News published on Federal Newswire in April 2022

News from April 2022


Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC); Public Meeting discussed on April 7 by Commerce Department

The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on April 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: Following Russia’s unprovoked attack on Ukraine, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is providing support and humanitarian relief to Ukrainian nationals in need both in the United States and abroad. To protect Ukrainians residing in the U.S., the Secretary of Homeland Security designated Ukraine...


News Release: WIND CAVE NATIONAL PARK, SD - Wind Cave National Park will be hosting a variety of activities during National Park Week beginning Saturday, April 16, and running through Sunday, April 24.


The US Environmental Protection Agency published a three page rule on April 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


A former West Virginia law enforcement officer will spend almost a decade in prison for using excessive force against an arrestee.


20 Years and Beyond—Solar Decathlon Announces 2023 Design Challenge

News Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon® announced the launch of the 2023 Design Challenge. The 2023 Design Challenge will help usher in the third decade of the Solar Decathlon, which continues to build the future clean energy workforce.


News Release: A restaurant employee was shot twice during the robbery.


DOI-FWS grant application closes on Dec. 30

FY22 NATIONAL FISH PASSAGE PROGRAM grant opened on April 8.


News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -Deputy Secretary of the Interior Tommy Beaudreau and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director Martha Williams visited Puerto Rico this week to highlight how investments from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and the Great American Outdoors Act will help strengthen ...


News Release: DHS is fundamentally a department of partnerships. Our ability to execute our critical mission relies on the strength of our partnerships with you and our other key partners across the public and private sectors. Every day, you serve on the front lines to keep our communities safe. We are committed to ensuring you have the tools, resources, and support you need to continue doing so successfully.


Maloney, Stabenow, and Smith Lead Colleagues in Introducing Bicameral Package of Legislation to Target Abusive Pharmaceutical Business Practices

News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, Chairwoman of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, Sen. Debbie Stabenow, Chairwoman of Senate Finance Subcommittee on Health Care, and Sen. Tina Smith led colleagues-including Rep. Peter Welch and Rep. Jan Schakowsky-in introducing a package of legislation targeting business practices pharmaceutical companies use to suppress competition, maintain market monopolies, and keep drug prices high.


DEA Warns of Increase in Mass-Overdose Events Involving Deadly Fentanyl

News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the Drug Enforcement Administration sent a letter to federal, state, and local law enforcement partners warning of a nationwide spike in fentanyl-related mass-overdose events. Administrator Anne Milgram outlined the current threat and offered DEA support to law enforcement officers responding to these tragic incidents.


Ranking Member Risch Opening Statement at Hearing on Treaties

News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today gave the following opening remarks at a full committee hearing to evaluate treaties. The witnesses for panel one included: Mr. Richard Visek, acting legal adviser at State, Dr. John Thompson, deputy assistant secretary for environment at State, and Major General Vaughn Ary (ret.), director of the office of international affairs at Department of Justice.


News Release: WICHITA, KAN.- A Kansas man pleaded guilty to one count of failure to pay over payroll taxes.



The US Labor Department published a two page notice on April 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


US Department of Labor proposes $796K in fines for Missouri contractor who continued to expose workers to cave-in hazards in unprotected trench

News Release: GRAIN VALLEY, MO - Nearly five years after an employee died in a trench collapse, a Missouri contractor exposed two workers to the life-threatening risk of being buried by thousands of pounds of soil as they worked in an unprotected trench weakened by water pooling in an excavation site.



News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) issued the following statement regarding the announcement of Energy and Commerce conferees who will be responsible for finding a compromise between the House’s United States Innovation and Competition (USICA) and the Senate’s U.S. Innovation and Competition (COMPETES) Acts of 2021.