News published on Federal Newswire in July 2022

News from July 2022


News Release: OAK RIDGE, Tenn. - For about a dozen teens, summer camp brought them into the world of the Office of Environmental Management's (EM ) environmental cleanup at Oak Ridge.


DOT-FTA grant application closes on Sept. 30

FY 2022 Competitive Funding Opportunity: All Stations Accessibility Program grant opened on July 26.


US Department of Labor recovers $115K in back wages, damages for 36 workers after investigation finds New Jersey car wash operator denied overtime

News Release: FRANKLIN PARK, NJ - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division has recovered $115,801 in back wages and damages for 36 workers after an investigation found their employer denied them overtime pay at two New Jersey car washes.


President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. Approves Emergency Declaration for U.S. Virgin Islands

News Release: WASHINGTON -- FEMA announced that federal emergency aid has been made available to the territory in U.S. Virgin Islands to supplement the territory’s response efforts to the emergency conditions resulting from a water shortage and health impact from unprecedented sargassum seagrass influx beginning on July 15, 2022, and continuing.


Pearl Harbor National Memorial Remembering the 77 Years since the Atomic Bombing of Japan

News Release: Pearl Harbor National Memorial will partner with Manhattan Project National Historical Park to remember the 77th Anniversary of the atomic bombs being dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. This Messages of Peace event will include a luminary ceremony hosted on August 7, 2022.


News Release: Advisory: Brady to Speak at USMCA Two-Year Anniversary Event.


“ENERGY CYBERSECURITY UNIVERSITY LEADERSHIP ACT OF 2022” published by Congressional Record  on July 26

The Congressional Record published “ENERGY CYBERSECURITY UNIVERSITY LEADERSHIP ACT OF 2022” in the House section on July 26.


Newland: 'Native preservation and language revitalization is a critical priority'

The U.S. Department of Interior's Bureau of Indian Affairs recently announced $7 million in grant funds to protect and preserve native languages.


News Release: Boise, Idaho - The Bureau of Land Management has acquired 275 acres of land in the Boise Foothills to increase access to open space and protect important wildlife habitat. The property is located a few miles north of Barber Valley overlooking Table Rock and downtown Boise. The BLM purchased the land from the Alta Harris Family Foundation, a non-profit organization, using money from the Land and Water Conservation Fund.


Man Dies Climbing Rising Wolf Mountain

News Release: WEST GLACIER, Mont. [July 26, 2022] - On Monday morning, a 79-year-old male from Florida fell to his death while attempting to ascend a steep off-trail slope with a group of friends. The incident occurred several hundred feet above the Two Medicine Campground on Rising Wolf Mountain.



News Release: CHEYENNE, Oklahoma: Due to the forecasted weather for Saturday, Cavalry Day will be postponed until Sept. 17, 2022. Mark your calendars, we look forward to seeing you in September!.


News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A former resident of Grants Pass, Oregon, pleaded guilty in federal court to violation of federal narcotics and money laundering laws related to a nine-month Title III wiretap investigation into drug trafficking in and around the counties of Jefferson, Clearfield, and Allegheny, United States Attorney Cindy Chung announced today.


There was activity on two bills related to the Judiciary Committee on July 25.


Bills addressed by Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee on July 25

There was activity on two bills related to the Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee on July 25.


USDOJ-OJP-OVW grant application closes on Aug. 29

OVW Fiscal Year 2022 Grants to Tribal Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Coalitions Invitation to Apply grant opened on July 26.


The Congressional Record published “SENATE RESOLUTION 722--RECOGNIZING THE IMPORTANCE OF THE BLUEBERRY INDUSTRY TO THE UNITED STATES AND DESIGNATING JULY 2022 AS ``NATIONAL BLUEBERRY MON” in the Senate section on July 26.


Be Fire Aware: Extreme Fire Danger on Public Lands in Lakeview District

News Release: LAKEVIEW, Ore. - As the warm weather continues and fire danger increases, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Lakeview District is implementing additional public use restrictions on lands managed by the BLM in south-central Oregon starting July 28, 2022, at 12:01 a.m.



Walsh: DOL seeks level playing field 'on both sides of the border'

The government of Mexico has until the end of the month to decide if it will look into allegations that workers at an auto-parts manufacturing plant were denied their rights.



DOE: U.S 'must DEPLOY, DEPLOY, DEPLOY' clean-energy technologies

Four of the U.S. Department of Energy's national laboratories are getting more than $18 million for projects designed to more quickly get clean-energy technologies into commercial applications.