News from July 2022
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 13, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, pressed Errol Arthur, Kendra Briggs, and Carl Ross, nominees to serve as Associate Judges on the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, on the need to address...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 13, 2022
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Ranking Member Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA), Health Subcommittee Ranking Member Brett Guthrie (R-KY), Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO), and Oversight...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 13, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $511,855 grant to Washington County Fair, Inc., Greenwich, New York, to increase local internet connectivity. This grant is funded by the American Rescue Plan.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 13, 2022
News Release: BARTLETT COVE, ALASKA - This notice is to inform visitors of a Bear Advisory in the Fingers Bay area of Glacier Bay due to two separate incidents involving a brown bear. On July 9th, a party of six hikers on the northeast shore in North Fingers Bay was charged by a brown bear. The group was able to deter...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 13, 2022
News Release: The Finance Committee meets this morning to discuss two key nominations for important roles dealing with economic and health policy.
By State Newswire | Jul 13, 2022
News Release: In line with the Biden-Harris Administration’s commitment to robust re-engagement and leadership in multilateral institutions, the United States marked its second session back on the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) by actively advancing respect for and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms during the body’s 50th regular session.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 13, 2022
News Release: National Park Service issues “Finding of No SignificantImpact (FONSI)" on Woolsey Fire disaster recovery project.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 13, 2022
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on July 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 13, 2022
News Release: This Secretarial natural disaster designation allows the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) to extend much-needed emergency credit to producers recovering from natural disasters through emergency loans. Emergency loans can be used to meet various recovery needs including...
By State Newswire | Jul 13, 2022
Young Pacific Leaders Regional Workshop on Embracing Diversity and Inclusion grant opened on July 13.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 13, 2022
News Release: Today, House Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Republican Leader Richard Burr (R-NC) sent a letter to Education Department Secretary Miguel Cardona following the Department’s release of its 750-page Notice of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM), requesting additional time for public comment on the far-reaching-and costly-changes to federal student loan programs.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 13, 2022
The Congressional Record published “BORDER SECURITY” in the Senate section on July 13.
By Bob Pepalis | Jul 13, 2022
Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh said that since President Biden took office, the U.S. added more than 9 million jobs, and the private sector economy has more than fully recovered from its pandemic-era job losses.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 13, 2022
News Release: This Secretarial natural disaster designation allows the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) to extend much-needed emergency credit to producers recovering from natural disasters through emergency loans. Emergency loans can be used to meet various recovery needs including...
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 13, 2022
There was activity on one bill related to the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on July 12.
By Bob Pepalis | Jul 13, 2022
Michigan State University was awarded more than $10 million from the Broadband Infrastructure Program, part of the Biden administration’s Internet for All initiative.
By David Hutton | Jul 13, 2022
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California recently filed criminal charges against six defendants in four separate cases of cryptocurrency-related fraud.
By Karen Kidd | Jul 13, 2022
Two construction companies in Puerto Rico working on an 86-villa in the northwest tip of the U.S. territory were ordered by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to stop releasing discharging polluted water.
By Karen Kidd | Jul 13, 2022
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service made revisions to the management regulations regarding the Mexican wolf.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 13, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - In an effort to better understand long COVID-19 in U.S. workplaces, the U.S. Department of Labor, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the U.S. Surgeon General are inviting the public to join a national online dialogue beginning today to gather ideas to better support workers coping with symptoms, their co-workers and their employers.
