News from August 2022
By Press release submission | Aug 6, 2022
Golden Gate NRA begins environmental assessment for removal of aging earthen dam at Tennessee Valley
By Press release submission | Aug 6, 2022
Under the Stars at the Salt Basin Dunes
By Press release submission | Aug 6, 2022
Nāhuku lava tube closed for structural monitoring and safety
By David Beasley | Aug 5, 2022
The Department of the Interior recently announced that the Derogatory Geographic Names Task Force concluded its review of more than 660 geographic features with the name sq___, a term that has historically been used as an offensive ethnic, racial and sexist slur, particularly for Indigenous women.
By David Beasley | Aug 5, 2022
Kristian "Kris" Hart, a current member of the Amite, La., City Council; and Jerry Trabona, former police chief of Amite City, have pleaded guilty to conspiring to pay and offering to pay voters in Tangipahoa Parish to vote in the 2016 open primary and 2016 open general elections.
By T.H. Lawrence | Aug 5, 2022
Artificial intelligence and facial recognition technology are emerging as major tools for the Chinese government to repress dissent, and for local police agencies to both monitor people and reduce crime.
By Tamara Browning | Aug 5, 2022
Comments are being sought for a proposed rule that requires that there be a minimum of two train crew members for over-the-road railroad operations, as announced by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 5, 2022
News Release: MANTEO, N.C. - The National Park Service has several open government contracts for businesses to bid on at Cape Hatteras National Seashore, Fort Raleigh National Historic Site and Wright Brothers National Memorial.
By State Newswire | Aug 5, 2022
News Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken met today with Hun Sen, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia, in Phnom Penh to discuss U.S. support for ASEAN and Cambodia’s Chair year, as well as efforts to strengthen the bilateral relationship. The Secretary ...
By EPA Newswire | Aug 5, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released the following statement today after the Biden administration declared a public health emergency (PHE) for the current monkeypox outbreak in the United States.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 5, 2022
News Release: Great Smoky Mountains National Park rangers found the deceased body of a missing Tennessee man in a remote section of the park near Balsam Mountain, North Carolina. Bryce Evans, age 23, of Knoxville, TN, was reported missing by his family earlier this week.
By State Newswire | Aug 5, 2022
There was activity on three bills related to the Foreign Relations Committee on Aug. 4.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 5, 2022
News Release: The Justice Department today announced that Jose Gomez III, 21, of Midland, Texas, was sentenced to 25 years in prison on hate crime charges for attacking an Asian family he believed was Chinese and therefore responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic. Gomez had previously pleaded guilty to three counts of committing a hate crime.
By State Newswire | Aug 5, 2022
Release: MS GARCIA: Well, it’s my pleasure to be here today with all of you and the Secretary. I wanted to welcome you to the YSEALI town hall on environmental responsibility. Everyone knows me, and I know them, but I Amparo Garcia. I’m a Cultural Affairs officer. And without further ado, I’d like to introduce the Secretary of State Antony Blinken. (Applause.).
By DOL Newswire | Aug 5, 2022
News Release: Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC), House Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik (R-NY), and Republican Study Committee Chairman Jim Banks (R-IN) announced they will introduce the Responsible Education Assistance through Loan (REAL) Reforms Act, a bill that offers commonsense and fiscally responsible reforms to benefit students and borrowers in our country’s federal student loan system.
By EPA Newswire | Aug 5, 2022
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) submitted a comment letter today in strong support of the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) proposed rules to prohibit menthol as a characterizing flavor in cigarettes and to prohibit all characterizing flavors in cigars. The agency proposed the rules earlier this year to reduce the appeal of cigarettes and cigars, particularly among young people, and improve public health outcomes.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 5, 2022
News Release: WEST GLACIER, Mont. [August 5, 2022] - In a July press release Glacier National Park announced a construction project to rehabilitate 13 bridges throughout the park. Since then, work has begun on the Anaconda, Camas, and Dutch Creek Bridges located on the Inside North Fork Road.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 5, 2022
News Release: New Program Outperforms Predecessor Disaster Program in speed of assistance and almost 90% reduced application burden, Online Analytics Now Available
By Interior Newswire | Aug 5, 2022
News Release: Horseshoe Bend National Military Park Announces Annual Symposium.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 5, 2022
There are two releases scheduled to be published on Aug. 8.
