News from May 2022
By State Newswire | May 17, 2022
Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Well, good afternoon, everyone. It’s a great pleasure to have my friend, the Greek foreign minister, here at the State Department. This has been an important and incredibly productive couple of days, notably with the prime minister’s visit, his meeting with President Biden yesterday ...
By Commerce Newswire | May 17, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding $5.3 million in CARES Act Recovery Assistance grants to help communities in southeast Idaho respond to the economic impacts of the coronavirus pandemic.
By Commerce Newswire | May 17, 2022
News Release: GAITHERSBURG, Md. - The U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) has released its “Annual Report on Technology Transfer: Approach and Plans, Fiscal Year 2021 Activities and Achievements." The report details technology transfer activities at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration’s (NTIA) Institute for Telecommunication Sciences (ITS).
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2022
News Release: CHICAGO - A suburban Chicago man was sentenced today to more than three years in federal prison for sending a series of threatening phone calls to various members of the United States Congress and threatening to commit violence at the 2021 presidential inauguration in Washington, D.C.
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2022
News Release: Justice Department Sues to Compel a U.S. Businessperson to Register Under the Foreign Agents Registration Act.
By Homeland Newswire | May 17, 2022
Release: HARRISBURG, Pa. As Memorial Day Weekend approaches, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is prepared to handle an increase in the number of travelers who will be flying out of Harrisburg International Airport this summer.
By DOE Newswire | May 17, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) spoke out at the House Rules Committee today on H.R. 7688, the Socialist Energy Price Fixing Act.
By Homeland Newswire | May 17, 2022
Release: House Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Nita M. Lowey (D-NY-17) today released legislation to provide relief and recovery assistance for Americans affected by recent hurricanes, typhoons, wildfires, and other natural disasters.
By EPA Newswire | May 17, 2022
“PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS“ was published in the House of Representatives section on pages H4970-H4971 on May 13
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2022
News Release: United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced that a Sisseton, South Dakota, man convicted of assault of an intimate and dating partner by strangling, suffocating, or attempting to strangle or suffocate was sentenced on May 16, 2022, by U.S. District Judge Charles B. Kornmann.
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2022
News Release: McALLEN, Texas - A 26-year-old woman from California was residing in Atlanta, Georgia, has been indicted for smuggling cash into Mexico from the United States, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.
By State Newswire | May 17, 2022
News Release: The text of the following statement was released by the governments of Canada, Mexico, and the United States following the 21st session of the UN Permanent Forum for Indigenous Issues, which was held from April 25th to May 6th, 2022.
By State Newswire | May 17, 2022
News Release: The Administration’s policy towards Cuba continues to focus first and foremost on support for the Cuban people, including their human rights and their political and economic well-being.
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2022
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that on May 12, 2022, DEMARCO FORD, age 65, a resident of New Orleans, Louisiana was sentenced after pleading guilty to a two-count superseding bill of information. In Count 1, FORD was charged with conspiracy to distribute and possess with...
By State Newswire | May 17, 2022
Release: The U.S. Department of State is announcing the launch of a new Conflict Observatory to capture, analyze, and make widely available evidence of Russia-perpetrated war crimes and other atrocities in Ukraine. The program encompasses the documentation, verification, and dissemination of open-source evidence ...
By Commerce Newswire | May 17, 2022
News Release: GAITHERSBURG, Md. - The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has awarded a total of $2.08 million to seven organizations in six states to develop manufacturing technology roadmaps to strengthen U.S. innovation and productivity across entire industry sectors. This is the second round of grants awarded to universities, industry and nonprofit organizations through NIST’s Advanced Manufacturing Technology Roadmap Program (MfgTech).
By USDA Newswire | May 17, 2022
News Release: Washington - The U. S Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced that commodity and specialty crop producers impacted by natural disaster events in 2020 and 2021 will soon begin receiving emergency relief payments totaling approximately $6 billion through the Farm Service Agency’s (FSA) new Emergency Relief Program (ERP) to offset crop yield and value losses.
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2022
News Release: CHICAGO - A joint federal and local drug trafficking investigation has resulted in federal charges against ten alleged members or associates of a Chicago street gang for conspiring to distribute heroin and cocaine.
By Interior Newswire | May 17, 2022
News Release: TOPEKA, Kan. – Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland visited Kansas this weekend to highlight the Biden-Harris administration’s commitment to strengthening and empowering Indian Country, including increasing access to voter registration for Indigenous peoples. Secretary Haaland also visited several sites that tell a more complete story of America and underscore the Administration’s ongoing efforts to advance equity and justice for all.
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2022
News Release: MOBILE, AL - United States District Judge Terry F. Moorer has sentenced Cameron Dashawn Ford, of Birmingham, Alabama, to 108 months’ imprisonment on federal arson charges.
