News published on Federal Newswire in February 2022

News from February 2022


OJJDP Releases Fact Sheet on Delinquency Cases in Juvenile Court

OJJDP has released the "Delinquency Cases in Juvenile Court, 2019" fact sheet showing statistics on delinquency cases handled in U.S. juvenile courts from 2005 to 2019.


E&C Announces NTIA Oversight Hearing

Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Mike Doyle (D-PA) announced today that the Communications and Technology Subcommittee will hold a fully remote hearing on Wednesday, February 16, at 12 p.m. (EST) on oversight of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA).


E&C Announces Hearing on Revitalizing Communities Through Brownfield Cleanups

Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee Chairman Paul Tonko (D-NY) announced today that the Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee will hold a fully remote hearing on the Brownfields Program on Tuesday, February 15, at 11:30 a.m. (EST).


Pallone Opening Remarks at Hearing on ARPA-H and Accelerating Biomedical Research

Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Health Subcommittee hearing titled, “ARPA-H: The Next Frontier of Biomedical Research:”


Rodgers, Guthrie, and Carter Demand Action to Stop the Scourge of Fentanyl & Fentanyl-Related Substances

In a GOP Leadership press conference today, E&C Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Congressman Brett Guthrie (R-KY), and Congressman Buddy Carter (R-GA) delivered remarks about stopping the scourge of fentanyl and the HALT Fentanyl Act.


Health Subcommittee Republican Leader Guthrie Opening Remarks in Hearing on ARPA-H & Medical Research

Today, E​​​​​nergy and Commerce Health Subcommittee Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY) delivered the following remarks in the Health Subcommittee Hearing on biomedical research.


Leader Rodgers Opening Remarks in Health Hearing on ARPA-H & Medical Research

Today, House Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered the following remarks in the Health Subcommittee Hearing on biomedical research.


Manchin, Committee Consider Energy, Interior Nominees

Today, the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee held a hearing to consider the nominations of Ms. Maria D. Robinson to be Assistant Secretary of Energy for the Office of Electricity, Dr. Joseph F. DeCarolis to be Administrator of the Energy Information Administration, and Ms. Laura Daniel-Davis to be Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Land and Minerals Management.


Interior Nominee: Manchin’s Leadership On Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Ensured Crucial Support To Coal Communities

Today, the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee held a hearing to consider the nominations of Ms. Maria D. Robinson to be Assistant Secretary of Energy for the Office of Electricity, Dr. Joseph F. DeCarolis to be Administrator of the Energy Information Administration, and Ms. Laura Daniel-Davis to be Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Land and Minerals Management.


Manchin, Capito And Mckinley Announce $140 Million From Bipartisan Infrastructure Law To Reclaim Abandoned Mine Lands

Today, U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) and Representative David McKinley (R-WV) announced West Virginia will receive $140,751,000 in Fiscal Year 2022 to reclaim abandoned mine lands (AML).


BLM to host wild horse and burro event in Okeechobee, Florida

The Bureau of Land Management will host a wild horse and burro placement event Feb. 25-26, 2022, offering approximately 70 excess animals gathered from western rangelands at Okeechobee County AGRI-Civic Center in Okeechobee, Florida.


'Critical milestone': Bureau of Reclamation partners with state, local entities for Fraint-Kern Canal renovation project

A groundbreaking ceremony celebrating the beginning of a $187 million project to renovate a 10-mile stretch of the Fraint-Kern Canal in Central California took place Jan. 25.


Atlanta Man Pleads Guilty To Cyberstalking

News Release: CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. - On February 9, 2022, Zachary Hood, 36, of Atlanta, Georgia, pleaded guilty to one count of cyberstalking. Sentencing has been set for June 16, 2022, before United States District Judge Charles E. Atchley, Jr.



U.S. Attorney’s Office for Eastern District of North Carolina Commemorates National Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Month

News Release: RALEIGH, N.C. - February is Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Month (TDVAPM), a time to raise awareness about this all-too-common issue, focus efforts on ending the violence, and share resources for teens experiencing violence, survivors, and their communities. The U.S. Attorney’s Office...


Release: Washington - The United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has confirmed the presence of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in a commercial turkey flock in Dubois County, Indiana. This is the first confirmed case of HPAI in commercial poultry ...


Federal Grand Jury Indicts Savoy Man on Sexual Exploitation Charges

News Release: URBANA, Ill. - A federal grand jury has indicted a Savoy, Illinois, man, David I. Berry, 21, of the 800 block of Hartwell, for alleged sexual exploitation of a minor on October 4 and 5, 2021. Berry appeared in federal court in Urbana today in front of Magistrate Judge Eric I. Long for an initial appearance and arraignment, at which the indictment against him was unsealed.


Passaic County Man Charged with Attempted Robbery of Two U.S. Postal Service Employees

News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Passaic County, New Jersey, man was indicted today for assaulting and attempting to rob two U.S. Postal Service (USPS) mail carriers in January 2021, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.


News Release: United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that a Webster, South Dakota, woman has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Theft, Embezzlement, and Misapplication by Bank Employee.


DOS-TUR grant application closes on June 10

START Notice of Funding Opportunity grant opened on Feb. 9.