News published on Federal Newswire in February 2022

News from February 2022


PAMS-SC offers new grant application process starting Feb. 10

FY2022 Research and Development for Next Generation Nuclear Physics Accelerator Facilities grant opened on Feb. 10.


DOI-FWS offers new grant application process starting Feb. 10

White-nose Syndrome Grants to States and Tribes 2022 grant opened on Feb. 10.


The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Feb. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


DOS-ZWE grant application closes on March 15

Request for Statement of Interest (SOI) for American Spaces, Professional Empowerment Program Workshop Facilitator grant opened on Feb. 10.


American Agricultural Exports Shattered Records in 2021

News Release: WASHINGTON, Feb. 8, 2022 – The American agricultural industry posted its highest annual export levels ever recorded in 2021, Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack announced today. The final 2021 trade data published by the Department of Commerce this morning shows that exports of U.S. farm and food products to the world totaled $177 billion, topping the 2020 total by 18 percent and eclipsing the previous record, set in 2014, by 14.6 percent.


News Release: BILLINGS - A Lame Deer man was sentenced today to 17 years and four months in prison to be followed by five years of supervised release for multiple crimes after he led law enforcement on a high-speed chase that ended in a shootout when he shot at officers, who returned fire, wounding him on the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation, U.S. Attorney Leif M. Johnson said.


Transportation Department publishes proposed rule on Feb. 8

The US Transportation Department published a four page proposed rule on Feb. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a four page notice on Feb. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a six page rule on Feb. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


As workers’ injury and illness rates soar, US Department of Labor urges healthcare facilities, providers to employ effective safety, health programs

News Release: ONAGA, KS ‒ Amid the pandemic, U.S. healthcare workers experienced a staggering 249 percent increase in injury and illness rates in 2020 while serving those in need. In fact, workers in the healthcare and social assistance industries combined, suffered more injuries and illnesses than workers in any industry in the nation.


News Release: SCRANTON- The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that on February 8, 2022, Jaime Ryan Chorba, age 46, of Archbald, Pennsylvania, was indicted by a federal grand jury on child pornography charges.


The US Agriculture Department published a one page notice on Feb. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Convicted Knoxville Gang Leader Sentenced To Life In Prison For Drug And Money Laundering Crimes

News Release: KNOXVILLE, Tenn. On February 9, 2022, Ronald Turner, 25, of Knoxville, was sentenced to life in prison, followed by a five-year term of supervised release, by the Honorable Thomas A. Varlan, in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee at Knoxville.


The US Commerce Department published a six page notice on Feb. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Environmental Protection Agency published a two page notice on Feb. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Feb. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


USDOJ-BOP-NIC grant application closes on April 11

Management Development for Women and Minorities in Corrections Curriculum Update grant opened on Feb. 10.


Federal court orders New Jersey company, co-managers who deliberately denied workers’ overtime wages to pay $711K to 89 workers

News Release: UNION, NJ - A federal court in New Jersey ordered an electrical and heating, ventilation and air conditioning company based in Union, and its two co-managers, to pay 89 electricians, electrician helpers and HVAC technicians after a U.S. Department of Labor investigation found the defendants deliberately denied overtime.


The US Commerce Department published a five page notice on Feb. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: ABINGDON, Va. - A federal jury in Abingdon convicted a Georgia man yesterday for conspiring to traffic methamphetamine from Georgia into Southwest Virginia.