News published on Federal Newswire in August 2022

News from August 2022


FHWA Announces $45.7 Million Grant to Alaska’s Native Village of Eyak to Improve Multi-Modal Transportation Access to Oil Spill Response Facility


FHWA Announces $54.3 Million Grant to National Park Service to Improve Safety along Natchez Trace Parkway in Mississippi


NHTSA Early Estimates Show Record Increase in Fatalities Nationwide


NHTSA Launches Labor Day 'Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over' Campaign


The Congressional Record published “EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS, ETC.” in the House section on Dec. 20, 2021.


Newer Cars Appear to Significantly Reduce Gender Disparities in Crash Outcomes


DOE Announces $45 Million for Next-Generation Cyber Tools to Protect the Power Grid

Release: Funding Will Support Projects that Will Help Make American Energy Systems Secure, Resilient, and Reliable


Statement From U.S. Attorney Rachael S. Rollins Regarding United States V. Geas, DeCologero and McKinnon

News Release: “Today our hearts are with the 19 known murder victims and their loved ones, as well as anyone ever harmed by this man. He was a serial murderer, and each mention of his name is a trigger to the families he devastated, reopening wounds that we can only hope had finally started to heal.


The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization

News Release: To support the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), increase and strengthen outreach, as a core mission of the Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU), the USCG and OSDBU are partnering to host the first National Multiple Award Construction Contract (NMACC) Vendor Outreach Matchmaking Event...


Man from Mescalero sentenced to prison for assault in Indian Country

News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Alexander M.M. Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, announced that Romeo Martinez was sentenced on Aug. 16 to two years and nine months in prison for assault resulting in serious bodily injury in Indian Country. Martinez, 23, of Mescalero, New Mexico, pleaded guilty on Jan. 25.


News Release: For Bank Robbery. SOUTH BEND - Keith Kelly, 50 years old, of South Holland, Illinois, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Damon R. Leichty on his plea of guilty to bank robbery, announced United States Attorney Clifford D. Johnson. Kelly was sentenced to 175 months in prison followed...



Imposing Sanctions on Senior Liberian Government Officials





Man Sentenced to Over 10 Years for Role in International Romance Fraud Scheme

News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - Last week, Onovughe Ighorhiohwunu, 47, a resident of Kennesaw, Georgia, was sentenced by United States District Judge Scott H. Rash to 130 months in prison for Conspiracy to Commit Money Laundering. Ighorhiohwunu was previously found guilty by a federal jury of conspiring to launder more...


Illinois Family Charged with Kidnapping, Forced Labor, and Conspiracy for Coercing Two Minors and a Third Victim in Years-Long Forced Labor Scheme

News Release: WASHINGTON - A federal grand jury in the Central District of Illinois returned a nine-count indictment charging Domingo Francisco-Juan, Lorenza Domingo-Castaneda, and Catarina Domingo-Juan, siblings and Guatemalan nationals, with conspiracy to commit forced labor, forced labor, conspiracy to commit kidnapping...


Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park to host a Spirituals and Gospel event September 24

News Release: Contact: Lawson Nwakudo at lawson_nwakudo@nps.gov. WHAT: From Spirituals to Blues and Gospel: The History of a Multi-Century Musical Evolution. WHERE: Greater Refuge Temple Church of God, 800 Robbins St, Cambridge, MD 21613. WHEN: Saturday, Sept. 24, 2022, 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM. WHO: Harriet Tubman...


DOE to Conduct Long-Term Periodic Review of the Colonie, New York, Site

News Release: The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Legacy Management (LM) is conducting a long-term periodic review of the soil and groundwater remedies for the Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program (FUSRAP) Site in Colonie, New York.