News from February 2023
By DOL Newswire | Feb 23, 2023
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Feb. 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 23, 2023
Release: Who: U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration
By DOE Newswire | Feb 23, 2023
The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Feb. 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 23, 2023
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy Rodgers (R-WA) and Subcommittee on Energy, Climate, and Grid Security Chairman Jeff Duncan (R-SC) led Subcommittee members in a field hearing in Midland, Texas. Local civil and energy officials celebrated the economic and public benefits of a strong oil and gas industry in the Permian Basin and the country as a whole, and warned of the dangers of President Biden shutting down American energy.
By State Newswire | Feb 23, 2023
News Release: Special Representative for Global Partnerships Dorothy McAuliffe traveled to Ghana February 7-9, 2023, leading a Partnership Opportunity Delegation (POD) to Accra that focused on fostering collaboration between the U.S. private sector and West Africa’s burgeoning climate technology innovation and entrepreneurship ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2023
News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that RAYMOND WHITE, a/k/a “John Raymond Anthony White," a/k/a “Raymond Alexander White," pled guilty yesterday to a scheme in which he defrauded the government by submitting fraudulent documents and false information...
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 23, 2023
The US Homeland Security Department published a two page notice on Feb. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 23, 2023
News Release: The Mississippi River corridor is one of North America’s four major flyways. The Audubon Society estimates that more than 325 bird species use this route twice each year, flying between their breeding grounds in Canada and the northern United States and their wintering grounds along the Gulf of Mexico...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2023
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - An Essex County, New Jersey, man was charged for his role in a scheme to steal and alter checks from the mail and fraudulently obtain funds from banks by depositing the stolen and altered checks, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2023
News Release: DES MOINES, IA - A Dallas Center woman was sentenced on Feb. 14, 2023, to 18 months in prison for wire fraud.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 23, 2023
News Release: ST. CROIX, U.S. Virgin Islands - FEMA is looking for students in grades 8 to 11 in the U.S. Virgin Islands who are passionate about disaster preparedness and making a positive impact for their community’s resilience to join the Youth Preparedness Council.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 23, 2023
News Release: EAST PALESTINE, OH -- Today, officials from the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) and Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) traveled to East Palestine, O.H., as the U.S. Department of Transportation continues to support the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) in their investigation into the cause of the Norfolk Southern derailment on February 3.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2023
News Release: واشنطن - مساء الأمس، قام مكتب المدعي العام الأمريكي للمقاطعة الشرقية لمدينة نيويورك ووزارة الأمن الداخلي الأمريكية ووزارة الخارجية الأمريكية ومعهد سميثونيان بالاشتراك في أحتفال تاريخي بإعادة 77 قطعة من ممتلكات الفن الحضاري المسروق والتي قام مسئولي حفظ القانون الأمريكي بالتحفظ عليها إلى حكومة جمهورية اليمن.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 23, 2023
News Release: The North American Breeding Bird Survey (BBS) began in 1966 in response to concerns raised by Rachel Carson in her book Silent Spring (published four years earlier) regarding the overuse of pesticides. Carson’s emphasis on the effects DDT had on birds led Dr. Chandler Robbins at the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) to begin the long-term songbird monitoring program.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2023
News Release: Two individuals were sentenced today to six years in prison for their roles in a cattle-trading Ponzi scheme that resulted in millions of dollars in victim losses.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 23, 2023
The US Agriculture Department published a one page notice on Feb. 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 23, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy Rodgers (R-WA), Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Innovation, Data, and Commerce Subcommittee Chair Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), and Subcommittee Ranking Member Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) announced the Innovation, Data, and Commerce Subcommittee will hold a hearing titled "Promoting U.S. Innovation and Individual Liberty through a National Standard for Data Privacy" on March 1, 2023.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 23, 2023
The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Feb. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 23, 2023
Release: The Globe Gazette. By Rep. Randy Feenstra (IA-04). Late last year, the Biden Administration’s Environmental Protection Agency quietly finalized and expanded the definition of the Waters of the United States rule. As a result, it cemented the federal government’s increasingly intrusive role in regulating...
By State Newswire | Feb 23, 2023
Release: I extend my warmest wishes to all those celebrating Losar, the Tibetan New Year. On this first day of the Year of the Water Hare, we celebrate the perseverance, compassion, and strength of Tibetans across the globe, including the over 26,000 members of the Tibetan diaspora in the United States. The United...
