News published on Federal Newswire in April 2022

News from April 2022


DOL Sec. Walsh: Heat-related dangers pose 'a growing hazard for millions of workers'

U.S. Department of Labor Secretary Marty Walsh spoke about the efforts made by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to protect employees from heat-related threats during a tour of an Alabama water utility company last week.



News Release: PORTLAND, Maine: U.S. Attorney Darcie N. McElwee announced today that Derik Broox Wight, 41, of Augusta has been charged by criminal complaint with assaulting a federal officer.


Acting Assistant Secretary Lempert’s Travel to Jordan, Israel, the West Bank and Egypt

News Release: Acting Assistant Secretary for Near Eastern Affairs Yael Lempert will travel to Jordan, Israel, the West Bank and Egypt from April 19 to April 26. She will engage with senior officials in the region to discuss reducing tensions and ending the cycle of violence in Israel, the West Bank and Gaza. Acting Assistant Secretary for Near Eastern Affairs Yael Lempert will be accompanied by Deputy Assistant Secretary for Israeli and Palestinian Affairs Hady Amr.



Senator Murray Stresses Importance of Putting Families First, Lowering Drug Costs at Hearing on Reauthorizing FDA’s User Fee Programs

News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, led a hearing on reauthorizing the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) user fee programs. At the hearing, Senator Murray made clear she is working in a bipartisan way to reauthorize the user fee programs, which expire this fall, in a timely manner-to avoid the FDA having to hand out pink slips if the Senate fails to get this done.


News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that JOHNNY TRIPLETT (“TRIPLETT"), age 33 of New Orleans, was sentenced on April 7, 2022 by United States District Judge Eldon E. Fallon after previously pleading guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine hydrochloride and 100 grams of heroin.


News Release: Washington, D.C.- House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Republican Leader Morgan Griffith (R-VA), and Subcommittee on Health Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY) today asked the U.S. Department of Health and...


The US Labor Department published a four page proposed rule on April 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


New Jersey Man Charged with Federal Hate Crimes for String of Violent Assaults on Members of Orthodox Jewish Community

News Release: A New Jersey man was charged with federal hate crimes for a spree of violent assaults on members of the Orthodox Jewish community in and around Lakewood, New Jersey. Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division and U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger for the District of New Jersey announced today.


Agriculture Department discusses Information Collection; Federal Excess Personal Property and Firefighter Property Program Administration on April 20

The US Agriculture Department published a one page notice on April 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Hartford Woman Involved in Fentanyl Trafficking Ring Sentenced to 5 Years in Federal Prison

News Release: Leonard C Boyle, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JANICETTE REYES, 43, of Hartford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to 60 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for distributing fentanyl.


West Baltimore Drug Dealer Admits to Selling Fentanyl Gel Capsules as a Member of the Master P Drug Trafficking Organization

News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Albert Shields, age 52, of Baltimore, Maryland pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute controlled substances, in relation to the Master P drug trafficking organization operating around Pennsylvania and North Avenues in West Baltimore.


The US Environmental Protection Agency published a one page notice on April 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: BOSTON - A tobacco wholesaler from Connecticut has pleaded guilty to violating the Prevent All Cigarette Trafficking (PACT) Act.


News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that on April 19, 2022 MICHAEL J. GOLL, age 46, of Kentwood, pleaded guilty to wire fraud and filing false federal tax returns. GOLL entered his guilty plea before U.S. District Judge Wendy B. Vitter. Judge Vitter scheduled GOLL’s sentencing for July 26, 2022, at 1:30 p.m.


News Release: A Third Co-Conspirator Shot And Critically Wounded an FBI Task Force Officer After Law Enforcement Attempted To Interdict.


News Release: Assistant Secretary of State for Population, Refugees, and Migration (PRM) Julieta Valls Noyes will travel to Mexico April 20-23.


TSA officer at Harrisburg International Airport stops local man with revolver at checkpoint

Release: HARRISBURG, Pa. A Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officer at Harrisburg International Airport prevented a Lebanon, Pa., man from bringing a handgun onto his flight on Sunday, April 17.


News Release: United States Attorney Brandon B. Brown announced that four defendants were sentenced today in the Western District of Louisiana on various charges. Their sentencing information is as follows.