News from August 2022
By State Newswire | Aug 9, 2022
News Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Thank you so much. Good afternoon, everyone. It’s wonderful to be here, wonderful to be at this extraordinary university. To Professor Maharaj, to the entire leadership of the University of Pretoria, thank you for hosting us today on this magnificent campus.

By Homeland Newswire | Aug 9, 2022
News Release: Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2022. 1 - 2:15 p.m. Eastern Time . The Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Office of the Citizenship and Immigration Services Ombudsman (CIS Ombudsman) and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) invite stakeholders to participate in a joint webinar to discuss the attorney...

By State Newswire | Aug 9, 2022
Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.

By State Newswire | Aug 9, 2022
Release: Special Advisor on International Disability Rights Sara Minkara will travel to Bucharest, Romania and Chisinau, Moldova August 9-12 to meet with senior government officials, civil society organizations, and international organization representatives about addressing the challenges facing persons with...

By State Newswire | Aug 9, 2022
News Release: Nearly six months into the unprovoked and brutal assault on Ukraine, Russia continues its destruction of Ukrainian towns and villages. President Biden has been clear that we will continue to support the Ukrainian people as they defend their country from Russian aggression, for as long as it takes. As ...

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 2022
News Release: A federal jury convicted a North Carolina woman last Thursday for her role in a scheme to defraud several private health insurers by submitting over $34 million in false and fraudulent claims for physical therapy services that were never actually provided.

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 2022
BJA FY 22 Invited to Apply- Continuation of BJA Previously Funded Awards - Law Enforcement and Justice Mental Health grant opened on Aug. 9.

By Commerce Newswire | Aug 9, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Despite Democrats’ claims that their latest budget reconciliation bill will lower prices for families, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) today confirmed that the Democrats’ proposed prescription drug price controls will cause prices for new drugs to be more expensive, in response...

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 2022
OJJDP FY 2022 Invited to Apply - Administrative Funding Adjustment to Previously Funded Award (OJJDP FY2021 Second Chance Act Youth Rentry Program: Community-Based Youth Reentry Program) grant opened on Aug. 9.

By Bob Pepalis | Aug 9, 2022
The State Department has told the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee that it has made diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility (DEIA) a priority in policy proposals.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 9, 2022
News Release: Working with leaseholders, LM’s Uranium Leasing Program (ULP) has resumed mine reclamation work in southwest Colorado. The reclamation is done with an eye toward environmental stewardship.

By DOL Newswire | Aug 9, 2022
News Release: LOUISVILLE, CO - An administrative law judge in Denver has affirmed the findings of a U.S. Department of Labor workplace safety investigation that determined a Louisville acute inpatient psychiatric treatment facility exposed direct care employees - such as nurses and mental health technicians - to aggressive patients who regularly assaulted and seriously injured them.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 9, 2022
News Release: Sulphur, Okla.- Campsite fees at Chickasaw National Recreation Area are changing on October 1st, 2022. The new prices will help offset rising utility costs and cost of collection.

By State Newswire | Aug 9, 2022
There are two releases scheduled to be published on Aug. 10.

By State Newswire | Aug 9, 2022
Release: QUESTION: Sir, thank you. I really appreciate your time, Secretary Blinken.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 9, 2022
Release: The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is pleased to announce the inclusion of a Fruit and Vegetable Name Validation List to verify spellings on the APHIS Core Message Set website. The list provides genus, species, subspecies, and variety names ...
By DOL Newswire | Aug 9, 2022
There is one release scheduled to be published on Aug. 10.

By Tamara Browning | Aug 9, 2022
The U.S. Department of the Interior's intentions for the next four years integrate traditional responsibilities and new initiatives, the DOI announced last month when it released its Strategic Plan for fiscal years 2022-2026.

By DOL Newswire | Aug 9, 2022
News Release: ROCHESTER, NY - A federal investigation has recovered $228,379 in back wages for 260 employees of a Rochester-based home healthcare agency that denied them overtime for hours over 40 in a workweek.

By Commerce Newswire | Aug 9, 2022
News Release: WSJ: Cancer Patients Pay A Steep Price in Manchin-Biden Drug Pricing Scheme.