News published on Federal Newswire in April 2022

News from April 2022


News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Charleston man was sentenced today to four years in federal prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, for being a felon in possession of a firearm.


MARAD Announces Nearly $20 million in Funding Available for Small Shipyard Grants

News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration (MARAD) today announced the availability of nearly $20 million in Fiscal Year 2022 Federal funding to support funding to help modernize small, U.S. shipyards and train workforce in this critical sector.



Pennsylvania Man Admits Bank Fraud Conspiracy that Operated in South Jersey and Southeastern Pennsylvania

News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Pennsylvania man today admitted his role in a bank fraud conspiracy that targeted 12 financial institutions in southern New Jersey and southeastern Pennsylvania, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.


DOI-BLM grant application closes on May 6

Bureau of Land Management California Fuels Management and Community Fire Assistance grant opened on April 6.


Man Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison for Attempting to Provide Material Support to ISIS

News Release: Man Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison for Attempting to Provide Material Support to ISIS.


News Release: Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) gave the following statement after the Biden administration announced its decision to fix the so-called “family glitch" within the Affordable Care Act (ACA), a decision which would have major adverse consequences for employer-sponsored health insurance and for taxpayers, and which goes beyond the authority of the executive branch...


St. Cloud Man Sentenced to Prison for Food Stamp, Covid Assistance Fraud

News Release: ST. PAUL, Minn. - A St. Cloud man has been sentenced to 30 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release and ordered to pay $4,187,999.72, in restitution for wire fraud, announced U.S. Attorney Andrew M. Luger.


News Release: SAN ANTONIO - A San Antonio woman was sentenced today to 33 months in prison for embezzling from her employer.


Release: Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-CA), Chair of the State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Subcommittee, delivered the following remarks at the Subcommittee's hearing on U.S. International Assistance to Combat Narcotics Trafficking.



Release: In a display of the strengthening ties between the United States and Italy, the Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations (OBO), the U.S. Mission in Italy, and other U.S. and local officials celebrated the groundbreaking of the new U.S. Consulate General in Milan on April 6.


News Release: GREAT FALLS - A Box Elder man who admitted to assault charges for shooting a man in the back of the head with a shotgun in an attempt to kill him on the Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation was sentenced today to 14 years and two months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Leif M. Johnson said.


Honduran Man Sentenced for Fraud Involving a Permanent Resident Alien Card

News Release: Gulfport, Miss. - A Honduran national was sentenced to 11 months in federal prison for fraud involving a visa, permit or other document, announced U.S. Attorney Darren J. LaMarca and Chief Patrol Agent Jason E. Schneider of the U.S. Border Patrol’s New Orleans Sector.


News Release: YORKTOWN, Va. - The National Park Service (NPS) at Colonial National Historical Park and non-profit partner BikeWalk Williamsburg invite the community to celebrate National Park Week by biking, walking or running on a seven-mile portion of the Colonial Parkway for three days, April 22-24. Park staff...


President Biden Signs Maloney, Comer, Peters, Portman’s Postal Service Reform  Act into Law

News Release: Washington D.C. - Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, Rep. James Comer, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, Sen. Gary Peters, Chairman of the Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Committee, and Sen. Rob Portman, Ranking Member of the Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Committee, issued the following statements after President Biden signed the historic Postal Service Reform Act into law...


Virginia Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Charge for Dealing Firearms Without a License

News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - Steven Darnell Richers, age 25, of Manassas, Virginia, pleaded guilty yesterday to conspiracy to engage in the business of dealing in firearms and ammunition without a license.


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...


The US Energy Department published a one page notice on April 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


USDOJ-OJP-BJA offers new grant application process starting April 6

BJA FY 22 Upholding the Rule of Law and Preventing Wrongful Convictions Program grant opened on April 6.