News from March 2023
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 1, 2023
Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 Emergency Operations Center (EOC) Grant Program - Region 9 grant opened on March 1.
By State Newswire | Mar 1, 2023
Release: India. Overview: In 2021, terrorism affected the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K), the northeastern states, and parts of central India. Terrorist groups active in India include Lashkar-e-Tayyiba, Jaish-e-Mohammed, Hizbul Mujahideen, ISIS, al-Qa’ida, Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen, and Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen...
By EPA Newswire | Mar 1, 2023
News Release: NEW YORK - Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced $21,410,211 in grant funding to 16 institutions for community-based research to examine how climate change may compound adverse environmental conditions and stressors for vulnerable populations in underserved communities. EPA Region 2 has three organizations slated to receive $4 million in grant funding from this total.
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 Interior Newswire | Mar 1, 2023
News Release: Quick Facts. Significance: US Army soldier who enlisted with the 8th Tennessee Cavalry at Camp Nelson during the Civil War. Place of Birth: Grainger County, Tennessee. Date of Birth: March 17, 1847. Place of Death: Loudon County, Tennessee. Date of Death: March 9, 1925. Place of Burial: Blaine, Grainger County...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 1, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., will convene a committee hearing on Tuesday, March 7th, 2023 titled “Tax Policy’s Role in Increasing Affordable Housing Supply for Working Families." The hearing will take place at 10:00 a.m. in Room 215 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 1, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Subcommittee on Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical Materials Chair Bill Johnson (R-OH) delivered the following opening remarks at today’s Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical Materials Subcommittee markup of seven bills.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 1, 2023
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Feb. 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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: Today, Commerce Deputy Secretary Don Graves met with the European Commission’s Director-General for Taxation and Customs Union Thomas Gerassimos. The two leaders discussed U.S.-EU cooperation on the Ukraine crisis, including operationalizing enforcement of our mutual Russian sanctions and export controls.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 1, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI), Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, Susan Collins (R-ME), Tom Carper (D-DE), and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) introduced bipartisan legislation to extend federal programs that help support local fire departments across the...
By DOL Newswire | Mar 1, 2023
News Release: EL PASO, TX - A federal workplace safety investigation of an El Paso jewelry metal-plating finisher found the company again exposing workers to serious hazards, including willfully failing to protect people working with dangerous acids and other chemicals from potentially permanent eye injuries.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 1, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor today announced the rescission of the rule “Implementing Legal Requirements Regarding the Equal Opportunity Clause’s Religious Exemption, " in effect since Jan. 8, 2021. The rescission ensures a return to the department’s prior policy and practice in place during ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2023
News Release: PEORIA, Ill. - A Washington, Illinois, woman, Kirstin Sue Jackson, 40, of the 300 block of North Summit Drive, was sentenced on Feb. 13, 2023, to 44 months in federal prison for making a false statement during the purchase of a firearm. Upon release from imprisonment, Jackson will serve a three-year term of supervised release.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 1, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy Rodgers (R-WA), Subcommittee on Health Chair Brett Guthrie (R-KY), and Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Chair Morgan Griffith (R-VA) today wrote Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra regarding President Biden’s plan to kick 2.7 million Americans off their health insurance plans. The members issued the following statement...
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 1, 2023
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Feb. 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State Newswire | Mar 1, 2023
Release: FOREIGN MINISTER KULUBAEV: How are you?
By EPA Newswire | Mar 1, 2023
News Release: EPA Announces Most Energy-Efficient Manufacturing Plants in South Carolina Contact: EPA Region 4 Press Office - (404) 562-8400, region4press@epa.gov Columbia, SC. (Feb. 28, 2023) – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing that an U.S. manufacturing plant earned the agency’s ...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 1, 2023
News Release: The Cotter Award Committee announced the winners of the 2012 John L. Cotter Award for Excellence in NPS Archeology at the 2012 Society for American Archaeology meeting in Memphis, Tennessee. This year, the Cotter Award recognized two categories of achievement: Project Excellence and Long Term Achievement.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 1, 2023
Bipartisan Infrastructure Law: Energy Improvement in Rural or Remote Areas Funding Opportunity Announcement grant opened on March 1.
