News from August 2022
By State Newswire | Aug 10, 2022
News Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good evening, everyone. Bonsoir, tout le monde. I really don’t want to say much, because how can you follow that? What – unbelievable. I knew your reputations, but it’s even more than I anticipated. That was really swinging really hard (inaudible). And I wish – I mean, I’m a guitar player, but no. (Laughter.) Too good. Thank you.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 10, 2022
There is one release scheduled to be published on Aug. 11.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 10, 2022
News Release: DENTON, Texas - Revised Preliminary Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs) are available for review by residents and business owners in portions of the villages of Causey and Dora, and unincorporated areas of Roosevelt County, New Mexico.
By State Newswire | Aug 10, 2022
News Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman participated in a talanoa roundtable discussion today with representatives from Pacific Island countries in Wellington, New Zealand. The Deputy Secretary emphasized the United States’ deep commitment to the Indo-Pacific ...
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 10, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. -In a new letter, Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Health Subcommittee Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY), and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Republican Leader Morgan Griffith (R-VA) are raising the alarm about the Biden administration’s...
By State Newswire | Aug 10, 2022
News Release: (As translated.) QUESTION: Antony Blinken, hello.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 10, 2022
Landscape Scale Restoration Grant Program 2023 Southern and IITF grant opened on Aug. 10.
By State Newswire | Aug 10, 2022
Release: U.S. Special Envoy Jessica Stern will travel to Nepal August 10-14 and India August 23-27. During her visits, Special Envoy Stern will meet with government officials and other stakeholders to discuss advancing the human rights of LGBTQI+ persons in each country and regionally.
By DOL Newswire | Aug 10, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration is reopening the comment period for an additional 60 days on the proposal to reconsider and revoke the final approval of Arizona’s State Plan for Occupational Safety and Health. The agency is also postponing the public hearing tentatively scheduled for Aug. 16, 2022.
By State Newswire | Aug 10, 2022
Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 10, 2022
News Release: DENTON, Texas - Revised Preliminary flood risk information and updated Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs) are available for review in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana. Residents and business owners are encouraged to review the latest information to learn about local flood risks and potential future flood insurance requirements.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 10, 2022
Release: WASHINGTON, Aug. 10, 2022 The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced the availability of nearly $8 million to support the Gus Schumacher Nutrition Incentive Program (GusNIP) Produce Prescription Program. The funding is part of USDAs American Rescue Plan efforts and will be administered by USDAs National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA).
By DOL Newswire | Aug 10, 2022
News Release: KANSAS CITY, MO - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs has entered into a multi-establishment conciliation agreement with Cerner Corp. - a healthcare and information technology company - to resolve preliminary findings of a federal compliance evaluation that alleged the company discriminated in hiring Black and Asian applicants between 2015 to 2019.
By State Newswire | Aug 10, 2022
News Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman met today with MFAT Secretary and Chief Executive Chris Seed in Wellington, New Zealand, to express her thanks for New Zealand’s role in ensuring a strong Pacific Islands Forum and to discuss our shared commitment ...
By DOE Newswire | Aug 10, 2022
News Release: In June, representatives from the Department of Energy (DOE) participated in the 2022 Puerto Rico Black Start Power Outage Tabletop Exercise hosted by the Puerto Rico Department of Economic Development and Commerce’s Energy Policy Program, the Puerto Rico Emergency Management Bureau, and the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) Caribbean Area Office.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 10, 2022
There is one release scheduled to be published on Aug. 11.
By State Newswire | Aug 10, 2022
News Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good afternoon, everyone. It’s a real pleasure to have an opportunity to talk to the extremely, extremely (inaudible) civil society here in Congo. A strong, vibrant, independent civil society is essential to any democracy; it’s essential here. And it’s really critical to helping to meet the challenges that the DRC is facing.
By US DOT Newswire | Aug 10, 2022
There are two releases scheduled to be published on Aug. 11.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 10, 2022
News Release: Pecos, NM: Pecos National Historical Park will offer fall fishing permits for the Pecos River within the park boundaries. The 2022 fall fishing season will begin September 8th and end November 14th. Please note that fishing hours will be from 8:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
By State Newswire | Aug 10, 2022
Release: The Biden-Harris administration is deeply committed to addressing the challenges of systemic racism both at home and abroad, including the structures, policies, laws, and practices that sustain racial injustices. The administration further believes that any pledge to advance human rights around the world must begin with a pledge to advance human rights at home.
