News published on Federal Newswire in February 2022

News from February 2022


ICE HSI and local ICAC investigation leads to 25 years in prison for child exploitation

News Release: KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - Eugene Charles McGrath, 55, of Knoxville, Tennessee, was recently sentenced to serve 300 months in federal prison for producing child exploitation materials.


DOS-JPN offers new grant application process starting Feb. 17

Bilateral Policy Dialogue to Counter Disinformation - U.S.-Japan Think Tank Collaboration grant opened on Feb. 17.


Three Guatemalans Extradited to the United States on International Cocaine Trafficking Charges

News Release: SAN DIEGO - Three Guatemalan nationals who were extradited to the United States from Guatemala to face international cocaine trafficking charges appeared in federal court today before U.S. Magistrate Judges Bernard G. Skomal and Jill L. Burkhardt, who ordered that the defendants remain in custody pending trial.


Big South Fork NRRA Saw Highest Visitation in 20 Years In 2021

News Release: While visitation at many units of the National Park System across the country remained below pre-pandemic totals, at Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area, it was at a near record-high. Last year’s visitation increased to well over 800,000, nearly 10 percent more than 2020, when COVID-19 shuttered facilities in most parks for at least part of the year.


Labor Department publishes notice on Feb. 15

The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Feb. 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a three page rule on Feb. 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Shane Alderete, 46, of Albuquerque, was arraigned in federal court today on a charge of being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition. Alderete will remain in custody pending trial, which has not been scheduled.


Commerce Announces Competitive Grant Program to Promote U.S. Exports

News Release: Yesterday, the Department of Commerce announced it is now accepting applications for the 2022 Market Development Cooperator Program (MDCP). These awards, administered by Commerce’s International Trade Administration (ITA), provide non-profit industry groups with up to $300,000 in federal funding for innovative and sustainable projects that help U.S. businesses generate or expand exports and create or sustain jobs.


News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A New Jersey woman today admitted transmitting the proceeds of a fraudulent scheme in which elderly victims were falsely told that they had won large sums of money in a lottery sweepstakes, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.


Senator Murray Applauds Biden Administration Delivering Defrauded Student Loan Borrowers Millions in Debt Relief

News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released the following statement on the Biden Administration providing $415 million in student debt relief to over 15,000 defrauded student loan borrowers. This includes $10.91 million in relief for defrauded student loan borrowers from Washington state.


Rule published on Feb. 15 by Agriculture Department

The US Agriculture Department published a five page rule on Feb. 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: BECKLEY, W.Va. - Artie Ray Warwick, Jr., 53, of Beckley, pleaded guilty today to a federal drug crime.


Energy Department publishes notice on Feb. 14

The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Feb. 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


What did Homeland Security Department publish on Feb. 15?

The US Homeland Security Department published a two page notice on Feb. 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


DOS-ECA offers new grant application process starting Feb. 17

FY 2022 John McCain Study of the U.S. Institute (SUSI) for Student Leaders on the Rule of Law and Public Service grant opened on Feb. 17.


What did Interior Department publish on Feb. 14?

The US Interior Department published a four page notice on Feb. 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Agriculture Department published a one page notice on Feb. 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a one page notice on Feb. 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: Yuma, AZ - On Feb. 17, 2022, Jason Douglas Lowry was captured by members of the Arizona WANTED Violent Offender Task Force, with the assistance of the La Paz County Sheriff’s Office, on charges of rape of a minor and possession of child pornography.


The BLM opens public comment for  Morongo Highway 62 Communication Site project

News Release: PALM SRPINGS, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management is seeking public input on a land use plan amendment to the California Desert Conservation Act for the proposed Morongo Hwy Communication Site. If approved, this project would improve telecommunication and broadband connections for the communities of Morongo and Yucca Valley.