News published on Federal Newswire in January 2022

News from January 2022


Transportation Department publishes rule on Jan. 24

The US Transportation Department published a two page rule on Jan. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Biden-Harris Administration to Accelerate Reviews of Clean Energy Proposals on Public Lands

News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Departments of the Interior, Agriculture, Defense, Energy and the Environmental Protection Agency today announced a Memorandum of Understanding to improve federal agency coordination and streamline reviews for clean energy projects located on public lands managed by the Interior ...


Former South Florida Pharmacy Executive Pleads Guilty to $88 Million Health Care Fraud Conspiracy Targeting Military Health Care Programs

News Release: Miami, Florida - A Palm Beach County, Florida man has pleaded guilty to his role in a multi-million-dollar conspiracy to defraud Tricare and CHAMPVA through a South Florida compounding pharmacy fraud scheme.


Andrew Archuleta Named BLM Wyoming State Director

News Release: CHEYENNE, Wyo. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Director Tracy Stone-Manning announced today that Andrew Archuleta has been selected as the new BLM Wyoming State Director. In this position, Archuleta will be responsible for overseeing the management of 17.5 million surface acres of public lands and more than 40 million acres of Federal sub-surface mineral estate. Archuleta will report to the BLM WY State Office in late February 2022.


News Release: PITTSBURGH - A former resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of production of material depicting the sexual exploitation of a minor and for making threatening interstate communications with the intent to extort, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.


The US Environmental Protection Agency published a four page rule on Jan. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


ICE HSI task force members assist USMS in arrest of Austin man wanted for deadly stabbing

News Release: AUSTIN, Texas - A central Texas man is facing homicide charges for the stabbing death of another man.


Foxx: Democrats Balk at Confronting Communist China Again

News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement regarding House Democrats’ so-called China competitiveness bill...


Man Who Sold Pistol Used in Synagogue Hostage Crisis Federally Charged

News Release: The man who sold Malik Faisal Akram the gun he used to kidnap hostages in a Texas synagogue earlier this month has been charged with a federal firearm crime, announced United States Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Chad E. Meacham.


Rule published by Environmental Protection Agency on Jan. 24

The US Environmental Protection Agency published a three page rule on Jan. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Agriculture Department published a one page notice on Jan. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Wyden Highlights New Report from Biden Administration on Mental Health Parity

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today commended a new report from the Biden administration which highlights enforcement efforts and ongoing improvements to the mental health parity law to ensure health insurance plans are in compliance with the law’s requirements.


Rite Aid Agrees to Pay $30,000 to Resolve Alleged Violations of the Controlled Substances Act

News Release: CONCORD - United States Attorney John J. Farley announced today that Rite Aid has agreed to pay $30,000 in civil monetary penalties to resolve allegations that it violated the Controlled Substances Act when its pharmacists filled forged prescriptions at a Rite Aid store in Manchester.


News Release: Miami, Florida - A federal district judge in Miami has sentenced a 50-year-old Canadian man to six months in U.S. federal prison for assaulting an American Airlines flight attendant.


News Release: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and United Kingdom Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) finalized an agreement that will allow the two countries to share each other’s evaluation and acceptance of flight simulators. The agreement will reduce the regulatory burden on business while maintaining aviation safety.


Notice published by Commerce Department on Jan. 24

The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Jan. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Commerce Department publishes notice on Jan. 24

The US Commerce Department published a five page notice on Jan. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: PENSACOLA, FLORIDA - Scott P. Haines, 49, of Milton, Florida, was indicted by a federal grand jury on multiple counts of wire fraud and making false statements to federal agents, announced Jason R. Coody, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida. Haines made his initial appearance in federal court to face the charges on Jan. 25, 2022.


Release: ALBANY, N.Y. - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) will be staffing a recruitment table at Albany International Airport every Thursday through February to provide information about what it is like to work as a TSA officer and to explain the hiring process. The table will be staffed from 6 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Jan. 27 and Feb. 3, 10, 17 and 24 on the baggage claim level of the terminal.


News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - The U.S. Attorney’s Office reached an agreement on Tuesday with King’s Daughters Medical Center, a private hospital based in Ashland, Kentucky, to resolve allegations that one of the hospital’s outpatient clinics violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) by turning away patients because they had or were being treated for Opioid Use Disorder (OUD).