News published on Federal Newswire in April 2022

News from April 2022


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


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


Drug “Take Back Day” to Take Place Saturday, April 30th in the Eastern District of Washington

News Release: Spokane - United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington Vanessa Waldref and DEA Special Agent in Charge Frank A. Tarentino announced that Saturday, April 30, 2022, from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. is DEA National Prescription Drug Take Back Day. This year marks the 22nd bi-annual event in...


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


Owners Of Behavioral Health Companies Sentenced For Medicaid Fraud

News Release: LAS VEGAS - The owners of two behavioral health companies in Las Vegas were sentenced yesterday to three years’ probation for their roles in defrauding the Medicaid health care benefit program of thousands of dollars.


Energy Department discusses Spent Nuclear Fuel Management, Accelerated Basin De-Inventory Mission for H-Canyon, at the Savannah River Site on April 20

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


Fort Wayne Man Sentenced To 110 Months In Prison

News Release: For Drug Offense. FORT WAYNE- James J. Goheen, III, age 39, of Fort Wayne, Indiana, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Holly A. Brady, on his plea of guilty to maintaining a drug-involved premises, announced United States Attorney Clifford D. Johnson. Goheen was sentenced to 110 months...


Senator Murray Joins Planned Parenthood Leaders to Celebrate New Title X Funding for Washington State, Vows to Defend Reproductive Rights Amid Republican Attacks

News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, joined Planned Parenthood leaders and a Title X patient at a Planned Parenthood health center in Seattle to talk about how the $4.5 million in Title X funding she...


FAA Downgrades Russian Air Safety Rating

News Release: WASHINGTON - The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has downgraded the air safety rating for Russia, restricting any expansion of service or partnerships since Russia’s Federal Agency for Air Transport does not comply with International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) safety standards.


Couple Who Murdered Government Witness Sentenced To Life In Prison

News Release: Ocala, Florida - Senior United States District Judge John Antoon II has sentenced David Chappell Fey (57, Belleview) and Shari Lynn Gunter (58, Ocklawaha) to life imprisonment for murdering a government witness. Fey and Gunter were found guilty by a federal jury following a joint trial in December 2021.


News Release: Three Universal Aryan Brotherhood gang members were sentenced this week in federal court for conspiring to participate in a racketeering enterprise that committed acts of murder, kidnapping, the trafficking of methamphetamine and firearms, money laundering, assault, and robbery throughout the State of Oklahoma, announced U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson.


Liberian National Sentenced to 10 Years for $23 Million COVID-19 Relief Fraud

News Release: A Liberian national who orchestrated a fraudulent scheme to secure more than $23 million in forgivable Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans was sentenced Thursday afternoon to 10 years in federal prison, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Chad E. Meacham.


Senator Murray, Secretary Walsh Push to Strengthen Workforce Development Opportunities in Washington State

News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), held a roundtable discussion in Tacoma with the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Labor, Marty Walsh, focused on strengthening workforce development programs...


News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Jerome Edward Sturdivant, age 39, and Alison Sawchak, age 39, both of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, were indicted on March 29, 2022, by a federal grand jury for participating in a drug trafficking conspiracy.


Chair Grijalva Slams SCOTUS Decision to Exclude Residents of Puerto Rico from SSI Benefits

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Natural Resources Committee Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) issued the following statement on today’s ruling from Supreme Court of the United States to uphold the exclusion of residents of Puerto Rico from receiving Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits issued by the Social Security Administration...


News Release: BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - A federal judge today sentenced a Vincent man for being a felon in possession of ammunition, announced U.S. Attorney Prim F. Escalona and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives Acting Special Agent in Charge Mickey French.


News Release: Charlotte, N.C. Today, U.S. Attorney Dena J. King announced the filing of a federal civil complaint seeking the forfeiture of $597,891.46, seized as part of an investigation of at least three individuals operating as money mules responsible for transferring over $1.2 million in funds stolen from a business located in San Diego, California.


News Release: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken will travel to Panama City, Panama April 19-20 to co-lead a Ministerial Conference on Migration and Protection and meet with President Laurentino Cortizo Cohen and Foreign Minister Erika Mouynes, as well as other leaders from across the hemisphere. The U.S. delegation ...


News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - A Woonsocket woman who acted as a runner for two men convicted of brokering drug deals and supplying fentanyl and crack cocaine has been sentenced to one year and one day in federal prison, announced United States Attorney Zachary A. Cunha.


US Department of Labor announces proposal to reconsider, revoke final approval of Arizona’s State OSHA Plan after pattern of failures

News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor today announced a proposal to reconsider and revoke the final approval of Arizona’s State OSHA plan, in response to nearly a decade-long pattern of failures to adopt and enforce standards and enforcement policies at least as effective as those used by the department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration.