News published on Federal Newswire in October 2022

News from October 2022


News Release: WASHINGTON - Next month, U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), a senior member of the Senate Armed Services and Foreign Relations Committees, will lead a bipartisan congressional delegation to participate in the 14th ...


Guide dogs explore TSA checkpoint, and other areas of the BWI Airport terminal

Release: LINTHICUM, Md. Future guide dogs had an opportunity to explore the Baltimore/Washington International-Thurgood Marshall Airport terminal including practice going through a Transportation Security Administration (TSA) checkpoint last night so that they would be more familiar with the experience of traversing through an airport when they do need to catch a flight.


The US Homeland Security Department published a three page rule on Oct. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Granholm: 'Nearly every climate model makes clear that we need carbon management technology'

The U.S. Department of Energy announced a set of funding opportunities worth approximately $4.9 billion, meant to strengthen investments in the carbon management industry, as well as to greatly reduce carbon dioxide emissions created by power generation and industrial operations, according to a release published on Sept. 23.


Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) Between the U.S. Department of State and the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU)

News Release: The U.S. Department of State renewed its Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) today with the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU), as part of its celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month and its long-standing commitment to the Hispanic community, which reinforces the Department’s commitment ...


The US Agriculture Department published a three page notice on Oct. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


EPA Extends Air Quality Advisory for Cow Creek Umpqua Reservation

News Release: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 10, in coordination with the Cow Creek Umpqua Tribe, has maintained the Air Quality Advisory for the Cow Creek Umpqua Reservation through midnight Thursday due to continued smoke impacts from the Cedar Creek fire.


The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Oct. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Hazardous Materials: Notice of Applications for New Special Permits discussed on Oct. 17 by Transportation Department

The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Oct. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Stefanik on National Security Strategy: 'The continued naivete of the Biden administration threatens our national security'

Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) said the Biden administration is naive to think China is willing to work together with the U.S. toward shared goals, as stated in the administration's recently released National Security Strategy.


Readout of Secretary Raimondo’s Meeting with Mexican Finance Secretary Rogelio Ramirez de la O

News Release: Today, Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo met with Mexican Finance Secretary Rogelio Ramirez de la O to follow up on discussions started during the recent U.S.-Mexico High Level Economic Dialogue meeting. The Secretaries discussed the shared goal of attracting more investment to the region and other endeavors to help foster regional prosperity and expand job creation in both the United States and Mexico.


Agriculture Department discusses Notice of Proposed Revision to Requirements for the Importation of Grapes From Chile Into the United States on Oct. 17

The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on Oct. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Biden-Harris Administration and EPA Announce Delivery of Historic Water Infrastructure Funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to Michigan

News Release: CHICAGO (Oct. 14, 2022) — Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced more than $212 million in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding to the state of Michigan for water infrastructure improvements.



Remarks at a University Recruitment Event

News Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Thank you so much. First of all, I’m so glad that you were able to get class outside today, and I’m really happy to participate in that. We’re here in part to ask you to think about the possibility of public service and including the possibility of service in the State Department. ...


News Release: On this World Food Day, food systems and global food security are at a critical moment. The compounded impacts from a global pandemic, growing pressures from the climate crisis, high energy and fertilizer prices, and armed conflicts, including Russia’s brutal war of aggression against Ukraine, have disrupted production and supply chains and dramatically increased global food insecurity, especially for the most vulnerable.


News Release: The United States is deeply concerned over reports of increasing violence, loss of life, indiscriminate targeting of civilians, and destruction in the conflict in northern Ethiopia, particularly around Shire in the Tigray region. We call on the Ethiopian National Defense Forces and Eritrean Defense Forces ...


Special Envoy for Global Food Security Cary Fowler’s Travel to Iowa to Participate in 2022 Borlaug Dialogue of the World Food Prize Foundation

News Release: Special Envoy for Global Food Security Cary Fowler will travel to Des Moines, Iowa October 18-20 to participate in the 2022 Borlaug Dialogue of the World Food Prize Foundation. Special Envoy Fowler will emphasize the United States’ strategy for addressing the global food security crisis and underscore ...


New notice from Surface Transportation Board to be published on Oct. 19

There are three releases scheduled to be published on Oct. 19.


Bilello: 'The U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve moved down for the 57th consecutive week'

Compound Capital Advisors Founder and CEO Charlie Bilello stated that the United States' Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) has moved down for the 57th week in a row, accumulating an overall decline of 31%.