News published on Federal Newswire in April 2022

News from April 2022


Release: Today, the White House released the U.S. Department of State’s Equity Action Plan to implement Executive Order (E.O.) 13985 on Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through the Federal Government. On Jan. 20, 2021, President Biden issued E.O. 13985 directing the federal government...


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


News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced today that JOSEPH REED, age 35, of New Orleans, Louisiana, has pleaded guilty to Bank Robbery in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 2113(a).


Release: Acting Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor Scott Busby and Deputy Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Rick Waters hosted a roundtable with five Hong Kong activists and experts today to underscore U.S. commitment to the rights and freedoms of Hong Kongers and to discuss the March 31 Hong Kong Policy Act Report, which outlines the continued erosion of Hong Kong’s autonomy.


News Release: Russian Legislator Aleksandr Mikhaylovich Babakov and Staff Members Aleksandr Nikolayevich Vorobev and Mikhail Alekseyevich Plisyuk Allegedly Conspired to Commit U.S. Crimes in Furtherance of a Global Foreign Influence Scheme.


Charleston Man Sentenced for Federal Gun Crime

News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Charleston man was sentenced today to six months in prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm.



Federal Grand Jury Indicts Thirteen for Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine in the Owensboro Area

News Release: Owensboro, Kentucky - A federal grand jury in Louisville, Kentucky returned a superseding indictment on April 5, 2022, charging 13 Kentucky residents with running large scale drug trafficking operations in the Owensboro area of Kentucky.


Knolls Off-Highway Vehicle Special Recreation Management Area pass purchases move online

News Release: SALT LAKE CITY - The Bureau of Land Management Salt Lake Field Office will now only accept online payment for fees associated with the Knolls Off-Highway Vehicle Special Recreation Management Area (Knolls) in Tooele County. The use of the Recreation.gov online portal will make fee compliance easier for visitors and will eliminate tube theft for onsite fees.


News Release: LAREDO, Texas - A 49-year-old Desoto man has entered a guilty plea to alien smuggling, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.


News Release: Due to extreme fire danger, Carlsbad Caverns National Park will implement the following preventative measures beginning on April 15.


There were 72 press releases published by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce in March.


News Release: Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement on National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo’s latest endeavor on behalf of the Biden administration to expand union membership by urging the NLRB to overturn 50 years of precedent and reinstate the 1949 Joy Silk Mills standard, which empowers the NLRB to impose union representation on workers without an official election...


Postal Contractor Charged With Mail Theft

News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Michael Anthony Collier, Jr., age 39, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, was indicted yesterday by a federal grand jury on mail theft charges.


Ten Members Of International Stock Manipulation Ring Charged In Manhattan Federal Court

News Release: Global “Pump-and-Dump" Scheme Targeted Retail Investors and Generated Over $100 Million in Illicit Proceeds.


Information Provided to Locate Skull and Antler from Popular Elk Known as Kahuna

News Release: On April 9, 2022, Rocky Mountain National Park Rangers were notified of an elk skull with only one attached antler matching the one missing from the carcass of the popular large bull elk, referred to as Kahuna. During the investigation, it was learned that the skull had been relocated after being cut from the carcass. At this time, no further information will be provided regarding the ongoing investigation.



PAMS-SC offers new grant application process starting April 14

Randomized Algorithms for Combinatorial Scientific Computing grant opened on April 14.


Homeland Security Department discusses Safety Zone; Tennessee River, Tuscumbia, AL on April 13

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


News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced today that JAVONTE RICHARD, age 29, of New Orleans, Louisiana, has pleaded guilty to Theft of Mail by a Postal Service employee in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1709.