News from July 2022
By USDA Newswire | Jul 15, 2022
Strengthening Resilience of Food Systems Against Shocks from Food and Fertilizer Price Hikes grant opened on July 15.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 15, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - House Agriculture Committee Chairman David Scott delivered the following statement at today's hearing “A 2022 Review of the Farm Bill: The State of Credit for Young, Beginning, and Underserved Producers."
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 15, 2022
News Release: BioReference Health LLC, formerly known as BioReference Laboratories, Inc., (BioReference), and OPKO Health, Inc. (OPKO) have agreed to pay $9.85 million to resolve alleged violations of the False Claims Act arising from BioReference’s payment of above-market rents to physician landlords for office space ...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 15, 2022
News Release: PHOENIX - As part of an effort to expand recreation opportunities for public lands users, the Bureau of Land Management’s Lower Sonoran Field Office will temporarily close some public lands in the Sonoran Desert National Monument for construction of the Estrella-Wayside Recreation Area. The closure begins Aug. 17, 2022, and will be in effect for up to two years, or until construction is completed.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 15, 2022
The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on July 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 15, 2022
The Congressional Record published “EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS, ETC.” in the House section on July 15.
By State Newswire | Jul 15, 2022
Release: THE WASHINGTON FOREIGN PRESS CENTER, WASHINGTON, D.C.
By David Hutton | Jul 15, 2022
The U.S. Department of Agriculture unveiled several revisions that will streamline the process for producers of specialty crops and other growers to secure insurance, report production and file claims.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 15, 2022
There was activity on three bills related to the Oversight and Reform Committee on July 14.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 15, 2022
News Release: Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo has appointed 24 members to the President’s Advisory Council on Doing Business in Africa (PAC-DBIA) to serve a two-year term. The PAC-DBIA was established in 2014 to provide recommendations and analysis to the President, through the Secretary of Commerce, on strengthening commercial engagement between the United States and Africa.
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 15, 2022
The US Transportation Department published a nine page proposed rule on July 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 15, 2022
Kenya Livestock Valur Chain Research and Analysis grant opened on July 15.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 15, 2022
News Release: CHALLIS, Idaho - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is extending the comment period on a proposed site for the new Challis Field Office building through July 29. The BLM is considering the use of a parcel of BLM-managed public lands for the new field office location. Because the current office building is temporarily leased, the BLM is exploring opportunities to re-locate to a permanent location.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 15, 2022
Support Country Action Planning to Transform and Strengthen the Resilience of Food Systems grant opened on July 15.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 15, 2022
Release: SINGAPORE—United States Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm and Singapore Second Minister of Trade and Industry Dr. Tan See Leng met in Singapore at the sidelines of the U.S.-Southeast Asia Clean Energy Roundtable on July 14, 2022. Secretary Granholm and Minister Tan underscored the importance of Singapore-U.S. energy cooperation and affirmed the importance of strengthened cooperation on energy security, clean energy transitions, and regional energy interconnectivity.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 15, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Gary Peters (D-MI), Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, introduced a bipartisan bill to require federal agencies to identify and address potential foreign conflicts of interest involving government contractors, including by disqualifying...
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 15, 2022
HBCU National Nuclear Forensics Expertise Development Program grant opened on July 15.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 15, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - On the Senate floor, U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, once again urged the Biden administration to secure the southern border, and reform the asylum process that acts as a pull factor to attract unlawful...
By State Newswire | Jul 15, 2022
News Release: Washington, DC - House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul is pleased to announce House passage of his provision to ensure that the Pentagon better harnesses the ingenuity of small and medium American businesses to address the growing challenges in our nation’s defense industrial...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 15, 2022
The US Interior Department published a four page rule on July 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
