News from February 2022
By Interior Newswire | Feb 8, 2022
News Release: Washington - The National Park Service and National Desert Storm War Memorial Association, in cooperation with the National Capital Planning Commission, are seeking public comment on the National Desert Storm and Desert Shield Memorial Environmental Assessment. Public comments will be accepted for a 30-day period beginning Monday, February 7, 2022. Comments are being accepted through the project website through March 8.
By Press release submission | Feb 8, 2022
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is allocating more than $3.3 million to Washington State 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.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2022
News Release: Fuentes Ramirez Conspired with High-Ranking Honduran Politicians and Members of the Honduran Military and National Police to Operate a Cocaine Lab in Honduras and Distribute Cocaine Using Air and Maritime Routes.
By Press release submission | Feb 8, 2022
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is allocating more than $650,000 to Native Tribes as part of its effort to strengthen Tribal Nations’ infrastructure for pest detection and surveillance, identification, threat mitigation, and outreach.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2022
News Release: FAYETTEVILLE - The final member of a Northwest Arkansas group of drug traffickers has been sentenced to federal prison for Conspiring to Distribute Methamphetamine. The Honorable Judge Timothy L. Brooks presided over the sentencing hearings for the United States District Court in Fayetteville.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 8, 2022
News Release: LAS VEGAS - The Pahrump Field Office released 133 mares treated with population suppression control vaccine GonaCon Equine on February 4 and 5, 2022. The treated and released mares were gathered during the FY2022 Nevada Wild Horse Range Herd Management Area Wild Horse and Burro Gather inside the Nevada Test and Training Range near Tonopah, Nev. The gather concluded Jan. 3, 2022.
By Press release submission | Feb 8, 2022
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.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2022
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - A former Columbus police officer pleaded guilty in federal court today to conspiring to distribute more than eight kilograms of fentanyl and accepting bribes to protect the transportation of cocaine.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 8, 2022
Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - An Arizona man was stopped by security officers at the Frederick Douglass Greater Rochester International Airport checkpoint with a loaded handgun yesterday, Monday, Feb. 7.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - As part of a long-standing tradition, the DEA Washington Division will take the month of February to honor the contributions and history of our African American community.
By Press release submission | Feb 8, 2022
The U.S. Department of State’s Rewards for Justice (RFJ) program, which is administered by the Diplomatic Security Service, is offering a reward of up to $10 million for information on any person who, while acting at the direction of or under the control of a foreign government, interferes with U.S. elections by violating the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA).
By Press release submission | Feb 8, 2022
We continue to be deeply concerned by the circumstances of the death of Mr. Omar Assad, a U.S. citizen who was found dead on January 12, 2022, after Israeli soldiers detained him in the West Bank.
By Press release submission | Feb 8, 2022
The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken spoke with Israeli Foreign Minister and Alternate Prime Minister Yair Lapid today.
By Press release submission | Feb 8, 2022
The following is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken spoke with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas today.
By Press release submission | Feb 8, 2022
The United States commends the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) for their heroic and effective response to the sustained ISIS attack on the Hasakah detention center and the surrounding area.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 8, 2022
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, led a hearing on overcoming barriers to employment for workers with disabilities and building on recent progress, including the widespread use of inclusive practices to make work more accessible-like flexible schedules and remote options.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 8, 2022
Bureau of Land Management Montana/Dakotas Wildlife Resource Management grant opened on Feb. 8.
By Press release submission | Feb 8, 2022
The following is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken spoke today with Djiboutian Foreign Minister Mahmoud Ali Youssouf.
By Press release submission | Feb 8, 2022
The United States supports the actions announced by the African Union on January 31 and the actions taken by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on January 28 in defense of democracy and the rule of law in Burkina Faso.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 8, 2022
Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is allocating more than $650,000 to Native Tribes as part of its effort to strengthen Tribal Nations’ infrastructure for pest detection and surveillance, identification, threat mitigation, and outreach. Overall, USDA is providing more than $70 million in funding this year to support 372 projects in 49 states, Guam and Puerto Rico. USDA provides this funding under the authority of the Plant Protection Act Section 7721.
