News from February 2022
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 Supporting Environmental Defenders in Latin America. This is the announcement of funding opportunity number SFOP0008542. Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number: 19.345...
By Press release submission | Feb 24, 2022
Concerned with the recent spate of grade-crossing and pedestrian fatalities in South Florida, Federal Railroad Administration officials today hosted a town hall meeting in Boynton Beach to discuss best practices and strategies to reduce grade-crossing and trespass injuries and deaths.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 24, 2022
The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Feb. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Press release submission | Feb 24, 2022
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has declared Texas-licensed commercial vehicle driver Christopher M. Savannah to be an “imminent hazard” to public safety and ordered him to immediately cease operating any commercial motor vehicle (“CMV”) in interstate commerce.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2022
News Release: United States Attorney Jan Sharp announced that Terrance Traynham, age 27, of Omaha, Nebraska, was sentenced in federal court on Feb. 23, 2022, in Omaha for being a felon in possession of a firearm, possessing a stolen firearm, and carrying a firearm during a drug trafficking crime. United States...
By Fed Newswire | Feb 24, 2022
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday announced its approval of the application by Home BancShares, Inc., Conway, Arkansas, to acquire Happy Bancshares, Inc., Canyon, Texas, and thereby indirectly acquire Happy State Bank, Happy, Texas. The Board also approved the proposals by Centennial Bank, Conway, Arkansas, to merge with Happy State Bank and to establish and operate branches at the locations of the main office and branches of Happy State Bank.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2022
News Release: EL PASO - Yesterday, a Mexican national was sentenced to 30 years in prison for his role in a large marijuana conspiracy.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2022
News Release: KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - On Feb. 24, 2022, Nelson Paul Replogle, 60, of Knoxville, was sentenced to 87 months in prison, followed by a three-year period of supervised release, by the Honorable Leon Jordan, Senior United States District Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 24, 2022
Release: DOE Report Includes Over 60 Actions to Enhance Supply Chain Resiliency, Spur Domestic Manufacturing Capacity, and Create Millions of Good Paying Jobs for American Workers
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 24, 2022
The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Feb. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2022
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Sean M. Andre, age 32, of Brooklyn, New York, was sentenced today to 30 months in prison for conspiring with an Ulster County man to fraudulently obtain more than $5.6 million in government-backed loans meant for businesses struggling with the financial effects of the coronavirus pandemic.
By State Newswire | Feb 24, 2022
Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
By Press release submission | Feb 24, 2022
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced a new initiative that outlines how our country can safely eliminate the use of leaded aviation fuel by the end of 2030 without adversely affecting the existing piston-engine fleet.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 24, 2022
The US Transportation Department published a three page proposed rule on Feb. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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: Supporting a Credible Local Election Environment in Angola. This is the announcement of funding opportunity number SFOP0008652. Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number:...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2022
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge George L. Russell, III sentenced Howard Hoffberg, M.D., age 65, of Reisterstown, Maryland, today, to eight months in federal prison, followed by one year of supervised release, for conspiracy to violate the anti-kickback statutes, in connection with a scheme to accept payments from a pharmaceutical company in exchange for prescribing a fentanyl-based drug.
By State Newswire | Feb 24, 2022
News Release: Today marks six years since the Iranian government wrongfully detained Baquer Namazi solely for the purpose of using him as a political pawn. In 2016, Baquer Namazi was arrested after traveling to Iran to help free his son, wrongfully detained U.S. citizen Siamak Namazi. Both father and son were sentenced ...
By Press release submission | Feb 24, 2022
President Biden and the U.S. Department of Transportation today announced more than $1.14 billion to repair and rebuild roads and bridges in Puerto Rico and four U.S. territories – American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands – under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, also known as the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 24, 2022
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Feb. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2022
The US Justice Department published a one page notice on Feb. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
