News published on Federal Newswire in June 2022

News from June 2022


The US Transportation Department published a one page rule on June 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


DOS-POL grant application closes on July 4

Notice of Funding Opportunity for Grants to Support Programs that Promote Rule of Law in Poland grant opened on June 9.


DHS-DHS offers new grant application process starting June 9

Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 Cooperating Technical Partners (CTP) Program - Region 8 grant opened on June 9.


Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Montana; Whitefish PM10 discussed on June 8 by Environmental Protection Agency

The US Environmental Protection Agency published a three page rule on June 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Speakes-Backman: 'CyManII is charting an aggressive course to a more secure and prosperous manufacturing industry'

U.S. Department of Energy Cybersecurity Manufacturing Innovation Institute (CyManII) released its first public roadmap to improve the competitiveness of American manufacturing.


Carrico: Florida men sentenced for 'complex telemedicine pharmacy fraud scheme'

Two Florida men were sentenced for their roles in a multi-million dollar health care fraud scheme.


News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - On Wednesday June 8, 2022, the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works held a hearing to consider the nominations of Annie Caputo and Brad Crowell to be Commissioners of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC).


Transportation Department discusses Hazardous Materials: Notice of Applications for New Special Permits on June 8

The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on June 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


DOT-FHWA grant application closes on July 11

Administration of the Dwight David Eisenhower Transportation Fellowship Program (DDETFP) Local Competition at Designated Institutions of Higher Education grant opened on June 9.


DHS-DHS grant application closes on July 21

Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 Cooperating Technical Partners (CTP) Program - Region 10 grant opened on June 9.


US Department of Labor cites New York agricultural products manufacturer after worker’s partial grain silo engulfment

News Release: SYRACUSE, NY - On Nov. 29, 2021, a supervisor at McDowell and Walker Inc. - a manufacturer and supplier of grains, feeds and other agricultural products - told an untrained employee to enter a grain bin to clear a feed buildup that clogged a silo entry point at the company’s Afton facility.


Murray, Warren Lead Over 20 Senators Urging President Biden to Issue Executive Order to Defend Americans’ Right to an Abortion

News Release: Washington, D.C. - United States Senators Patty Murray (D-Wash.), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) led 23 of their Senate colleagues in a letter to President Biden urging him to immediately issue an executive order directing the federal government to develop a national plan to defend Americans’ fundamental reproductive rights, including their right to an abortion.


Murray Statement Following Senate Vote On Lisa Gomez Nomination to Lead Employee Benefits Security Administration

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee Chair Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) released the following statement on the Senate vote on the nomination of Lisa Gomez to serve as Assistant Secretary of Labor for the Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA).


Baltimore Man Pleads Guilty to Discharging a Firearm Resulting in Death in a Murder-For-Hire

News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Daquante Thomas, a/k/a “Glock," age 20, of Baltimore, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to discharge of a firearm during a crime of violence resulting in death, in connection with a murder-for-hire conspiracy.


Court sentences Ohio businessman to 2 years in prison for failing to forward federal payroll taxes, stealing workers’ healthcare contributions

News Release: CLEVELAND, OH - A North Royalton businessman who failed to pay payroll taxes to the IRS and embezzled health care premiums deducted from his employees’ checks, will spend the next two years in prison and pay restitution of $558,697 to the IRS and $3,807 to the participants of his companies’ health care plan.


News Release: The governments of Canada, the Kingdom of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, and the United States have issued the following joint statement.


Spring Valley Man Charged In White Plains Federal Court With $1.6 Million Covid-19 Fraud Scheme

News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Michael J. Driscoll, the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), announced today the unsealing of an Indictment in White Plains federal court charging ELIZIER...


Burlington County Businessman Admits Defrauding Over 75 Victims of More Than $2.7 Million in Scheme to Sell Pesticides He Claimed Would Kill Coronavirus

News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Burlington County, New Jersey, man today admitted selling $2.7 million worth of pesticides he claimed were registered with the Environmental Protection Agency as being effective against coronavirus, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger and Assistant Attorney General Todd Kim of the Environment and Natural Resources Division of the U.S. Department of Justice, announced.


Two Men Sentenced to Prison in Connection with Damage to Energy Facility

News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Ricky Sprouse, 53, of Raleigh County, and Stuart Dotson, 55, of Fayette County, were sentenced today to nine months in prison and one year in prison, respectively, for their roles in the destruction of an energy facility, a known mine located across Boone and Lincoln counties.


DHS-DHS grant application closes on July 21

Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 Cooperating Technical Partners (CTP) Program - Region 7 grant opened on June 9.