News published on Federal Newswire in July 2022

News from July 2022


ICYMI FEMA Administrator Criswell Delivers Keynote Remarks on Climate Change, Community Resilience at 2022 ESRI User Conference


Joint Federal-State Task Force on Electric Transmission; Supplemental Notice of Meeting discussed on July 22 by Energy Department

The US Energy Department published a two page notice on July 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


FEMA, AARP Release New Resources to Help Local Communities Protect Older Adults Before, During and After Natural Disasters



FEMA’s Urban Search and Rescue Task Forces Know the Importance of Practice



Statement by Secretaries Antony J. Blinken and Alejandro N. Mayorkas - Ongoing Efforts to Support Afghan Special Immigrant Visa Applicants



Forest Service Taking Emergency Action to Protect Giant Sequoias

News Release: WASHINGTON, July 22, 2022 — The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service is initiating emergency fuels reduction treatments to provide for the long term survival of giant sequoia groves against immediate wildfire threats. These actions make use of the agency’s existing authorities under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) to conduct emergency fuels treatments as expeditiously as possible.


Murray, Wyden Demand Answers on Mistreatment at Youth Residential Treatment Facilities

News Release: Dear Mr. Hunter: Over the past several years, a series of reports have raised concerns about the conditions that children and youth experience in residential treatment facilities (RTFs).[1] While estimates vary, thousands of children and youth in the United States are placed in these facilities for...


The US Homeland Security Department published a two page rule on July 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Cyber Safety Review Board Releases Unprecedented Report of its Review into Log4j Vulnerabilities and Response


News Release: Today, U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo released the following statement following reports that Samsung could invest as much as $200 billion in U.S. chipmaking over the next decade.



National Multiple Award Construction Contract (NMACC III) Virtual Industry Day



DHS to Expand Security Cooperation with Qatar and the United Arab Emirates


News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul (TX-10) and U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, sent a letter today to Secretary Blinken expressing concern that a mandated State Department report failed to address the Assad regime’s role in narco-trafficking of Captagon.


DHS S&T Seeks Solutions to Software Vulnerabilities


Finding of Failure To Attain and Reclassification of Las Vegas Area as Moderate for the 2015 Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard discussed on July 22 by Environmental Protection Agency

The US Environmental Protection Agency published a nine page proposed rule on July 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.