News published on Federal Newswire in April 2022

News from April 2022


News Release: BOSTON - A Nigerian national was sentenced yesterday in connection with his involvement in multiple criminal schemes, including the submission of fraudulent pandemic-related assistance claims using stolen personally identifiable information and money laundering.


Release: The text of the following statement was released by the Governments of the United States of America and Uruguay.


The US Transportation Department published a three page rule on April 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Air Plan Approval; Montana; 2015 Ozone NAAQS Interstate Transport Requirements discussed on April 12 by Environmental Protection Agency

The US Environmental Protection Agency published a two page rule on April 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Elk Creek boat ramp operations at Curecanti

News Release: Gunnison, Colo. - Elk Creek boat ramp operations will resume for the season on Blue Mesa Reservoir at Curecanti National Recreation Area on April 15. The boat ramp opening, and closing, are part of routine seasonal operations for the park.


News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge James D. Whittemore has sentenced Oscar Marsiglia Barrios (54, Colombia) to 17 years in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute cocaine knowing and intending that it be imported into the United States. Marsiglia Barrios had pleaded guilty on Jan. 12, 2022. Marsiglia Barrios had been arrested in Colombia in August 2019 and extradited to the United States in March 2021.



News Release: COEUR D’ALENE - Adam Christopher Johnson, of Clarkston, Washington, was sentenced to 100 months in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. Chief U.S. District Judge David C. Nye also ordered Johnson to serve five years of supervised release following his prison sentence. Johnson pleaded guilty to the charge on April 20, 2021.


Joint Statement of the United States of America and Sweden on Cooperation in Quantum Information Science and Technology

News Release: The text of the following joint statement was released by the Governments of the United States of America and the Kingdom of Sweden on the occasion of an April 8 meeting at the Swedish Ministry of Education and Research.


News Release: ELKO, Nev. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Wells Field Office is preparing an Environmental Assessment to analyze the potential impacts of the proposed West Wendover Legislative Land Conveyance Project. A 30-day public scoping period begins April 14, 2022, and concludes on Thursday, May 14, 2022.


Justice Department discusses Notice of Lodging of Two Proposed Consent Decrees Under the Clean Water Act on April 12

The US Justice Department published a one page notice on April 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.




Harrison County Man Sentenced to 30 Months in Prison for Conspiring to Provide False Statements to Medicare

News Release: Gulfport, Miss. - A Biloxi man was sentenced to serve 30 months in prison and pay restitution in the amount of $1,537,326.14 for providing false statements in connection with the delivery of payments for health care benefits to Medicare beneficiaries.


Mountain lion kittens found outside Thousand Oaks office  complex test positive for rodenticide poisoning, feline panleukopenia

News Release: THOUSAND OAKS, Calif.- A necropsy report shows that two kittens, P-100 and P-102, discovered last November in a Thousand Oaks office complex as part of an orphaned litter of four, had residues of three different types of anticoagulant rodenticide (AR) compounds in their livers, according to National Park Service (NPS) officials.


Thailand New Year – Songkran

News Release: On behalf of the United States of America, I wish the people of the Kingdom of Thailand a healthy and prosperous year ahead as you celebrate Songkran, the Thai New Year.


News Release: A federal grand jury in the Middle District of Florida returned an indictment, which was unsealed today, charging three Florida men with conspiring to rig bids for customized promotional products to the U.S. Army and charging two of them with conspiring to defraud the United States. Two of the men were arrested early this morning, and all three appeared in court for initial appearances this afternoon.


Risch on State Department's 2021 Human Rights Reports

News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement regarding the State Department’s annual human rights reports released today:


Energy Department publishes notice on April 12

The US Energy Department published a two page notice on April 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Serial Robber Sentenced to 13 Years in Federal Prison for Two Armed Robberies

News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Paul W. Grimm today sentenced George William Dodson, age 31, of Capitol Heights, Maryland, to 13 years in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for conspiracy, two counts of commercial robbery, and for using, carrying, and brandishing...