News published on Federal Newswire in July 2022

News from July 2022


Raimondo: Morgan has 'decades of world-renowned atmospheric and oceanic scientific expertise'

The U.S. Senate approved Michael C. Morgan as assistant secretary of commerce for environmental observation and forecasting.


Dean: DOE takes next step in Hanford Reactor project to 'eliminate another risk to the nearby Columbia River.'

A new contractor has been awarded a subcontract to continue risk-reduction work for a decommissioned nuclear complex in south-central Washington.


Buttigieg: Airport expansion will 'allow Grand Rapids to accommodate that increasing passenger growth'

U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg recently highlighted the $8.68 million federal grant to help fund Gerald R. Ford International Airport’s concourse expansion in western Michigan.


Rollins: U.S. Attorney's Office 'is committed to combating the theft and sale of stolen historical property'

The U.S. Attorney's Office recently filed a civil forfeiture action against two dozen marksmanship medals from the 1880s and 1890s which are believed to have been removed from the Springfield Armory unlawfully several decades ago.


Mayorkas: 'Cyber Safety Review Board is a new and transformational institution'

U.S. Department of Homeland Security released a report from the Cyber Safety Review Board.


Bureau of Land Management: California solar project 'will generate up to 500 megawatts of renewable energy'

A solar project to be built on approximately 2,600 acres of public lands in California managed by the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Land Management has final approval.


Release: WASHINGTON, July 22, 2022 U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced an increase in funding to help schools continue to serve kids healthy meals this coming school year and provide financial relief for schools and child care providers. Effective July 1, 2022, the reimbursement schools receive...


Schumer, Wyden, Booker Introduce Cannabis Administration And Opportunity Act

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden (D-OR), and Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), today introduced the Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act (CAOA), comprehensive legislation that would end the harmful and out-of-touch federal prohibition...


Joint Statement by the United States and the United Kingdom on Data Access Agreement

News Release: The United States and United Kingdom intend to bring into force the Agreement between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland on Access to Electronic Data for the Purpose of Countering Serious Crime (“Data Access Agreement"), ...


Barrasso Opening Statement at Business Meeting to a Consider Nomination & Legislative Items

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (ENR), delivered the following remarks at a business meeting to consider the nomination of Ms. Laura Daniel-Davis to be assistant secretary of Land and Minerals Management at the Department of the Interior; and to consider a number of legislative items.


Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee and the bills it addressed on July 21

There was activity on six bills related to the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on July 21.


Readout of ATF Officials Briefing to Attorney General Merrick B. Garland and ATF Director Steven M. Dettelbach on Efforts to Stem Gun Violence

News Release: One year after the announcement of cross-jurisdictional strike forces, Attorney General Merrick B. Garland and ATF Director Steven M. Dettelbach were briefed by senior ATF officials on ongoing efforts to help reduce gun violence through the disruption of illegal firearms trafficking in key regions across the country.


Transportation Department discusses Airworthiness Directives; Alexander Schleicher GmbH & Co. Segelflugzeugbau Gliders on July 21

The US Transportation Department published a four page rule on July 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


There is one release scheduled to be published on July 25.


The US Interior Department published a three page notice on July 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Hua Chunying: China, Indonesia can be 'pacesetters of South-South cooperation'

Hua Chunying, a spokesperson of the Chinese Communist Party, said the president of Indonesia is traveling to China to meet with President Xi Jinping.


Haleakalā National Park Rangers Rescue Hypothermic Hiker

News Release: KULA, Maui - On Thursday, July 21, at 5:30 am, National Park Service (NPS) rangers received a call from hikers in distress in the area of Kapalaoa Cabin in the Haleakalā Crater. Rangers responded and made contact with three adults and two children suffering from various stages of hypothermia and dehydration.


The US Energy Department published a one page notice on July 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a nine page notice on July 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.