News from June 2022

By Press release submission | Jun 16, 2022
Law enforcement agencies work together to shut down stash houses
By Interior Newswire | Jun 16, 2022
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) West Desert District issued a fire prevention order to announce seasonal fire restrictions. These restrictions apply to BLM-managed lands within the counties of Box Elder, Cache, Juab, Millard, Morgan, Rich, Salt Lake, Summit, Tooele, Utah, Wasatch and Weber.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 16, 2022
The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on June 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State Newswire | Jun 16, 2022
News Release: Today, we announced an additional $1 billion in additional military assistance for Ukraine. Pursuant to a delegation of authority from the President, I am authorizing our twelfth drawdown of arms and equipment from U.S. Department of Defense inventories for Ukraine’s defense since August 2021, valued ...

By David Hutton | Jun 16, 2022
The Biden administration is proposing new energy efficiency standards for gas furnaces in homes that will cut greenhouse gas emissions and save consumers money on their energy bills.

By Commerce Newswire | Jun 16, 2022
The US Commerce Department published a four page notice on June 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By Commerce Newswire | Jun 16, 2022
There was activity on six bills related to the Oversight and Reform Committee on June 15.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2022
News Release: ST. PAUL, Minn. - A St. Paul man was sentenced to 81 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for fraud, money laundering, and aggravated identity theft in connection to a more than $840,000 covid-relief fraud scheme, announced United States Attorney Andrew M. Luger.

By EPA Newswire | Jun 16, 2022
News Release: Solutions on Spectrum Management and Access, Rip and Replace, Upgrading Communications Infrastructure Advance in Subcommittee

By Press release submission | Jun 16, 2022
Leader Rodgers Questions Pro-China, Anti-American Energy Actions by the Biden Administration

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2022
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A federal grand jury in Wichita returned an indictment charging a man with one count of bank robbery.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 16, 2022
The US Transportation Department published a three page rule on June 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By State Newswire | Jun 16, 2022
Release: Last week, heads of state and other world leaders, including United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres, gathered in Stockholm to commemorate the anniversary of the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment held 50 years earlier. Many historians consider this moment to have been the dawn of the modern global environmental movement.

By Commerce Newswire | Jun 16, 2022
News Release: Washington D.C. - Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) and Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) today announced the introduction of two House and Senate companion bills to advance Tribal management of public lands and to improve protection of sacred and cultural sites: The Advancing Tribal Parity on Public Land...
By State Newswire | Jun 16, 2022
Release: U.S. Special Envoy for Yemen Tim Lenderking and Ambassador to Yemen Steve Fagin visited Aden, Yemen, today. During the trip, they met with Presidential Leadership Council President Rashad Al-Alimi and other members of the Council, Prime Minister Maeen Abdulmalek Saeed, and Foreign Minister Ahmed Bin Mubarak, and reiterated the United States’ appreciation for the Government of Yemen’s support for an extension of the UN-negotiated truce.

By Caleb Lombardo | Jun 16, 2022
This week, Interior Secretary Deb Haaland announced her intentions to expand conservation techniques and pursue innovation in preventing climate change and the impact it has on the environment.

By US DOT Newswire | Jun 16, 2022
News Release: The Transportation and Infrastructure Committee approved several measures today, including bills to help strengthen the U.S. aerospace supply chain; improve disaster recovery programs for impacted communities and reduce duplication in federal disaster assistance programs; and make security improvements for members of the judiciary.

By DOE Newswire | Jun 16, 2022
Release: National Cyber-Informed Engineering Strategy Lays out Guidance for Building Resilient Clean Energy Systems that Can Withstand Cyber Attacks

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2022
News Release: Assistant U. S. Attorney Jonathan I. Shapiro (619) 546-8225.

By US DOT Newswire | Jun 16, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, today issued the below statement following the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)’s proposal of new lifetime health advisory levels that will cause confusion and concern while providing no useful tools for measuring or addressing per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in either drinking water or the environment...