News published on Federal Newswire in April 2022

News from April 2022


Advisory Commission to Meet Wednesday April 13th, 2022

Advisory Commission to Meet Wednesday April 13th, 2022


DOS-GTIP offers new grant application process starting April 12

2022 TIP Office International Programs to Combat Child Trafficking in Colombia - Implementer NOFO grant opened on April 12.


The US Transportation Department published a four page notice on April 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Florida Man Sentenced to Over 5 Years in Prison for Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine

News Release: Gulfport, Mississippi - A Florida man was sentenced to 62 months in federal prison for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, announced U.S. Attorney Darren J. LaMarca and Special Agent in Charge Jermicha Fomby of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Mississippi.



News Release: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Building Technologies Office (BTO) has issued a request for information (RFI) to gather responses from the public that will inform the program development and execution of Section 40511 of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. This provision makes $225 million available over the next five years to state agencies and partnerships to help drive the cost-effective implementation of building energy codes for improved efficiency and resilience.


PHMSA Recognizes April as National Safe Digging Month

News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Transportation's Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) recognizes April as National Safe Digging Month to remind everyone to call 811 a few days before any home or commercial digging project. Resources are also available by state level at the 811 center website.


Tempe Man Sentenced to 48 Months for Importation of Fentanyl into the U.S.

News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - Charles King Jr., 49, of Tempe, Arizona, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Scott H. Rash to 48 months in prison, followed by five years of supervised release. King Jr. previously pleaded guilty to importing fentanyl into the United States from Mexico.


Redding Woman Agrees to Plead Guilty to Lying to Federal Agents Regarding Kidnapping and Defrauding the Victim

News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A Redding woman has signed a plea agreement admitting that she planned and participated in her own hoax kidnapping and agreeing to plead guilty to making materially false statements to FBI agents about the circumstances of her disappearance and committing mail fraud based on her being a kidnapping victim, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced today.


Release: The Republic of Lithuania is a constitutional, multiparty, parliamentary democracy. Legislative authority resides in the Seimas (a unicameral parliament), and executive authority resides in the prime minister and the cabinet of ministers. Observers evaluated the presidential elections and European parliamentary elections in 2019 and the national parliamentary elections in October 2020 as generally free and fair.


Release: Chile is a constitutional multiparty democracy. On Nov. 21, the country held presidential elections and concurrent legislative elections that observers considered free and fair. President-elect Gabriel Boric won a runoff election on December 19 and was to take office March 11, 2022.


H Canyon Does 'Electric Slide' at Savannah River Site

News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - A recent upgrade at at the Savannah River Site (SRS) will now make it possible to process plutonium fuel removed from a Japanese research reactor, aiding the National Nuclear Security Administration’s (NNSA) nonproliferation mission and making the world safer.


Release: Paraguay is a multiparty, constitutional republic. In 2018 Mario Abdo Benitez of the Colorado Party, also known as the National Republican Association, won the presidency in elections recognized as free and fair. Legislative elections took place at the same time.


News Release: United States Leads Seizure of One of the World’s Largest Hacker Forums and Arrests Administrator.


Winthrop Man Pleads Guilty to Cocaine and Money Laundering Charges

News Release: BOSTON - A Winthrop man pleaded guilty on Friday, April 8, 2022, in federal court in Boston to laundering over $335,000 in cocaine proceeds and distributing over 15 kilograms of cocaine.


Notice published by Commerce Department on April 11

The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on April 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.



Release: Republic of Cyprus. The government of the Republic of Cyprus is the only internationally recognized government on the island, but since 1974 the northern third of Cyprus has been administered by Turkish Cypriots. This area proclaimed itself the “Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus" in 1983. The United ...


News Release: In May 2021, the Justice Department’s Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) issued a proposed rule to curb the proliferation of ghost guns-privately made firearms that are increasingly being recovered at crime scenes across the United States. Ghost guns generally do not have a serial...


Release: Gabon is a republic with a presidential form of government dominated by the Gabonese Democratic Party and headed by President Ali Bongo Ondimba, whose family has held power since 1967. Bongo Ondimba was declared winner of the 2016 presidential election. Observers noted numerous irregularities, including...