News from June 2022
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2022
News Release: A federal grand jury in the Northern District of Georgia returned an indictment charging military contractors with an alleged fraud scheme involving government contracts totaling over $7 million.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 24, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) Screening at Speed Program received the Federal Laboratory Consortium’s (FLC) Interagency Partnership Award on June 22, 2022, for their collaborative work to develop and commercialize the High Definition-Advanced...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 24, 2022
Water Conservation Field Services Program Financial Assistance for Fiscal Years 2022 and 2023 grant opened on June 24.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2022
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - A Madison, Wisconsin man is charged with drug and gun crimes in an indictment returned on May 11, 2022, by a federal grand jury sitting in Madison. The charges are announced by Timothy M. O’Shea, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 24, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor today announced a funding availability of up to $1 million in grants through its Brookwood-Sago grant program to support education and training to help the mining community identify, avoid and prevent unsafe and unhealthy working conditions in and around the nation’s mines.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 24, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy, and Rep. Mark DeSaulnier issued the following statements, applauding the FDA announcement of its decision to deny JUUL's Premarket Tobacco Applications (PMTA), declaring that these devices do not meet the agency’s public health standards and “may have played a disproportionate role in the rise of youth vaping."
By Interior Newswire | Jun 24, 2022
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that visitors to national parks in Maine spent $490 million in 2021. The total of 4.1 million visits supported 7,070 jobs and had a cumulative economic output of $770 million.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 24, 2022
News Release: EMINENCE, Mo. - Ozark National Scenic Riverways will celebrate Independence Day with a summertime concert on Saturday, July 2, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Alley Spring and Mill.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 24, 2022
News Release: Energy and Commerce Republicans are leading on bipartisan solutions to improve safety, increase transparency, counter China, and strengthen privacy and data protections for Americans.
By State Newswire | Jun 24, 2022
Release: FOREIGN MINISTER BAERBOCK: (Via interpreter) Ladies and gentlemen, Tony, I am very grateful that you made the trip again as the Secretary of State and are joining us at our conference, Uniting for Food Security. Thank you for joining us today.
By Bob Pepalis | Jun 24, 2022
Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo recognized the Juneteenth holiday by noting President Biden signed legislation making it a federal holiday last year.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2022
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Timothy M. O’Shea, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Benjamin T. Devine, 35, Holmen, Wisconsin was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to 8 years in federal prison for distributing 50 grams or more of methamphetamine, ...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 24, 2022
News Release: Washington - Today, House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) and House Committee on Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.) hosted a joint forum to hear from Americans across the country about how President Joe Biden's catastrophic energy policies are hurting their businesses and paychecks.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 24, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, the Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, held a hearing with Roger Goodell, Commissioner of the National Football League (NFL), on the toxic workplace culture at the Washington Commanders (Commanders), including allegations of sexual harassment, spanning multiple decades. The hearing also addressed the failure by the Commanders and the NFL to take meaningful steps to prevent and address this misconduct.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 24, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Senate has passed bipartisan legislation authored by U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI), Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and Rick Scott (R-FL) that requires federal agencies to take disaster resilience into account when investing in and managing...
By DOE Newswire | Jun 24, 2022
Release: New Partnership Will Advance Rapid U.S. Offshore Wind Deployment, Create Good-Paying Jobs to Equitably Benefit Local Communities, and Increase Energy Security
By State Newswire | Jun 24, 2022
Release: On behalf of the United States of America, I wish the people of Slovenia a happy Statehood Day.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2022
News Release: Denver - A federal jury convicted David Houston Vargas, age 30, for his role in robbing two stores using a firearm, and for being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By Caleb Lombardo | Jun 24, 2022
A known associate of the Gambino crime family was convicted by a federal jury in the case of the robbery and murder of a Brooklyn man.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 24, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Republican Leader Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) delivered remarks at today’s subcommittee markup of eight bills, including the bipartisan, bicameral American Data Privacy and Protection Act which will protect kids and give Americans more control over their personal online data.
