News from May 2022
By DOE Newswire | May 17, 2022
News Release: The U.S. Department of Energy's Tweedie Doe Shares Her Perspective During AANHPI Heritage Month.
By US DOT Newswire | May 17, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Transportation today announced that Rear Admiral (Rear Adm.) Ann Phillips, USN, Ret., has been sworn in as the 20th Administrator of the Maritime Administration (MARAD). Nominated by President Biden on Oct. 21, 2021, Rear Adm. Phillips was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on May 10, 2022. She is the first woman to lead MARAD as administrator.
By State Newswire | May 17, 2022
News Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman met with Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon today in Washington, D.C. Deputy Secretary Sherman and First Minister Sturgeon discussed Russian President Vladimir Putin’s brutal war of aggression against Ukraine ...
By USDA Newswire | May 17, 2022
Release: RICHMOND, Va., May 17, 2022 The U.S. Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service Mid-Atlantic Region announced today the award of a $982,827 grant to Virginia Department of Education, which administers the National School Lunch Program in the Commonwealth. The grant, formally known as FNS's...
By State Newswire | May 17, 2022
Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
By Commerce Newswire | May 17, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) led a letter to U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary Deb Haaland and U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, requesting answers to how their departments are implementing the Great American Outdoors Act (GAOA). In part, the members wrote.
By Karen Kidd | May 17, 2022
Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) took to social media on May 11 to criticize the Biden Administration's announced cancellation of oil and gas leases on public land in Alaska and the Gulf of Mexico.
By Commerce Newswire | May 17, 2022
News Release: Settling a key dispute in the wireless communications field, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) found that transmission performance is consistent across different bands of the millimeter-wave (mmWave) spectrum targeted for high-speed, data-rich 5G systems.
By Interior Newswire | May 17, 2022
News Release: Strong City, KS - Come to Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve on Memorial Day Saturday May 28th, from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m., and enjoy kid’s activities geared toward learning and making memories. Bring a picnic lunch and spend the day. There is no entrance fee and all activities are free at the preserve.
By Andy Nghiem | May 17, 2022
Department of Labor Secretary Marty Walsh is scheduled to testify May 17 at a House Appropriations Committee meeting to discuss the $14.6 billion DOL budget for 2023, as well as budgetary goals to promote empowerment and equity within the workforce.
By Andy Nghiem | May 17, 2022
On May 4, the U.S. Senate held a hearing with Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to discuss the recently announced Department of Homeland Security Disinformation Governance Board.
By US DOT Newswire | May 17, 2022
There was activity on five bills related to the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on May 16.
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2022
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Bacarre H. Curtis, of Eastpointe, Michigan, was indicted today on drug and firearms charges, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.
By Commerce Newswire | May 17, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $789,724 grant to Lowcountry Local First, Charleston, South Carolina, to support their Good Growth Program.
By DOL Newswire | May 17, 2022
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Migrant workers in the H-2A temporary agricultural worker program provide critical seasonal labor on farms across California, spending weeks away from home doing the grueling work needed to support the state’s $49 billion agricultural industry.
By DOL Newswire | May 17, 2022
News Release: CAMBRIA, WI - A federal grand jury has indicted the operator and six management officials of a Cambria corn mill - where a May 31, 2017, explosion killed five workers and injured 15 others - on nine criminal counts, including two counts related to willful violations of federal workplace safety standards for grain handling.
By USDA Newswire | May 17, 2022
The US Agriculture Department published a one page notice on May 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Homeland Newswire | May 17, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON-The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Department of Labor (DOL) announced today the availability of an additional 35,000 H-2B temporary nonagricultural worker visas during the second half of fiscal year (FY) 2022. These visas are for U.S. employers seeking to employ additional workers on or after April 1, 2022, through Sept. 30, 2022.
By Commerce Newswire | May 17, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo announced the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding $6.5 million in American Rescue Plan grants to support Maryland’s Eastern Shore as it recovers from the economic impacts of the coronavirus pandemic.
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2022
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - A Midlothian woman pleaded guilty today to defrauding the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) Program, the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), and the Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) program, using victims’ personal identifying information that she obtained from her state government employment.
