News published on Federal Newswire in October 2022

News from October 2022


Forward Guidance as a Monetary Policy Tool: Considerations for the Current Economic Environment

News Release: Thanks to the Money Marketeers for inviting me to share my perspective on the conduct of monetary policy in the current environment of unacceptably high inflation. It is a pleasure to be here with you this evening.


Notice published by Commerce Department on Oct. 17

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


USDA Announces More Than $71 Million to Support Underserved Communities

News Release: WASHINGTON, Oct. 14, 2022 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced today a more than $71 million investment to help underserved communities.


Statement by Secretary Mayorkas on the Approval of a Jones Act Waiver for Puerto Rico

News Release: Today, Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas released the following statement announcing that the Department of Homeland Security has approved a temporary and targeted Jones Act Waiver in order to address Puerto Rico’s needs as recovery efforts from Hurricane Fiona continue.


Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs Donald Lu’s Travel to Sri Lanka

News Release: Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Donald Lu will travel to Sri Lanka October 17-19 to discuss U.S.-Sri Lanka relations and Sri Lanka’s economic situation.


News Release: Today, Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo met with the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) Chairman, Tadashi Maeda, to discuss the strong economic partnership between the United States and Japan and cooperation on the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity (IPEF). Secretary Raimondo ...


USDA Formalizes Big Game Conservation Partnership with State of Wyoming

News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the state of Wyoming are formalizing a partnership to support the voluntary conservation of private working lands and migratory big game populations in Wyoming. As part of the agreement signed today by Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Governor...


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

News Release: CHICAGO (Oct. 11, 2022) — Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced more than $148 million in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding to the state of Illinois for water infrastructure improvements.


$725 Million in Additional U.S. Military Assistance for Ukraine

News Release: In the wake of Russia’s brutal missile attacks on civilians across Ukraine, the mounting evidence of atrocities by Russia’s forces, and the firm and unequivocal rejection by 143 nations at the United Nations of Russia’s illegal attempted annexation of parts of Ukraine, the United States is offering additional military assistance to help Ukraine’s proud defenders protect their country.


News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau announced today that Sallie Keller, division director and distinguished professor in biocomplexity at the Biocomplexity Institute at the University of Virginia (UVA) has assumed the role of associate director for Research and Methodology and chief scientist. Keller is taking over for John Abowd, who held the position for the last six years. Announcement of the transition was made in June.


What releases are upcoming from the Justice Department on Oct. 18

There are three releases scheduled to be published on Oct. 18.


Police arrest man after TSA officers at Norfolk Airport catch him with loaded gun

Release: NORFOLK, Va. Transportation Security Administration officers at Norfolk International Airport stopped a Texas resident from carrying a loaded handgun onto his flight on Sunday, Oct. 16.


Brown: Internship a chance to grow 'as a future worker'

The Savanna River Site's newest intern in the Savannah River Mission Completion’s welding shop is a graduate of South Carolina’s only historically black technical college.




NOAA: 2022 disasters might cost U.S. $100 billion, 'a total reached in four of the last five years'

In the first nine months of 2022, the United States experienced 15 natural disasters that did $1 billion or more in damage, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) reports.


There is one release scheduled to be published on Oct. 18.



There are three releases scheduled to be published on Oct. 18.


Scott: 'Communist China is an existential threat to the United States'

Rep. Austin Scott (R-GA) said that although Biden's National Security Strategy acknowledges the threat that China poses, his administration has taken little actual action to confront that threat.