News from March 2022

By USDA Newswire | Mar 18, 2022
Emerging Markets Program grant opened on March 18.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 18, 2022
News Release: Defendant Was Member of West Virginia House of Delegates.

By Press release submission | Mar 18, 2022
Government Funding Package Includes Provision Long Championed by Pallone to Clarify FDA’s Authority to Regulate Synthetic Nicotine ProductsEnergy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today hailing inclusion of a provision in the omnibus he has long championed that clarifies the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) authority to regulate synthetic nicotine products:“Over the last few years, FDA has taken important steps to crack down on the flavored vaping products that fueled the dramatic rise in tobacco use among kids and teens.

By Press release submission | Mar 18, 2022
“With today’s omnibus passage, Congress is standing up for consumers, especially those who are targeted by or particularly vulnerable to scammers.

By Press release submission | Mar 18, 2022
Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA) released the following joint statement today after the House of Representatives passed the omnibus funding package, which includes key health care provisions.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 18, 2022
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A former resident of Monroeville, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of violating federal narcotic laws, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 18, 2022
News Release: Arrests of Multiple Armed Drug Traffickers in Brunswick County.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 18, 2022
News Release: Jovaun Clark Sold Machine Guns, Short-Barreled Rifles, and “Ghost" Guns.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 18, 2022
News Release: Wilfredo Medina-Perez, 34, a native and citizen of Sinaloa, Mexico, residing in Bakersfield, was sentenced today to 10 years and five months in prison for distributing methamphetamine and fentanyl, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.

By Homeland Newswire | Mar 18, 2022
News Release: Building on the long-standing relationship between the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Israel National Cyber Directorate (INCD), DHS Under Secretary for Strategy, Policy and Plans, Robert Silvers met Director General of the INCD Gaby Portnoy in Israel at the Cybertech Global Conference...

By USDA Newswire | Mar 18, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, March 17, 2022 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced it is accepting applications for the Local Food for Schools Cooperative Agreement Program (LFS), which will provide up to $200 million for states to purchase local food for school meal programs.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 18, 2022
News Release: Channel Islands National Park seek community input during public scoping on a proposed action and plan to complete the park’s fire management plan.

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 18, 2022
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK -Jovaun Clark, 45, of Syracuse, New York, was sentenced yesterday to serve 87-months in federal prison for possessing unregistered machine guns and short-barreled rifles, possessing firearms and ammunition while a convicted felon, and selling firearms and ammunition to a convicted...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 18, 2022
News Release: ATLANTA - The Justice Department announced the recipients of the Fifth Annual Attorney General’s Award for Distinguished Service in Community Policing. This year’s awards recognize the exceptional work of 18 law enforcement officers and deputies from 12 jurisdictions across the country.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 18, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Subcommittee on Government Operations Ranking Member Jody Hice (R-Ga.) and Representative Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) introduced legislation, the Chance to Compete Act (H.R. 6967). This bipartisan, bicameral bill improves the federal hiring process by giving agencies the ability to share...

By Commerce Newswire | Mar 18, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo announced the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $2.36 million grant to Pikeville Medical Center, Inc., Pikeville, Kentucky, for the provision of new equipment that will be used to meet patient demand and critical healthcare needs.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 18, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - President Biden signed the Amache National Historic Site Act today, designating the Amache site in Granada, Colorado as part of the National Park System. This designation, the first in the National Park System during this Administration, will permanently protect the site for future generations and will help tell the history of Japanese American incarceration during World War II.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 18, 2022
News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorney Kevin Mokhtari (619) 546-8402.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 18, 2022
The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on March 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By US DOT Newswire | Mar 18, 2022
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on March 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.