News from February 2023
By Press release submission | Feb 9, 2023
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agriculture specialists at Detroit Metropolitan Airport discovered something fishy during inspections of unaccompanied international baggage last week.
By Press release submission | Feb 9, 2023
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Office of Field Operations (OFO) officers at Eagle Pass Port of Entry recently seized hard narcotics that totaled over $1,900,000 in street value.
By Press release submission | Feb 9, 2023
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Office of Field Operations (OFO) officers seized hard narcotics that totaled over $495,000 in street value in two separate, unrelated enforcement actions.
By Press release submission | Feb 9, 2023
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers working at the Port of El Paso stopped four narcotic smuggling attempts in the span of two days.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 9, 2023
The US Environmental Protection Agency published a five page proposed rule on Feb. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 9, 2023
News Release: EM Richland Operations Office (RL) contractor Central Plateau Cleanup Company (CPCCo) continues to make significant progress developing the equipment, tools and techniques to safely transfer nearly 2,000 radioactive cesium and strontium capsules from an underwater basin in the Waste Encapsulation and Storage Facility (WESF) to a nearby dry-storage area at the Hanford Site.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 9, 2023
The US Interior Department published a four page notice on Feb. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Fed Newswire | Feb 9, 2023
The US Federal Reserve System published a two page rule on Feb. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 9, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy Rodgers (R-WA) delivered the following opening remarks at today’s joint Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee and Health Subcommittee hearing titled “The Federal Response to COVID-19."
By USDA Newswire | Feb 9, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON, February 8, 2023 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture today announced the names of individuals who will hold senior staff positions in Washington, D.C.
By Press release submission | Feb 9, 2023
U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP) Air and Marine Operations (AMO) announced the intent to hire 200 Air Interdiction Agents (AIA) this year through direct-hire authority, despite a drop in candidates due to a national shortage of pilots.
By Press release submission | Feb 9, 2023
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has modified the Withhold Release Order (WRO) issued on January 28, 2022 against imports of synthetic disposable gloves manufactured by YTY Industry Holdings Sdn. Bhd. (YTY Group). Effective immediately, the U.S. will allow YTY Group shipments to enter the U.S. provided they are otherwise in compliance with U.S. laws. Shipments of YTY Group’s synthetic gloves received on or after February 8, 2023, will no longer be detained at U.S. ports of entry.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 9, 2023
The US Interior Department published a one page notice on Feb. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 9, 2023
News Release: A federal jury convicted two men today for engaging in a scheme to defraud Medicare Advantage and Medicaid managed care plans of over $3.8 million.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 9, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy Rodgers (R-WA) and Subcommittee on Health Chair Brett Guthrie (R-KY) released the following statement after the House passed H.R. 185, a bill to the End Cruel International Travel COVID Shot Mandate...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 9, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the Biden-Harris administration announced new efforts to reduce the financial burden on the U.S. territories of American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam and U.S. Virgin Islands. The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has directed all federal agencies ...
By DOL Newswire Report | Feb 9, 2023
A New York home-improvements contractor with a history of employee-safety violations is facing another eight charges and a fine of more than $685,000.
By Press release submission | Feb 9, 2023
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is currently accepting applications for Border Patrol Agent (BPA) GL-5 paygrade positions as part of its ongoing efforts to increase BPA hiring.
By Press release submission | Feb 9, 2023
U.S. Customs and Border Protection today modified its formal Finding in the Customs Bulletin and in the Federal Register pursuant to 19 C.F.R. §12.42(g) based on satisfactory evidence that Sime Darby Plantation Berhad, its subsidiaries, and joint ventures no longer produce palm oil and its derivative products using forced labor.
By Press release submission | Feb 9, 2023
Just less than two weeks before Valentine’s Day, U.S. Customs and Border Protection agriculture specialists have inspected nearly 850 million cut flowers for insects, pests and diseases that could harm the agricultural and floral industries of the United States.
