News published on Federal Newswire in March 2022

News from March 2022


News Release: Leonard C Boyle, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JANICETTE REYES, 43, of Hartford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to 60 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for distributing fentanyl.


Airworthiness Directives; The Boeing Company Airplanes discussed on March 21 by Transportation Department

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



DBE Community of Practice Training Sessions

FOR WHOM: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Transit Administration (FTA), and Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) recipients. FORMAT: ZOOM PowerPoint Presentation.


Hot Spot Standardized Symbology

The FAA is standardizing hot spot symbology and verbiage. Hot spots are generally a complex or confusing taxiway or taxiway and runway intersection.


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 one page notice on March 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.




Secretary Blinken’s Call with South African Foreign Minister Pandor

Release: The following is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.


Man Charged With Trafficking Fentanyl-Laced Fake Percocet

News Release: A Fort Worth man who allegedly sold fake Percocet pills laced with fentanyl has been charged with a federal drug crime, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Chad E. Meacham.


US Department of Labor recovers $62K for workers at five Hawaii restaurants, employers denied overtime, kept tips illegally

News Release: HONOLULU -The U.S. Department of Labor recovered $62,908 in back wages and liquidated damages for 42 workers after an investigation found the operators of five Hawaii restaurants denied them overtime pay and allowed a manager and other employees to take a portion of the workers’ tips illegally.


Repairs Underway at Community Aqueducts in Puerto Rico

News Release: Guaynabo, Puerto Rico -More than 2,000 families will have access to drinking water thanks to the repair of community aqueducts through allocations from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for damage that resulted from Hurricane María. The funds from the agency’s Public Assistance Program will be distributed between communities in 10 municipalities: Adjuntas, Aguas Buenas, Barranquitas, Caguas, Comerío, Corozal, Naranjito, Ponce, San Lorenzo and Yabucoa.


READOUT: Final Women in Aviation Advisory Board Meeting

The Women in Aviation Advisory Board held its final meeting today and voted unanimously to submit its report to the FAA Administrator at the meeting.


Arrival Alert Notices

Arrival Alert Notices (AAN) are new graphics produced by the FAA that visually depict an approach at specific airports to help mitigate wrong surface misalignment risks for pilots.


Register NOW for the 2022 FAA Drone Symposium

Registration is now open for this year’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Drone Symposium, which will be held on April 28, 2022


Revamped Design Could Take Powerful Biological Computers From the Test Tube to the Cell

News Release: Tiny biological computers made of DNA could revolutionize the way we diagnose and treat a slew of diseases, once the technology is fully fleshed out. However, a major stumbling block for these DNA-based devices, which can operate in both cells and liquid solutions, has been how short-lived they are. Just one use and the computers are spent.


Changes in Flood Hazard Determinations discussed on March 21 by Homeland Security Department

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


Fentanyl Dealer Sentenced to Over 20 Years in Prison For Conspiracy to Distribute Heroin and Fentanyl

News Release: TAMPA, Fla. -Antonio Nunez III (34, Palmetto) was sentenced to 20 years and 10 months in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute one kilogram or more of heroin and 400 grams or more of fentanyl. Nunez had pleaded guilty on Oct. 31, 2019.


News Release: The United States has a special and longstanding relationship with the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, and the Republic of Palau – collectively known as the Freely Associated States (FAS). We are currently engaged in negotiating amendments to certain provisions of the Compacts of Free Association with the FAS, and completing the negotiations is a priority for this Administration.