News published on Federal Newswire in April 2023

News from April 2023


Raimondo: Fiber-optic production to 'create good manufacturing jobs here in Hickory and across the country'

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.


USDA: 'Advisory Committee members will represent underserved farmers'

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is looking for applicants interested in serving on the Advisory Committee on Minority Farmers.


Ihlenfeld: 'Department of Justice will continue to pursue white-collar wrongdoers'

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.


Raimondo: ‘Americans deserve to be able to work and thrive in their home communities'

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.


Mayorkas: 'In disasters like this, there are no strangers'

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.


Vilsack: 'Mexico is an important partner'

The U.S. Department of Agriculture commented on the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative announcement about requesting technical consultations with Mexico.


Raimondo: 'Local economic development practitioners are critical'

Eight economic development Communities of Practice will be backed by $27.9 million in cooperative agreements by the Department’s Economic Development Administration.


Park-Chung: DOL case 'reflects an alarming trend' of cross-border workers being denied labor protections

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.


Vilsack: USDA 'is focusing on generating long-term stability and success'

U.S. Department of Agriculture is set to provide approximately $123 million in additional, automatic financial assistance for farm loan program borrowers.


Lyons: ERO Boston removed 'a dangerous, foreign fugitive from the community'

Federal authorities returned a 50-year-old Mexican national and foreign fugitive wanted for kidnapping to his homeland.


Brown: 'HSI will not stop investigating human smuggling cases'

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.


Arnold: 'Preparation for this first transfer will set us up for future success'

The Emergency Management Savannah River Site successfully transferred the initial discard of uranium solution as part of its new Accelerated Basin De-Inventory mission.


The U.S. Economic Outlook and Monetary Policy

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.


Change in Bank Control Notices; Acquisitions of Shares of a Bank or Bank Holding Company discussed on March 31 by Federal Reserve System

The US Federal Reserve System published a one page notice on March 31, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Johnson: 'Combating human smuggling is one of our top law enforcement priorities'

A human smuggler and a suspected accomplice were apprehended by Interpol Mexico and the Fuerza Estatal de Seguridad Ciudadana.


The Unstable Phillips Curve

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.