News published on Federal Newswire in April 2022

News from April 2022


News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee and senior member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, along with Senator Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), today led their colleagues in a letter to United States Post Office (USPS) ...


U.S. Department of Commerce Invests $500,000 in American Rescue Plan Funds to Expand Support for Startup Businesses in New Orleans, Louisiana

News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo announced the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $500,000 grant to Idea Village, New Orleans, Louisiana, to expand its entrepreneurial support programs. This grant is funded by the American Rescue Plan.


Foxx Readout on Parental Rights Roundtable

News Release: Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) hosted a roundtable discussion on the importance of protecting parental rights.


USDOJ-OJP-BJA grant application closes on May 14

BJA FY 22 The Kevin and Avonte Program: Reducing Injury and Death of Missing Individuals with Dementia and Developmental Disabilities grant opened on April 1.


Steinhardt on protests in China: 'All indicators point to more repression over recent years'

An assistant professor at the Department of East Asian Studies at the University of Vienna recently discussed different ways in which the Chinese government responds to protests and observed that the state seems confident that it can control protesters if and when it is necessary.


Release: Under Secretary for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland will travel April 2-9 to France, Turkey, Greece, Cyprus, and Germany to further strengthen our bilateral relationships, emphasize our unified support for Ukraine, and coordinate on our response to the Russian Federation’s unprovoked war. In France ...


Pocono Lakes Woman Sentenced For Threat To Doctor

News Release: SCRANTON- The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Lorena Keglic, age 50, of Monroe County, Pennsylvania, was sentenced today to time served of two months in prison and two years of supervised release by United States District Court Judge Malachy E. Mannion for making a threat in interstate commerce.


Graves: 'Critical discovery' of whaling ship offers insight into BIPOC involvement in industry

A remotely operated vehicle deployed from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Ship Okeanos Explorer gave researchers a surprise Feb. 25.


Looman: Department of Labor training seminars and compliance 'critical to creating good jobs and supporting responsible employers'

The U.S. Department of Labor is offering online seminars to educate federal employers on prevailing wage requirements.


Clarke: North Carolina former police sergeant re-sentenced for 'using unlawful force' on a handcuffed woman

A former North Carolina police sergeant was re-sentenced for using excessive force in a case where he reportedly threw a handcuffed woman onto pavement, causing a variety of facial injuries, according to a Feb. 17 U.S. Department of Justice news release.


There were 21 press releases or notices published by the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs in March.



News Release: Man Sentenced to 46 Months in Prison for Firearm Offenses.



The US Interior Department published a two page notice on March 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Public press releases: United States Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, & Forestry publishes 17 in March

There were 17 press releases published by the United States Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, & Forestry in March.



News Release: NEW ORLEANS - United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that PATRICK HUSE, age 40, of Perkinston, Mississippi, pled guilty today to a violation of Title 33, United States Code, Section 1321(b)(3) and 1319(c)(1)(A).


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on March 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Ms-13 Leader Sentenced to Life in Federal Prison for Racketeering Conspiracy and Conspiring to Commit Multiple Murders

News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis sentenced El Salvadorian national Miguel Angel Corea Diaz, a/k/a “Reaper," age 41, of Long Branch, New Jersey today to life in prison for conspiring to participate in La Mara Salvatrucha, a transnational criminal enterprise also known as MS-13 and...