News from August 2022
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 20, 2022
News Release: Preliminary flood risk information and updated Flood Insurance Rate Maps are available for review in Cleveland County, Oklahoma. Residents and business owners are encouraged to review the latest information to learn about local flood risks and potential future flood insurance requirements.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2022
News Release: United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced that a Sioux Falls, South Dakota, woman convicted of Conspiracy to Launder Monetary Instruments was sentenced on Aug. 15, 2022, by U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2022
News Release: United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced that four Todd County, South Dakota, men have been indicted by a federal grand jury for Assault With a Dangerous Weapon, Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury, Assaulting, Resisting, and Impeding a Federal Officer, Using and Carrying a Firearm During and in Relation to a Crime of Violence, Aiding and Abetting, and Accessory After the Fact.
By State Newswire | Aug 20, 2022
News Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken spoke today with Republic of Korea (ROK) Foreign Minister Park Jin to discuss continued U.S.-ROK cooperation in addressing global challenges. The Secretary and Foreign Minister exchanged views on the critical importance of working jointly to uphold the international, rules-based order and stability in the Indo-Pacific, including the Taiwan Strait.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 20, 2022
Release: Historic Legislation Supports Massive Clean Energy Buildouts, Rebates and Tax Credits to Slash Domestic Emissions up to 40%, Save Americans Hundreds of Dollars in Energy Costs a Year
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2022
News Release: PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria, Illinois, man, Don Young, Jr., 22, of the 2200 block of North Flora, was sentenced on Aug. 18, 2022, to 37 months in federal prison for possession of a machine gun, to be followed by three years of supervised release.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 20, 2022
There was activity on one bill related to the Agriculture Committee on Aug. 19.
By State Newswire | Aug 20, 2022
News Release: Senior Official for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs Liz Allen will travel to Amman, Beirut, the West Bank, Jerusalem, and Tel Aviv from August 19-26, 2022. Her week-long trip underscores the United States’ strategic commitment to people-to-people diplomacy, which brings people together beyond the confines of government to address shared challenges and advance peace and prosperity worldwide.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 20, 2022
News Release: ST. LOUIS - A FEMA disaster recovery center will open Saturday, Aug. 20, in St. Charles County to provide one-on-one assistance to people directly affected by the July 25-28 flooding and severe storms.
By State Newswire | Aug 20, 2022
News Release: Celebrating Ukraine’s cultural heritage and underscoring the United States’ continued support of a democratic, independent, sovereign, and prosperous Ukraine, Assistant Secretary of State Lee Satterfield will deliver remarks at the final Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra concert at the John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts on Saturday, Aug. 20, 2022, at 8:00 p.m. ET.
By State Newswire | Aug 20, 2022
News Release: Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) Todd D. Robinson will travel to Colombia from August 21–25 with White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) Director Dr. Rahul Gupta and U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Senior Deputy Assistant Administrator Peter Natiello.
By Lucas Nava | Aug 20, 2022
The U.S. Justice Department announced that Jose Gomez III was sentenced to 25 years in prison on hate crime charges after fighting and attempting to murder an Asian family.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2022
News Release: A federal jury in the District of Columbia convicted the former Director of Operations of the U.S. Navy’s Military Sealift Command Office in Busan, South Korea, today for his role in a bribery conspiracy and for lying to federal investigators.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2022
News Release: An Illinois man was sentenced to 29 months in prison today for using stolen identities to file false tax returns.
By State Newswire | Aug 20, 2022
“CONGRATULATIONS TO NIRDESH OSWAL FOR RECEIVING THE STATE DEPARTMENT'S CRITICAL LANGUAGE SCHOLARSHIP” was published on page E1650 of the Congressional Record on Jan. 3, 2020.
By EPA Newswire | Aug 20, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released the following statement on the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposed revisions to the Risk Management Program (RMP) rule...
By State Newswire | Aug 20, 2022
Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 20, 2022
News Release: BOSTON - The Federal Emergency Management Agency will be sending more than $2 million to the State of Vermont to reimburse the costs of stabilizing the Waterbury State Office Complex after Tropical Storm Irene in 2011.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 20, 2022
This bill is sponsored by Rep. Katie Porter.
By Bob Pepalis | Aug 20, 2022
Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo said the signing of the CHIPS and Science Act could not have come at a more urgent moment.
