News from August 2022
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 5, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Bipartisan legislation authored by U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI) and Joni Ernst (R-IA) to modernize the way the federal government acquires technology has advanced in the Senate. The legislation would boost innovation in the procurement process and increase opportunities for innovative...
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 5, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ), James Lankford (R-OK), and Mark Kelly (D-AZ) introduced the bipartisan Border Patrol Enhancement Act to establish the Border Patrol Reserve...
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 5, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON -- Per the fall 2021 and spring 2022 Unified Agendas, FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell announced Wednesday that the agency is moving forward in reducing the administrative burden on government entities and nonprofit organizations receiving FEMA grants following a disaster.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 5, 2022
News Release: KELSO, CA - All paved roads into Mojave National Preserve remain closed because of damage caused by flash floods on July 31 and Aug. 1, 2022. Preserve roads sustained wide-spread water damage including washouts and undercutting. NPS staff continue to assess the extent of the damage and make temporary repairs or sign damaged areas.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 5, 2022
News Release: Not everyone finds their calling, much less the opportunity to pursue it. For Jay Glascock, Director of the Office of Site Operations (OSO) at the Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Legacy Management’s (LM) Westminster Operations Center, it happened twice.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 5, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Bipartisan legislation authored by U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI) and Rob Portman (R-OH) to enhance the Department of Homeland Security’s ability combat human trafficking has advanced in the Senate. The legislation would make permanent and expand the Homeland Security Investigations...
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 5, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Bipartisan legislation authored by U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI) and James Lankford (R-OK) to ensure that guidance, instructions, and other public information published by the federal government is written in plain language has advanced in the Senate. The bill updates existing laws...
By State Newswire | Aug 5, 2022
Release: The following is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 5, 2022
News Release: A federal indictment was unsealed yesterday in Tulsa, Oklahoma, charging a former private prisoner officer with sexually assaulting a male pretrial detainee during a prisoner transport and later lying to the FBI.
By State Newswire | Aug 5, 2022
There was activity on one bill related to the Armed Services Committee on Aug. 4.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 5, 2022
News Release: A federal grand jury in Louisville, Kentucky, returned two indictments that were unsealed today, and the Department of Justice filed a third charging document today, in connection with an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of Breonna Taylor, a 26-year-old woman who was shot and killed in her Louisville home on March 13, 2020, by police officers executing a search warrant.
By State Newswire | Aug 5, 2022
News Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good afternoon, everyone. First I should say to you, Foreign Minister, congratulations on your appointment. We were very pleased to work with you in your previous capacity as a minister, but welcome this opportunity now.
By DOL Newswire | Aug 5, 2022
News Release: GRAND ISLAND, NE - A 20-year-old worker’s attempt at clearing a jam in an industrial cardboard baler at a Grand Island waste disposal company turned tragic when the worker fell into the baler, became caught and suffered severe amputation injuries. OSHA alleges the employer disregarded federal regulations designed to prevent such tragedies.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 5, 2022
News Release: BC Flynn Contracting Corp. (BC Flynn) and Axion Specialty Contracting LLC (Axion) pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Connecticut for their roles in a conspiracy to rig bids on insulation contracts in Connecticut in violation of the antitrust laws and, as to BC Flynn, to engage in criminal fraud related to those insulation contracts.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 5, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON – On Tuesday, extensive coordination and cooperation efforts between United States and Guatemalan law enforcement authorities culminated in the Guatemalan National Civil Police (PNC) conducting a significant enforcement operation to disrupt and dismantle a transnational human smuggling organization. This operation included the arrest of four alleged human smugglers who have been indicted in the United States.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 5, 2022
There are six releases scheduled to be published on Aug. 8.
By State Newswire | Aug 5, 2022
Release: AMBASSADOR MURPHY: (In Khmer.) Please have a seat.
By EPA Newswire | Aug 5, 2022
News Release: Spokane, Washington - Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released the following statement on the passing of Congresswoman Jackie Walorski (R-IN):
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 5, 2022
FY 2022 California Law Enforcement Transition to NIBRS—Rapid Deployment Model Project grant opened on Aug. 5.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 5, 2022
News Release: Fort Oglethorpe, GA: Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park and Outdoor Chattanooga will continue offering a series of free, historical bike tours through Chickamauga Battlefield. This year’s tours are scheduled for Aug. 20, Sept. 17, and Oct. 15, beginning at 9:30 am at the Wilder...
