March 30, 2022, a Portland man was sentenced to federal prison for perpetrating a scheme to steal funds intended to help small businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 31, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $786,104 grant to Atlanta Beltline, Inc., Atlanta, Georgia, to create the BeltLine Business Solutions Office. This grant is funded by the American Rescue Plan.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2022
News Release: ATLANTA - OGCC Behavioral Health Services, Inc. (“OGCC") and its owner and Executive Director, Dionne Huffman, have agreed to pay $750,000 to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by, among other things, billing the government for services that they did not provide or were not provided in the way that OGCC said that they were.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 31, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $1.5 million grant to the city of Bristol, Tennessee, to upgrade the municipal wastewater treatment plant to service a major antibiotic production facility and other current and future business needs. This grant is funded by the American Rescue Plan.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 31, 2022
Release: States and Territories Can Access $3.1 Billion from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to Lower Utility Bills for Millions of Families with Energy Efficiency Home Upgrades Through DOE's Weatherization Assistance Program
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 31, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo announced the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $2.2 million grant to Pembina Gorge Foundation, Walhalla, North Dakota, for infrastructure improvements at Frost Fire Park. This grant is funded by the American Rescue Plan.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 31, 2022
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks as prepared for delivery today at a Health Subcommittee hearing titled, “FDA User Fee Reauthorization: Ensuring Safe and Effective Medical Devices:"
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 31, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo announced the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $1.7 million grant to the city of Tahlequah, Oklahoma, to construct a fiber optic network for the city’s business district. This grant is funded by the American Rescue Plan.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2022
News Release: Sean O’Sullivan and David Rose Misrepresented Company as a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2022
News Release: Attorney General Merrick B. Garland today announced the appointment of 12 U.S. Attorneys to serve on the Attorney General’s Advisory Committee of U.S. Attorneys (AGAC). Created in 1973, the AGAC advises the Attorney General on matters of policy, procedure, and management impacting the Offices of the U.S. Attorneys and elevates the voices of U.S. Attorneys in Department policies. The first meeting of the AGAC will take place later this spring.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2022
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Johnathon Bindues, 30, of Los Lunas, New Mexico, was arraigned in federal court on March 30 on a nine-count indictment charging him with one count of coercion and enticement of a minor and eight counts of production of child pornography.
By State Newswire | Mar 31, 2022
News Release: On March 30, Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken will travel to Algeria for meetings with President Abdelmadjid Tebboune and Foreign Minister Ramtane Lamamra to discuss regional security and stability, economic cooperation, and advancing human rights and fundamental freedoms. The Secretary will promote ...
By Gao Zhensai | Mar 31, 2022
(China—March 24, 2022) On March 1, the Chinese Communist party’s “Measures for the Administration of Internet Religious Information Services” came into effect. Chinese provinces began to process applications of “Internet Religious Information Service Licenses,” as well as applications for “information auditing” training sessions for their work units, and other relevant works have started.
