News from February 2022
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2022
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - 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 State Newswire | Feb 7, 2022
Release: Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland will travel February 7-8 to Bogotá, Colombia, with an interagency delegation to engage with senior Colombian government and law enforcement officials and members of civil society. Under Secretary Nuland and the delegation will participate in the U.S.-Colombia High-Level Strategic Security Dialogue and discuss cooperation to advance regional security, democratic institutions, and economic ties.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 7, 2022
News Release: Congresswoman Betty McCollum (D-MN-04), Chair of the Defense Subcommittee, delivered the following remarks at the Subcommittee's hearing on the Impact of Continuing Resolutions on the Department of Defense and Services.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 7, 2022
Bureau of Land Management Utah Wildlife Resource Management grant opened on Feb. 7.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2022
News Release: BOISE, Idaho - A Gooding, Idaho, man was sentenced to ten years in federal prison for distribution of methamphetamine.
By State Newswire | Feb 7, 2022
Release: The United States’ commitment to fighting corruption and promoting democracy, rule of law, and accountability in support of the people of Central America is ironclad. We believe these issues are key to a brighter future for Central America. To advance this priority, we are declassifying and publicizing...
By Press release submission | Feb 7, 2022
The following is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken met virtually today with activists from Burma to hear of their efforts to return to their country’s democratic path in the face of brutal violence perpetrated by the Burmese military since the coup d’état one year ago.
By Press release submission | Feb 7, 2022
The United States is designating World Human Care, an Indonesia-based organization that has provided financial support to Majelis Mujahidin Indonesia (MMI), an Indonesia-based terrorist group.
By Press release submission | Feb 7, 2022
The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken spoke today with Japanese Foreign Minister Hayashi Yoshimasa.
By Press release submission | Feb 7, 2022
The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: On January 29 and 30, Special Representative for the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) Sung Kim held calls with Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director General for Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau Funakoshi Takehiro and ROK Special Representative for Korean Peninsula Peace and Security Affairs Noh Kyu-duk.
By Press release submission | Feb 7, 2022
The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman spoke today with Republic of Korea (ROK) First Vice Foreign Minister Choi Jong Kun and Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Mori Takeo. The Deputy Secretary and vice foreign ministers reaffirmed the importance of trilateral cooperation between the United States, the ROK, and Japan in tackling pressing challenges in the region and across the globe.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 7, 2022
News Release: WINNEMUCCA, Nev. - The Black Rock Field Office has initiated a 60-day pre-scoping period for public input on the Mountain View gold and silver exploration project proposed by Millennial Silver Nevada, Inc. Public input will be used in the development of an environmental analysis. Currently, agency staff and contractors are collecting baseline information.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2022
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Logan man pleaded guilty today to a federal drug crime.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 7, 2022
FY 2022 McGovern-Dole Standing Supplemental NOFO grant opened on Feb. 7.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2022
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Federal grand juries in Maryland have returned indictments against three men in unrelated cases charging them with sexual exploitation of a child to produce child pornography and related charges. Charged in the three indictments are Gary Rocky Jones, age 42, of Baltimore; Dennis James Harrison, age 39, of Rocky Ridge, Maryland; and Jose Alexander Diaz-Rodriguez, age 22, of Thurmont, Maryland.
By Press release submission | Feb 7, 2022
House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) demanded that Democrats start taking Americans’ inflation and supply chain concerns seriously at today’s hearing on price gouging.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2022
News Release: CHICAGO - A federal jury has convicted a man on a firearm charge for illegally selling a “ghost gun" to a convicted felon in a Chicago suburb.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 7, 2022
News Release: CHICAGO - Through the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP), the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has awarded $931,930 to the village of Sanford, Michigan, for the acquisition and demolition of 14 homes that were damaged following the Midland dam break...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2022
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Camden man was sentenced today to 92 months in prison for his role in a bank robbery spree in July 2018, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2022
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that Justin Orwat, 51, of Springfield, Massachusetts, was sentenced today in federal court to a prison term of 90 months upon his conviction for illegally possessing the.45 caliber handgun and ammunition that he used to kill...
