News published on Federal Newswire in June 2022

News from June 2022


Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs Michele J. Sison’s Travel to Vienna, Rome, and Ljubljana

Release: Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs Michele J. Sison will travel to Vienna, Austria; Rome, Italy; and Ljubljana, Slovenia for consultations on a wide range of U.S. multilateral priorities, including the food insecurity and humanitarian needs triggered by Russia’s premeditated and unprovoked further invasion of Ukraine.


News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Timothy M. O’Shea, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Corey J. Stern, 36, La Crosse, Wisconsin was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to 90 months in federal prison for possessing with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine. This prison term will be followed by 4 years of supervised release. Stern pleaded guilty to this charge on March 3, 2022.


Seven press releases published in May by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

There were seven press releases published by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in May.


USDA Announces Additional Farm Service Agency and Rural Development State Directors

News Release: WASHINGTON, June 23, 2022 - Today, President Joe Biden announced his intent to appoint five U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) regional positions, including three Farm Service Agency (FSA) State Executive Directors and two Rural Development (RD) State Directors.


Chair DeLauro Statement at Full Committee Markup of Fiscal Year 2023 Financial Services and General Government Funding Bill

Release: WASHINGTON - The House Appropriations Committee today approved the fiscal year 2023 Homeland Security bill on a 32 to 25 vote.


$450 Million Drawdown of New U.S. Military Assistance for Ukraine

News Release: Pursuant to a delegation of authority from the President, I am authorizing our thirteenth drawdown of arms and equipment from U.S. Department of Defense inventories for Ukraine’s defense since August 2021, of up to $450 million. This authorization will bring total U.S. security assistance to Ukraine to more than $6.1 billion since Russia launched its brutal, unprovoked, full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24.


BLM invites the public to tour Axtell wild horse off-range corrals

News Release: AXTELL, Utah - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announces a public tour of the Axtell off-range corrals where attendees will have an opportunity to tour the facility, observe approximately 1,000 wild horses and discuss the BLM’s Wild Horse and Burro Program. The tour will take place on July 1, 2022 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.; the facility is located at 13500 South 10490 W (mile marker 235.2 on U.S. 89), in Axtell, Utah.


There was activity on seven bills related to the Energy and Commerce Committee on June 23.


USDOJ-OJP-NIJ grant application closes on July 1

NIJ FY 2022 Invited to Apply - Criminal Justice Requirements and Resources Consortium grant opened on June 24.


USDOJ-OJP-NIJ offers new grant application process starting June 24

NIJ FY 2022 Invited to Apply - Criminal Justice Testing and Evaluation Consortium grant opened on June 24.


Fort Thompson Man Indicted for Assault, Firearm Charges

News Release: United States Attorney Alison Ramsdell announced that a Fort Thompson, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Assault with a Dangerous Weapon and Possession of a Firearm with an Obliterated Serial Number.


News Release: Ventura, CA - A report shows that 319,000 visitors to Channel Islands National Park in 2021 spent $21.3 million in communities near the park. That spending supported 254 jobs in the local area and had a cumulative benefit to the local economy of $31.2 million.


Biden admin nominates Lucy Tamlyn as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Democratic Republic of the Congo

President Joe Biden recently announced his intention to appoint Lucy Tamlyn as Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of the Congo.


Statement by Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield on World Refugee Day

Statement by Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield on World Refugee Day


Indian Affairs Makes Significant Investment to Protect and Preserve Native Languages

Indian Affairs Makes Significant Investment to Protect and Preserve Native Languages


BOEM Invites Public Comment on Draft Environmental Analysis for Proposed Wind Energy Project Offshore New Jersey

BOEM Invites Public Comment on Draft Environmental Analysis for Proposed Wind Energy Project Offshore New Jersey


BOEM and NOAA Announce First-Ever Successful Drone-based Tagging of Endangered Sei Whales in U.S.

BOEM and NOAA Announce First-Ever Successful Drone-based Tagging of Endangered Sei Whales in U.S.


President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to Provide $103 Million for Wildfire Mitigation and Resilience

President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to Provide $103 Million for Wildfire Mitigation and Resilience


Reclamation kicks off 120th anniversary with groundbreaking for the B.F. Sisk Dam Safety Modification Project

Reclamation kicks off 120th anniversary with groundbreaking for the B.F. Sisk Dam Safety Modification Project


Reclamation announces support for wildfire restrictions issued for Arizona, Southern Nevada, and Southern California

Reclamation announces support for wildfire restrictions issued for Arizona, Southern Nevada, and Southern California