News from February 2022
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2022
News Release: Announces New Partnerships with the Special Inspector General for Pandemic Recovery and Department of Labor, Office of Inspector General to Allow a Quicker and More Coordinated Response to CARES Act Fraud.
By State Newswire | Feb 7, 2022
Release: Today, we grieve with the people of Morocco as they mourn the passing of five-year-old Rayan Oram, who died tragically after falling into a well in the country’s northern region last week - despite a heroic four-day rescue operation. Like millions around the world, we were awed by the dedication of the rescue team and the solidarity of the Moroccan people as they held out hope for Rayan’s survival. We offer our deepest condolences to Rayan’s family and all Moroccans.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2022
News Release: Jennifer Lynne Faith, the Oak Cliff woman who convinced her boyfriend to shoot her husband to death, pleaded guilty on Monday to orchestrating the murder, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Chad E. Meacham.
By Trina Thomas | Feb 7, 2022
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Jan. 13 released a policy alert to clarify O-1B nonimmigrant status.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2022
News Release: United States Attorney Ronald C. Gathe, Jr. announced that U.S. Chief Judge Shelly D. Dick sentenced Brittany Monroe Knapp, age 35, of Denham Springs, Louisiana, to 46 months in federal prison following her conviction for wire fraud. The Court further sentenced Knapp to serve three years of supervised release following her term of imprisonment and ordered her to pay restitution in the amount of $869,940.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 7, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) issued the following statement regarding the Biden Administration’s announcement that beginning in early spring, Medicare beneficiaries will be able to get eight over-the-counter Covid-19 tests per month for no cost...
By State Newswire | Feb 7, 2022
Release: U.S. Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom Rashad Hussain will embark on his first trip abroad to Nouakchott, Mauritania, February 7-9.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 7, 2022
News Release: FLOWOOD, Ms.- 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.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2022
News Release: Montgomery, Alabama - On Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2022, Richard Herbert Smith, 45, from Wetumpka, Alabama, was sentenced to 145 months in federal prison, announced United States Attorney Sandra J. Stewart. The judge also ordered that Smith serve three years of supervised release following his prison sentence and pay a fine of $35,000.00. There is no parole in the federal system.
By Trina Thomas | Feb 7, 2022
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services issues a public reminder that immigration services are available to those affected by natural disasters.
By State Newswire | Feb 7, 2022
Release: Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry will travel to Mexico City February 9, 2022 to engage with government counterparts and accelerate cooperation on the climate crisis, including opportunities for expanding renewable power generation, creating a sound investment climate, combating methane...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2022
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - The Drug Enforcement Administration announced a new initiative, Operation Overdrive, aimed at combatting the rising rates of drug-related violent crime and overdose deaths plaguing American communities. Last fall, DEA initiated a data-driven approach using national crime statistics and...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2022
News Release: EL DORADO - A Hamburg man was sentenced today to 92 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release on one count of being a Felon in Possession of a Firearm. The Honorable Chief Judge Susan O. Hickey presided over the sentencing hearing in the United States District Court in El Dorado.
By State Newswire | Feb 7, 2022
Release: Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry will travel to Mexico City February 9, 2022 to engage with government counterparts and accelerate cooperation on the climate crisis, including opportunities for expanding renewable power generation, creating a sound investment climate, combating methane...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 7, 2022
News Release: LOS ALAMOS, NM, February 7, 2022 - Back by popular demand! Join Mark Peyton of Valles Caldera National Preserve and Sarah Milligan of Bandelier National Monument on Monday, Feb 28, 2022, from 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM to discuss mountain lion ecology in the Jemez Mountains and listen to some of the unique observations while working with this cryptic species as part of the Large Mammal Monitoring Project.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 7, 2022
Bureau of Land Management Headquarters (HQ) National Plant Conservation and Restoration Management grant opened on Feb. 7.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2022
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A nun who was the principal of a Catholic elementary school in Torrance was sentenced today to 12 months and one day in federal prison for stealing more than $835,000 in school funds to pay for personal expenses, including gambling trips.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 7, 2022
News Release: Harrison, Ark.- The National Park Service (NPS) has released an Environmental Assessment (EA) that analyzes a county and state led effort to reconstruct and repave the 1.8-mile section of Cave Mountain Road (Newton County Road 9560) that crosses Buffalo National River’s park boundaries. The proposed...
By State Newswire | Feb 7, 2022
Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: I was just checking to make sure I can say good afternoon. It is good afternoon. Good afternoon, everyone. And let me first start by thanking the High Representative Josep Borrell, Josep my friend, for traveling to Washington today for a meeting of the U.S.-EU Energy Council. The timing could not be more important; this is a pivotal moment.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 7, 2022
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has filed an administrative complaint against All Fresh Distributors LLC (All Fresh) for alleged violations of the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA). The company, operating from Miami, Fla., allegedly failed to make payment promptly to four produce sellers in the amount of $339,601 from September 2018 through March 2020.
