News published on Federal Newswire in January 2022

News from January 2022


News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released the following statement about Speaker Pelosi’s expansive, duplicative government spending that will not secure America’s global competitive edge against China.


Small Business Pulse Survey Phase 7 Weekly Data Release

The U.S. Census Bureau today released new data from Phase 7 of the Small Business Pulse Survey (SBPS), which measures the effect of changing business conditions during the coronavirus pandemic, as well as other major events such as hurricanes on our nation’s small businesses.


Household Pulse Survey Phase 3.3 Monthly Data Release

The U.S. Census Bureau today released new data from phase 3.3 of the experimental Household Pulse Survey (HPS).


From the Command Center: A Conversation with Walter "Pete" Landon, Maryland Governor's Office of Homeland Security

When Walter “Pete” Landon was growing up in Montreal, Canada, he idolized the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.


News Release: Miami, Florida - Jesus Gabriel Rodriguez, Jr., 45, former CEO of Transvalue, a South Florida company that transported gold, cash, and other valuables by armored truck, pled guilty yesterday to submitting false customs documents that hid the true origin of gold being imported into Miami as part of a $140 million transnational illicit gold smuggling operation.


News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Republican Leader Bob Latta (R-OH) sent a letter to NBCUniversal asking about the level of influence the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has in NBC’s 2022 Winter Olympics programming.


NIDIS and Partners Launch ACF Basin Drought and Water Dashboard and Story Map

The Apalachicola, Chattahoochee, and Flint (ACF) Rivers, along with the Apalachicola Bay, link the people and natural systems of Alabama, Florida, and Georgia.


News Release: Hot Springs, AR - Starting Feb. 1, 2022, Hot Springs National Park will begin accepting on-line reservations for all 40 sites at the Gulpha Gorge Campground. Interested campers can begin making reservations on Feb. 1, 2022, by going to www.recreation.gov, visiting the park’s camping page on the website, or by calling 1-877-444-6667.


Minutes of the Board's discount rate meetings on December 6 and December 15, 2021

News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday released the minutes of its interest rate meetings on December 6 and Dec. 15, 2021.


News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - The four main Savannah River Site (SRS) contractors supporting EM recently earned at least 95% of total award fees available to them from the cleanup program.


Bureau of Land Management to conduct prescribed burn near Grand View

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will be conducting the Ted Trueblood Wildlife Management Area (WMA) Prescribed Burn, located about two miles north of Grand View between Feb. 1-28, depending on weather and ground conditions.


BLM controlled burns reduce wildland fire risk near Lake Isabella and Chimney Peak

The Bureau of Land Management Bakersfield Field Office fire crews plan to improve the fire resiliency of the Chimney Creek Campground and Chimney Peak Fire Station, as well as create defensible space around the historic Keyes Mine by burning about 100 piles of fuels that could feed a wildland fire.


News Release: Leonard C Boyle, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that MICHAEL WEINSTEIN, 28, of New Haven, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley in Bridgeport to 65 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for a federal firearm offense.


News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A German national was sentenced in federal court today for methamphetamine trafficking and illegally possessing firearms.


News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - A Danville, Ky., physician, Christopher Marek, 49, pleaded guilty to tax evasion on Tuesday, before Chief U.S. District Judge Danny C. Reeves.


News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Gary Peters (D-MI), Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, introduced bipartisan legislation to repeal a section of the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006 which prohibits the use of subcontracts for more than 65 percent...


BLM releases Slaughterhouse Canyon mineral sale proposal for public review

The Palm Springs-South Coast Field Office proposes to offer mineral materials below private land for competitive sale and today released a Finding of No Significant Impact for the Environmental Assessment on the proposed Slaughterhouse Canyon Mineral Material sale.


BLM plans prescribed fire in Weaverville Community Forest to prevent wildfire risk

Fire crews from the Bureau of Land Management plan to conduct a prescribed fire in the Weaverville Community Forest beginning Tuesday, Jan 25, and possibly continuing through Wednesday, Jan. 26.


Protect cultural treasures – honor Pueblo people and Puebloan artifacts

On January 18, 2022, the Bureau of Land Management found vandalism on 10 petroglyphs within the Area of Critical Environment Concern managed by the Bureau of Land Management in La Cienega, NM.


Humboldt River Field Office accepting comments on Environmental Assessment for Humboldt County Shooting Range Expansion

The Humboldt River Field Office opened a 30-day public comment period for a Preliminary Environmental Assessment for the expansion of the Humboldt County Shooting Range. The comment period closes February 22, 2022.