News from June 2022

By State Newswire | Jun 24, 2022
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.
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 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.

By Commerce Newswire | Jun 24, 2022
There were seven press releases published by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in May.

By USDA Newswire | Jun 24, 2022
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.

By Homeland Newswire | Jun 24, 2022
Release: WASHINGTON - The House Appropriations Committee today approved the fiscal year 2023 Homeland Security bill on a 32 to 25 vote.

By State Newswire | Jun 24, 2022
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.

By Interior Newswire | Jun 24, 2022
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.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 24, 2022
There was activity on seven bills related to the Energy and Commerce Committee on June 23.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2022
NIJ FY 2022 Invited to Apply - Criminal Justice Requirements and Resources Consortium grant opened on June 24.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2022
NIJ FY 2022 Invited to Apply - Criminal Justice Testing and Evaluation Consortium grant opened on June 24.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2022
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.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 24, 2022
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.

By State Newswire | Jun 24, 2022
President Joe Biden recently announced his intention to appoint Lucy Tamlyn as Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

By Press release submission | Jun 24, 2022
Statement by Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield on World Refugee Day

By Press release submission | Jun 24, 2022
Indian Affairs Makes Significant Investment to Protect and Preserve Native Languages

By Press release submission | Jun 24, 2022
BOEM Invites Public Comment on Draft Environmental Analysis for Proposed Wind Energy Project Offshore New Jersey

By Press release submission | Jun 24, 2022
BOEM and NOAA Announce First-Ever Successful Drone-based Tagging of Endangered Sei Whales in U.S.

By Press release submission | Jun 24, 2022
President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to Provide $103 Million for Wildfire Mitigation and Resilience

By Press release submission | Jun 24, 2022
Reclamation kicks off 120th anniversary with groundbreaking for the B.F. Sisk Dam Safety Modification Project

By Press release submission | Jun 24, 2022
Reclamation announces support for wildfire restrictions issued for Arizona, Southern Nevada, and Southern California