News from April 2023

By Federal Newswire Report | Apr 1, 2023
U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo and Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information Alan Davidson visited Hickory, N.C., as part of the Biden-Harris Administration’s Investing in America tour to announce new fiber optic cable production in the United States.

By Federal Newswire Report | Apr 1, 2023
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is looking for applicants interested in serving on the Advisory Committee on Minority Farmers.

By Federal Newswire Report | Apr 1, 2023
Two employees of a Morgantown, W.V., medical facility, including its former chief operating officer, have been charged with stealing more than $650,000 in assets and funds.

By Federal Newswire Report | Apr 1, 2023
The U.S. Department of Commerce announced a new data proposal intended at improving America’s comprehension of local regional economies and their capacity to compete.

By Federal Newswire Report | Apr 1, 2023
Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas and Deanne Criswell, the administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, visited Mississippi in the wake of devastating tornadoes that struck the region March 24, to assess the damage and meet with officials.

By USDA Newswire Report | Apr 1, 2023
The U.S. Department of Agriculture commented on the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative announcement about requesting technical consultations with Mexico.

By Federal Newswire Report | Apr 1, 2023
Eight economic development Communities of Practice will be backed by $27.9 million in cooperative agreements by the Department’s Economic Development Administration.

By Federal Newswire Report | Apr 1, 2023
A U.S.-based manufacturer with a facility in Tijuana, Mexico, has been made to pay more than $465,000 for multiple violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act.

By Karen Kidd | Apr 1, 2023
U.S. Department of Agriculture is set to provide approximately $123 million in additional, automatic financial assistance for farm loan program borrowers.

By Federal Newswire Report | Apr 1, 2023
Federal authorities returned a 50-year-old Mexican national and foreign fugitive wanted for kidnapping to his homeland.

By Federal Newswire Report | Apr 1, 2023
Homeland Security Investigations and other U.S. and Mexican law enforcement agencies worked together to assist Interpol and the Fuerza Estatal de Seguridad Ciudadana in the arrest of a human smuggler and their alleged accomplice who have allegedly been operating on the U.S.-Mexico border for several years.

By Karen Kidd | Apr 1, 2023
The Emergency Management Savannah River Site successfully transferred the initial discard of uranium solution as part of its new Accelerated Basin De-Inventory mission.

By Federal Newswire | Apr 1, 2023
News Release: Thanks to President Kasey Buckles and the program committee for affording me the opportunity to give the C. Woody Thompson Memorial Lecture. It is a pleasure to be back in the Midwest. Before joining the Federal Reserve, I taught economics at Michigan State University, which I chose for its bird's-eye view of the industrial Midwest. Big 10 rivalries aside, Ohio and Michigan share quite a lot, including many of the same economic concerns and interests.

By Federal Newswire | Apr 1, 2023
The US Federal Reserve System published a one page notice on March 31, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By Federal Newswire Report | Apr 1, 2023
A human smuggler and a suspected accomplice were apprehended by Interpol Mexico and the Fuerza Estatal de Seguridad Ciudadana.

By Federal Newswire | Apr 1, 2023
News Release: Thank you, Sylvain, and thank you to the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco for inviting me to speak tonight. After listening to many dinner speakers through the years, I am well aware that after the entrees are served, no one wants to hear someone blabber for 45 minutes. So, I will try to keep this short to leave enough time for a robust discussion afterward, which I hope my remarks will generate.