KANSAS CITY, Missouri, May 4 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Mountain-Plains Regional Information Office issued the following report on May 3, 2023, entitled "Business Employment Dynamics in Utah - Third Quarter 2022": * * * From June 2022 to September 2022, gross job gains from opening and expanding private-sector establishments in Utah were 111,431, while gross job losses from closing and contracting private-sector establishments were 93,651, the U.S.   more

FORT BELVOIR, Virginia, May 3 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Defense Contract Audit Agency issued the following audit guidance: L3 Technologies, Inc., Communication Systems West, a Utah-based manufacturer of communications equipment for military systems, agreed to pay $21.8 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by knowingly proposing the cost of certain parts twice to the DoD. From approximately 2008 to 2011, L3 submitted, and the Department of Defense accep  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, May 4 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on May 3, 2023: * * * Funds awarded to Salt Lake City made possible by the Inflation Reduction Act * * * The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that Salt Lake City will receive up to $1 million from the agency's Climate Pollution Reduction Act grant program to coordinate with other local governments and develop innovative strategies to cut climate pollution and build clean   more

WASHINGTON, May 5 -- The Federal Maritime Commission issued the following notice of appearance (Docket No. 23-03) on May 4, 2023: * * * CertiFit, Inc. Complainant v. Evergreen Shipping Agency (America) Corp. Respondent. NOTICE OF APPEARANCE Pursuant to Federal Maritime Commission Rule of Practice and Procedure 23, 46 C.F.R. Sec. 502.23, please enter the appearance of Barry G. Scholl and Sean B. Leonard in this proceeding as counsel for Complainant CertiFit, Inc. I hereby certify that I am ad  more

HILL AFB, Utah, May 5 -- The U.S. Air Force Hill Air Force Base (75th Air Base Wing) issued the following news: By Donovan Potter, 75th Air Base Wing Public Affairs Hill's 729th Air Control Squadron offers Deployment Initial Readiness Training, also known as DIRT school, designed to provide students with basic-level knowledge in a multitude of deployment and expeditionary skillsets. The 10-day course is conducted on Hill AFB, primarily in the Base Operations Readiness Training Area, and targe  more

HILL AFB, Utah, May 5 -- The U.S. Air Force Hill Air Force Base (75th Air Base Wing) issued the following news: By Kendahl Johnson, 75th Air Base Wing Public Affairs An employee for the 309th Software Engineering Group has leveraged her interest in process improvement, neuroscience, and organizational and human behavior into an opportunity to help Air Force leadership better understand the need for psychological safety and how it can improve innovation outcomes. Catherine Emang, a program man  more

LAKEWOOD, Colorado, May 2 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service - Mountain Regional Field Office issued the following news release: During the next several weeks, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) will conduct two major mid-year surveys, the June Agricultural Survey and the June Area Survey. The agency will contact nearly 6,000 producers across the Mountain Region states of Arizona, Colorado, Montana,   more

LOS ANGELES, California, May 6 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for Central District of California issued the following news release on May 5, 2023: An Orange County man was sentenced today to 240 months in federal prison for distributing fentanyl that resulted in the overdose deaths of two victims - one in Utah, the other in Aliso Viejo - within six weeks of each other in early 2021. Jason Amin Soheili, 28, of Laguna Hills, was sentenced by United States District Judge Josephine L. Staton.   more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, May 5 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Utah, Trina A. Higgins, issued the following news release on May 4, 2023: A federal grand jury in Utah returned an indictment charging five Salt Lake County residents, including two foreign nationals, with firearm offenses after speaker boxes full of guns were confiscated at the Mexico border in Eagle Pass, Texas. Today's announcement includes charges enacted as part of the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act signed into law las  more

WASHINGTON, May 4 (TNSres) -- The White House issued the following fact sheet on May 2, 2023: * * * MAGA House Republicans' Default on America Act Would Have Devastating Impacts for Utah Extreme bill would cut veterans' health care, jeopardize public safety, and raise costs for families--even as House Republicans separately push for trillions in tax cuts skewed to the wealthy and big corporations Congressional Republicans are holding the nation's full faith and credit hostage in an effort   more