News from November 2022
By DOL Newswire | Nov 23, 2022
News Release: BROADVIEW, IL ‒ Federal safety investigators found a Schaumburg excavating contractor has again failed to follow federally mandated safety measures to protect workers from potentially deadly trenches cave-ins.
By State Newswire | Nov 23, 2022
Release: On behalf of the United States of America, I extend my sincerest wishes to the people of Lebanon on their Independence Day.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 23, 2022
The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Nov. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 23, 2022
The US Commerce Department published a four page notice on Nov. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOL Newswire | Nov 23, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - Deputy Undersecretary of Labor for International Affairs Thea Lee visited Vietnam from Nov. 15 through 17, 2022, to resume a dialogue on labor issues that began in 2002.
By State Newswire | Nov 23, 2022
The Congressional Record published “Senate” in the Daily Digest section on Nov. 17.
By DOL Newswire | Nov 23, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor today announced a final rule that allows plan fiduciaries to consider climate change and other environmental, social and governance factors when they select retirement investments and exercise shareholder rights, such as proxy voting.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 23, 2022
News Release: - The U.S. Census Bureau today released a brief on health insurance coverage and the rate of uninsured in the United States by race and Hispanic origin. The brief uses 2021 American Community Survey (ACS) 1-year estimates to describe how health care coverage - whether people have health insurance as well as the type of coverage they hold - varies across groups.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 23, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON ― The Department of Justice’s Office of Justice Programs (OJP) announced today almost $160 million in grant awards to support crime laboratories, fund forensics research, decrease DNA backlogs and help investigators locate missing persons and identify human remains. The funding is administered by OJP’s Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) and National Institute of Justice (NIJ).
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 23, 2022
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A New Jersey man was sentenced to 57 months in prison for threatening to assault and murder federal law enforcement officers, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 23, 2022
The US Justice Department published a one page notice on Nov. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 23, 2022
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Nov. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 23, 2022
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - A Meridian, Mississippi man pleaded guilty to possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, announced U.S. Attorney Darren J. LaMarca and Special Agent in Charge Kurt Thielhorn of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 23, 2022
F23AS00100 Refuges Enhancement/Infrastructure grant opened on Nov. 23.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 23, 2022
The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Nov. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By EPA Newswire | Nov 23, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON — Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced Requests for Applications for $57 million in funding that is available for two new Brownfields technical assistance opportunities: one for new Brownfields Technical Assistance and Research cooperative agreements, and another ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 23, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - A Pennsylvania woman was found guilty in the District of Columbia today of felony and misdemeanor charges for her actions during the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol breach. Her actions and the actions of others disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress convened to ascertain and count the electoral votes related to the presidential election.
By DOL Newswire | Nov 23, 2022
News Release: COLUMBUS, OH - When federal workplace safety inspectors opened an investigation at a Dollar General store in Columbus, they discovered violations that were all-too-familiar and the kind that has led to more than $15 million in proposed penalties since 2017 for one of the nation’s largest discount retailers.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 23, 2022
News Release: ANCHORAGE - A second Anchorage man was sentenced late yesterday by Chief U.S. District Judge Sharon Gleason to 35 years in prison for kidnapping and drug trafficking.
By State Newswire | Nov 23, 2022
News Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken spoke today with Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed about efforts to bring lasting peace to northern Ethiopia. Secretary Blinken recognized ongoing efforts by the Ethiopian government to work towards unhindered ...
