News from November 2022
By DOE Newswire | Nov 2, 2022
The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Nov. 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Press release submission | Nov 2, 2022
With Cantwell’s advocacy, more than 100,000 dangerous residential elevators have been recalled
By Press release submission | Nov 2, 2022
U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., ranking member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, sent a letter to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas criticizing the unnecessary and improper Jones Act waivers issued by the agency for petroleum and liquid natural gas shipments to Puerto Rico following Hurricane Maria.
By Press release submission | Nov 2, 2022
U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), today announced two Democratic staff changes on the committee. Alexandra Teitz will serve as Chief Counsel, while Jake Abbott will take over as Communications Director.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 2, 2022
The US Energy Department published a four page rule on Nov. 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 2, 2022
Release: By Kimberly Burgess, Public Affairs Director, Southwest Region Food and Nutrition Service, Teresa Jackson, Tribal Partnership and Outcomes Partner and Stephany Parker, Program Planning and Evaluation Partner, Oklahoma Tribal Engagement Partners team.
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 2, 2022
The US Transportation Department published a three page notice on Nov. 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2022
News Release: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and James Casey, Regional Chief, Division of Refuge Law Enforcement, announced that DAVID FOSTER, 51, of Westbrook, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley in Bridgeport for violating the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. Judge Dooley ordered Foster to pay a $4,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2022
News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that restaurateur BESIM KUKAJ pled guilty today to bank fraud conspiracy and making interstate threats. KUKAJ pled guilty before U.S. District Judge Andrew L. Carter.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2022
News Release: The Department of Justice’s Office of Justice Programs (OJP) today announced grant awards totaling almost $105 million to protect children from exploitation, trauma and abuse, and to fund improvements in the judicial system’s handling of child abuse and neglect cases.
By Press release submission | Nov 2, 2022
The U.S. DOT Volpe Center is now recruiting talented individuals to join our team as part of our 2023 Summer Pathways Internship Program. Interested students can apply via the Pathways Internship job posting on USAJobs.gov, which opens today (Oct 25th) and closes on Friday, Nov 11th.
By Press release submission | Nov 2, 2022
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics today released its fall 2022 update to the National Transportation Atlas Database (NTAD), a set of nationwide geographic databases of transportation facilities, networks, and associated infrastructure.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2022
News Release: HOUSTON - A former local tax preparer has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction of fraudulently filing tax returns from 2014 to 2017, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.
By Press release submission | Nov 2, 2022
The Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) today released its monthly update to National Transportation Statistics (NTS), a guide to historical national-level transportation trends.This month’s updated data tables include U.S.
By Press release submission | Nov 2, 2022
The U.S. Department of Transportation today released its Air Travel Consumer Report (ATCR) on airline operational data compiled for the month of August for on-time performance, consumer complaints received, mishandled baggage, and mishandled wheelchairs and scooters.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2022
News Release: COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA - Theodore L. Snow, III, age 39 of Council Bluffs, was sentenced on Friday, Oct. 28, 2022, to 130 months in prison following his plea of guilty to Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine and Possession of a Firearm in Furtherance of a Drug Trafficking Crime. Snow will be on supervised release for five years after his release from imprisonment.
By Press release submission | Nov 2, 2022
Today, the U.S. Department of Transportation announced more than $703 million to fund 41 projects in 22 states and one territory that will improve port facilities through the Maritime Administration’s Port Infrastructure Development Program.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2022
News Release: DAVENPORT, Iowa - An Iowa City man and Zambia native, Kachimbe Mukanzu, also known as Kash, was sentenced on Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2022, to 264 months in prison for Conspiracy to Engage in Sex Trafficking by Force, Fraud, and Coercion and Felon in Possession of a Firearm. Following his imprisonment, Mukanzu was ordered to serve five years of supervised release.
By Press release submission | Nov 2, 2022
The National Transportation Safety Board opened the public docket Monday as part of its ongoing investigation of the June 8, 2022, crash of a Bell 407 helicopter in Kalea, Hawaii.
By Press release submission | Nov 2, 2022
The National Transportation Safety Board today issued an urgent safety recommendation to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and Transport Canada, acting upon the NTSB’s findings into the ongoing investigation of the Sept. 4, 2022, crash of a De Havilland Canada DHC-3 in Mutiny Bay, Washington.
