News published on Federal Newswire in February 2022

News from February 2022


News Release: WILMINGTON, Del. - U.S. Attorney David C. Weiss for the District of Delaware announced today that Scott C. Foster, 42 of Dover, was sentenced yesterday to 240 months in prison followed by 120 months of supervised release. Foster pled guilty to one count of Enticement of a Minor to Produce Child Pornography on May 20, 2021.


The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Feb. 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Kentwood Man Charged with Defrauding Employer and Filing False Taxes

News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced the filing of a two-count bill of information charging MICHAEL J. GOLL, age 46, of Kentwood, with wire fraud and filing false federal tax returns. The charges were filed on Friday, Feb. 11, 2022. U.S. District Judge Wendy B. Vitter will preside over the case.


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Feb. 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Justice Department Files Suit to Prevent Missouri from Restricting Enforcement of Federal Firearms Laws

News Release: The Department of Justice has today filed a lawsuit to prevent the State of Missouri from enforcing House Bill 85 (H.B. 85). Signed into law in June 2021, the Missouri law declares five categories of federal firearms laws “invalid" and deters and penalizes their enforcement by federal, state and local ...


Secretary Antony J. Blinken and Qatari Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani Before Their Meeting

Release: DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER AL-THANI: Well, first I would like to tell my friend, Mr. Blinken, the Secretary of State, I am very happy to meet with you here in Munich in this challenging period for all of us, but we really look forward to our discussion and to continue our cooperation and strengthening the...


News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - An Aguila area man was sentenced Monday to 15 months in prison for smuggling weapons from the United States into Mexico following an investigation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), special agents from Tucson’s Border Enforcement Security Taskforce (BEST). U.S. Customs and Border Protection assisted in this case.


News Release: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken will travel to Munich, Germany, February 17 to 20, 2022 to attend the Munich Security Conference. On the sidelines of the Conference, the Secretary will have the opportunity to discuss with Allies and partners our coordinated, ongoing efforts to urge Russia to deescalate ...


News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - U.S. District Judge Robert J. Conrad, Jr. handed down 17.5-year prison sentences to Rene Garcia, Jr., 43, of Laredo, Texas, and Jose Luis Ramirez, Jr., 45, of Concord, North Carolina, for trafficking methamphetamine, announced Dena J. King, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. In addition to the prison terms imposed, both defendants were ordered to serve 10 years under court supervision upon completion of their prison terms.


Notice published by Transportation Department on Feb. 16

The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Feb. 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


DOS-SVN grant application closes on April 18

Notice of Funding Opportunity: NGO Small Grants Program grant opened on Feb. 18.


The US Interior Department published a five page notice on Feb. 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Whitakers Man Sentenced for Armed Drug Trafficking

News Release: WILMINGTON, N.C. - A Whitakers, North Carolina man was sentenced today to 150 months in prison and three years of supervised release for Distribution of a Quantity of Heroin and Possession of a Firearm in Furtherance of a Drug Trafficking Crime.


Connecticut Man Indicted for Corporate Fraud Scheme

News Release: Defendant allegedly defrauded NESN of over $500,000.


What did Environmental Protection Agency publish on Feb. 16?

The US Environmental Protection Agency published a two page notice on Feb. 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Agriculture Department published a seven page notice on Feb. 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Release: Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry will travel to Cairo, Egypt on February 20-21. On Monday, February 21 at 17:00 (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 livestreamed at aucegypt.edu/streaming.


News Release: BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - A Graysville man has been charged with illegal possession of a machinegun, announced U.S. Attorney Prim F. Escalona and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Explosives, and Firearms Special Agent in Charge Mickey French.


Environmental Protection Agency publishes notice on Feb. 16

The US Environmental Protection Agency published a two page notice on Feb. 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Notice published by Interior Department on Feb. 16

The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Feb. 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.