News from February 2023
By EPA Newswire | Feb 28, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy Rodgers (R-WA), Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chair Bob Latta (R-OH), and Subcommittee Ranking Member Doris Matsui (D-CA) commended the passage of H.R. 1108 to extend the Federal Communication Commission auction authority deadline to May 19, 2023.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 28, 2023
News Release: LANDER, Wyo. - The Bureau of Land Management and Wyoming State Parks, Historic Sites & Trails are seeking your input in the planning of new hiking, horseback and trail running opportunities on public land in the South Pass City area. To kick off this effort, the partners will host an open house on March 16 at the Lander Library, followed by an initial public input period through May 31.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 28, 2023
News Release: Introduction. Welcome to the Valley Forge National Historical Park Cell Phone Tour, sponsored by the Friends of Valley Forge. To begin your tour, enter the tour stop number followed by the pound key. If you are visiting Brandywine Battlefield, check out prompts 215 through 217. Enjoy your tour. Enter...
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 28, 2023
The US Homeland Security Department published a two page notice on Feb. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 28, 2023
News Release: Explore the beautiful and historic Mohawk River and Erie Canal in this unique environment. Enjoy the quiet of nature where you never expected it; in the heart of the city!.
By State Newswire | Feb 28, 2023
Release: Burkina Faso. Overview: Terrorist attacks increased in 2021, compared with 2020. The Global Terrorism Index ranked Burkina Faso as the country fourth-most affected by terrorism in 2021, after Afghanistan, Iraq, and Somalia. JNIM continues to be the most prominent terrorist group in Burkina Faso, followed...
By DOL Newswire | Feb 28, 2023
News Release: CONCORD, NH - Federal workplace safety inspectors have again cited a Derry contractor for not protecting their employees against potentially lethal falls, this time at worksites in Merrimack and Salem.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2023
News Release: RAPID CITY - United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced that a federal grand jury has indicted a Rapid City, South Dakota, man for Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person.
By State Newswire | Feb 28, 2023
Release: Venezuela. Overview: The United States recognizes the Interim Presidency of Juan Guaidó and the 2015 National Assembly. Nicolas Maduro continues to claim to be the leader of Venezuela and retains control and the loyalty of the Venezuelan Armed Forces (FANB). Members of the Maduro regime continue to engage...
By State Newswire | Feb 28, 2023
Release: China (Hong Kong and Macau). Overview: The counterterrorism efforts of the People’s Republic of China continued to target almost exclusively ethnic Uyghur and other Turkic Muslim alleged extremists, whom Beijing labels as the East Turkistan Islamic Movement (ETIM), a group Beijing considers the primary...
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 28, 2023
The US Transportation Department published a six page proposed rule on Feb. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State Newswire | Feb 28, 2023
Release: Cameroon. Overview: In 2021, terrorist activity decreased in the Far North Region. The NGO Stand Up for Cameroon reported that Boko Haram and ISIS-West Africa (ISIS-WA) killed 339 people in 2021, compared to an estimated 400 people in 2020, a 15 percent decline in fatalities. Attribution for the attacks...
By State Newswire | Feb 28, 2023
Release: Bosnia and Herzegovina. Overview: Bosnia and Herzegovina remained a cooperative counterterrorism partner, although its capacity remains limited and little progress was made on legal and regulatory reforms because of the ongoing political crisis caused by secessionist rhetoric and obstruction of state-level ...
By DOE Newswire | Feb 28, 2023
Lasernetus for Discovery Science and Inertial Fusion Energy grant opened on Feb. 28.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 28, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON - Since 2018, the U.S. Department of Labor has seen a 69 percent increase in children being employed illegally by companies. In the last fiscal year, the department found 835 companies it investigated had employed more than 3,800 children in violation of labor laws. The maximum civil monetary penalty under current law for a child labor violation is $15,138 per child. That’s not high enough to be a deterrent for major profitable companies.
By State Newswire | Feb 28, 2023
Release: Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. On Nov. 20, 2017, the Secretary of State designated the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) as a State Sponsor of Terrorism. The Secretary determined that the DPRK government repeatedly provided support for acts of international terrorism, as the DPRK...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2023
News Release: An indictment was unsealed this morning in federal court in Brooklyn charging OZY Media Inc. (Ozy), a media and entertainment company headquartered in Mountain View, California, and its founder and Chief Executive Officer, Carlos Watson, with conspiracy to commit securities fraud and conspiracy to commit...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 28, 2023
News Release: Quick Facts. Location: 200 Church St., Rome, NY. Significance: The RHS is the friends group of Fort Stanwix National Monument. Before the park was opened to the public in 1976, the RHS ran a museum dedicated to the fort's history. MANAGED BY: Rome Historical Society - Friends of the Fort. Amenities. 3 listed...
By State Newswire | Feb 28, 2023
Release: Denmark. Overview: The Kingdom of Denmark, which includes Greenland and the Faroe Islands, remained an important U.S. partner in the global fight against terrorism. As an active participant in the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS and the Global Counterterrorism Forum, Denmark cooperated closely with the ...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 28, 2023
The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Feb. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
