News published on Federal Newswire in April 2022

News from April 2022


U.S. Department of Transportation Announces up to $1.76 Billion Loan for the Purple Line Light Rail Transit Project in Maryland

News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Transportation today announced that its Build America Bureau (Bureau) has provided up to a $1.76 billion low-interest loan to Purple Line Transit Partners for the Purple Line Light Rail Transit Project in Maryland. The loan will finance up to 33 percent of the $5.9 . .


The US Interior Department published a four page rule on April 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Jury Finds Tulsa Man Guilty of Drug, Gun Charges

News Release: A cocaine trafficker from Tulsa was convicted at trial of drug and gun charges, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Chad E. Meacham.


News Release: LOS ANGELES - Edward Buck, a businessman and long-time figure of West Hollywood politics, was sentenced today to 360 months in federal prison for providing fatal doses of methamphetamine to two men who died at his apartment after he injected them with the drug.


News Release: Earlier today, at the federal courthouse in Central Islip, Edward Mangano, the former Nassau County Executive, and his wife Linda Mangano were sentenced by United States District Judge Joan M. Azrack to 12 years, and 15 months’, imprisonment, respectively, following their convictions after a seven-week...


Pharmacy Owner Sentenced to Prison for Health Care Fraud

News Release: A New York woman was sentenced today to 78 months in prison for defrauding health care programs, including more than $6.5 million from Medicare Part D plans and Medicaid drug plans.


PAMS-SC grant application closes on June 13

Management and Storage of Scientific Data grant opened on April 14.


News Release: SPRINGFIELD, MA-Today, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) applauded the Biden Administration and the agency leaders under the Committee’s jurisdiction for releasing the first-ever Equity Action Plans...


Transportation Department discusses Hazardous Materials: Notice of Applications for Special Permits on April 13

The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on April 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: Defendant Illegally Entered Capitol, Stole Ornate Coat Rack.


Philadelphia Man Sentenced to 6 ½ Years in Prison for Stealing Nearly $1 Million in PPP Funds

News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Devron Brown, 50, formerly of Philadelphia, PA, was sentenced to six years and six months in prison, five years of supervised release, and ordered to pay $939,350 restitution by United States District Court Judge Chad F. Kenney for his involvement in a scheme to unlawfully obtain and misuse loan proceeds offered through the federal Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP").


“HONORING WBT RADIO” was published on page E373 of the Congressional Record on April 7.


Mexican Citizen Sentenced to Prison for Attempting to Distribute Drugs

News Release: McAllen, TX - A 47 year-old non-U.S. citizen illegally residing in Donna has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction of possession with intent to distribute five kilograms of meth, announced Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Daniel C. Comeaux, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.


The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on April 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: WILMINGTON, Del. - David C. Weiss, U.S. Attorney for the District of Delaware, announced today the unsealing of an indictment charging Rafaelito Rivera, 51, of Wilmington, Delaware, with failing to register as a sex offender. The grand jury returned the indictment on March 22, 2022. Members of the U.S. Marshals Service located and arrested Mr. Rivera today.


News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A Monmouth County, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 60 months in prison for distributing cocaine in Monmouth County and conspiring to illegally sell firearms, including multiple handguns and a semi-automatic rifle, in and around Monmouth and Ocean counties, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.


The House of Representatives section of the Congressional Record published “SUPPORTING BIPARTISAN SUPPLY CHAIN PROVISIONS” on April 6.


News Release: BOISE, Idaho - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and Idaho Army National Guard are seeking public comments on a proposal to expand military training onto about 20 square miles of Federal and State land located west of Mountain Home and adjacent to the existing Orchard Combat Training Center.


PAMS-SC offers new grant application process starting April 14

EXPRESS: 2022 Exploratory Research for Extreme Scale Science grant opened on April 14.


News Release: To support Executive Order 13985, Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities through the Federal Government, and the core mission of the Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU) of maximizing prime and subcontracting opportunities for small businesses, the OSDBU is hosting two (2) virtual Large Prime Contractor-Small Business Vendor Outreach Matchmaking Events (VOME).