News published on Federal Newswire in January 2022

News from January 2022


East Chicago Man Sentenced to 33 Months in Prison

News Release: For Being a Felon in Possession of Firearms.


DOI-BLM offers new grant application process starting Jan. 10

Bureau of Land Management Alaska Fuels Management and Community Fire Assistance grant opened on Jan. 10.


Denali announces the release of the Polychrome Area Improvements Environmental Assessment and invites the public to attend two virtual meetings

News Release: The National Park Service (NPS) posted the Polychrome Area Improvements Environmental Assessment (EA) for a 30-day public review period ending Feb. 13, 2022. The Polychrome Area Improvements EA evaluates the construction of several engineered solutions between miles 44-46 of the Denali Park Road in the Polychrome Area, including a bridge across the Pretty Rocks landslide. The EA can be accessed online.


Release: The United States commends the strong actions taken by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in defense of democracy and stability in Mali following its Extraordinary Summit on January 9, 2022.


Two men arrested at Dulles on child sexual assault, molestation charges

Two men were arrested at Washington Dulles International Airport over Christmas week on charges of felony child sex assault and molestation in two separate cases.


News Release: ABINGDON, Va. - A New Jersey chiropractor was sentenced to eight months of imprisonment for distributing steroid-like drugs as purported dietary supplements, the Department of Justice announced today.


Washington, D.C. Man Facing Federal Charges in Maryland for Carjacking and Brandishing a Firearm During a Crime of Violence

News Release: Defendant Alleged to Have Participated in a Series of Carjackings in Maryland While Wearing an Ankle Monitor for His Pre-trial Release in Washington, D.C. Superior Court.


"Long Time Coming" Update:  Parkersburg Man Pleads Guilty in Connection with His Role in Methamphetamine Conspiracy

News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Carlo Ramsey, 56, of Parkersburg, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine.


The Black Rock Field Office to release Fox and Lake Herd Management Area Wild Horses treated with Fertility Control

News Release: WINNEMUCCA, Nev. - The Black Rock Field Office concluded the Fox and Lake Herd Management Area wild horse gather near Gerlach, Nev. on Dec. 17, 2021.


Convicted Felon Pleads Guilty in Macon PSN Case

News Release: MACON, Ga. - A Macon resident with prior felony convictions who was found in possession of a firearm during the course of an investigation into a check cashing scheme has pleaded guilty to a federal gun charge.


Increase of South Texas ports’ drug seizures of fentanyl, cocaine underscores contraband’s ‘deadly nature’

The seizure of a significant amount of fentanyl and cocaine by U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at eight South Texas ports of entry underscores “the deadly nature of the contraband,” a field operations director said.


Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Atlantic City International Airport (ACY) made it into the Transportation Security Administration’s list of Top 10 List of most unusual items found nationwide at security checkpoints in 2021. TSA released the list in an on-line video it posted on the agency’s Twitter account.


U.S. Defense Secretary Austin tests positive for COVID-19

U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III joined the growing ranks of people testing psitive for COVID-19, according to a news release.


News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Sandra Lynn Burt, of Wallace, West Virginia, has admitted to firearms and drug charges, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.


News Release: David Satterfield was appointed the U.S. Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa on Jan. 10, 2022. In that role, he is charged with leading U.S. diplomatic efforts to address the interlinked political, security and humanitarian crises in the Horn of Africa.


Release: In today’s global market, U.S. producers need access to diverse varieties of healthy seed from around the world, and sufficient safeguards to protect their industries against the introduction and distribution of damaging seed-borne diseases. APHIS’ Regulatory Framework for Seed Health (ReFreSH), when ...


Reagan National Airport makes TSA’s 2021 Top 10 List of most unusual finds at airport security checkpoints

Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) made it into the Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) Top 10 List of most unusual items found at security checkpoints nationwide in 2021. TSA released the list in an on-line video it posted on the agency’s Twitter account.


FEMA Provides $44.9M to Michigan for COVID-19 Response

News Release: CHICAGO - The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and Michigan State Police, Emergency Management and Homeland Security Division announced today that $44,934,145 in federal funding has been made available to the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) for costs related to the state’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic under the federal disaster declaration of March 27, 2020.


Release: The People’s Republic of China’s (PRC) sanctions last month on four U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) commissioners, including Chair Nadine Maenza, Vice Chair Nury Turkel, and Commissioners Anurima Bhargava and James W. Carr, constitute yet another PRC affront against universal...


Public affairs officer Fisher steps down from Department of Energy after three decades

A veteran Department of Energy officer with additional experience as a journalist for the Associated Press and as a public information officer for the United Nations, will be retiring.