WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration issued the following news release: * * * Advances administration's efforts to expand apprenticeships, strengthen workforce * * * The U.S. Department of Labor today announced its award of $99.3 million in grants to 71 organizations in 31 states to provide training and employment services in its continuing effort to expand access to Registered Apprenticeships, prepare young workers for quality jobs and e more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: Following a comprehensive investigation, the Justice Department announced today that the Mount Vernon, New York, Police Department (MVPD) engages in a pattern or practice of conduct that deprives people of rights secured by the U.S. Constitution and federal law. Specifically, the Justice Department finds that MVPD: * Uses excessive force in numerous ways, including by unnecessarily escalating minor encoun more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: Today, President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. is granting clemency consisting of 39 pardons and 1,499 commutations. President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. is pardoning the following 39 individuals: NINA SIMONA ALLEN - Harvest, Alabama Nina Simona Allen is a 49-year-old woman who was convicted of a non-violent offense in her 20s. In the years since, Ms. Allen returned to school to earn a post-baccalaureate degree and two more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 -- NASA issued the following news release: NASA has selected FedSync-BFS, LLC of Alexandria, Virginia, to provide administrative services for multiple NASA centers. The Multi-Center Administrative Support Services Contract is a firm-fixed-price and indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with a value not to exceed $200 million during a five-year ordering period. The performance period begins April 1, 2025. Contracted work will take place in six NASA centers and fa more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the following news release: * * * Cicely LaMothe Named Acting Director * * * The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Erik Gerding, Director of the Division of Corporation Finance, will depart the agency effective Dec. 31, 2024. Upon Mr. Gerding's departure, Cicely LaMothe will serve as Acting Director. "I want to thank Erik for his leadership of the Division of Corporation Finance," said SEC Chair Gary  more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, chair of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Subcommittee on Communications Media and Broadband released the following opening remarks from a Dec. 11, 2024, hearing entitled "Communications Networks Safety and Security": * * * This hearing of the Subcommittee on Communications, Media, and Broadband will now come to order. Today, the Subcommittee is convening a hearing on "Communications Networks Safety and Security." Thank yo more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Subcommittee on Communications, Media and Broadband released the following testimony by Tim Donovan, president and CEO of the Competitive Carriers Association, from a Dec. 11, 2024, hearing entitled "Communications Networks Safety and Security": * * * Chairman Lujan, Ranking Member Thune, and Members of the Subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to testify about the importance of providing safe and secure connectivity  more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 -- The White House issued the following news release: Today, President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. is granting clemency consisting of 39 pardons and 1,499 commutations. President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. is pardoning the following 39 individuals: NINA SIMONA ALLEN - Harvest, Alabama Nina Simona Allen is a 49-year-old woman who was convicted of a non-violent offense in her 20s. In the years since, Ms. Allen returned to school to earn a post-baccalaureate degree and two master's degre more PR