News published on Federal Newswire in March 2022

News from March 2022


US Department of Labor issues $167K in penalties to address workplace safety deficiencies after 29-year-old worker’s electrocution at Clinton TVA

News Release: Employers: William Specialty Services LLC 100 Crescent Centre Parkway, Tucker, GA 30084 G UB MK Constructors 297 River Road, Muscle Shoals, AL 35661 Tennessee Valley Authority 1101 Market St., Chattanooga, TN 37402 Citations issued: William Specialty Services LLC One willful, two serious ...


Notice of Filing of Self-Certification of Coal Capability Under the Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Act discussed on March 21 by Energy Department

The US Energy Department published a one page notice on March 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: Fayetteville, AR - On March 15, 2022, the Benton County Prosecutors Office contacted the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force in Fayetteville, AR, seeking assistance in locating state fugitive Jessica Wuest. A warrant was issued in early January for Wuest by Benton County for Failure to Appear on charges...


Readout of U.S. Attorney General Merrick B. Garland’s Participation in Reestablishing the United States-Canada Cross-Border Crime Forum

News Release: This afternoon U.S. Attorney General Merrick B. Garland, along with U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) Alejandro Mayorkas, met in Washington, D.C. with Canada’s Minister of Justice and Attorney General, David Lametti and Canada’s Minister of Public Safety, Marco Mendicino, to reestablish the Cross-Border Crime Forum (CBCF).


News Release: Defendants Allegedly Falsified Bank Statements, Misrepresented Ownership Intentions, and Allegedly Made False Statements on a Loan Application.



What did Commerce Department publish on March 21?

The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on March 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: BOISE, Idaho - A Boise man was sentenced to federal prison this week for distributing methamphetamine in Boise and Nampa.


Dixon Woman Charged with Meth Trafficking

News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A Dixon, Missouri, woman was charged in federal court today with possessing methamphetamine to distribute.


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on March 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Federal court orders 3 restaurants, owners to pay $1.45M in back wages, damages to 116 workers denied overtime wages

News Release: PITTSBURGH - Following litigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of the Solicitor, a federal court has entered a consent judgment against three restaurants - one in Pennsylvania and two in West Virginia - and their owners after investigators found they paid back-of-the-house employees off-the-books salaries for all hours worked and denied them overtime pay for hours worked over 40 in a workweek.


Utica Man Pleads Guilty to Fentanyl Conspiracy and Distribution

News Release: SYRACUSE, N.Y. - Kymani Minott, aka “Bizz," aka “K-Bizz," 19, of Utica, New York, pled guilty to conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute 40 grams or more of a mixture and substance containing fentanyl, and distribution of mixture and substance containing fentanyl, announced United...


Oregon; Amendment No. 7 to Notice of a Major Disaster Declaration discussed on March 21 by Homeland Security Department

The US Homeland Security Department published a one page notice on March 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.



The US Homeland Security Department published a one page notice on March 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


US Department of Labor recovers $140K in back wages, liquidated damages after investigators find Washington contractor underpaid workers

News Release: SEATTLE - An ongoing federal initiative to investigate pay practices of residential builders in Washington State found that a Lacey contractor recklessly failed to pay workers overtime for hours they worked over 40 in a workweek in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act.


New Medium Post Highlights Chairs Grijalva and Maloney’s Visit to New York City to Hear from Environmental Justice Communities on Advancing Key Federal Policies

News Release: Washington, D.C. - On Friday, March 11, 2022, and Saturday, March 12, 2022, Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) of the Committee on Natural Resources and Chairwoman Carolyn B. Maloney (D-N.Y.) of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, visited multiple neighborhoods in the New York City metro area to hear...


United States and Canada Welcome Negotiations of a CLOUD Act Agreement

News Release: The United States and Canada have entered into formal negotiations for a bilateral agreement under the Clarifying Lawful Overseas Use of Data (CLOUD) Act, to enhance the existing robust law enforcement cooperation between the two allies.


The US Homeland Security Department published a two page notice on March 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Homeland Security Department published a three page rule on March 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.