News from March 2023
By EPA Newswire | Mar 1, 2023
News Release: EPA Announces Most Energy-Efficient Manufacturing Plants in Georgia Contact: EPA Region 4 Press Office - (404) 562-8400, region4press@epa.gov ATLANTA (Feb. 28, 2023) – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing that an U.S. manufacturing plant earned the agency’s 2022 ENERGY ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2023
News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Two Columbia, Mo., residents pleaded guilty in federal court today to their roles in a $1.2 million insurance fraud conspiracy that involved false claims of injuries suffered in car accidents.
By State Newswire | Mar 1, 2023
Release: Sri Lanka. Overview: Sri Lanka has continued efforts to enhance its CT capabilities and to improve border security, including through engagement with the United States and other international partners. Efforts were hampered by the COVID-19 pandemic and a government focus on opening the country for economic...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2023
News Release: A California woman who fled to Montenegro to avoid serving a lengthy prison sentence has been returned to the United States after spending approximately one year as a fugitive.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2023
OJJDP FY 2023 Supporting Vulnerable and At-Risk Youth Transitioning Out of Foster Care grant opened on March 1.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 1, 2023
The US Transportation Department published an eight page rule on Feb. 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2023
News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Today, former legislator Nestor Alonso-Vega was sentenced by United States District Court Chief Judge Raúl Arias Marxuach to serve 63 months in prison, announced United States Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow. On June 6, 2022, Alonso-Vega was found guilty of nine counts of Federal Funds Theft, Kickbacks, and Honest Services Wire Fraud.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 1, 2023
The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Feb. 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2023
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - A West Warwick man who admitted to a federal judge that he participated in a conspiracy to use the stolen identities of others to gain COVID related unemployment insurance benefits was sentenced today to three years in federal prison, announced United States Attorney Zachary A. Cunha and Rhode Island Attorney General Peter F. Neronha.
By State Newswire | Mar 1, 2023
Release: Pakistan. Overview: Pakistan took steps in 2021 to counter terror financing and to restrain some India-focused militant groups. Pakistan reviewed and revised its 2015 National Action Plan (NAP) to counter terrorism, reducing the NAP from a 20-point plan to 14 key points, but made meager progress on the...
By Federal Newswire | Mar 1, 2023
The US Federal Reserve System published a two page notice on Feb. 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 1, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy Rodgers (R-WA) delivered the following opening remarks at today’s Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical Materials Subcommittee markup of seven bills.
By Karen Kidd | Mar 1, 2023
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is removing a former Texas metal plating shop from the National Priorities List of Superfund sites.
By Interior Newswire Report | Mar 1, 2023
The U.S. Department of the Interior is proposing the first-ever offshore wind lease sale in the Gulf of Mexico.
By State Newswire Report | Mar 1, 2023
Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the United States and its allies are more united than ever in their support for Ukraine during a meeting with German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock and Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba.
By Commerce Newswire Report | Mar 1, 2023
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration is seeking comments from the public on the adverse effects of data practices of commercial companies on marginalized or underserved communities.
By DOL Newswire Report | Mar 1, 2023
The U.S. Department of Labor has seen a 69% increase in illegal child employment by U.S. companies since 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2023
News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - United States Attorney Jane E. Young announced that Heather Dubeau, 38, previously of Lebanon, was sentenced to 40 months of imprisonment today following her conviction for participating in a methamphetamine distribution conspiracy.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 1, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the Department of Homeland Security, through FEMA, announced it will publish a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for $350 million under the humanitarian portion of the Emergency Food and Shelter Program (EFSP-H) to help local communities around the country better manage the costs...
By EPA Newswire | Mar 1, 2023
News Release: Tallahassee, Fla. (Feb. 28, 2023) – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing that two U.S. manufacturing plants earned the agency’s 2022 ENERGY STAR certification in Florida, a designation reserved for manufacturing plants in the top 25% of energy efficiency in their sector. ...
