News published on Federal Newswire in January 2023

News from January 2023


We are crawling on a sandy beach on San Miguel Island off the coast of California, making sure the wind is not at our backs.


NTIA Launches Inquiry on how Data Practices Affect Civil Rights

The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) today announced a Request for Comment on how companies’ data practices may impose outsized harm on marginalized or underserved communities.


Meet Amilee Wilson: Alaska Region’s New Tribal Relations Coordinator

NOAA Fisheries’ Alaska Region has selected Amilee Wilson as their new Tribal Relations Coordinator.


Dam Removal Puts California Salmon in Hot Pursuit of Cold Water

California salmon are now traversing a rocky stretch of river northeast of Sacramento for the first time in a century.


Join us for the eeBLUE aquaculture literacy mini-grant symposium

Join us for the eeBLUE aquaculture literacy mini-grant symposium


2022 in Review: Our Top Habitat Conservation Stories

NOAA’s Office of Habitat Conservation made significant progress conserving, protecting, and restoring habitat in 2022


Funding Opportunity Open for Chesapeake Bay Fisheries Research

Funding Opportunity Open for Chesapeake Bay Fisheries Research



Artifacts, Begone! NIST Improves Its Flagship Device for Measuring Mass

For the first time, the NIST-4 Kibble balance directly incorporates a quantum standard for electrical resistance.


The U.S. Census Bureau today released new data from phase 3.7 of the experimental Household Pulse Survey (HPS).



BEA’s journal of record, the Survey of Current Business, is starting 2023 by publishing articles more quickly, with a new website that makes content easier to find.


By land and sea with FirstNet: Supporting Hyannis Fire on the cape

When schools let out and summer begins, many families flock to Cape Cod for the history, beaches, seafood, outdoor activities, and festivals.



US Department of Labor recovers $1.1M for 263 foreign workers denied full wages by Wisconsin employer

Five years after leaving their Guatemalan and Mexican homes for jobs promised by owners of two Wisconsin forestry companies and discovering they would not receive the wages, benefits and types of jobs described in their contracts, 263 workers will finally receive $1.1 million in unpaid wages after extensive federal investigations.


CORRECTED: US Department of Labor alleges Colorado restaurant operator intimidated, fired workers who participated in federal investigation

The U.S. Department of Labor has filed a complaint in federal court against the operator of a Firestone franchise restaurant who allegedly fired two workers whom the employer believed complained to the department’s Wage and Hour Division about the employer’s pay practice and participated in the investigation that followed.


US Department of Labor recovers $49K for servers after finding restaurant’s owners shared servers’ tips with manager illegally

US Department of Labor recovers $49K for servers after finding restaurant’s owners shared servers’ tips with manager illegally


Statement on SFA Application submitted by Bakery Drivers Local 550 Pension Fund

On September 28, 2022, the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation received an application for Special Financial Assistance (SFA) for the Bakery Drivers Local 550 and Industry Pension Fund (the “Plan”) requesting $132,250,472 in SFA.


PBGC Approves Supplemented SFA Application for GCIU Local 119B Plan

The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) announced today that it has approved the supplemented application submitted to the Special Financial Assistance (SFA) Program by the Printers League Graphic Communications International Union Local 119B New York Pension Plan (GCIU Local 119B Plan). The plan, based in East Farmingdale, New York, covers 1,213 participants in the printing industry.Plans that applied for and received SFA under the interim final SFA rule issued in July 2021 are permitted to supplement their applications under the provisions of the final SFA rule issued in July 2022.


Export Sales to Mexico

Private exporters reported sales of 174,181 metric tons of soybeans for delivery to Mexico during the 2022/2023 marketing year.