News from June 2022
By Press release submission | Jun 24, 2022
USDA Announces Massachusetts Signs Local Food Purchase Assistance Cooperative Agreement
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 24, 2022
Release: FORT WORTH A collaboration between the Transportation Security Agency (TSA), American Airlines, Airside and Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) has resulted in travel verification technology through facial recognition. Travelers enrolled in TSA PreCheck can have a convenient travel verification...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 24, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON – The Department of the Interior today announced more than 1,900 state and local governments around the country will receive a total of $549.4 million in Payments in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) funding for 2022. Because local governments cannot tax federal lands, annual PILT payments help to defray the costs associated with maintaining important community services.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2022
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Daquante Thomas, a/k/a “Glock," age 20, of Baltimore, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to discharge of a firearm during a crime of violence resulting in death, in connection with a murder-for-hire conspiracy.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 24, 2022
News Release: Pecos, NM: Pecos National Historical Park’s Civil War Battlefield Trail will reopen to the public on Saturday, June 25th. Ranger-guided tours of the battlefield will resume on Friday, July 1st. The visitor center (including film, museum exhibits and bookstore) is open 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Park grounds are open 8:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 24, 2022
News Release: (Washington, DC) - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released the following statement on the Title IX rule announced by the Biden Administration that will ensure survivors can seek justice, ensure schools are held accountable...
By State Newswire | Jun 24, 2022
Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good afternoon. Let me just start by saying how wonderful it is to be back in Germany for what is I think my sixth time as Secretary of State. There are reminders of my country’s partnership with Germany everywhere in this city, including right here in this building. This bank administered the Marshall Plan funds that helped rebuild Germany and Europe after World War II.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 24, 2022
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. — At President Biden’s direction, U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm this morning led an in-person meeting with CEOs and executives of the seven major U.S. oil companies at the U.S. Department of Energy headquarters in Washington, D.C.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 24, 2022
News Release: HARKERS ISLAND, NC - - Cape Lookout National Seashore (a certified International Dark Sky Park) welcomes night sky enthusiasts to Astronomy Night on Friday, July 15 at the Harkers Island Visitor Center, at 8:00 P.M. (EDT).
By DOE Newswire | Jun 24, 2022
News Release: U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Legacy Management (LM) staff had a busy start to 2022, representing LM at career fairs, science nights, and in the classrooms in Grand Junction, Colorado.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 24, 2022
News Release: HARKERS ISLAND, NC - - A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that 562,461 visitors to Cape Lookout National Seashore in 2021 spent $27,621,000 in communities near the park. That spending supported 357 jobs in the local area and had a cumulative benefit to the local economy of $30,694,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2022
News Release: Wydell S. Dixon, 29, of Cleveland, Ohio, was convicted by a federal jury on Wednesday, June 8, 2022, of being a felon in possession of a firearm during an arrest on July 22, 2020, on Fullerton Avenue in Cleveland.
By State Newswire | Jun 24, 2022
News Release: On June 26, 2022, Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism, Ambassador Deborah Lipstadt, will depart for her first international trip since assuming her role in April 2022. The 11-day trip will include stops in Saudi Arabia, Israel, and the United Arab Emirates.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2022
There was activity on six bills related to the Judiciary Committee on June 23.
By State Newswire | Jun 24, 2022
There was activity on two bills related to the Foreign Affairs Committee on June 23.
By Press release submission | Jun 24, 2022
APHIS Announces Open Period for 2022 Funding Opportunities Supporting Animal Disease Preparedness and Response Activities
By Interior Newswire | Jun 24, 2022
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Effective, June 25, 8 a.m., the Bureau of Land Management will terminate all fire restrictions on BLM administered public lands within Bernalillo, Catron, Cibola, McKinley, Sandoval, Socorro, Torrance and Valencia counties.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 24, 2022
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee Chairman Paul Tonko (D-NY) announced that the Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee will hold a fully remote legislative hearing on Thursday, June 30, at 11:30 a.m. (EDT) on several bills to repair and improve our nation’s recycling system. The hearing is entitled, “No Time to Waste: Solutions for America’s Broken Recycling System."
By Interior Newswire | Jun 24, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON – The Department of the Interior today announced that visitor spending in communities near national parks in 2021 resulted in a $42.5 billion benefit to the nation’s economy and supported 322,600 mostly local jobs.
