News published on Federal Newswire in August 2022

News from August 2022




US Department of Labor cites Wauchula labor contractor after 35-year-old farmworker suffers fatal heat illness

News Release: DUETTE, FL - A federal workplace safety investigation has found a 35-year-old farmworker died from heat illness on a Duette farm in the early evening of April 5, 2022. It was only his second day on the job.


News Release: By planning to hold so-called “tribunals” in Russia-controlled Mariupol against Ukraine’s brave defenders, the Kremlin is attempting to deflect responsibility for President Putin’s war of aggression and distract from overwhelming evidence of the atrocities Russian forces have committed in Ukraine.


News Release: BOSTON - The leader of a Boston-area drug trafficking organization (DTO) has pleaded guilty to his role in a cocaine trafficking conspiracy.



News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that ARIEL TAVAREZ, a/k/a “A," a/k/a “Mike," was sentenced to 264 months in prison in connection with his conspiring to distribute heroin, cocaine, fentanyl, and a fentanyl analogue, and to distributing narcotics...


News Release: Della Yurcik, Backcountry Park Ranger at Grand Canyon National Park, has been selected to receive the 2022 National Park Service (NPS) Harry Yount Award for excellence in the field of rangering. The Harry Yount Award annually honors a NPS Ranger who consistently excels in the performance of duties that...


Totten: 'Online thieves like these think they will never be caught. They are wrong'

U.S. District Judge Paul Maloney sentenced Miami, Fla., resident Cedric Smith to 70 months in prison following a West Michigan federal case.


USDOJ-OJP-OVC offers new grant application process starting Aug. 25

OVC FY 2022 Invited to Apply - Administrative Funding Adjustment to Previously Funded FY2020 VOCA Victim Compensation grant opened on Aug. 25.


Ten Indicted in Southeastern Massachusetts Fentanyl Trafficking Conspiracy

News Release: BOSTON - Ten individuals were indicted today by a federal grand jury in Boston for their alleged involvement in a drug trafficking organization (DTO) that distributed fentanyl throughout Southeastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island. The defendants were initially arrested and charged on July 19, 2022. Approximately 14.9 kilograms of suspected fentanyl and substantial amounts of cash were seized at the time of the arrests.


News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released the following statement on Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson’s joint motion with California and Oregon to stop the Gas Transmission Northwest pipeline.



Census Bureau to Host Webinar on Release of 2021 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates

News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau will hold a webinar Sept. 8 explaining how to access data and online resources from the 2021 American Community Survey (ACS) set to be publicly released on Sept. 15. The webinar will also provide tips for comparing ACS geographies and statistics over time.


There is one release scheduled to be published on Aug. 26.


State Department discusses 60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Request for Department of State Personal Identification Card on Aug. 25

The US State Department published a two page notice on Aug. 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page rule on Aug. 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Senator Murray on Biden Forgiving Student Debt: “Life Changing for Borrowers”

News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), issued the following statement on President Biden’s announcement that the Department of Education will forgive $10,000 in student debt for tens of millions of...


Five Months of a Humanitarian Truce in Ethiopia

News Release: We are concerned by reports of renewed hostilities in Ethiopia. We call on the Government of Ethiopia and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) to redouble efforts to advance talks to achieve a durable ceasefire without preconditions and ultimately bring a permanent end to the conflict.


News Release: Forbes, in partnership with Statista, has named the U.S. Department of State as one of America’s Best-In-State Employers for both Washington, DC and Virginia for 2022. The Department also ranked third in the Government Services category in both DC and Virginia.