News published on Federal Newswire in February 2022

News from February 2022


Rule published by Transportation Department on Feb. 14

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


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


News Release: WASHINGTON - The Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Statistics today released The Nation’s Two Crime Measures, 2011-2020. This report presents statistics from BJS’s National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) and FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting Program Summary Reporting System (UCR SRS), both of...


Notice published on Feb. 15 by Homeland Security Department

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


Homeland Security Department publishes notice on Feb. 14

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


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


House GOP to Biden: What’s the Admin’s Plan to end the Public Health Emergency

News Release: Washington, D.C.- Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and more than 70 House Republicans urged President Biden and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra to accept that COVID-19 has become endemic, recognize that current heavy-handed government interventions are doing more harm than good, and immediately begin the process to unwind the Public Health Emergency so our country can get back to normal.


Chairman Carper’s Opening Statement: Hearing on the Renewable Fuel Standard

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works held a hearing to examine the Renewable Fuel Standard.


Former North Carolina Police Sergeant Resentenced For Using Excessive Force Against An Arrestee

News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - The Justice Department announced today that Robert George, 49, was resentenced today by U.S. District Judge Kenneth D. Bell to three years in prison and one year of supervised release in connection with a 2013 incident that occurred while he was a Sergeant with the Hickory Police Department in North Carolina.


Drug trafficking and brandishing a firearm send Billings man to prison for more than eight years

News Release: BILLINGS - A Billings man who admitted to trafficking cocaine and ecstasy and brandishing a firearm in relation to those crimes after being indicted in a sex and drug trafficking investigation was sentenced today to eight years and nine months in prison to be followed by three years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Leif M. Johnson said.


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


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


News Release: ABINGDON, Va. - A husband and wife realtor team from Abingdon, Virginia, pleaded guilty yesterday to federal wire fraud charges related to their scheme to create fake residential sales contracts in order to obtain advance sales commissions to which they were not entitled.


What did Homeland Security Department publish on Feb. 15?

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


Notice published by Commerce Department on Feb. 14

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


Senate Republicans on Record-High Inflation

News Release: Washington, D.C.--U.S. Senator Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), the top Republican of the Senate Finance Committee, led a news conference with Republican Senators to highlight how record-high inflation is affecting Americans, adding that additional reckless spending will only exacerbate the inflation crisis.


Proposed rule published on Feb. 15 by Transportation Department

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


News Release: - The U.S. Census Bureau will release the first set of results from the 2020 Post-Enumeration Survey (PES) along with additional results from the 2020 Demographic Analysis (DA) estimates on March 10.


News Release: Blue Ridge Parkway managers announced today there were an estimated 15.9 million recreation visits to the park in 2021. On the heels of the National Park Service announcement that the Blue Ridge Parkway again ranks at the top of NPS visitation over the past year, park leadership and staff want to use this opportunity to remind park neighbors and visitors that protecting the park for generations to come requires a shared commitment to stewardship.


What did Commerce Department publish on Feb. 15?

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