News published on Federal Newswire in March 2022

News from March 2022


News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - Two members of an extensive drug-trafficking organization, including the leader of the organization, today admitted distributing large amounts of cocaine and crack cocaine throughout Burlington County, U.S. Attorney Philip Sellinger said.


Bank Employee Sentenced To 24 Months For Defrauding Her Employer Of $1.7 Million

News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that GANGADAI RAMPERSAUD AZIM, a/k/a “Julie Azim," was sentenced today to 24 months in prison for her role in a more than decade-long conspiracy to commit bank fraud, defrauding her employer, a Manhattan-based...


South Dakota TSA training instructor wins top honor from agency

Release: RAPID CITY, South Dakota - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) presented its Security Training Instructor of the Year award to South Dakota’s statewide instructor at the agency’s TSA Honorary Awards celebration.


News Release: Defendant Stabbed a Minor Victim multiple times, Held the Victim at Gun and Knife Point then Forced the Victim to Travel to a Maryland Hotel While on Probation.


The Senate section of the Congressional Record published “EXECUTIVE AND OTHER COMMUNICATIONS” on March 10.


Nevada Man Convicted by Federal Jury of Fraud and Money Laundering

News Release: LOUISVILLE, KY - Last week, a federal jury convicted Robert J. Bondonno of Henderson, NV, a suburb of Las Vegas, for defrauding victims of investments money that was to be used for drug rehabilitation centers.


Martinsburg man indicted on firearms charge

News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Travis Jackson Latta, of Martinsburg, West Virginia, was indicted today on a firearms charge, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.


HELP Committee Passes Murray-Burr PREVENT Pandemics Act In Overwhelming Bipartisan Vote

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee Chair, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), and Ranking Member, Senator Richard Burr (R-NC), released the following statements on the HELP Committee’s 20-2 vote to advance the Prepare for and Respond to Existing Viruses, ...


News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Racho Jordanov, the co-founder and former Chief Executive Officer of JHL Biotech, and Rose Lin, another of the company’s co-founders and former Chief Operating Officer, were sentenced today for their respective roles in conspiring to commit trade secret theft and wire fraud, announced...


Release: The United States, with support from Allies and partners, is taking action to promote accountability for the Russian and Belarusian governments’ human rights abuses and violations within and outside their borders. In doing so, we reiterate our condemnation of President Putin’s premeditated, unjustified ...


DOE-ARPAE offers new grant application process starting March 15

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


U.S. Announces Sanctions on Key Members of Russia’s Defense Enterprise

Release: The world has been transfixed as Russia has perpetrated a premeditated, unprovoked, and unjustified attack on Ukraine. Russia’s further invasion of Ukraine has resulted in widespread human suffering and casualties, including the deaths of innocent civilians, including children. Today, the Department of State is continuing to impose severe costs on Russian military leaders.


News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Morris County, New Jersey, man was indicted for his role in a conspiracy to bilk millions of dollars from a bank, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today.


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, at a hearing titled “Correcting the Public Record: Reforming Federal and Presidential Records Management," expert witness Jonathon Turley, Professor of Public Interest Law at The George Washington University Law School, agreed with U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member...


News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - A bipartisan provision authored by U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI), Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and Susan Collins (R-ME) to strengthen requirements for foreign manufacturers of medical products that are distributed in the United States to...


DOI-USGS1 grant application closes on May 10

WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH ACT PROGRAM NATIONAL COMPETITIVE GRANTS FY2022 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENT For AQUATIC INVASIVE SPECIES grant opened on March 15.


News Release: RIDGECREST, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management Ridgecrest Field Office, in partnership with the Inyo National Forest, is seeking public input on the comprehensive river management plan and environmental assessment for the congressionally designated Cottonwood Creek Wild and Scenic River in Inyo County.


Secretary Blinken’s Call with Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi

News Release: The following is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken spoke yesterday with Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi. Secretary Blinken condemned the Iranian missile attacks near Erbil that violated Iraq’s sovereignty and expressed solidarity with the Iraqi people. ...


News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - A team from a high school in Evans, Georgia, won the DOE Savannah River Site (SRS) Regional Science Bowl Competition and will advance to the national tournament this spring.


Former inmate indicted on drug charges

News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Hollie D. Adkins, an inmate formerly housed at Federal Correctional Institution Hazelton, was indicted today on contraband charge, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.