News from August 2022
By David Beasley | Aug 10, 2022
The United States and Canada have made great progress over the last 50 years in protecting the Great Lakes and supporting a thriving regional economy.
By State Newswire | Aug 10, 2022
News Release: The President today signed the CHIPS and Science Act, which will strengthen our industries of the future, bolster our supply chains, and protect our vital national and economic security. Additionally, the bill will help ensure America’s place as a global leader in science and technology. It is another demonstration that America can meet the moment.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 10, 2022
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) issued the following statement after President Biden signed H.R. 4346, the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022, into law, which passed the House last month...
By State Newswire | Aug 10, 2022
News Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken met today in Pretoria with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa to strengthen the enduring ties between our countries and advance shared global priorities through the U.S.-South Africa Strategic Dialogue. The ...
By State Newswire | Aug 10, 2022
News 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 Fed 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: (In progress) do what we did just to go around and see this. A few extraordinary things here today. First of all, extraordinary innovation here in South Africa that is going to have a powerful impact not only in South Africa but, I think, around the world. Second, women at the heart ...
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 10, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, issued the following statement after the D.C. Circuit rejected a challenge to an earlier decision upholding the right of seven Committee Members to bring suit seeking information from the Executive Branch pursuant to 5 U.S.C. section 2954, a statute known as the “Seven Member Rule":
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 10, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding $8.5 million in grants to support economic diversification efforts in coal communities in Northwest Colorado.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 10, 2022
Landscape Scale Restoration Grant Program 2023 Tribes grant opened on Aug. 10.
By DOL Newswire | Aug 10, 2022
News Release: PITTSBURGH - In return for providing essential homecare for people in need, 218 workers employed by a Pittsburgh-based home care agency expected their employer to pay them all their hard-earned wages. Instead, they found their employer denied them overtime wages, and manipulated records to hide the wage theft.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 10, 2022
There are six releases scheduled to be published on Aug. 11.
By EPA Newswire | Aug 10, 2022
There is one release scheduled to be published on Aug. 11.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 10, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $3 million grant to the River Ridge Development Authority, Jeffersonville, Indiana, to connect two new water storage tanks to the five-county River Ridge Development Area.
By State Newswire | Aug 10, 2022
There was activity on one bill related to the Foreign Affairs Committee on Aug. 9.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 10, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $1.9 million grant to South Dakota State University (SDSU), Brookings, South Dakota, to purchase equipment needed to expand the capacity of the Dakota Bioproducts Institute to develop products for commercialization. This grant is funded by the American Rescue Plan.
By State Newswire | Aug 10, 2022
Release: Today, Deputy Special Representative for the DPRK Dr. Jung Pak hosted ROK Director General for North Korean Nuclear Affairs Lee Taewoo and a delegation of technical and policy experts to discuss the increasing DPRK cyber threat. The meeting addressed the dangers posed by the DPRK cyber program and focused on strategies to combat Pyongyang’s ongoing attempts to generate revenue for its unlawful WMD and ballistic missile programs through malicious cyber activity.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2022
News Release: New Trade Ship Management S.A. (New Trade), a vessel operating company, and vessel Chief Engineer Dennis Plasabas pleaded guilty today in San Diego, California, for maintaining false and incomplete records relating to the discharge of oily bilge water from the bulk carrier vessel Longshore.
By US DOT Newswire | Aug 10, 2022
There was activity on four bills related to the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on Aug. 9.
By Andy Nghiem | Aug 10, 2022
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary, Alejandro Mayorkas, recently participated in a roundtable discussion with Central Florida stakeholders to discuss increasing security at public events and gathering places.
