News published on Federal Newswire in June 2022

News from June 2022


Energy Department discusses Energy Conservation Program: Consumer Refrigeration and Miscellaneous Refrigeration Products on June 13

The US Energy Department published a seven page proposed rule on June 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


DOS-EAP offers new grant application process starting June 15

Smart and Secure Ports Development Program grant opened on June 15.


News Release: A former police officer with the Memphis Police Department was charged in an indictment unsealed today in the Western District of Tennessee for sexually assaulting a woman while he was on duty.


News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau today announced the launch of a new experimental survey to measure business conditions on an ongoing basis. The Business Trends and Outlook Survey (BTOS) is the successor to the Small Business Pulse Survey, a high-frequency survey that measured the effect of changing business conditions during the coronavirus pandemic and other major events like hurricanes on our nation’s small businesses.


News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - A Columbus man pleaded guilty in federal court here today for his role in a 2018 murder and robbery.


News Release: MONTROSE, Colo. - Stage 1 fire restrictions begin June 15 for all Bureau of Land Management (BLM) public lands administered by the Gunnison and Uncompahgre Field Offices within the boundaries of Delta, Gunnison, Montrose, Ouray, San Juan, San Miguel and portions of Hinsdale and Saguache counties, including...


News Release: MADISON, Wis. - John G. McGarry, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration-Wisconsin, and U.S. Attorney Timothy M. O’Shea for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Tonia Greenwood, 45, North Freedom, Wisconsin, pleaded guilty and was sentenced today by U.S.


U.S. Department of Commerce Invests $8 Million in American Rescue Plan Funds to Support Tribal Enterprises on the Fort Independence Reservation

News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo announced the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding an $8 million grant to the Fort Independence Community of Paiutes of Fort Independence Reservation, Independence, California, to support Tribal enterprises on the Fort Independence Reservation. This grant is funded by the American Rescue Plan.


News Release: United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced that a Rosebud, South Dakota, man convicted of Sexual Abuse of a Minor and Commission of a Crime of Violence While Failing to Register as a Sex Offender was sentenced on June 13, 2022, by Chief Judge Roberto A. Lange, U.S. District Court.


Foxx to DOL Secretary Walsh: “We will not endorse more of the same policies that have been failing our country.”

News Release: Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) delivered the following remarks, as prepared for delivery, at a hearing to hold Labor Secretary Marty Walsh accountable for his department’s predatory behavior towards job creators and American workers...


The US Homeland Security Department published a three page rule on June 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on June 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Chairwoman Maloney, Rep. Tlaib, and Committee Democrats Push to Include the “Middle Eastern or North African” Response Category in U.S. Census, Federal Data

News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and Committee Member Rep. Rashida Tlaib, led Oversight Committee Members in a letter to Shalanda Young, Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), and Robert Santos, Director of the U.S.


Appropriations Subcommittee Approves Fiscal Year 2023 Defense Funding Bill

News Release: Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), Chair of the House Appropriations Committee, delivered the following remarks at the Defense Appropriations Subcommittee's markup of its fiscal year 2023 bill.


Chair DeLauro Statement at Subcommittee Markup of Fiscal Year 2023 Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Funding Bill

Release: WASHINGTON - The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies today approved by voice vote its fiscal year 2023 funding bill.


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on June 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Chairwoman Jahana Hayes Opening Statement at Hearing, "A 2022 Review of the Farm Bill: Stakeholder Perspectives on SNAP"

News Release: WASHINGTON - House Agriculture Subcommittee on Nutrition, Oversight, and Department Operations Chairwoman Jahana Hayes delivered the following statement at today's hearing titled "A 2022 Review of the Farm Bill: Stakeholder Perspectives on SNAP"


Bills addressed by Foreign Affairs Committee on June 14

There was activity on four bills related to the Foreign Affairs Committee on June 14.