News from March 2023
By Karen Kidd | Mar 24, 2023
The Bureau of Land Management is suspending visits and adoptions at the wild horse and burro corrals in Litchfield, Calif., due to a bacterial infection.
By Federal Newswire Report | Mar 24, 2023
Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona recently wrote a letter to school superintendents to encourage international exchanges.
By Caleb Lombardo | Mar 24, 2023
The Southern California Chapter of the Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists (ACAMS) recently released a report which details how China engages in trade-based money laundering (TBML) to legitimize the profits of criminal activities by utilizing intermediaries in the U.S. and Mexico. Experts estimate that between $294 billion and $736 billion USD is laundered through the Chinese economy each year.
By Federal Newswire Report | Mar 24, 2023
Saudi Arabia and Iran announced earlier this month that the countries have agreed to renew diplomatic relations following talks in Beijing.
By Pete McGinnis | Mar 24, 2023
Last week, many who focus on openness in government celebrated Sunshine Week and National Freedom of Information Day on March 16, observed on the birthday of James Madison, the Father of the Constitution
By Sam Jackson | Mar 24, 2023
Illinois Rep. Mike Quigley, co-chair of the Congressional Ukraine Caucus, has criticized Chinese President Xi Jinping about the potential effects of a partnership between China and Russia toward Ukraine, saying it poses a danger to U.S. security.
By Federal Newswire Report | Mar 24, 2023
Seven people were shot and killed March 9 in Hamburg, Germany, at a Jehovah’s Witness meeting hall with the motive still unknown.
By Federal Newswire Report | Mar 24, 2023
The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control has imposed sanctions on three people in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) for their involvement in corrupt activities and obstructing the implementation of the Dayton Peace Agreement.
By Karen Kidd | Mar 24, 2023
U.S. Department of Energy Wind Energy Technologies Office is working to reduce cyber threats to the nation's wind turbine fleet.
By Federal Newswire Report | Mar 24, 2023
The San Francisco area could be a beneficiary of an infusion of $500 million in funding that would help extend the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) system.
By Federal Newswire Report | Mar 24, 2023
U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg recommended providing $4.45 billion in funding for 18 major transit projects across 11 states to boost regional transit services and stimulate economic growth.
By Federal Newswire Report | Mar 24, 2023
Representatives of the U.S. Department of Commerce and the Office of the United States Trade Representative traveled to Indonesia last week for the second round of negotiations in the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity.
By Juliette Fairley | Mar 23, 2023
Two U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) appointees, who were featured speakers at the D.C. Blockchain Summit this week, want the SEC and CFTC to create a framework that would classify digital assets.
By Federal Newswire Report | Mar 23, 2023
More than 200 "removable noncitizens" were taken into custody earlier this month by Enforcement and Removal Operations agents during a nationwide operation conducted earlier this month.
By Federal Department News | Mar 23, 2023
A Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) panel provided analysis and commentary virtually on March 21 on the National People’s Congress, which began meeting on March 5 for the first time in several months and since China ended its zero-Covid policy.
By Federal Newswire | Mar 23, 2023
News Release: The attached tables and charts released on Wednesday summarize the economic projections made by Federal Open Market Committee participants in conjunction with the March 21-22 meeting.
By Federal Newswire Report | Mar 23, 2023
Kevin Werbach, the chairperson of legal studies and business ethics at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School, said that as the U.S. irons out necessary digital asset regulations, it should make a distinction between stablecoin issuers that are based in the U.S. and those that are not, and should also take into consideration which companies have been pro-compliance and those that have not. While some analysts have expressed concerns that regulatory crackdowns in the U.S. could push innovation overseas, Werbach told the Federal Newswire that he does not believe that will necessarily be the case.
By EPA Newswire Report | Mar 23, 2023
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is ordering Occidental Chemical Corporation to design a cleanup plan for the upper nine miles of the Lower Passaic River at the Diamond Alkali Superfund Site in New Jersey.
By DOE Newswire Report | Mar 23, 2023
The U.S Department of Energy announced approximately $6 billion in federal money will be used to ramp up decarbonization projects across the nation.
By Federal Newswire | Mar 23, 2023
News Release: Recent indicators point to modest growth in spending and production. Job gains have picked up in recent months and are running at a robust pace; the unemployment rate has remained low. Inflation remains elevated.
