News published on Federal Newswire in February 2022

News from February 2022


DOI-BLM grant application closes on April 12

Bureau of Land Management Utah Youth Conservation Opportunities on Public Lands grant opened on Feb. 11.


News Release: Indictment Alleges Defendants Submitted Approximately 85 Fraudulent H-1B Visa Applications And Laundered $1 Million In Fraud Proceeds.


News Release: Thompson had a prior federal drug conviction in 2000.


USDOJ-OJP-OJJDP grant application closes on Feb. 22

OJJDP FY 2022 Invited to Apply - Administrative Funding Adjustments to OJJDP Previously Funded Awards (FY 2020 Opioid Affected Youth Initiative) grant opened on Feb. 11.


Deputy Secretary Sherman’s Call with French, German, Italian, and UK Counterparts

News Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman spoke today with French MFA Secretary General Francois Delattre, German MFA State Secretary Andreas Michaelis, Italian MFA Political Director Pasquale Ferrara, and UK Minister of State for Middle East, North ...


Hamden Man Sentenced to 5 Years in Federal Prison for Distributing Heroin and Crack

News Release: Leonard C Boyle, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that CHRISTOPHER RODRIGUEZ, also known as “Rico," 33, last residing in Hamden, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Alvin W. Thompson in Hartford to 60 months of imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release, for distributing heroin and crack cocaine.


News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - A Columbia, Missouri, sex offender was sentenced in federal court today for possessing child pornography.


News Release: Philadelphia, PA - On February 11th, at approximately 7:00am, members of the U.S. Marshals Eastern Pennsylvania Violent Crimes Fugitive Task Force, arrested Tyreek Moore, 36, in the 3500 block of Dixon Avenue in Bristol, PA. Moore was wanted for two Bucks County Sherriff’s warrants for possession of...


Release: FOREIGN MINISTER PAYNE: Well, colleagues, I can’t begin to say what a great pleasure it is to welcome you and your teams to Melbourne and to Australia. Let me begin by acknowledging the traditional owners of the land on which we meet here in Melbourne today, the Wurundjeri people, and pay my respects to their elders past, present, and emerging.


News Release: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Challis Field Office and BLM Law Enforcement previously offered a $2,000 reward for information regarding the person(s) responsible for the shooting deaths of two wild horses in the Spar Canyon area near Challis, Idaho on or about Nov. 14, 2021. An anonymous member...


News Release: On Feb. 11, the United States recognizes National Inventors Day, a day designated to salute past and present great inventors. National Inventors Day was first signed into declaration in 1983 by President Ronald Reagan. Reagan chose Feb. 11 to honor Thomas Edison's birthday. Edison was one of history’s most notable inventors, holding more than 1,000 patents.


The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Feb. 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


US Department of Labor recovers 42K in back wages, liquidated damages for six Northern California restaurant workers after investigation

News Release: SACRAMENTO, CA - Federal investigators found that the owners of three northern California restaurants willfully denied a cook and five other workers overtime wages for hours over 40 in a workweek.


APHIS Announces Final Strategic Framework for Enhancing Surveillance for SARS-CoV-2 and other Emerging Diseases Under the American Rescue Plan

News Release: WASHINGTON, Feb. 9, 2022 — Today, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is pleased to announce the final Strategic Framework outlining how the Agency will advance surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 and other emerging zoonotic diseases as directed by President ...


The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Feb. 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Feb. 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The Senate section of the Congressional Record published “NOMINATIONS” on Feb. 7.


The Congressional Record published “Next Meeting of the SENATE + Next Meeting of the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES + Other End Matter” in the Daily Digest section on Feb. 7.


Cedar Rapids Man Pleads Guilty to Being a Prohibited Person in Possession of a Firearm

News Release: A prohibited person who possessed a firearm pled guilty today in federal court in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.


The US Homeland Security Department published a three page rule on Feb. 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.