News published on Federal Newswire in January 2022

News from January 2022


Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to Fund Critical Transportation Project in Denali National Park

News Release: WASHINGTON - The Department of the Interior today announced that $25 million in funding made available through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law will accelerate critical investments in a long-term solution to address the Pretty Rocks landslide in Denali National Park and Preserve in Alaska. As one of...


USDA Invests $500,000 to Help Increase Mariculture Processing Capacity in Southeast Alaska

News Release: Project Will Diversify the Region’s Economy and Help Aquatic Farmers Meet Market Demand


News Release: LACEY, WA. - After a disaster, con artists and criminals may try to obtain money or steal personal information through fraud or identity theft. In some cases, thieves try to apply for FEMA assistance using names, addresses and Social Security numbers they have stolen from survivors.


News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) led a letter to Department of the Interior Secretary Deb Haaland, requesting answers on why the administration is continuing its politically motivated delays of oil and gas lease sales, even at the detriment of state and local economies. In part, the members wrote.


Release: More information about Angola is available on the Angola Page and from other Department of State publications and other sources listed at the end of this fact sheet.


News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Energy Subcommittee Chairman Bobby L. Rush (D-IL), Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO), and Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee Chairman Paul Tonko (D-NY) wrote to the CEO of the Tennessee Valley...


News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - A West Valley City, Utah, man was sentenced today to 5 years in prison for conspiracy to commit wire fraud as part of an investment fraud scheme against mostly elderly victims.


Notice published by Homeland Security Department on Jan. 11

The US Homeland Security Department published a one page notice on Jan. 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


2022 SelectUSA Investment Summit Dates

Registration for the 2022 SelectUSA Investment Summit is now live.


News Release: ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA - Bryan Edward Summerton, of Petersburg, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 60 months of incarceration for a firearms charge, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II announced.


The US Commerce Department published a five page notice on Jan. 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Michigan Man Arrested for Unemployment Fraud and Identity Theft Related to COVID-19 Pandemic

News Release: BOSTON - A Michigan man was arrested yesterday in Michigan in connection with his alleged involvement in a fraudulent scheme to obtain COVID-19-related unemployment assistance.


Notice published on Jan. 11 by Transportation Department

The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Jan. 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


USITC Makes Determinations in Five-Year (Sunset) Reviews Concerning Uncoated Paper from Australia, Brazil, China, Indonesia, and Portugal

The U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) today determined that revoking the existing antidumping duty orders on imports of uncoated paper from Australia, Brazil, China, Indonesia, and Portugal and the existing countervailing duty orders on imports of uncoated paper from China and Indonesia would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of material injury within a reasonably foreseeable time.


Rule published on Jan. 11 by Transportation Department

The US Transportation Department published a four page rule on Jan. 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a four page rule on Jan. 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: Retail sales (NAICS 44-45) for the nation increased 3.1% from $5,402.3 billion in 2019 to $5,570.4 billion in 2020, according to new estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 Annual Retail Trade Survey (ARTS).


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Jan. 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


US Department of Labor finds federal helium enrichment unit failed to follow safe chemical handling procedures in Amarillo, Texas

News Release: AMARILLO, TX - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has found that the U.S. Department of Interior’s Bureau of Land Management violated procedures for safe handling of chemical materials at its Cliffside Helium Enrichment Unit in Amarillo, a federal chemical producing plant that refines and sells helium products to private entities.


Rodgers, Latta Urge Democrats to Hold Long Overdue NTIA Oversight Hearing

News Release: Washington, D.C.-House Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Leader Bob Latta (R-OH) today urged Committee Chairman Frank Pallone (D-NJ) and Communications and Subcommittee Chairman Mike Doyle (D-PA) to hold an oversight hearing to review ongoing NTIA activities and programs. This would be the first NTIA oversight hearing since the 115th Congress.