News from February 2022
By Press release submission | Feb 5, 2022
U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW) and senior member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee (HSGAC), today sent a letter to United States Postal Service (USPS) Postmaster General Louis DeJoy calling for the agency to reverse course and adopt a cleaner, more sustainable fleet for its next generation of delivery vehicles.
By Press release submission | Feb 5, 2022
NTIA will host a pre-Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) technical assistance webinar series in March–May 2022 in connection with the five new broadband grant programs authorized and funded by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA): The Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment Program; the Enabling Middle Mile Broadband Infrastructure Program; and the Digital Equity Act Programs, which include the State Digital Equity Planning Grant Program, State Digital Equity Capacity Grant Program, and Digital Equity Competitive Grant Program.
By Press release submission | Feb 5, 2022
Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the following statement on news that at least a dozen Historically Black Colleges and Universities reported bomb threats for a second day in a row.
By Press release submission | Feb 5, 2022
Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the following statement in response to news that the ISIS leader Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi was killed during a U.S. counterterrorism operation in Syria.
By Press release submission | Feb 5, 2022
Today, NTIA announced that it is continuing to build out its senior leadership following the confirmation of Alan Davidson as Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information.
By Press release submission | Feb 5, 2022
The Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) announced today it has awarded three additional grants as part of the Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program.
By Press release submission | Feb 5, 2022
Inside every cellphone lies a tiny mechanical heart, beating several billion times a second.
By Press release submission | Feb 5, 2022
Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the following statement on the Biden Administration’s launch of the new Cyber Safety Review Board (CSRB), a Board comprised of representatives from the Federal government (including DOD, DOJ, CISA, NSA, FBI), security firms, software suppliers, and other private sector organizations, to investigate “significant cyber incidents”:
By Press release submission | Feb 5, 2022
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have revived and improved a once-reliable technique to identify and count defects in transistors, the building blocks of modern electronic devices such as smartphones and computers.
By Press release submission | Feb 5, 2022
Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement applauding the latest report of gross domestic product from Bureau of Economic Analysis
By Press release submission | Feb 5, 2022
Bicameral Democratic Health Committee Chairs wrote to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure today to express their strong support for the Biden Administration’s policies included in the proposed Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2023 (Proposed NBPP), which will build on the Affordable Care Act (ACA), lower health care costs for consumers, and make coverage options more equitable. The letter was signed by House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E.
By Press release submission | Feb 5, 2022
Today, the first day of Black History Month, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement
By Press release submission | Feb 5, 2022
February is Black History Month. Each year we honor the contributions and sacrifices of African Americans who have helped shaped the nation.
By Press release submission | Feb 5, 2022
Did you know that Hawaiʻi hawksbill sea turtles like to nest in beach vegetation?
By Press release submission | Feb 5, 2022
An eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano in the South Pacific Ocean on January 15, 2022 created a rare event never before detected with modern instruments.
By Press release submission | Feb 5, 2022
Welcome to the first Ways and Means Committee hearing for the second session of the 117th Congress, and the Committee’s first hearing on mental health in more than a decade.
By Press release submission | Feb 5, 2022
Today, Ways and Means Committee Racial Equity Initiative Co-Chairs, Reps. Jimmy Gomez (D-CA), Steven Horsford (D-NV), and Terri Sewell (D-AL), released the following statement applauding the Administration for Children and Families’ (ACF) National Call to Action on racial equity
By Press release submission | Feb 5, 2022
From the earliest days of the pandemic, people with disabilities have paid a high price, borne a heavy burden, and endured untold losses.
By Press release submission | Feb 5, 2022
House Agriculture Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture Chair Jim Costa delivered the following statement at today's hearing titled “Sustainability in the Livestock Sector: Environmental Gain and Economic Viability”
