News from August 2022
By DOE Newswire | Aug 6, 2022
Release: Methane Monitoring, Measurement, and Mitigation Technologies Critical for a Leak-Tight U.S. Natural Gas Supply Chain, Slowing Climate Change, and Cleaner Air
By US DOT Newswire | Aug 6, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) announced a Request for Information (RFI) to receive input from stakeholders about the Thriving Communities Initiative - launching this fall. This program will provide technical assistance and hands-on planning support for transformative . .
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2022
News Release: The Attorney General, Deputy Attorney General, and Associate Attorney General today met with families of fallen officers to discuss the importance of the passage of the Public Safety Officer Support Act of 2022. The bipartisan bill expands coverage of the Public Safety Officers' Benefits Program, administered ...
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 6, 2022
News Release: CHICAGO - On Aug. 1, FEMA announced the city of Bloomfield Hills, Mich., was included in the pre-selection of subapplicants to receive a portion of $160M in funding through the Flood Mitigation Assistance (FMA) program to assist communities across the nation enhance climate and disaster resiliency.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 6, 2022
News Release: The Toolkit identifies tactics for small and medium-sized businesses to improve job quality and partner with workers to retain a high-performing workforce The U.S. Department of Commerce launched the Job Quality Toolkit, which provides strategies and actions to help small-and-medium-sized organizations ...
By Tamara Browning | Aug 6, 2022
An Atlanta, Georgia, film producer has pleaded guilty for $2.5 million in cryptocurrency-based investment scams.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2022
News Release: A California man was sentenced today in the Eastern District of New York to four years in prison for defrauding American Express of approximately $4.7 million and for laundering the proceeds of his fraud.
By DOL Newswire | Aug 6, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh issued the following statement on the July 2022 Employment Situation Report:
By David Beasley | Aug 6, 2022
Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan this week and vowed to "strengthen Taiwan's self-defense capability."
By State Newswire | Aug 6, 2022
News Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: I’ve had a productive and meaningful two days here in Cambodia. We’ve still got a few meetings to go this afternoon, but it’s been a very productive couple of days so far, and then we’re heading, as you know, to the Philippines later today.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 6, 2022
The Senate section of the Congressional Record published “Text of Senate Amendment 5487” on Aug. 6.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 6, 2022
News Release: DEATH VALLEY, CA - Following yesterday’s wide-spread storm damage, Death Valley National Park roads remain closed. Hard work from road crews allowed visitors who were previously unable to leave the area hotels to be able to carefully drive out with law enforcement escorts. Highway 190 is expected to reopen between Furnace Creek and Pahrump by Tuesday.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 6, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C.--The nonpartisan Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) has issued an analysis of effects of the Democrats’ reckless tax-and-spend bill on taxpayers in each income category.
By State Newswire | Aug 6, 2022
News Release: On August 5, 2022, Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield announced in Ghana more than $127 million in humanitarian assistance for Africa through the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration. This assistance will provide lifesaving support to refugees, asylum seekers, internally ...
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 6, 2022
News Release: FRANKFORT, Ky. - Leslie, Magoffin, Martin and Whitley counties are now eligible for FEMA assistance after flooding in Eastern Kentucky.
By State Newswire | Aug 6, 2022
Release: The following is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
By State Newswire | Aug 6, 2022
Release: The text of the following statement was released by the Secretary and Foreign Ministers of the United States of America, Australia, and Japan.
By EPA Newswire | Aug 6, 2022
“Text of Senate Amendment 5456“ was published in the Senate section on page S4346 on Aug. 6
By State Newswire | Aug 6, 2022
News Release: The following is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken spoke today with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. Secretary Blinken assured Prime Minister Pashinyan that the United States is watching the situation in and around Nagorno-Karabakh closely. He urged direct dialogue between Armenia and Azerbaijan to resolve issues related to, or resulting from, the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
By State Newswire | Aug 6, 2022
Release: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken will travel to Manila, Philippines, where he will meet with President Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos Jr. and Secretary of Foreign Affairs Enrique Manalo to reaffirm the U.S.-Philippines Alliance and the U.S. commitment to the Indo-Pacific region. They will discuss the...
