News from February 2023
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2023
News Release: The Justice Department announced today that it has reached a settlement agreement with Amiga Informatics (Amiga), a New York IT staffing company. The settlement resolves the department’s determination that Amiga violated the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) by posting discriminatory job advertisements that solicited applications only from individuals with specific citizenship or immigration statuses.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 23, 2023
News Release: SEATTLE (Feb. 22, 2023) – Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 10 is announcing an upcoming virtual listening session on EPA’s PFAS Strategic Roadmap for Region 10 communities on March 15, 2023, and inviting members of the public to attend and to speak.
By State Newswire | Feb 23, 2023
Release: (As Prepared). Thank you to our host His Excellency Minister Al Sayegh and to my distinguished counterparts from India, Secretary Ravi, and from Israel, Political Director Bin Noun. It’s a pleasure to be here in Abu Dhabi where government officials and business leaders have come together to assess the...
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 23, 2023
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Feb. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 23, 2023
Release: Employer: IPD Company Inc., operating as IPD
By State Newswire | Feb 23, 2023
Release: On behalf of the United States of America, I send best wishes to the people of Saint Lucia as you celebrate the 44th anniversary of your independence.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 23, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, urged the House of Representatives to consider his bill, the Innovate to Deliver Act, to authorize the United States Postal Service to expand the services it offers, including a proposal...
By DOE Newswire | Feb 23, 2023
News Release: Charleston, WV - U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) introduced the bipartisan North American Transatlantic Resource Security Partnership Act of 2023 (NATRSPA). The NATRSPA would help strengthen energy security partnerships ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2023
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LA - United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that DESEAN CHRISTY, age 38, of New Orleans, Louisiana, was sentenced yesterday for violating the Federal Gun Control Act, Title 18, United States Code, Sections 922(g)(1), 924(a)(2), and 924(c)(1)(A), and the Federal Drug Control Act...
By EPA Newswire Report | Feb 23, 2023
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently reaffirmed the scientific, economic and legal underpinnings of policy that dictates limits on toxic air pollution from power plants.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2023
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - An Ocean County, New Jersey, man today admitted coercing a minor into producing images of child sexual abuse, U.S Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2023
News Release: A federal grand jury in the District of Oregon returned an indictment today charging four founders of Forsage, a purportedly decentralized finance (DeFi) cryptocurrency investment platform, for their roles in a global Ponzi and pyramid scheme that raised approximately $340 million from victim-investors.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2023
News Release: A federal grand jury in Chicago returned an indictment on Feb. 16, charging an Illinois man with assisting in the preparation of false tax returns.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 23, 2023
News Release: A quick look at entries on the popular website eBird shows an average of 105 species observed by people visiting Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore. The forests and river corridors, the dunes and lakeshore, and the pockets of dry savanna are all important habitats for the many birds who nest here or even just move through during spring and fall migration.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 23, 2023
The US Environmental Protection Agency published a one page rule on Feb. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 23, 2023
The US Environmental Protection Agency published a six page proposed rule on Feb. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2023
News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that KEYON DOOLING and ALAN ANDERSON were sentenced to 30 months and 24 months in prison, respectively, for their roles in a scheme to defraud the National Basketball Association (“NBA") Players’ Health and Welfare Benefit Plan (the “Plan"). U.S. District Judge Valerie E. Caproni sentenced DOOLING today and previously sentenced ANDERSON on Feb. 10, 2023.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 23, 2023
The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Feb. 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2023
News Release: PORTLAND, Maine: Merton Weed Jr., 50, of Norway, Maine, was arrested today on an indictment charging him with filing fraudulent claims for Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans and a fraudulent application for a Federal Housing Administration (FHA) insured mortgage.
By State Newswire | Feb 23, 2023
Release: The United States is determined to disrupt the global production and supply chain of illicit fentanyl, including by denying the criminal actors who engage in this activity access to the international financial system. Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control is designating...
