News from February 2022

By US DOT Newswire | Feb 24, 2022
News Release: Bipartisan Infrastructure Law delivers over 14% increase in funding to repair and rebuild roads and bridges

By Interior Newswire | Feb 24, 2022
WaterSMART Small-Scale Water Efficiency Projects grant opened on Feb. 24.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2022
News Release: United States Attorney Jan Sharp announced that James Nieman, 45, of Waverly, Nebraska, was sentenced today in Lincoln by United States District Judge John M. Gerrard for theft of government funds. Nieman was sentenced to 5 years’ probation, 12 weekends of intermittent confinement, $272,202 in restitution, and a $100 special assessment. There is no parole in the federal system.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2022
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.-A known member of Portland’s Hoover Criminal Gang was sentenced to federal prison today for illegally possessing a firearm as a convicted felon.

By Fed Newswire | Feb 24, 2022
The US Federal Reserve System published a one page notice on Feb. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2022
News Release: TEXARKANA, Texas - A Texarkana man has been indicted for federal drug trafficking and firearms violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2022
News Release: Houston Area Residents Charged with Unlawfully Possessing Full Auto Switches.

By State Newswire | Feb 24, 2022
DRL Strengthening Rights of Gig Workers in Colombia and Brazil grant opened on Feb. 24.

By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2022
News Release: For Distributing Fentanyl. FORT WAYNE - Guadalupe Pineda, Jr., 30 years old, of Fort Wayne, Indiana, was sentenced by United States District Judge Holly A. Brady, after pleading guilty to distributing fentanyl, announced United States Attorney Clifford D. Johnson. Pineda was sentenced to 60 months in...

By USDA Newswire | Feb 24, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, Feb. 24, 2022 – Today, President Joe Biden announced his intent to appoint eleven U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) regional positions, including three Farm Service Agency (FSA) State Executive Directors and eight Rural Development (RD) State Directors.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2022
News Release: United States Attorney Jan Sharp announced that Bobby Joe Baer, 37, of Omaha, Nebraska, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Brain C. Buescher for possessing with intent to distribute 5 grams or more of pure methamphetamine and for possessing a firearm during the drug trafficking offense.

By Karen Kidd | Feb 24, 2022
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By Interior Newswire | Feb 24, 2022
News Release: Manzanar National Historic Site is turning 30 years old March 3, 2022! To honor this milestone the National Park Service will be hosting a Volunteer Workday on Saturday, March 5, 2022, from 9:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Everyone is invited to join the Manzanar staff for an outdoor work project, which we hope will be the first of several such events this year, after a long pandemic hiatus.

By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2022
News Release: Flight from Dallas to Burbank diverted into Albuquerque due to in-flight disturbance.
By State Newswire | Feb 24, 2022
Release: United States Department of State. Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL). Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO): DRL Strengthening Rights of Gig Workers in Colombia and Brazil. This is the announcement of funding opportunity number SFOP0008656. Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number:...

By DOE Newswire | Feb 24, 2022
The US Energy Department published a four page notice on Feb. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By DOE Newswire | Feb 24, 2022
The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Feb. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 24, 2022
News Release: Today, the U.S. Census Bureau released findings from the Educational Attainment in the United States: 2021 table package that use statistics from the Current Population Survey’s Annual Social and Economic Supplement to examine the educational attainment of adults age 25 and older by demographic and social characteristics, such as age, sex, race and nativity.

By Karen Kidd | Feb 24, 2022
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's recent update about billions of dollars in relief for the nation's food producers staggered by two years of natural disasters is intended to help them recover, a USDA under secretary said.
By State Newswire | Feb 24, 2022
The US State Department published a two page notice on Feb. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.