News published on Federal Newswire in April 2022

News from April 2022




USDOJ-OJP-NIJ grant application closes on June 7

NIJ FY22 Evaluation of OJP Community Based Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative (CVIPI) Projects grant opened on April 19.


USDA Announces Additional Farm Service Agency and Rural Development State Directors

News Release: WASHINGTON, April 14, 2022 – Today, President Joe Biden announced his intent to appoint eight U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) regional positions, including five Farm Service Agency (FSA) State Executive Directors and three Rural Development (RD) State Directors.


Energy Department publishes notice on April 18

The US Energy Department published a two page notice on April 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Biden-Harris Administration and U.S. Department of Agriculture Establish New Program to Support Rural Health Care Providers, Invests $43 Million

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced the establishment of a program under President Biden’s American Rescue Plan to expand rural hospitals and providers’ access to COVID-19 vaccines, testing, and supplies, while helping rural health care providers stay financially solvent in the long-term.


Secretary Antony J. Blinken and Transparency International Panama Chapter Executive Director Olga de Obaldía Opening Remarks at Meeting with Anticorruption and Transparency Advocates

Release: MS OBALDIA: Good afternoon, everybody. My name is Olga de Obaldía. I am the executive director of the Panama Chapter of Transparency International. Our organization is called Foundation for the Development of Civil Liberties, or Fundación para el Desarrollo de la Libertad Ciudadana. It is a pleasure...


United States Pledges $600 Million to Combat Global Environmental Threats

Release: The following is being released jointly by the U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Department of the Treasury.


Delaware County Man Pleads Guilty to Being a Prohibited Person in Possession of a Firearm

News Release: A prohibited person who possessed a firearm pled guilty today in federal court in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.



Graves, Capito Lead Colleagues in Filing Amicus Brief on Clean Water Act Authority

Graves, Capito Lead Colleagues in Filing Amicus Brief on Clean Water Act Authority


Capito, EPW Republicans Call Out USACE for Political Review of NWP 12

Capito, EPW Republicans Call Out USACE for Political Review of NWP 12


Judge sentences St. Louis man for being felon in possession of a firearm

News Release: ST. LOUIS - Arlando Hill of St. Louis, Missouri, appeared before United States District Court Judge John A. Ross on yesterday’s date. Based on a previous plea of guilty, Hill was sentenced to 84 months in federal prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm.


New Marine Highway Route, Two New Marine Highway Designations, and A Project Designation Extension Support Supply Chain Resiliency

New Marine Highway Route, Two New Marine Highway Designations, and A Project Designation Extension Support Supply Chain Resiliency


News Release: The Department of State has no greater responsibility than the safety and security of U.S. citizens overseas. We are committed to providing U.S. citizens with up-to-date and timely information, so they are informed as they make international travel plans and when they are abroad.


Notice of Request for an Extension of a Currently Approved Information Collection discussed on April 18 by Agriculture Department

The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on April 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Release: United States Department of State. Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL). Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO): DRL FY21 Latin America and the Caribbean Labor Consortium. This is the announcement of funding opportunity number SFOP0008881. Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number: 19.345...


The US Justice Department published a two page notice on April 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Justice Department Secures Settlement with UPS to Resolve Immigration-Related Discrimination Claims

News Release: The Department of Justice announced today that it reached a settlement with United Parcel Service Inc. (UPS). The settlement resolves the department’s claims that UPS violated the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) when it discriminated against a non-U.S. citizen by requesting that he present additional documents to prove his permission to work after the worker had already provided sufficient proof.


DOE Invests $3.5 Million for Programs to Improve Natural Gas Infrastructure and Lower Greenhouse Gas Emissions

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM) announced $3.5 million for two projects to develop natural gas demand response (NGDR) pilot programs. The primary goal of the programs is to reduce supply constraints by providing incentives...