News published on Federal Newswire in January 2022

News from January 2022


Recovery Centers to Close in Honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day

News Release: FRANKFORT, Ky - All Disaster Recovery Centers (DRC) and the Mobile Registration Center will be closed Monday, Jan.17, 2022, in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day.


DOI-BLM grant application closes on June 14

Bureau of Land Management Colorado Invasive and Noxious Plant Management grant opened on Jan. 14.


The US Commerce Department published a three page notice on Jan. 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: Defendant Allegedly Conspired to Illegally Export U.S. Goods and Technology Without Required Export Licenses.


News Release: SAVANNAH, GA: A former commercial loan officer at a Chatham County bank was sentenced to prison after admitting he obtained hundreds of thousands of dollars in fraudulent commercial loans using another person’s identity without their consent.


News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Myrna Ortiz, 43, of Philadelphia, PA, was charged in a 32-count Indictment in connection with a conspiracy to steal and conceal the origin of fraudulently obtained Social Security benefits and COVID-19 PUA unemployment benefits.


Former White House Advisor Pleads Guilty To Devising A Scheme To Steal $218,000 From Charter Schools He Founded

News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that SETH ANDREW pled guilty today to wire fraud, before United States District Judge John P. Cronan, in Manhattan federal court.


News Release: A man who conspired to distribute heroin, fentanyl, and other synthetic opioids pled guilty today in federal court in Cedar Rapids.


Notice published by Transportation Department on Jan. 12

The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Jan. 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Subcommittee on Health Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY), and Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Republican Leader Morgan Griffith (R-VA) sent a letter today to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Rochelle P. Walensky requesting a briefing on the multiple crises that have occurred under her leadership at the agency.


The US Environmental Protection Agency published a four page rule on Jan. 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Departments of Labor and Education, Federal Communications Commission, National Telecommunications and Information Administration announce members of Telecommunications Workforce Working Group

News Release: WASHINGTON - The Department of Labor, Department of Education, Federal Communications Commission and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration today announced the members of a cross-agency working group that will collaborate to identify the current and future needs of the telecommunications industry workforce, including the safety of that workforce.


Jury Convicts Columbia Man of Illegal Firearm Following Police Chase

News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - A Columbia, Missouri, man has been convicted by a federal jury of illegally possessing the stolen firearm that he threw out of his car during a police chase.


Energy Department publishes notice on Jan. 12

The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Jan. 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A former official of the U.S. Department of Defense’s Office of Inspector General (DoD OIG) was sentenced today to 7.5 years in prison for accepting bribes and defrauding the government, among other crimes, in relation to a contract he oversaw at the DoD OIG.


DOI-BOR grant application closes on March 15

WaterSMART: Title XVI Congressionally Authorized Water Reclamation and Reuse Projects grant opened on Jan. 14.


The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Jan. 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Barbour County woman admits to drug charge

News Release: ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA - Kayla Lynn Jenkins, of Philippi, West Virginia, has admitted to a drug charge, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.


Energy Department publishes notice on Jan. 12

The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Jan. 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: HOUSTON - A 27-year-old Houston resident is now in custody following charges he robbed a CVS and an Exxon Mobil, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.