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  1. 6 Million Face Hunger, Malnutrition and Water Scarcity In Zambia A severe drought is pushing many in Zambia into a perilous situation. Read
  2. BLM, USDA Forest Service Invite Input On Bears Ears National Monument Draft Plan The Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service are seeking public input on a draft plan to guide management of the Bears Ears National Monument, incorporating considerable input from the Bears Ears Commission, the State of Utah, other cooperating agencies, and the public. Read
  3. DOE Announces $425M to Decarbonize and Manufacture Clean Energy Products The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) recently announced $425 million in funding to reduce industrial emissions and advance clean energy manufacturing essential to the U.S. energy supply chain. Read
  4. DOJ, USDA Enter into Memorandum of Understanding on Civil Enforcement of the Animal Welfare Act The Justice Department’s Environment and Natural Resources Division (ENRD), U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) and USDA Office of the General Counsel (OGC) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on Civil Judicial Enforcement of the Animal Welfare Act (AWA). Read
  5. EIB-backed Ukraine Recovery Programme Kicks Off As Critical Infrastructure Projects Get Underway More than 100 cities and communities in Ukraine will have municipal infrastructure rebuilt under two EIB recovery programs after the Ukrainian government allocated €161 million to local budgets. Read
  6. Owner of Telemedicine Companies Pleads Guilty to Role in $136M Medicare Fraud Conspiracy The owner of two purported telemedicine companies pleaded guilty recently to her role in a conspiracy to defraud Medicare of $136 million. Read
  7. Large U.S. Military Contracts Awarded on March 08, 2024 The U.S. Defense Department announced new major contracts awarded on March 08, 2024 Read
  8. IFAD Member States Approve Ambitious $2B Plan To Reduce Hunger And Poverty As the climate crisis, biodiversity loss, economic uncertainties and growing instability take a strong toll on rural communities and small-scale farmers in many parts of the world, the UN's International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) is taking action to increase food security for more than 100 million rural people over three years. Read
  9. U.S. Hiring for February Once Again Exceeds Expectations The Department of Labor reported yesterday that businesses brought on 275,000 new workers last month. Read
  10. USTR Seeks Public Comment on Promoting Supply Chain Resilience The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) on March 07 published a notice in the Federal Register seeking input to inform the development of trade and investment policy initiatives that promote supply chain resilience. Read
  11. The European Commission Launches New Migration Partnership With Mauritania The European Union is strengthening the cooperation between EU and Mauritania by launching a migration partnership and dialogue. Read
  12. HRSA Launches $50M Initiative to Support Opioid Treatment and Recovery Services in Rural Communities The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) announced the launch of nearly $50 million for HRSA’s Rural Opioid Treatment and Recovery Initiative and released the initiative’s funding application. Read
  13. State of the Union 2024: Biden Announces Temporary Aid Port for Gaza Last night dementia-ridden Joe Biden babbled something about the U.S. building a Mediterranean docking area offshore of Gaza to allow more humanitarian aid to enter, among other things. Read
  14. UK Announces New Strategy to Deliver Drones to Armed Forces UK Defense Drone Strategy launched to deliver unified approach to uncrewed systems across all three military services, supported by £4.5 billion of investment. Read
  15. FDIC-Insured Institutions Reported Full-Year 2023 Net Income of $256.9 Billion Reports from 4,587 commercial banks and savings institutions insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) reflect aggregate full-year 2023 net income of $256.9 billion, down $6 billion (2.3 percent) from the prior year, and fourth quarter 2023 net income of $38.4 billion, down $30 billion (43.9 percent) from the prior quarter. Read
  16. Over $180 Million in Safety Grants Allocated for Commercial Motor Vehicles The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) announced the availability of more than $180 million in grants to promote roadway safety. Read
  17. SEC Charges Skechers with Making Undisclosed Payments to Executives’ Family Members The Securities and Exchange Commission recently announced that Skechers U.S.A. Inc., a footwear company based in California, agreed to settle charges for failing to disclose payments for the benefit of its executives and their immediate family members. Skechers agreed to pay a $1.25 million civil penalty to settle the SEC’s charges. Read
  18. House Approves $565 Billion Funding Measure to Keep Federal Government Open The U.S. House on March 6 passed a $565 billion measure for the current fiscal year that prevents a partial shutdown of the federal government. Read
  19. NASA Awards Contracts for Flight, Payload Integration Services NASA has selected 15 companies to provide flight and payload integration services to advance technologies and procedures for operating in space, including testing in high-altitude, reduced gravity, or other relevant environments. Examples of payloads include NASA science instruments or technology demonstrations. Read
  20. Chinese National Arrested for Theft of Artificial Intelligence-Related Trade Secrets from Google A federal grand jury indicted Linwei Ding, aka Leon Ding, charging him with four counts of theft of trade secrets in connection with an alleged plan to steal from Google LLC (Google) proprietary information related to artificial intelligence (AI) technology. Read
  21. Large U.S. Military Contracts Awarded on March 07, 2024 The U.S. Defense Department announced new major contracts awarded on March 07 2024 Read
  22. USDA Awards $2.3B for Projects to Expand Affordable, Reliable, Clean Power in Rural Communities U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) on March 6 announced at the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association’s PowerXchange annual meeting in San Antonio, Texas that USDA is moving forward on clean energy investments in 23 states to reduce pollution and strengthen rural America’s power grid. Read
  23. Scientists Reveal Molecular Mysteries To Control Silica Scaling In Water Treatment Collaborative research that combined experiments at Yale University and molecular dynamics simulations at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory provides new insights into solving a major technical obstacle to efficient and sustainable industrial operations. Read
  24. OPEC Fund Provides $150 Million to Promote Climate Action in Colombia The OPEC Fund for International Development (the OPEC Fund) is co-financing Colombia’s “Climate Action Policy and Energy Transition Program” with a US$150 million policy-based loan. The program aims to foster economic opportunities based on the sustainable use of natural resources, develop circular economy models and promote the energy transition. Read
  25. Biden Concealed Over 100 Illegal Arms Shipments to Fascist Israel An accounting fraud enabled the White House to transfer massive amounts of munitions to support Israel’s genocide, without notifying Congress. Read