News published on Federal Newswire in April 2022

News from April 2022



U.S. Department of Commerce Invests $6.6 Million in American Rescue Plan Funds for Renovations to the Wilson Lodge in Wheeling, West Virginia

News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $6.6 million grant to the Wheeling Park Commission, Wheeling, West Virginia, for renovations to Oglebay Park’s Wilson Lodge. This grant is funded by the American Rescue Plan.


News Release: On March 24, President Biden announced the launch of the European Democratic Resilience Initiative (EDRI) to bolster democratic resilience, advance anti-corruption efforts, and defend human rights in Ukraine and its neighbors in response Russia’s war of aggression. Working with Congress, the Biden Administration ...


DOI-USGS1 offers new grant application process starting April 28

Cooperative Agreement for CESU-affiliated Partner with Chesapeake Watershed Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit grant opened on April 28.


News Release: Miami, Florida - Following a nine-week trial, a federal jury in Miami has found three leaders of a violent drug trafficking and money laundering organization operating in Miami’s Little Havana neighborhood guilty of various firearms, narcotics, and money laundering crimes.


Rule published by Commerce Department on April 27

The US Commerce Department published an eight page rule on April 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


April 27: bills handled by Natural Resources Committee

There was activity on one bill related to the Natural Resources Committee on April 27.


Wilmington Man Sentenced for Stealing Firearms  From a Federally Licensed Firearms Dealer

News Release: WILMINGTON, Del. - David C. Weiss, U.S. Attorney for the District of Delaware, announced that Naushad Khan, age 24 of Wilmington, was sentenced today to 60 months in federal prison for stealing numerous guns from a federal firearms licensee and for possession of a stolen firearm. Chief U.S. District Judge Colm F. Connolly pronounced the sentence.



TSA debuts state-of-the-art Checked Baggage Inspection System at LGB

Release: LONG BEACH, California - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has completed certification on an upgraded and fully automated Checked Baggage Inspection System (CBIS) to screen the checked luggage of travelers departing Long Beach Airport (LGB). The installation of the new system coincides with the completion of a new ticketing lobby, which will open to passengers on May 4, 2022. Both projects are part of recent upgrades to LGBs airport facilities.


News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Health Subcommittee hearing titled, “The Fiscal Year 2023 HHS Budget:"


Council Coordination Committee Meeting discussed on April 27 by Commerce Department

The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on April 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: A former Alabama resident was sentenced today to 90 months, the equivalent of seven and a half years, in prison followed by 10 years of supervised release for concealing the transmission of funds to be provided as material support to al-Qaida, a designated foreign terrorist organization.


News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released the following statement after the Department of Energy announced on Wednesday that it had authorized an increased amount of liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports from two projects that were approved by the prior administration.


The US Environmental Protection Agency published a two page notice on April 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that LOUIS AGE JR., age 73, and LOUIS’ son, LOUIS AGE III, a/k/a “Big Lou", age 51, RONALD WILSON a/k/a “Tank", age 47, and STANTON GUILLORY a/k/a “Nan-Nan", age 27, all from New Orleans, were found guilty yesterday after a three-week jury trial before...


National Park Service awards $3.27 million to help preserve America’s civil rights history

News Release: WASHINGTON - Ten historic sites associated with the preservation of civil rights history in America will receive a combined $3.27 million in National Park Service History of Equal Rights Grants. These competitive grants support physical preservation work and preservation planning activities, including historic building repair and rehabilitation, architectural planning, and land surveys.


U.s. department of commerce invests $1.5 million in american rescue plan funds for water infrastructure upgrades to support business expansion in kingsport, tennessee

Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $1.5 million grant to the city of Kingsport, Tennessee, for upgrades to the existing water pump station.


Corps of Engineers to increase Lake Ashtabula outflows again this week

Corps of Engineers to increase Lake Ashtabula outflows again this week