News published on Federal Newswire in February 2022

News from February 2022


News Release: (DILLON, Mont.) - The Bureau of Land Management’s Dillon Field Office is conducting a 15-year evaluation of its 2006 Resource Management Plan and welcomes public input as part of the process.


DOS-GTIP offers new grant application process starting Feb. 8

2022 TIP Office Notification of Funding Opportunity - PEMS Statement of Interest grant opened on Feb. 8.


Crapo Statement at Hearing on Youth Mental Health

News Release: Washington, D.C.--U.S. Senator Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Finance Committee, delivered the following remarks at a hearing entitled, “Protecting Youth Mental Health: Part I - An Advisory and Call to Action.".


Under Secretary Zeya and Acting Assistant Secretary Peterson Travel to the Global Conference for Media Freedom Hosted by Estonia

Release: Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights Uzra Zeya and Acting Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor Lisa Peterson will visit Tallinn, Estonia, February 9-11 for the third Global Conference for Media Freedom. Co-hosted by the Estonian Ministry of Foreign...


USDA Provides More than $1.2 Million to Support Projects that Protect Pennsylvania Agriculture and Natural Resources

Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is allocating more than $1.2 million to Pennsylvania from Section 7721 of the Plant Protection Act as part of its effort to strengthen the nation’s infrastructure for pest detection and surveillance, identification, and threat mitigation, and to ...


United States Army Research Biologist and Contractor Charged in Bribery Scheme at Aberdeen Proving Ground

News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - A federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging Jason Edmonds, age 43, of North East, Maryland, with conspiracy and bribery. Co-defendant John Conigliaro, age 60, of Kingsville, Maryland was separately charged with conspiracy in an Information filed on Feb. 1, 2022.


Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is allocating more than $4.7 million to Florida as part of its effort to strengthen the nation’s infrastructure for pest detection and surveillance, identification, and threat mitigation, and to safeguard the U.S. nursery production system. Overall, ...


News Release: United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that a Kent, Washington man, a Seattle, Washington man, and a Portland, Oregon man, have been indicted by a federal grand jury for Conspiracy to Obtain Controlled Substances by Fraud.


USDA-RHS offers new grant application process starting Feb. 8

Rural Community Development Initiative grant opened on Feb. 8.


USDA Provides More than $3 Million to Support Projects that Protect Texas Agriculture and Natural Resources

Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is allocating more than $3 million to Texas as part of its effort to strengthen the nation’s infrastructure for pest detection and surveillance, identification, and threat mitigation, and to safeguard the U.S. nursery production system. Overall, ...


Team wins Director’s Award for dismantling a major pill mill network

News Release: Southern District’s opioid enforcement efforts achieve exceptional results.


Income Sources of Older Households

News Release: Today, the U.S. Census Bureau released a new report that examines older householders’ sources of income, the amounts of this income, and how much each source of income contributes to total income. The report focuses on six types of income (Social Security, Supplementary Security Income (SSI), pensions and retirement accounts, property income, earnings, and other income).


Secretary Blinken’s Call with African Union Commission Chairperson Faki

Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.


Meeks, Jacobs Lead Letter to Biden Administration Calling for Special Envoy and a New Strategy in the Sahel

News Release: Dear Mr. President:. We write to you to express our concerns with the deteriorating humanitarian, political, and security situation in the Sahel, and the urgency for developing and implementing an effective and comprehensive strategy. We also urge you to soon appoint a seasoned diplomat with experience...


Under Secretary Zeya and Acting Assistant Secretary Peterson Travel to the Global Conference for Media Freedom Hosted by Estonia

Release: Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights Uzra Zeya and Acting Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor Lisa Peterson will visit Tallinn, Estonia, February 9-11 for the third Global Conference for Media Freedom. Co-hosted by the Estonian Ministry of Foreign ...


Release: The undersigned members of the Media Freedom Coalition express their deep concern at the Hong Kong and mainland Chinese authorities’ attacks on freedom of the press and their suppression of independent local media in Hong Kong.


Chair Cheri Bustos Opening Statement at Hearing to Review Farm Policy with Undersecretary Robert Bonnie

News Release: WASHINGTON - House Agriculture Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management Chair Cheri Bustos delivered the following statement at today's hearing titled “A Hearing to Review Farm Policy with Undersecretary Robert Bonnie.".


Illinois Woman Sentenced to Prison for Aiding Boyfriend Who Engaged in Shoot-out with Law Enforcement in Oxford

News Release: Oxford, MS - An Illinois woman was sentenced Monday to 84 months in federal prison for her role in a shoot-out that occurred on South Lamar Boulevard in Oxford in May of 2020 and resulted in a Deputy U.S. Marshal being shot when law enforcement officers attempted to arrest her boyfriend on an outstanding murder warrant out of Arkansas.


News Release: DETROIT, MI.- The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Michigan has resolved its investigation into allegations that Ascension Providence Hospital and an Ascension-affiliated medical facility, Washington Primary Care, violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) by denying patients with disabilities from bringing their service animals into their facilities, U.S. Attorney Dawn N. Ison announced today.


News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Felicia Johnson, of Martinsburg, West Virginia, was sentenced today to three years of probation for a drug charge, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.