News published on Federal Newswire in July 2022

News from July 2022


DHS and Israeli Partners Announce Collaboration on Cybersecurity

News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T), in partnership with the Israel National Cyber Directorate (INCD), has initiated the Israel-U.S. Binational Industrial Research and Development (BIRD) Cyber program, a new joint initiative managed by...


Secretary Haaland Announces 2022 Native Language Summit During White House Council on Native American Affairs Tribal Session

News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the White House Council on Native American Affairs (WHCNAA) convened an engagement session with Tribal leaders focused on Native Language initiatives. Much of the discussion was centered on the implementation of the Native Languages Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) announced at the 2021 ...


News Release: DEL RIO - This week, a federal jury sitting in Del Rio convicted three defendants of one count of conspiracy to transport illegal aliens and one count of conspiracy to harbor illegal aliens, both in violation of Title 8, United States Code, Section 1324, as well as one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering.


Subcommittee Leader McKinley Opening Remarks in Recycling Hearing

News Release: Washington, D.C. - In the Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee hearing today, Subcommittee Republican Leader David B. McKinley (R-WV) delivered the following opening remarks during a hearing on recycling and Democrats’ attempts to ban the manufacture of critical plastics.


There were 75 press releases published by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Transportation Security Administration in June.


News Release: Washington, DC - Representative Gregory W. Meeks, Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Senator Bob Menendez, Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today issued the following statement for Pride Month 2022...


Swansea Man Arrested for Child Pornography

News Release: Defendant previously convicted of child pornography in 2002.


News Release: As Secretary Mayorkas concluded in October 2021 after a thorough review, the prior Administration’s Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP) has endemic flaws, imposes unjustifiable human costs, and pulls resources and personnel away from other priority efforts to secure our border. We welcome the Supreme ...


Tifton Bartender Pleads Guilty for Distributing Meth, Fentanyl from L.A. to South Central Georgia

News Release: VALDOSTA, Ga. - A Tifton man who was working as a bartender while brokering large amounts of methamphetamine and fentanyl pleaded guilty to distribution.


News Release: WASHINGTON ­-- FEMA announced today that federal disaster assistance has been made available to the state of Oklahoma to supplement state, tribal and local recovery efforts in the areas affected by a severe storm, tornadoes and flooding, May 2-8, 2022.


News Release: LAS VEGAS - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Las Vegas Field Office announces the two-year segregation to allow for consideration of the application for the proposed 400-Megawatt Golden Currant (formally Sagittarius) Solar Project from appropriation under the public land laws to allow for the orderly administration of the public lands to facilitate consideration of development of renewable energy resources.


Carper Welcomes Launch of DOT Reconnecting Communities Pilot Program

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, today applauded the launch of the Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Reconnecting Communities pilot program. The $1 billion program, written by Carper in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, will help restore economic opportunities and reconnect communities that have been cut off and divided by transportation infrastructure.


News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today urged President Biden to halt crude oil exports to increase the domestic supply of oil available to U.S. refiners and help reduce prices at the pump here at home. In a letter today, Pallone thanked the President for his numerous efforts to address the impact of rising fuel prices on American families and urged him to restore a ban on the export of crude oil.


EPA reaches settlement with Fuyao Glass Illinois, Inc. to resolve Clean Air Act violations in Decatur, Illinois

EPA reaches settlement with Fuyao Glass Illinois, Inc. to resolve Clean Air Act violations in Decatur, Illinois



MorseLife Nursing Home Health System Agrees to Pay $1.75 Million to Settle False Claims Act Allegations for Facilitating COVID-19 Vaccinations of Ineligible Donors and Prospective Donors

News Release: The Justice Department announced today that MorseLife Health System Inc. (MorseLife) has agreed to pay the United States $1.75 million to resolve its potential liability under the False Claims Act for facilitating COVID-19 vaccinations for hundreds of individuals ineligible to participate in the Centers ...


Meeks, Menendez Issue Joint Statement on Pride Month 2022

Meeks, Menendez Issue Joint Statement on Pride Month 2022


News Release: LOS ANGELES - The former president and CEO of the Anaheim Chamber of Commerce pleaded guilty today to federal criminal charges for defrauding a cannabis company, fraudulently obtaining a COVID-relief business loan worth nearly $62,000, lying to a bank while seeking a loan for a $1.5 million second home, and cheating on his taxes.


News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today in response to the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in West Virginia v. EPA undermining the Clean Air Act and subverting decades of established law...


Interior Department discusses Indian Gaming; Extension of Tribal-State Class III Gaming Compacts in California on June 30

The US Interior Department published a one page notice on June 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.