News published on Federal Newswire in January 2022

News from January 2022



Secretary Blinken’s Call with UK Foreign Secretary Truss

Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.


Overcoming Our Interrelated Challenges – Together

This week, we reflect upon the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and our efforts at the U.S. Department of State to live up to his vision for a more peaceful, equitable, and just world. Dr. King’s final Christmas sermon, delivered in 1967, strikes a chord:


Webster Man Going To Prison On Drug And Gun Charges

News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Cody Fingland, 23, of Webster, NY, who was convicted of possession with intent to distribute cocaine and possession of firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, was sentenced to serve 84 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Charles J. Siragusa.


Former San Antonio Bookkeeper Sentenced for Stealing $1.6 Million

News Release: SAN ANTONIO - A San Antonio woman was sentenced today to 87 months in prison for fraud.


Comer Again Demands Answers from HHS, OMB After Billions of COVID Funding Diverted to Border Crisis

News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) sent letters to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Acting Director Shalanda Young and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra questioning how President Biden’s border crisis led to the Administration’s decision to divert billions of dollars from critical COVID relief programs.


DOE Awards 13.4 Million Barrels From Strategic Petroleum Reserve Exchange to Bolster Fuel Supply Chain

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) approved seven additional exchanges of 13.4 million barrels of crude oil for release from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR). These releases fall under the authorization published in the DOE announcement on Nov. 23, 2021. Exchange contracts were awarded to the following companies.


USCIS Updates Guidance on Expedite Requests

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has updated the USCIS Policy Manual to reflect new guidance on how we determine whether a case warrants expedited treatment.


USITC Makes Determinations in Five-Year (Sunset) Review Concerning Hydrofluorocarbon Blends from China

The U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) today determined that revoking the existing antidumping duty order on imports of hydrofluorocarbon blends from China would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of material injury within a reasonably foreseeable time.




Michigan Man Pleads Guilty to Sexual Abuse of a Minor

News Release: PORTLAND, Maine: A Michigan man pleaded guilty in federal court today to sexual abuse of a minor, U.S. Attorney Darcie N. McElwee announced.


USGS Partners with UA to Build Hydrologic Instrumentation Facility

The U.S. Geological Survey is partnering with the University of Alabama to construct a new Hydrologic Instrumentation Facility, a science and engineering facility that will support the agency’s Water Enterprise observing networks and research.


News Release: A Tulsa drug dealer was sentenced Tuesday for distributing methamphetamine and heroin in the Tulsa-metro area, announced U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson.


Marshall County man admits to drug charge

News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Lonnie James Tanner, Jr., of Cameron, West Virginia, has admitted to a drug charge, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.


Lucedale Man Pleads Guilty to Firearms Offense

News Release: Gulfport, Miss. - A Lucedale man pled guilty today to being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Darren J. LaMarca and Special Agent in Charge Kurt Thielhorn of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives.


USITC Institutes Section 337 Investigation of High-Performance Gravity-Fed Water Filters and Products Containing the Same

The U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) has voted to institute an investigation of high-performance gravity-fed water filters and products containing the same.


Reclamation invests $1.6 million in nine technologies that focus on improving water desalination and treatment

The Bureau of Reclamation chose nine recipients to receive $1.6 million in Desalination and Water Purification Research Program funding.


USITC Institutes Section 337 Investigation of Certain Automated Put Walls and Automated Storage and Retrieval Systems, Associated Vehicles, Associated Control Software, and Component Parts Thereof

The U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) has voted to institute an investigation of certain automated put walls and automated storage and retrieval systems, associated vehicles, associated control software, and component parts thereof.


News Release: ATLANTA - Teens interested in learning more about the field of emergency management are encouraged to apply for FEMA’s Youth Preparedness Council (YPC). The 2022 YPC application period is open now through March 6.