News published on Federal Newswire in March 2022

News from March 2022


Energy Department discusses Combined Notice of Filings #1 on March 14

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


Port Clinton Physician Sentenced to Prison for Prescribing Controlled Substances Without Medical Necessity and Health Care Fraud

Acting U.S. Attorney Michelle M. Baeppler announced that William Bauer, 85, of Port Clinton, Ohio, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jack Zouhary to 5 years in prison and was ordered to pay $464,099.14 in restitution, of which $253,300.55 will be paid to Medicare and $210,798.59 to Medicaid.


News Release: The following statement was released by France, Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America on the occasion of the 11-year anniversary of the Syrian uprising: Begin Text: Today marks 11 years since the Syrian people courageously and peacefully took to the streets to demand freedom, ...


News Release: Five Individuals Charged Variously with Stalking, Harassing and Spying on U.S. Residents on Behalf of the PRC Secret Police.


News Release: RENO, Nev. - A Gardnerville, Nevada man pleaded guilty on Monday to interference with flight crew members and assault during a flight from Seattle to Las Vegas.


Five Members of Violent Criminal Enterprise Arrested in Cocaine Trafficking Conspiracy

Five members of a violent criminal enterprise were arrested and charged today in connection with a drug trafficking conspiracy that distributed large amounts of cocaine and cocaine base (crack cocaine) throughout Western Massachusetts.


News Release: United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that a Sioux Falls, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Possession of Child Pornography.


Department of Labor warns against cryptocurrency investments in 401(k) plans

Financial service firms were warned by the U.S. Department of Labor March 10 about exposing 401(k) participants to investments in cryptocurrencies at this early stage in their history.


Georgia man to serve five years for carrying firearms as a felon

A Georgia man will reportedly go to prison for inadvertently revealing to a local gun shop that he illegally possessed firearms as a convicted felon.


News Release: An Ypsilanti man was sentenced yesterday to one year in federal prison after pleading guilty to possessing an illegal machinegun and aiding and abetting a convicted felon’s possession of a second illegal machinegun, announced United States Attorney Dawn Ison.


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


USDOJ-OJP-BJS grant application closes on May 9

FY 2022 State Justice Statistics Program for Statistical Analysis Centers grant opened on March 16.


Garner Man Sentenced for $1.7 Million COVID-19 Fraud

News Release: RALEIGH - A North Carolina man was sentenced today to 20 months in prison for fraudulently obtaining over $1.7 million in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans guaranteed by the Small Business Administration (SBA) under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act.


Retail Exemptions Adjusted Dollar Limitations discussed on March 14 by Agriculture Department

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


Chair McCollum Statement at United States Central Command Hearing (CLOSED)

Release: WASHINGTON - House Appropriations Committee Chair Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) today delivered the following remarks on the House Floor in support of, an omnibus of 12 fiscal year 2022 appropriations bills and supplemental funding to support Ukraine.


U.S. Department of Energy Announces Contract Awards for Crude Oil Sales From the Strategic Petroleum Reserve

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management announced that contracts have been awarded for ALL 30 million barrels put up for sale from the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve. This fully-subscribed sale is part of a coordinated action with...


US Department of Labor announces enforcement, effort for focused inspections in hospitals, nursing care facilities treating COVID-19 patients

News Release: WASHINGTON - For two years, millions of the nation’s healthcare workers have been battling the coronavirus. Many have endangered themselves as they care for those who contract COVID-19 while working in high-risk settings that expose themselves and their families.


News Release: The Defendants Participated in Transnational Repression Schemes to Silence Critics of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) Residing in the United States and Abroad.


USDOJ-OJP-OVW grant application closes on April 26

OVW Fiscal Year 2022 Improving Criminal Justice Responses to Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking Grant Program Solicitation grant opened on March 16.


McKesson Agrees to Pay $1 Million to Resolve Recordkeeping Violations under the Controlled Substances Act

News Release: McKesson Corporation (McKesson) agreed to pay a $1 million civil penalty to resolve alleged Controlled Substances Act (CSA) recordkeeping violations, the Department of Justice announced today.