News from January 2022
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2022
News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces the arrest and unsealing of an indictment charging Thomas Johnson with 14 counts of aiding in the preparation and filing of false tax returns. Johnson faces a maximum penalty of three years in federal prison for each count. He made his initial appearance in federal court in Miami on Jan. 21, 2022.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 24, 2022
News Release: LAKE HAVASU CITY, Ariz. - As part of the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) efforts to build a clean energy future for all communities, the Colorado River District will host a virtual forum to share information and receive public input on four applications for solar energy development. This work supports...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 24, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - The National Park Service (NPS) is seeking public comments on proposed regulations that would govern the issuance of hospitality services contracts under the new Visitor Experience Improvements Authority (VEIA) given to the NPS by Congress. Comments can be submitted online from January 25 to March 28.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 24, 2022
News Release: GLEN ECHO, Md. - The National Park Service (NPS) is seeking proposals to help re-envision the use of portions of Clara Barton National Historic Site (NHS). Clara Barton NHS tells the story of Clara Barton and the early years of the American Red Cross, which she founded. The public is invited to submit their ideas in a Request for Expression of Interest (RFEI) starting today through March 11.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2022
News Release: Leonard C Boyle, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ROBERT ECCLESTON, 58, of Canton, waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty today via videoconference to one count of distribution of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2022
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that on Jan. 24, 2022, Salvador Dionisio-Guillermo, age 43, was sentenced to time served of 68 days’ imprisonment and one year of supervised release, by United States District Court Judge Christopher C. Conner for illegal re-entry of a previously deported alien.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 24, 2022
News Release: PALM SPRINGS, Calif. -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. The environmental documents are available for a 30-day public review.
By State Newswire | Jan 24, 2022
Release: The United States is deeply concerned by events in Burkina Faso. We note that military officers have asserted that they have dissolved the government and national assembly and suspended the constitution. We are also deeply concerned by reports of the January 23 detention of Burkina Faso’s President...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 24, 2022
News Release: CEDAR CITY, Utah - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Cedar City Field Office has approved a 10-year plan to achieve wild horse appropriate management levels in the Sulphur Herd Management Area (HMA) to restore a thriving, natural ecological balance on the area’s public lands. The herd is approximately...
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 24, 2022
Release: RENO, Nevada - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is hosting two hiring events this week for individuals who are interested in applying to work as a Transportation Security Officer (TSO) at Reno-Tahoe International Airport (RNO).
By State Newswire | Jan 24, 2022
Release: Deputy Secretary of State Wendy R. Sherman will participate in a virtual conversation, hosted by Yalta European Strategy (YES), with former President of Estonia Kersti Kaljulaid at 9:00 a.m. EST on Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2022.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 24, 2022
News Release: REDDING, Calif. - 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. Operations will be conducted only when weather and fuel conditions allow for safe and successful burning.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 24, 2022
News Release: LAKE ISABELLA, Calif. - 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...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2022
News Release: Defendants Charged with Staging Accidents, Obstructing Official Proceedings, and Making False Statements to FBI Investigators.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2022
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - Jabar Markeith Sellers, 39, of Huntington, pleaded guilty today to a federal gun crime.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2022
News Release: PITTSBURGH - An inmate of SCI Pine Grove, Indiana, Pennsylvania pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute a quantity of fentanyl, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 24, 2022
Release: The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is advising the public of a decision to revise the requirements relative to the importation into the United States of plums (Prunus domestica) from Chile. A commodity import evaluation document (CIED) was previously published with a public comment period ending on Jan. 3, 2022.
By State Newswire | Jan 24, 2022
Release: Ramin Toloui is the Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs at the U.S. Department of State. In this role, Toloui leads the Department’s efforts focused on expanding opportunity for American workers and businesses, deepening cooperation with other countries on shared economic challenges, and leveraging economic tools to advance U.S. national security objectives.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 24, 2022
Minnesota (MN) Fiscal Year (FY) 22 Grant Agreement Notice of Funding Opportunity for Native American Tribal Governments (Federally Recognized) in Minnesota grant opened on Jan. 24.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2022
News Release: PORTLAND, Maine: An Arizona man pleaded guilty in federal court today to conspiring to commit wire fraud, U.S. Attorney Darcie N. McElwee announced.
