News from February 2022
By USDA Newswire | Feb 4, 2022
News Release: Washington -The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced the appointment of four new members to the National Organic Standards Board (NOSB). The NOSB is made up of 15 volunteer members representing the organic community. The new members announced today will serve five-year terms, through January 2027.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 4, 2022
News Release: DOVER, TN - Fort Donelson National Battlefield will be closed on Friday, February 4, 2022, to allow the park team to address ice covered roads and other potential access needs, prior to reopening.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 4, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today asked Robert Califf, nominee to lead the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for details on how he would implement and enforce accelerated approvals for prescription drugs if he is confirmed by the Senate.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2022
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Taashaun Mansfield, age 23, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, was sentenced today to 37 months' imprisonment by United States District Court Judge Jennifer P. Wilson for straw purchasing firearms for prohibited individuals.
By State Newswire | Feb 4, 2022
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Representative Gregory W. Meeks, Chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statement concerning the designation of the Rapid Action Batallion...
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 4, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Human Rights Violators and War Crimes Center (HRVWCC) including the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Human Rights and Special Prosecutions Section (HRSP), U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and the Federal Bureau of Investigation's (FBI) International Human Rights Unit (IHRU) ...
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 4, 2022
News Release: Dangerous laser strikes topped all previous records in 2021. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) received 9,723 reports from pilots last year, a 41 percent increase over 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2022
News Release: Miami, Florida - Two Miami men were each sentenced to 41 months’ imprisonment for stealing 192 medical ventilators worth approximately $3 million. The ventilators were owned by the United States Agency for International Development (“USAID"), and were bound for a COVID-19 intensive care facility in El Salvador as part of a United States COVID-19 aid program. The ventilators were stolen in South Florida while in transit to El Salvador.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2022
News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Dominican drug lord Justo Germán Rosario (CPOT No. 64), also known as “Papín," was indicted, arrested, and extradited to the United States to face drug trafficking charges filed in the District of Puerto Rico.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 4, 2022
News Release: ANALYSIS: Typical family pays $5,000 for Bidenflation tax; minorities, young adults, middle class hit hardest.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2022
News Release: BOISE - A Gooding man was sentenced to ten years in federal prison for distribution of methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2022
News Release: Maryland U.S. Attorney’s Office and the Department of Justice Share Unified Strategy to Combat Human Trafficking.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 4, 2022
Release: Private exporters reported sales of 295,000 metric tons of soybeans for delivery to unknown destinations. Of the total, 252,000 metric tons is for delivery during the 2021/2022 marketing year and 43,000 metric tons is for delivery during the 2022/2023 marketing year.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2022
News Release: ABINGDON, Va. - A Luray, Virginia woman, who was found to be in possession of twenty-nine pounds of methamphetamine, was sentenced today to 120 months in federal prison for possession and intent to distribute more than 500 grams of the drug.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2022
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Troy Smith, age 27, and Michelle Greenwood, age 36, of Mississippi, were indicted by a federal grand jury in December 2021 on eighteen counts of conspiracy, wire fraud mail fraud, and money laundering...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 4, 2022
News Release: At approximately 8:40 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 2, the Grand Canyon Regional Communications Center received a call of a single vehicle accident near the South Entrance Station along Highway 64 in Grand Canyon National Park.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2022
News Release: SANTA ANA, California - A former Rancho Mirage resident pleaded guilty this morning to federal charges related to a scheme that fraudulently billed insurance companies tens of millions of dollars for cosmetic surgeries by falsely claiming the procedures were “medically necessary.".
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 4, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and Rep. James Comer, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, issued the following statements after House leadership announced that the U.S. House of Representatives will vote next week on their bipartisan Postal Service Reform Act...
By DOL Newswire | Feb 4, 2022
News Release: Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) released the following statement after President Biden issued his latest Executive Order that requires burdensome project labor agreements on federal construction projects above $35 million...
By State Newswire | Feb 4, 2022
U.S. Embassy Maseru PAS Annual Program Statement grant opened on Feb. 4.
