News published on Federal Newswire in March 2022

News from March 2022


TSA checkpoint at Capital Region International Airport gets new state-of-the-art  3-D scanners to improve explosives detection

Release: LANSING, Mich. - Two state-of-the-art advanced technology Computed Tomography (CT) checkpoint scanners that provide 3-D imaging have been installed and are in use at the Transportation Security Administration checkpoint at Capital Region International Airport (LAN).


News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - The president of a company providing goods to government agencies was sentenced today to 99 months in prison - 87 months for attempting to defraud businesses in connection with government contracting and an additional 12 months for violating his supervised release - U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.


Greenville Woman Sentenced to More Than 10 Years in Oxycodone Conspiracy

News Release: GREENVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA - Keowsha Golden, 36, of Greenville, was sentenced to more than 1o years in federal prison after pleading guilty to conspiracy to distribute oxycodone.


News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) sent a letter to Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm inviting her to testify before the Energy and Commerce Committee on what the Biden administration will do to reverse its anti-American energy agenda and help increase domestic oil and gas production in order to lower costs.


Gloucester Man Convicted of Trafficking Methamphetamine and Possessing an Illegal Machine Gun

News Release: NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - A federal jury convicted a Gloucester, Virginia man on Monday on charges of methamphetamine trafficking and related firearms charges.


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


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


Chairwoman Stabenow Opening Statement at Hearing on Opportunities and Challenges for the Rural Care Economy

News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), Chairwoman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, today released the following opening statement at the hearing titled, “Rural Quality of Life: Opportunities and Challenges for the Rural Care Economy".


News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee Chairman Paul Tonko (D-NY) announced today that the Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee will hold a hearing on Tuesday, March 29, at 10:30 a.m. (EDT) on federal efforts to update our drinking water infrastructure. The hearing is entitled, “Trusting the Tap: Upgrading America’s Drinking Water Infrastructure."



US Department of Labor reopens rulemaking record, schedules public hearing on proposed final rule to protect healthcare workers from COVID-19 exposure

News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has reopened the rulemaking record partially and scheduled an informal public hearing to seek comments on specific topics that relate to the development of a final standard to protect healthcare and healthcare support service workers from workplace exposure to the COVID-19 virus.



Mail and Identity Thief Sentenced to Four Years in Federal Prison After Escape

News Release: Judge Told Him Not to Escape, and Then He Escaped.


'Food and health are inherently intertwined': USDA announces initiatives to ensure nutrition security

U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack recently made a visit to Columbia University in observance of National Nutrition Month, where he unveiled a report summarizing the USDA's Actions on Nutrition Security.



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


Syracuse Tax Preparer Sentenced to Prison for  Filing False Tax Returns for Herself and Others

News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Phoenix Phan, age 63, of Syracuse, was sentenced yesterday to 18 months’ imprisonment and one year of supervised release for filing a false tax return for herself and aiding and abetting the filing of a false tax return for a client. Phan also was ordered to pay $890,690.67 in restitution...


USDOJ-OJP-BJA offers new grant application process starting March 23

BJA FY 22 Swift, Certain, and Fair (SCF) Supervision Program: Applying the Principles Behind Project HOPE grant opened on March 23.


Recent Increase in Violence in Darfur and the Two Areas

Release: The United States strongly condemns the recent marked increase in violence in Sudan, particularly in Darfur and the Two Areas, and calls for an immediate end to killings, sexual violence, forced displacements, and other human rights abuses. We urge an immediate investigation into the causes of this recent...


Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO): DRL Strengthening Regional Media in Europe and Eurasia

Release: United States Department of State. Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL). Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO): DRL Strengthening Regional Media in Europe and Eurasia. This is the announcement of funding opportunity number SFOP0008756. Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number: 19.345...