News from January 2022
By State Newswire | Jan 20, 2022
Release: The following is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 20, 2022
News Release: Belarusian Government Officials Charged with Aircraft Piracy for Diverting Ryanair Flight 4978 to Arrest Dissident Journalist in May 2021.

By EPA Newswire | Jan 20, 2022
Puget Sound Action Agenda &- Tribal Implementation Lead 2.0 grant opened on Jan. 20.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 20, 2022
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A 43-year-old Houston man has been ordered to prison after fraudulently purchasing two expensive vehicles using information purchased on the dark web, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.

By Art Benavidez | Jan 20, 2022
A West Virginia health center will have to pay $270,000 in past wages and liquidated damages after the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) reported they failed to pay proper overtime as required by the Fair Labor Standards Act.

By Trina Thomas | Jan 20, 2022
The U.S. Department of State on Jan. 10 announced that a new assistant secretary for the Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization Operations (CSO) was sworn in.

By Bob Martin | Jan 20, 2022
The United States Department of Agriculture reports that in the first week of 2022, private exporters in the country sold 132,000 metric tons of corn to Mexico.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 20, 2022
News Release: BOSTON - A Malden man was sentenced yesterday in connection with possessing 100 grams of crack cocaine for distribution and numerous firearms.
By State Newswire | Jan 20, 2022
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Representatives Gregory W. Meeks, Michael McCaul, Tom Malinowski and Ann Wagner - Chair, Ranking Member, Vice Chair and Vice Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee - Ami Bera and Steve Chabot - Chair and Ranking Member of the Asia, the Pacific, Central Asia, and...

By State Newswire | Jan 20, 2022
Release: In this background telephonic briefing, two senior State Department officials provide a brief overview of the Russia-Ukraine situation, including U.S. diplomatic efforts with Allies and partners, and discuss Russian disinformation in the context of ongoing U.S. efforts to deter further aggression against Ukraine.

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 20, 2022
News Release: BRUNSWICK, GA: A pharmacist and a pharmacy owner await sentencing after pleading guilty to charges related to a conspiracy to unlawfully dispense controlled substances.

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 20, 2022
News Release: Tri-State Specialists, L.L.P. (Tri-State), has agreed to pay $612,501.44 to the United States, the State of Iowa, and the State of South Dakota to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by billing Medicare, Medicaid, TRICARE, and the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program for medically unnecessary procedures and for procedures in excess of those actually performed.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 20, 2022
News Release: CHALLIS, Idaho - Challis Bridge Day-Use Site within the Challis Field Office is temporarily closing to protect public health and safety. The current conditions at Challis Bridge pose hazardous conditions to public health and safety if visitors attempt to drive or walk through the site.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 20, 2022
News Release: LANDER, Wyo. - The Bureau of Land Management Lander Field Office has released an environmental assessment that analyzes future wild horse gather, removal and fertility control operations in the North Lander Wild Horse Complex.

By Interior Newswire | Jan 20, 2022
News Release: This past November, BLM Idaho Falls District staff from the Pocatello Field Office (PFO) installed two new interpretive signs at Indian Rocks near the petroglyph boulder display. The signs were designed by the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes in collaboration with the field office. The site is designated an Area of Critical Environmental Concern (ACEC) to protect significant Native American cultural resources including petroglyphs and lithic scatters.

By US DOT Newswire | Jan 20, 2022
News Release: Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO) and Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee Ranking Member David Rouzer (R-NC) pressed for adequate time for the public to submit comments and express concerns with the sweeping regulatory changes under the Biden administration’s...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 20, 2022
News Release: King Salmon, Alaska. - Alaska's National Parks are inviting comment on proposed changes to parks’ Compendiums. The Compendium is a compilation of all designations, closures and restrictions adopted under discretionary authority within the regulations covering national parks. The Compendium, as part of...

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 20, 2022
News Release: A DFW radio DJ has been charged with producing sexually explicit images of a prepubescent child, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Chad E. Meacham.

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 20, 2022
News Release: Scheme Sought Over $250,000 in Fraudulent Transactions.
By State Newswire | Jan 20, 2022
Release: The following statement was released by the Governments of the United States of America and Japan on the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT).