News from February 2022

By State Newswire | Feb 17, 2022
News Release: On behalf of the United States of America, I congratulate the people of Lithuania as you celebrate your independence.

By State Newswire | Feb 17, 2022
EducationUSA Indonesia Advising Services grant opened on Feb. 17.

By DOE Newswire | Feb 17, 2022
Release: DOE Seeks Public Input on New Hydrogen Hubs, Clean Hydrogen Manufacturing Programs to Decarbonize Industry, Transportation Sectors and Provide Healthier Air for All
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 17, 2022
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Feb. 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By State Newswire | Feb 17, 2022
News Release: History will remember the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics as a tragedy and disgrace. While the Chinese Communist Party desperately wants people to see its regime in a positive light during the games, Americans should turn its gaze instead to the CCP’s spying on international athletes, its cynical use of the games to advance its own political agenda, its long history of human rights abuses, and its brutal oppression of the people of China. That’s the true story of Beijing 2022.

By DOJ Newswire | Feb 17, 2022
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A resident of Jamestown, NY, has been sentenced in federal court to a total of 7 years in prison followed by 4 years supervised release on his conviction of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 17, 2022
News Release: Leonard C Boyle, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that LEE BLANCHETTE, 59, of Farmington, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer in New Haven to 12 months and one day of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for stealing more than $100,000 from a customer of the bank where she was employed.

By DOL Newswire | Feb 17, 2022
The US Labor Department published a five page proposed rule on Feb. 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By DOJ Newswire | Feb 17, 2022
News Release: Defendant involved in large-scale fentanyl and heroin trafficking ring that brought between 8 - 20 kilos of heroin per month to the Springfield-area.

By US DOT Newswire | Feb 17, 2022
The US Transportation Department published a three page rule on Feb. 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By DOJ Newswire | Feb 17, 2022
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A former resident of Moundsville, West Virginia, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of Travel with Intent to Engage in Illicit Sexual Conduct, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.

By Kaleb Brown | Feb 17, 2022
Red Lion Home Care Inc. has been ordered to pay over $2.8 million in back wages and damages.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 17, 2022
News Release: United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that a Kyle, South Dakota, man convicted of Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person was sentenced on Feb. 11, 2022, by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey L. Viken.

By Commerce Newswire | Feb 17, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Republican Leader of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, and U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee called on the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) ...
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 17, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Gary Peters (D-MI), Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, convened a hearing with health care and national security experts to examine the United States’ readiness to respond to biosecurity threats, such as bacteria, viruses, or toxins that...

By Interior Newswire | Feb 17, 2022
News Release: BOISE -- Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Director Tracy Stone-Manning announced today that veteran land manager Karen Kelleher has been selected as the BLM’s Idaho State Director, based in Boise, Idaho.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 17, 2022
Release: DES MOINES - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is hosting a hiring event Tuesday, Feb. 22 to assist individuals interested in applying for a job as a Transportation Security Officer (TSO) at Des Moines International Airport (DSM).

By DOJ Newswire | Feb 17, 2022
The US Justice Department published a two page notice on Feb. 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By Laurie A. Luebbert | Feb 17, 2022
A New Hampshire company that was found to have violated labor laws will pay $50,000 in punitive damages to a worker who was terminated after asking for owed overtime wages.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 17, 2022
News Release: James Jeremy Barbera Defrauded Investors Out of $8.6 Million by Falsely Claiming His Company Developed a Breathalyzer Device to Detect Cancer.