News published on Federal Newswire in June 2022

News from June 2022


DOS-IND grant application closes on May 22

Annual Program Statement - Public Diplomacy Small Grants grant opened on June 30.


Release: Hello, everybody. I’m grateful for the opportunity to speak at the 2nd annual International Religious Freedom Summit. Like all of you at this gathering, the United States has a deep and abiding commitment to protecting and promoting religious freedom for all people, everywhere. Freedom of religion...



Commission Information Collection Activity (FERC-715); Comment Request; Extension discussed on June 29 by Energy Department

The US Energy Department published a two page notice on June 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Washington state U.S. attorney joins Garland to recognize World Elder Abuse Awareness Day

U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington Vanessa Waldref recently joined Attorney General Merrick Garland in recognizing World Elder Abuse Awareness Day.


Vilsack: New program will 'create wealth and drive economic development in rural areas'

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is accepting applications for a pilot program designed to support the development of products that reduce carbon footprints and increase the use of renewable agricultural materials.


Transportation Department discusses Airworthiness Directives; General Electric Company Turbofan Engines on June 29

The US Transportation Department published a four page rule on June 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Secretary Haaland Applauds Return of Traditional Homelands to Onondaga Nation

News Release: TULLY, N.Y. - Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland today celebrated a unique settlement agreement as part of the Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration (NRDAR) Program that will return more than 1,000 acres of ancestral land to the Onondaga Nation, one of the largest returns of land to an Indigenous nation by a state.


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on June 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: WASHINGTON -Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Chair of the House Appropriations Committee, delivered the following remarks at the Committee's markup of the fiscal year 2023 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies bill.


News Release: BILLINGS - A Washington airline passenger today admitted allegations that he interfered with a flight crew by jumping on a beverage cart and pushing a flight attendant into a seat, screaming and trying to take off his clothes on a flight that was diverted to Billings for his removal, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said.


Blinken: Afghanistan relief to 'reach people most affected by the earthquake'

The United States will provide approximately $55 million in humanitarian assistance in response to the June 22 earthquake that hit eastern Afghanistan.


Toledo Man Charged with Threatening to Harm and Kill Law Enforcement Officials

News Release: A Toledo man was charged in a three-count indictment for threatening to harm and kill members of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and other law enforcement officials.


News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Timothy M. O’Shea, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Jeremy Hogenkamp, 45, of La Crosse, Wisconsin, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to 12 ½ years in prison for possessing child pornography. This term of imprisonment will be followed by 25 years of supervised release. Hogenkamp pleaded guilty to this charge on March 8, 2022.


BLM Wyoming oil and gas lease sale nets more than $13 million

News Release: CHEYENNE, Wyo. - Following an injunction from the Western District of Louisiana, today the Bureau of Land Management Wyoming State Office conducted a lease sale offering 122 parcels totaling 119,493 acres. 81 parcels were sold for a total of $13,021,696.


Nation Continues to Age as It Becomes More Diverse

News Release: - The last two decades have seen the country grow continuously older. Since 2000, the national median age - the point at which one-half the population is older and one-half younger - has increased by 3.4 years, with the largest single-year gain of 0.3 years coming in 2021, bringing it to 38.8 years...


U.S. Marshals Task Force Arrest Dyer County Suspect inHenderson County Vehicular Homicide on Interstate-40

News Release: Jackson, TN - U.S. Marshal Tyreece Miller announces the arrest of Marlon Tipton, 46, of Dyersburg, Tenn., on charges of Vehicular Homicide related to an April 10, 2022, crash in Henderson County, Tenn.


News Release: WASHINGTON -- FEMA announced today that federal disaster assistance has been made available to the state of South Dakota to supplement state, tribal and local recovery efforts in the areas affected by a severe storm, straight-line winds, tornadoes and flooding on May 12, 2022.


News Release: GREENEVILLE, TN - Andrew Johnson National Historic Site (NHS) will transition to its summer hours of operation beginning Sunday, July 3, 2022. The park will be open daily from 9 am to 4 pm. “Andrew Johnson National Historic Site receives visitors from all over the country and world." said Superintendent Aaron Shandor. “We’re excited about reopening seven days a week.".


News Release: Tampa, FL - United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces the return of an indictment charging Marquvius Trevon Dixon (26, Clearwater) with possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. If convicted, Dixon faces a minimum mandatory term of 15 years, and up to life, in federal prison. The indictment also notifies Dixon that the United States intends to forfeit the firearm traceable to his offense.