NEW YORK, Feb. 7 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Northeast Regional Information Office issued a report on Feb. 6, 2024, entitled "Changing Compensation Costs in the New York Metropolitan Area - December 2023": * * * Compensation costs for private industry workers increased 4.2 percent in the New York-Newark, NY-NJ-CT-PA Combined Statistical Area (CSA) for the year ended December 2023, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissio  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Employee Benefits Security Administration has proposed 10 information collections. The information collections are 1. Employee Retirement Income Security Act Section 408(b)(2) Regulation; 2. Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 Notices; 3. Pension Benefit Statement; 4. Employee Retirement Income Security Act Procedure 1976-1; 5. Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 Technical Release 1991-1; 6. Disclosures by Insurers  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration has issued a notice, published in the Federal Register on Feb. 7, 2024, entitled "Notice of Request to Release Airport Property." The notice was issued by James A. Johnson, Director, FAA Central Region, Airports Division. COMMENT DEADLINE: March 8, 2024 * * * SUMMARY: The FAA proposes to rule and invites public comment on the release and disposal of one parcel of land at the New Century AirCenter (IX  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service has issued a notice, published in the Federal Register on Feb. 1, 2024, entitled "Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Proposed Amendment to Programmatic Safe Harbor Agreement and Candidate Conservation Agreement With Assurances for Kansas Aquatic Species." The notice was issued by Marjorie Nelson, Acting Assistant Regional Director, Ecological Services, Mountain-Prairie Region. COMMENT DEADLINE: Marc  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service has issued a notice, published in the Federal Register on Feb. 6, 2024, entitled "Endangered Species; Receipt of Recovery Permit Applications." The notice was issued by Martin Miller, Manager, Division of Endangered Species, Ecological Services, Northeast Region. COMMENT DEADLINE: March 7, 2024 * * * SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, have received applications for permits to conduct activities  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- The U.S. Department of the Treasury Internal Revenue Service has issued a notice, published in the Federal Register on Feb. 7, 2024, entitled "Recruitment Notice for the Taxpayer Advocacy Panel." The notice was issued by Kevin Brown, Acting Director, Taxpayer Advocacy Panel. * * * SUMMARY: Notice of open season for recruitment of IRS Taxpayer Advocacy Panel (TAP) members. DATES: January 31, 2024, through March 15, 2024. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Fred N. Smith  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- The U.S. Department of Justice has issued a notice, published in the Federal Register on Feb. 6, 2024, entitled "Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Under the Clean Water Act." The notice was issued by Thomas Carroll, Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural Resources Division. * * * On January 29 and 30, 2024, the Department of Justice filed a Complaint under the Clean Water Act and lodged a proposed Consent Decree wit  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency issued the following news release: The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that U.S. Army CPL Adin C. Norris Jr., 21, of Kansas City, Missouri, killed during the Korean War, was accounted for Dec. 5, 2022. In July 1950, Norris was a member of K Company, 3rd Battalion, 34th Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division. He was reported missing in action on July 20 after his unit sustained h  more

SAVANNAH, Georgia, Feb. 7 -- Vice President Kamala Harris issued the following remarks on Feb. 6, 2024, during the "Fight for Reproductive Freedoms" tour at the Savannah Civic Center: * * * THE VICE PRESIDENT: Good afternoon, Savannah. Good afternoon. Oh, it is good to be back in Georgia. Thank you all. Let -- can we please give it up for President McDonald and all of your work -- (applause) -- and your leadership. Truly. And I want to thank you for all of your courage and your tireless work.  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 (TNSres) -- The White House issued the following fact sheet on Feb. 6, 2024: * * * As Affordable Connectivity Program Hits Milestone of Providing Affordable High-Speed Internet To 23 Million Households Nationwide, Biden-Harris Administration Calls on Congress to Extend Its Funding As part of the President's Investing in America agenda, a key component of Bidenomics, the Biden-Harris Administration has made historic progress towards lowering costs - including internet costs  more