News published on Federal Newswire in February 2022

News from February 2022


Secretary Blinken With Chuck Todd of NBC News

Release: QUESTION: And joining me now from Moldova is Secretary of State Antony Blinken. Secretary Blinken, welcome back to Meet the Press.


Richland Naturopath Agrees to Pay $70,096 for Improper Prescription of Controlled Substances

Judith K. Caporiccio, N.D., a Richland-based naturopathic doctor, has agreed to pay $70,096 to resolve allegations under the Controlled Substances Act and the False Claims Act, which allege that she improperly prescribed controlled substances between July 2016 and July 2021.


Former Passaic County Man Admits Laundering Drug Proceeds

Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division Susan A. Gibson and U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey Philip R. Selinger announced a former Passaic County, New Jersey, man today admitted his role in a large international money laundering conspiracy.


Justice Department publishes notice on Feb. 18

The US Justice Department published a two page notice on Feb. 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Energy Department publishes notice on Feb. 18

The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Feb. 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Energy Department publishes notice on Feb. 18

The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Feb. 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


US Department of Labor recovers $10K in back wages, damages for 23 workers of three Kentucky gas stations, convenience stores

News Release: KEVIL, KY - Twenty-three employees of three Kentucky gas stations and convenience stores are now being paid for all the wages they earned after a U.S. Department of Labor investigation found their employer violated the law by willfully sidestepping required overtime wages owed.


Release: Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry will travel to Cairo, Egypt on February 20-21. On Monday, February 21 at 16:30 (GMT +2), Secretary Kerry will deliver an address at American University in Cairo on the future of international climate action in the leadup to COP27 in Sharm El-Sheikh. The remarks will be live-streamed at aucegypt.edu/streaming.


The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Feb. 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Feb. 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a three page notice on Feb. 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Albany Woman Pleads Guilty to Unemployment Insurance Fraud

Jamie Johnson, age 36, of Albany, pled guilty today to conspiring to commit mail fraud and aggravated identity theft. Johnson admitted to filing false unemployment insurance applications online with the New York State Department of Labor (NYSDOL) in order to fraudulently obtain $701,441 in benefits issued in the names of other people.


DOE sides with federal court ruling, saying energy law won't stop new natural gas hookup bans

The U.S. Department of Energy agrees with a federal court ruling last summer that a 47-year-old law has nothing to say about local new natural gas hookup bans, an Ohio-based energy and economics think tank reported earlier this week.


“EXECUTIVE AND OTHER COMMUNICATIONS” published by the Congressional Record in the Senate section on Feb. 16

The Senate section of the Congressional Record published “EXECUTIVE AND OTHER COMMUNICATIONS” on Feb. 16.


Doctor Pleads Guilty to Accepting Illegal Kickback Payment in Return for Writing Prescriptions for Compounded Drugs

A doctor licensed in the states of Oklahoma and Texas pleaded guilty Wednesday for writing and referring compounded drug prescriptions in return for illegal kickback payments, announced U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson.


The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Feb. 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Twin Brothers Facing Federal Charges for Allegedly Obtaining Over $1 Million in Covid-19 Loans and Unemployment Insurance Benefits

A federal criminal complaint has been filed charging Jerry Phillips, age 24, of Temple Hills, Maryland, for the federal charges of wire fraud and aggravated identity theft; and Jaleel Phillips, age 24, of Temple Hills, Maryland, for wire fraud, in relation to an alleged scheme to unlawfully obtain COVID-19 relief loans and unemployment benefits.


News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Tom Carper (D-Del.), Cory Booker (D- N.J.), and Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), founders and co-chairs of the Senate Environmental Justice Caucus, issued the following statement welcoming the release of the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ)’s Climate ...


Secretary Haaland, Colorado Leaders Announce Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funding to Build New USGS Research Building

News Release: GOLDEN, Colo. - Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland and Colorado leaders today announced $167 million in President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding has been allocated to replace deteriorating laboratories used by scientists at the U.S. Geological Survey working on critical energy and mineral programs.


AG Shapiro Charges Five Out-of-State Residents for Defrauding PA’s Pandemic Unemployment Assistance Program

Attorney General Josh Shapiro announced today that financial crimes agents from the Office of Attorney General, in coordination with federal and local law enforcement, arrested five individuals for allegedly conspiring to provide false information in an attempt to illegally obtain Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES) Act. Three targets are expected to be charged within the next week and one remains at large.