News published on Federal Newswire in March 2022

News from March 2022



Hice & Khanna Introduce Bill to Improve Federal Hiring Process

Subcommittee on Government Operations Ranking Member Jody Hice (R-Ga.)


356 Haitian Migrants Intercepted in South Florida

U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Air and Marine Operations, the U.S. Border Patrol, Office of Field Operations, along with federal, state, and local law enforcement partners responded simultaneously to a maritime smuggling event on Sunday afternoon in Key Largo, Florida, where a vessel containing 356 Haitian migrants ran aground several hundred yards offshore.



Nationwide EV charging network would allow electric vehicles to 'go the distance'

Approximately $5 billion in funding has been earmarked to create a coast-to-coast system of EV charging stations, the U.S. Departments of Transportation and Energy announced last month.



Blinken authorizes $200 million for Ukraine to 'defend their country'

Secretary of State Antony Blinken authorized an additional $200 million to provide military assistance to Ukraine, according to a March 12 statement on the Department of State website.


Shelby Urges Passage of FY22 Appropriations Package

Senate Appropriations Committee Vice Chairman Richard Shelby (R-Ala.) today spoke on the Senate floor ahead of the vote on the Fiscal Year 2022 (FY22) omnibus appropriations package, which contains all 12 appropriations measures and approximately $14 billion in emergency funding in response to the situation in Ukraine


Congaree National Park Conducting Prescribed Burn March-April 2022

Park rangers from Congaree National Park, along with staff from Kings Mountain National Military Park, Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie National Historical Park, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, and the SC Forestry Commission, will be conducting a prescribed burn March 28-April 8, weather and conditions permitting.


DOE-ARPAE grant application closes on April 14

Converting UNF Radioisotopes into Energy SBIR/STTR (CURIE SBIR/STTR). grant opened on March 15.


News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A Huntington man pleaded guilty today to a child pornography crime.


News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A resident of Clearfield, PA, has been sentenced in federal court to a total of 8 years in prison followed by 4 years supervised release on his conviction of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.


News Release: BOISE, Idaho - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today published an op-ed in The Hill reflecting on the second anniversary of the World Health Organization’s declaration of COVID-19 as a global pandemic and advocating for his International Pandemic Preparedness and COVID-19 Response Act, comprehensive legislation to improve global health and pandemic preparedness before the next outbreak.


Natural Resources Committee to Hold Historic Full Committee Markup on Chair Grijalva’s RESPECT Act Tomorrow

News Release: Washington, D.C. - The House Natural Resources Committee will hold a full committee markup on the RESPECT Act (H.R. 3587 ) tomorrow, March 16 at 10:00 a.m. Eastern time. The livestream of the hearing can be viewed at.


Members Of The Mount Vernon Goonies Street Gang Sentenced For The Murder Of 13-Year-Old Innocent Bystander

News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that SINCERE SAVOY was sentenced to 22 years in prison for his participation in the 2016 murder of Shamoya McKenzie and the affairs of the Goonies street gang. In September 2021, co-defendant DAVID HARDY...


News Release: SAVANNAH, GA: A Savannah man has been sentenced to nearly 20 years in prison after admitting his role in a series of convenience store armed robberies.


“ENERGY POLICIES” published by the Congressional Record in the Senate section on March 10

“ENERGY POLICIES“ was published in the Senate section on pages S1077-S1078 on March 10


News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that TAURUS RUSSELL, age 43, a resident of New Orleans, Louisiana was sentenced on March 10, 2022 to a three-count superseding bill of information. In Count 1, RUSSELL was charged with conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent...


USDOJ-OJP-COPS grant application closes on April 27

FY22 Law Enforcement Mental Health and Wellness Act (LEMHWA) National Level Training and Technical Assistance grant opened on March 15.


Sales Representative Charged in Federal Indictment Alleging Procurement Fraud at Chicago Elementary School

News Release: CHICAGO - An ongoing federal investigation into an alleged procurement fraud scheme at a Chicago elementary school has resulted in charges against a sales representative for a Chicago Public Schools vendor.


News Release: Brady: Who is Biden Going to Blame Now for 7.9% Inflation - Major League Baseball?.