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News Tipoffs - Connecticut Editors Newsletter for Thursday November 14, 2024 ( 7 items )  

BLS - Mid-Atlantic Region Issues Report Entitled 'Consumer Price Index, Northeast Region - October 2024'
PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Nov. 14 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Mid-Atlantic Regional Information Office issued the following report on Nov. 13, 2024, entitled "Consumer Price Index, Northeast Region - October 2024": * * * Area prices were up 0.1 percent over the past month, up 3.5 percent from a year ago. * * * Prices in the Northeast Region, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), ticked up 0.1 percent in October,  more

Idaho A.G. Labrador Calls on FCC to Strengthen Vetting Process to Block Robo-Callers
BOISE, Idaho, Nov. 14 -- Idaho Attorney General Raul R. Labrador issued the following news release on Nov. 13, 2024: Attorney General Raul Labrador and a bipartisan coalition of 46 Attorneys General called on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to improve their Robocall Mitigation Database (RMD) and close what has effectively been an unmonitored loophole that bad actors exploit to access the U.S. telephone network. "Idaho citizens are no strangers to the plague of fraudulent robo-call   more

Justice Dept.: Ukrainian National Involved in Scheme to Export Dual-Use High Precision Jig Grinder to Russia Sentenced to 33 Months in Prison
WASHINGTON, Nov. 14 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Nov. 13, 2024: Stanislav Romanyuk, 39, a citizen of Ukraine last residing in Estonia, was sentenced today to 33 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for his role in a scheme to violate U.S. export laws and regulations by attempting to smuggle a dual-use export-controlled item to Russia. According to court documents and statements made in court, beginning in 2018, Romanyuk, who  more

Miss. A.G. Fitch Calls on the FCC to Strengthen Vetting Process to Block Robocallers
JACKSON, Mississippi, Nov. 14 -- Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch issued the following news release on Nov. 13, 2024: Attorney General Lynn Fitch and a bipartisan coalition of 46 attorneys general called on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to improve their Robocall Mitigation Database (RMD) and close what has effectively been an unmonitored loophole that bad actors exploit to access the U.S. telephone network. "Unsolicited robocalls and robotexts are too often a gateway to sc  more

S.C. A.G. Alan Wilson Calls on the FCC to Strengthen Vetting Process to Block Robocallers
COLUMBIA, South Carolina, Nov. 14 -- South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson issued the following news on Nov. 13, 2024: Attorney General Alan Wilson and a bipartisan coalition of 46 other attorneys general called on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to improve their Robocall Mitigation Database (RMD) and close what has effectively been an unmonitored loophole that bad actors exploit to access the U.S. telephone network. "It's no surprise that the same people who bombard us with  more

Tenn. A.G. Skrmetti and 46 Attorneys General Call on the FCC to Strengthen Vetting Process to Block Robocallers
NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Nov. 14 -- Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti issued the following news on Nov. 13, 2024: Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti and a bipartisan coalition of 46 attorneys general called on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to improve their Robocall Mitigation Database (RMD) and close what has effectively been an unmonitored loophole that bad actors exploit to access the U.S. telephone network. "Everyone hates robocalls. And as technology gets mo  more

Three NUWC Division Newport engineering agents perform first modernizations to submarine in Australia
WASHINGTON, Nov. 13 -- The Naval Sea Systems Command issued the following news: Traveling across the globe is nothing new for Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division Newport In-Service Engineering Agents (ISEA) Matthew George, Daniel Braman and Dillon Savitzky, but the trio recently experienced a historic first Down Under. Members of the Handling Systems Engineering Branch in the Sensors and Sonar Systems Department, the agents participated the first three-week Submarine Tendered Mainten  more