News from June 2022

By USDA Newswire | Jun 15, 2022
News Release: This Secretarial natural disaster designation allows the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) to extend much-needed emergency credit to producers recovering from natural disasters through emergency loans. Emergency loans can be used to meet various recovery needs including...

By DOE Newswire | Jun 15, 2022
The US Energy Department published a two page notice on June 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2022
News Release: BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Alabama announces the latest results of the continued collaborative work by federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies to reduce violent crime in Alabama by keeping guns out of the hands of people who are prohibited due to previous felony convictions. In recent weeks, fourteen individuals across North Alabama faced separate charges in federal court for illegally possessing firearms.

By DOE Newswire | Jun 15, 2022
There are 14 releases scheduled to be published on June 16.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 15, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $3 million grant to the city of Millen, Georgia, for water infrastructure upgrades in support of local businesses.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 15, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $5.3 million grant to the Grenada County Board of Supervisors, Grenada, Mississippi, to bolster the region’s technology sector by improving access to Grenada Technology Park North.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2022
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Garnell Eugene Graves, age 58, of Baltimore, pleaded guilty yesterday to four counts of sexual exploitation of a child in relation to the sexual abuse of five minor victims.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 15, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered opening remarks at today’s Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee hearing on the bipartisan, bicameral draft discussion bill that empowers Americans with more control over their personal data online.

By Commerce Newswire | Jun 15, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $723,935 grant to the city of South Sioux City, Nebraska, to make critical infrastructure improvements needed to facilitate the growth of industry in the region.

By EPA Newswire | Jun 15, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Republican Leader Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) delivered remarks at today’s subcommittee hearing on the American Data Privacy and Protection Act to protect Americans’ privacy and data security online.

By USDA Newswire | Jun 15, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - House Agriculture Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management Chair Cheri Bustos delivered the following statement at today's hearing titled "A 2022 Review of the Farm Bill: Economic Perspectives on Title I Commodities and Title XI Crop Insurance."
By USDA Newswire | Jun 15, 2022
Release: APHIS has drafted a pest risk assessment for the importation Fresh Pod of Pea (Pisum sativum) for consumption from Ethiopia. The assessment describes potential pests associated with the commodity.

By DOL Newswire | Jun 15, 2022
The US Labor Department published a three page notice on June 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By Homeland Newswire | Jun 15, 2022
There was activity on one bill related to the Homeland Security Committee on June 14.

By USDA Newswire | Jun 15, 2022
News Release: This Secretarial natural disaster designation allows the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) to extend much-needed emergency credit to producers recovering from natural disasters through emergency loans. Emergency loans can be used to meet various recovery needs including...
By DOE Newswire | Jun 15, 2022
The US Energy Department published a one page notice on June 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By USDA Newswire | Jun 15, 2022
News Release: This Secretarial natural disaster designation allows the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) to extend much-needed emergency credit to producers recovering from natural disasters through emergency loans. Emergency loans can be used to meet various recovery needs including...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2022
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - U.S. District Court Judge Kenneth D. Bell sentenced Thuy Tien Luong, 38, of Charlotte, North Carolina, to 15 years in prison, followed by two years of supervised release, and ordered her to pay $75,000 in restitution to the victim. A federal jury previously convicted the defendant of forced labor on Jan. 8, 2021, following a five-day trial.

By Homeland Newswire | Jun 15, 2022
The US Homeland Security Department published a five page proposed rule on June 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By DOE Newswire | Jun 15, 2022
The US Energy Department published a two page notice on June 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.