News from July 2024
By Federal Newswire | Jul 24, 2024
Erie, Penn. – Today, in Erie, Pennsylvania, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Acting Assistant Administrator for Water Bruno Pigott, Erie Mayor Joe Schember, and other officials celebrated federal funding and the water utility’s progress in protecting its drinking water from lead. Since 2021, Erie Water Works has received $49 million of federal funding to replace lead pipes in environmental justice areas of the City of Erie. The Biden-Harris Administration’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law provided more than $42 million of this investment.
By Federal Newswire | Jul 24, 2024
(Hohhot, Inner Mongolia – July 24, 2024) It has been reported that on July 19, 2024, at noon, preacher Zhang Jiale from Xuan’en Church in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, and his wife Ran Yilian were taken away by local police for a 12-hour summons, returning home only in the evening.
By Federal Newswire | Jul 24, 2024
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By Federal Newswire | Jul 24, 2024
BOSTON—A citizen journalists’ group represented by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) filed a federal lawsuit today against a Massachusetts community-access television company for falsely convincing YouTube to take down video clips of city government meetings.
By Federal Newswire | Jul 24, 2024
DENVER and REDMOND, Wash. — JULY 24, 2024 — Lumen Technologies (NYSE: LUMN) and Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) have announced a partnership to leverage the Microsoft Cloud for advancing Lumen’s digital transformation. Additionally, Microsoft has selected Lumen to enhance its network capacity and capability in response to increasing demands on its datacenters driven by AI.
By Federal Newswire | Jul 24, 2024
Pentagon Press Secretary Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder provided the following readout:
By Federal Newswire | Jul 24, 2024
The U.S. Departments of Health and Human Services (HHS), Treasury, and Interior, in partnership with the Executive Office of the President, have released a report detailing findings from the Tribal CX Pilot for Post-Award Reporting project. This report provides an overview of piloted solutions to assist with grant reporting compliance and outlines future focus areas to support agencies in creating effective policies for the economic growth of Tribal Nations.
By Federal Newswire | Jul 24, 2024
Today, the Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs convened to discuss four legislative bills aimed at enhancing the Indian Healthcare Service (IHS) and facilitating land transfers back to Alaska Native village corporations. Subcommittee Chair Harriet Hageman (R-Wyo.) provided her perspective on the matter:
By Federal Newswire | Jul 24, 2024
Special Advisor on International Disability Rights (SAIDR) Sara Minkara will travel to the Republic of Korea (ROK), Brunei, Malaysia, and Cambodia from July 25 to August 2 to promote the continued integration of disability policy in ASEAN and APEC. In the ROK, SAIDR Minkara will meet with government officials to discuss building upon the United States’ and ROK’s efforts to mainstream disability policy across APEC working groups. In Brunei, SAIDR Minkara will meet with government officials to discuss fostering disability inclusion across faith-based and sporting communities....
By Federal Newswire | Jul 24, 2024
Perry Atkinson and theDove Media have filed a lawsuit against the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), seeking to block a rule that would force broadcasters to choose between hiring based on race or sex, or risking ruinous lawsuits.
By Federal Newswire | Jul 24, 2024
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will address a joint session of Congress today, marking his first visit to Washington in nearly four years and his first trip abroad since the October 7th Hamas attacks in Israel. The attacks resulted in at least 1,200 deaths, including American citizens.
By Federal Newswire | Jul 24, 2024
Netflix has announced a fourth season of "Alpha Males," created by Alberto and Laura Caballero and produced by Contubernio Films.
By Federal Newswire | Jul 24, 2024
The United States has announced a planned contribution of up to $667 million to the Pandemic Fund, aimed at supporting pandemic prevention, preparedness, and response. This announcement was made by Secretary Yellen during the Pandemic Fund Investment Case launch event, held alongside the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors meeting.
By Federal Newswire | Jul 24, 2024
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today a call for nominations to serve on its Farm, Ranch, and Rural Communities Federal Advisory Committee (FRRCC). Established in 2008, the FRRCC provides independent policy advice, information, and recommendations to the EPA Administrator on various environmental issues and policies significant to agriculture and rural communities.
By Federal Newswire | Jul 24, 2024
In a new report, an interagency team identifies barriers to compliance in post-award reporting and offers solutions shown to be effective in a pilot project.
By Federal Newswire | Jul 24, 2024
On July 24, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed to designate five chemicals as High-Priority Substances for risk evaluation under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). This action aligns with the Biden-Harris Administration's commitment to addressing environmental and toxic exposures, supporting the Cancer Moonshot mission, and advancing environmental justice.
By Federal Newswire | Jul 24, 2024
New Jersey to offer free IRS tax filing in 2025 under Biden's Inflation Reduction Act
By Federal Newswire | Jul 24, 2024
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) routinely evaluates the privacy representations companies make against their data handling practices. When discrepancies arise between claims and reality, incorrect assertions about data identification are often to blame. Companies frequently claim that data lacking clearly identifying information is anonymous, but true anonymity means data can never be associated back to a person. If data can uniquely identify or target a user, it can still cause harm.
By Federal Newswire | Jul 24, 2024
An indictment was unsealed today charging Ping Li, 59, of Wesley Chapel, Florida, with conspiring to act as an agent of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) without notification to the Attorney General and with acting as an agent of the PRC without notification to the Attorney General. If convicted, Li faces a maximum penalty of 15 years in prison.
By Federal Newswire | Jul 24, 2024
The Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has sanctioned a network of six individuals and five entities based in the People’s Republic of China (PRC). These sanctions target those involved in procuring items to support the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s (DPRK) ballistic missile and space programs. The DPRK has continued its ballistic missile launches, including a recent failed attempt to place a military satellite into orbit in May 2024, violating multiple United Nations Security Council Resolutions (UNSCR).
