News published on Federal Newswire in March 2022

News from March 2022


DOE Issues Final Request for Proposal for Technical Assistance Contract for EM Field Sites and Task Order 1 for EM-Los Alamos Field Office

News Release: Cincinnati - Today, the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management (EM) issued a Final Request for Proposal (RFP) for the Technical Assistance Contract for EM Field Sites (Site TACs) multiple-award Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract and for the EM- Los Alamos Field Office (EM-LA) TAC Support Task Order.


US Labor Department orders Calabasas private aviation provider to pay $958K to former worker who suffered retaliation for reporting safety concerns

News Release: LOS ANGELES - The U.S. Department of Labor has ordered a California business aviation provider to pay $958,000 in back wages and associated costs, and correct misinformation about a former employee who the employer retaliated against after they reported flight safety issues.


DOS-ECA offers new grant application process starting March 16

FY2022 Jovenes en Accion Program grant opened on March 16.


USDOJ-OJP-BJA grant application closes on May 16

BJA FY 22 Implementing the PREA Standards, Protecting People Who Are Incarcerated, and Safeguarding Communities grant opened on March 16.


The US Labor Department published a two page notice on March 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Commending New Zealand’s New Sanctions Regime

News Release: The United States welcomes the passage of New Zealand’s new sanctions regime, which allows the imposition of sanctions on those responsible for, or associated with, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. It also gives the New Zealand government the power to sanction individuals and entities that are of economic ...


Energy Department discusses Combined Notice of Filings on March 14

The US Energy Department published a one page notice on March 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.



News Release: Justice Department Announces Civil Settlement in Cases Arising from 2018 School Shooting in Parkland, Florida.


Watertown Man Sentenced for Receipt, Distribution, and Transportation of Child Pornography

News Release: United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that a Watertown, South Dakota, man convicted at a jury trial of one count of Receipt and Distribution of Child Pornography and one count of Transportation of Child Pornography was sentenced on March 15, 2022, by U.S. District Judge Charles B. Kornmann.


Buttigieg: NHTSA 2022 public service award honorees do 'vital work to save lives'

This year's U.S. Department of Transportation National Highway Traffic Safety Administration public service award honorees are saving lives, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said in a March 14 news release.


US Department of Labor announces $3.2M in Susan Harwood grants for workplace safety, health training on infectious diseases, including COVID-19

News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration today announced the availability of $3.2 million in funds from the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 for Susan Harwood Workplace Safety and Health Training on Infectious Diseases, Including COVID-19 grants.


News Release: SAN ANTONIO - Yesterday, Juan Gerardo Trevino-Chavez, aka Huevo, 39, of Laredo was arrested in San Diego, CA, on criminal charges related to his alleged involvement in drug trafficking in Mexico and the United States.


Crapo Statement at Hearing on Prescription Drug Pricing

News Release: Washington, D.C.--U.S. Senator Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Finance Committee, delivered the following remarks at a hearing entitled, “Prescription Drug Price Inflation: An Urgent Need to Lower Drug Prices in Medicare.".


DOT: New FLOW initiative will 'pilot key freight information exchange' to assist with supply chain concerns

President Joe Biden and the U.S. Department of Transportation announced the launch of a new supply chain initiative the administration is hoping will help speed up delivery times and ease costs for consumers.


News Release: Washington, D.C.- House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Health Subcommittee Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY) released the following statement after President Joe Biden signed S.854, the Methamphetamine Response Act, into law yesterday.


The US Interior Department published a six page proposed rule on March 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Charles Phelps, Member Of A Prison Gang, Sentenced To 156 Month For Conspiracy To Distribute Methamphetamine

News Release: GREENEVILLE, Tenn. - On March 14, 2022, Charles Phelps, 36, currently of Nashville, Tennessee, was sentenced to 156 months by the Honorable J. Ronnie Greer, in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee at Greeneville.


Federal Correctional Officer Charged and Former Prison Nurse Pleads Guilty in Bribery and Contraband Smuggling Schemes

News Release: A former nurse at Leavenworth Detention Center has pleaded guilty to conspiring to smuggle contraband into the prison, and a federal grand jury in the District of Kansas has returned an indictment charging a former correctional officer with a similar scheme.


News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York announced that the Dominican Republic’s former Consul General to Jamaica, JEREMIAS JIMENEZ CRUZ, was sentenced today to 179 months in prison for using his position and contacts in the government of the Dominican Republic...