News published on Federal Newswire in August 2022

News from August 2022


Eastmond: 'A young man's life could have been spared' in Florida roofing incident

A Pompano Beach roofing contractor's failure to heed warnings in 2018 on hazards of falls reportedly led to the death of a 25-year-old worker in February.


Granholm: 'DOE is investing in clean mobility options'

The deadline is Aug. 25 for applicants to submit concept papers for a $96 million funding opportunity supporting the decarbonizing of domestic transportation.


Raimondo: Grant 'will help attract private investment and create jobs in Vicksburg'

A $3.7 million American Rescue Plan grant from the Department of Commerce will enable Vicksburg, Mich., to update its wastewater treatment system to increase capacity for company expansion and commercial development.


Guzman: EPA grants 'to support climate resiliency and safeguard wetlands throughout the Bay Area'

The San Francisco Bay watersheds and wetlands are being protected and restored with the help of a record-breaking $29 million in funds from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.


USDA 'excited to partner with Montana" on local food purchasing agreement

The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has entered into a cooperative agreement with the state of Montana under the Local Food Purchase Assistance Cooperative Agreement Program (LFPA).


DOI-NPS grant application closes on Nov. 8

FY2022 Historic Preservation Fund- African American Civil Rights- Preservation Grants grant opened on Aug. 4.


Statement By Secretary Granholm On President Biden’s Nomination Of David Crane

Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm issued the following statement today on President Biden’s nomination of David Crane to serve as Under Secretary for Infrastructure at the U.S. Department of Energy...


News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) wrote to four major oil companies today demanding answers for how they are using their record high profits, and what - if anything - each company is doing to alleviate Americans’ pain at the pump.


Convicted ‘My Big Coin’ founder to be sentenced Oct. 27 for cryptocurrency fraud of over $6M

Sentencing will be Thursday, Oct. 27, for the founder of My Big Coin who was found guilty of cryptocurrency fraud of over $6 million on July 21 by a federal jury.


Pallone Demands Answers from Oil Companies on Record Breaking Profits Amid High Gas Prices

News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) wrote to four major oil companies today demanding answers for how they are using their record high profits, and what - if anything - each company is doing to alleviate Americans’ pain at the pump.


DOE-NNSA grant application closes on Sept. 20

DNN R&D UNIVERSITY PROGRAM: CONSORTIUM FOR NUCLEAR FORENSICS grant opened on Aug. 4.


News Release: WASHINGTON-Join the National Park Service for evenings filled with family-fun and FREE live music at the Fort Dupont Park Summer Event Series. The 50th Anniversary season kicked-off on Saturday, July 30 with performances from Sirius Company, Be’La Dona, The Soul Searchers and DJ Rico. The Summer Event Series continues starting August 13.


“THRIFTY FLOOD PLAN” was published on pages S4034-S4036 of the Congressional Record on Aug. 4.


Chairs Thompson and Maloney Release 2013 DOJ OIG Memo Raising Ethics and Independence Concerns over DHS IG, Reiterate Call for DHS IG to Stand Aside

News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and Rep. Rep. Bennie G. Thompson, Chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security, released a memorandum with findings from an internal investigation conducted by the Department of Justice (DOJ) Office...


Release: Local staff from USDA offices around the world were in the United States recently, exchanging information with American farmers and producers and learning firsthand how U.S. agricultural systems and processes work.


Remarks by U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo at the North Carolina Good Jobs Challenge Announcement

Release: Thank you, Governor Cooper, for the kind introduction. And thank you to our host, North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University. I am thrilled to be here with you to celebrate our 32 Good Jobs Challenge awardees.


New federal Cyber Incident Reporting Council has inaugural meeting

The Cyber Incident Reporting Council (CIRC), a new group made up of federal agencies with a congressional mandate to coordinate, deconflict, and harmonize current and future federal cyber incident reporting requirements, met for the first time on July 22.


Below-average Gulf of Mexico ‘dead zone’ measured

News Release: Today, NOAA-supported scientists announced that this year’s Gulf of Mexico “dead zone "- an area of low to no oxygen that can kill fish and marine life - is approximately 3,275 square miles. That’s more than 2 million acres of habitat potentially unavailable to fish and bottom species - larger than the land area of Rhode Island and Delaware combined.


There was activity on four bills related to the Finance Committee on Aug. 3.


DOI-NPS offers new grant application process starting Aug. 4

FY2022 Historic Preservation Fund- African American Civil Rights- History Grants grant opened on Aug. 4.