News published on Federal Newswire in April 2022

News from April 2022


United States-Singapore 7th Biennial Review Joint Communique

Release: The Governments of the Republic of Singapore and the United States of America held a biennial review on 22 April 2022 under the Memorandum of Intent between the United States of America and the Republic of Singapore on Cooperation in Environmental Matters (MOI). The MOI was negotiated in parallel with the United States-Singapore Free Trade Agreement Environment Chapter.


News Release: SPRINGFIELD, MA- Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman and Co-Chair of the Congressional Friends of Ireland Caucus Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement regarding proposed legislation in the United Kingdom (UK) that would allow for the dismantling of the Northern Ireland Protocol...


Stage II Fire Restrictions

News Release: National Park Service’s Pueblo Parks Group Implements Stage II Fire Restrictions.


U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force Arrests Wilkes-Barre Shooting Suspect in Raleigh, NC

News Release: Scranton, PA - Today, United States Marshal Martin J. Pane announced the arrest of Syncire Nickens, a 20- year-old Wilkes-Barre man.


Federal Transit Administration Recognizes 10 Transit Agencies for Reducing their Environmental Footprint, Tackling Climate Change

Federal Transit Administration Recognizes 10 Transit Agencies for Reducing their Environmental Footprint, Tackling Climate Change


Federal Railroad Administration Announces Climate Challenge to Meet Net-Zero Greenhouse Gas Emissions by 2050

Federal Railroad Administration Announces Climate Challenge to Meet Net-Zero Greenhouse Gas Emissions by 2050


FAA, U.S. Airports Team up to Meet 2050 Net-Zero Climate Challenge

FAA, U.S. Airports Team up to Meet 2050 Net-Zero Climate Challenge


FHWA Highlights Actions to Tackle Climate Change with New Programs and Historic Funding Under President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

FHWA Highlights Actions to Tackle Climate Change with New Programs and Historic Funding Under President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law


Holyoke Man Sentenced for Distributing Heroin and Crack Cocaine

News Release: Defendant sold narcotics to undercover agent on multiple occasions.


The US Agriculture Department published a six page notice on April 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: Yesterday, National Park Service Director Chuck Sams visited parks in southeast Ohio to shine light on several wonderful but lesser-known national parks during National Park Week. The Director visited Charles Young Buffalo Soldiers National Monument in Wilberforce and Hopewell Culture National Historical Park in Chillicothe, and met staff from Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park and William Howard Taft National Historic Site.


Georgia Fugitive Sentenced to 13 Years for Drug Trafficking

News Release: ASHEVILLE, N.C. - Today, Chief U.S. District Judge Martin Reidinger sentenced James Julius Lumpkin, of Sevierville, Tennessee, to 156 months in prison and five years of supervised release for drug trafficking, announced Dena J. King, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina.


Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Helicopters Deutschland GmbH (AHD) Helicopters discussed on April 21 by Transportation Department

The US Transportation Department published a three page rule on April 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Commerce Department publishes notice on April 21

The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on April 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


10 Charged for Illegally Trafficking Corals from the Philippines

News Release: ANCHORAGE - A federal grand jury in Alaska indicted three men on felony charges and seven additional individuals on misdemeanor charges related to violations of the Lacey Act and smuggling protected marine corals from the Philippines into the United States for retail sale.


Readout of Ambassador Hussain’s Trip to Bangladesh

Release: U.S. Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom Rashad Hussain traveled to Cox’s Bazar and Dhaka, Bangladesh, April 17-20.


Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack Releases Statement on President Biden’s Executive Order to Strengthen America’s Forests, Boost Wildfire Resilience, and Combat Global Deforestation

News Release: WASHINGTON, April 22, 2022 — “Our national forests are under significant threat from climate change and deploying science-based restoration practices, like those outlined in the President’s executive order, will ensure they are protected and able to play their important role well into the future. Old-growth ...


News Release: Another Ex-Employee Admitted to More Than $1.6 Million in Fraud.


Third Senior-Level International Partners Meeting on Haiti

News Release: Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs, Brian A. Nichols, attended a senior-level international partners meeting on Haiti on April 21. Hosted by France, this meeting convened international partner countries and international organizations for the third time in the past four ...


Greenville Woman Sentenced to More Than 10 Years in Oxycodone Conspiracy

News Release: GREENVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA - Keowsha Golden, 36, of Greenville, was sentenced to more than 1o years in federal prison after pleading guilty to conspiracy to distribute oxycodone.