News published on Federal Newswire in July 2022

News from July 2022


Star Party Event at Voyageurs National Park Celebrates Night Skies August 18-20

News Release: International Falls, MN: Discover your park after dark at the Voyageurs Star Party, a stellar three-day astronomy festival. The National Park Service and Voyageurs Conservancy are celebrating the natural wonder and cultural heritage of Voyageurs National Park's night skies with our second annual summer...



Biden Administration Announces Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funding to Make Public Transportation Rail Stations Accessible for All

News Release: Historic investments through the new All Stations Accessibility Program will improve accessibility at transit stations


Vale Bureau of Land Management expanding fire restrictions across Vale District

News Release: VALE, Ore. - Despite a late, wet spring, the risk of wildfire is increasing rapidly across eastern Oregon as hot and dry conditions continue.


DOI-BLM offers new grant application process starting July 27

BLM IIJA Bureau of Land Management (AK) Wildlife Resource Management grant opened on July 27.


There is one release scheduled to be published on July 28.


Release: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken and Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo will co-host the inaugural ministerial meeting of the U.S.-Japan Economic Policy Consultative Committee (EPCC, or the Economic “2+2") with Japanese Foreign Minister Hayashi Yoshimasa and Minister of Economy, Trade, and Industry...


Young girl dies after tree falls on tent

News Release: Great Smoky Mountains National Park rangers responded to an emergency in Elkmont Campground at approximately 12:30 a.m. on July 27, 2022, after a tree fell on a tent and resulted in the death of a seven-year-old girl from Georgia. The other family members, including father and two siblings, were not injured. The large tree, a red maple, was approximately two feet in diameter. No additional details are available at this time.


News Release: ORLANDO - On July 25, 2022, Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas participated in a roundtable meeting with senior executives, directors, and security officials from entertainment venues, sports teams and leagues, colleges and universities, local chambers of commerce, law enforcement...


Coast Guard Academy Cadets Participate in CESER Cybersecurity Internship at Idaho National Lab

News Release: Five First-class (1/c) cadets from the United States Coast Guard Academy (USCGA) recently completed a 4-week cybersecurity research and development internship at the Idaho National Laboratory sponsored by the Department of Energy's Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response (CESER).


News Release: Five First-class (1/c) cadets from the United States Coast Guard Academy (USCGA) recently completed a 4-week cybersecurity research and development internship at the Idaho National Laboratory sponsored by the Department of Energy's Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response (CESER).


News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI) and Rob Portman (R-OH), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, introduced a bipartisan bill to enhance the Department of Homeland Security’s ability combat human trafficking. The legislation would make...


House Agriculture Committee Holds Farm Bill Listening Session in Minnesota

News Release: Northfield, MN - Today, the House Agriculture Committee held the fourth in a series of listening sessions entitled “A 2022 Review of the Farm Bill: Perspectives from the Field" at Far-Gaze Farms in Northfield, Minnesota.


Air Plan Approval; Kentucky; Emissions Inventory Requirements for the 2015 8-Hour Ozone Standard Nonattainment Areas discussed on July 26 by Environmental Protection Agency

The US Environmental Protection Agency published a five page proposed rule on July 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo announced the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $3 million grant to the city of Henderson, Kentucky, for construction of a high-pressure natural gas line needed to support manufacturing growth. This grant is funded by the American Rescue Plan and EDA’s $300 million Coal Communities Commitment.



News Release: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) today named Doug Vilsack, the current Assistant Director for Parks, Wildlife and Lands for Colorado’s Department of Natural Resources (DNR), as the new State Director for BLM Colorado. Vilsack will begin work on August 14th, 2022.


U.S. Department of Commerce Invests $3 Million to Support Boost Entrepreneurial Growth in Marion, Illinois

News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo announced the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $3 million grant to the Watermark Auto Group Foundation, Marion, Illinois, to renovate the historic Citadel building to house the Entrepreneurial and Technical Opportunities (EThOs) business incubator.


Biden-Harris Administration announces $1 Billion in Community Wildfire Defense Grants from Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

News Release: COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho, July 26, 2022 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today launched a new $1 billion Community Wildfire Defense Grant program. This new, five-year, competitive program funded by President Biden’s historic Bipartisan Infrastructure Law is designed to assist at-risk communities, including Tribal communities, non-profit organizations, state forestry agencies and Alaska Native corporations with planning for and mitigating wildfire risks.


The US Energy Department published a two page notice on July 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.