News published on Federal Newswire in March 2022

News from March 2022


News Release: Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee Republican Leader Rick Allen (R-GA) sent a letter to Department of Labor (DOL) Secretary Marty Walsh warning that the recommendations of the White House Task Force on Worker Organizing and Empowerment (Task Force) will harm workers and taxpayers by exclusively focusing on the demands of union bosses.


Release: On March 11, 2022, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack took part in a G7 Extraordinary Agriculture Ministers' Meeting convened in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Ukrainian Minister Roman Leshchenko addressed the group. The Ministers condemned the invasion and expressed their shared commitment...


News Release: IDAHO FALLS, Idaho - A Bureau of Land Management partner, and Idaho Falls District employee, received national recognition March 10 during the 87th North American Wildlife and Natural Resources Conference. These awards were given during this important gathering where more than 150 separate meetings and functions serve as the annual forum to set conservation policy in North America.


Moline Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Firearm Charge

News Release: DAVENPORT, Iowa- A Moline, Illinois man, Jose Antonio Tapia, age 43, was sentenced yesterday to 72 months in prison for Felon in Possession of a Firearm. Tapia was ordered to serve three years of supervised release to follow his prison term and immediately pay $100 to the Crime Victims’ Fund.


Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Mid-Atlantic Region to host  online Data Users Conference on April 20, 2022

Release: EVENT: Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Data Users Conference (Mid-Atlantic Region) WHO: William Beach, Commissioner, Bureau of Labor Statistics Terance Rephann, Regional Economist, Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service Jeffrey Hill, BLS Associate Commissioner, Office of Prices and Living Conditions ...


News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A former resident of Erie, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of violating federal firearms laws, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on March 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: For Being a Felon in Possession of a Firearm.


The House of Representatives section of the Congressional Record published “SHADOW WOLVES ENHANCEMENT ACT” on March 7.



Sampson County Methamphetamine Dealer Sentenced to 13+ Years for 8-Year Long Conspiracy to Distribute Drugs

News Release: WILMINGTON, N.C. - A Clinton man was sentenced today to 165 months in prison and five years of supervised release for a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, cocaine, and marijuana that began in 2012 and extended into 2019. On December 7, 2020, Edward Neil Corbett pled guilty to the charges.


News Release: MADISON, WIS. - A Madison, Wisconsin man has been sentenced to 330 months in federal prison for sex trafficking of minors. James Coney, 33, was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson. The sentence was announced by United States Attorney Timothy M. O’Shea, Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul, and Fitchburg Police Chief Alfonso Morales. This prison sentence will be followed by 25 years of supervised release.


News Release: United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), with the assistance of the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force (ICAC), South Dakota Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI), Sioux Falls Police Department, Minnehaha County Sheriff’s Office, South...


Call for Nominations for the Glen Canyon Dam Adaptive Management Work Group Federal Advisory Committee discussed on March 9 by Interior Department

The US Interior Department published a two page notice on March 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Further Imposition of Sanctions Against Russia With the Addition of Certain Entities to the Entity List discussed on March 9 by Commerce Department

The US Commerce Department published a one page rule on March 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.



Memphis Man Sentenced to Nine Years in Federal Prison for Possession of a Firearm After a Misdemeanor Conviction of Domestic Violence

News Release: Memphis, TN- Terrell Johnson, 25, has been sentenced to 110 months in federal prison for possession of a firearm after being convicted of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence. Joseph C. Murphy Jr., United States Attorney, announced the sentence today.


US Department of Labor announces $10M in available funding to expand workforce development services for out-of-school time organizations

News Release: WASHINGTON - As they develop the habits, skills and other traits needed for future success, young people from age 14 to 21 have a limited window of opportunity. That’s why, when school is not in session, out-of-school time organizations provide supervised programs for young people and expose them to career options that prepare them better to enter and succeed in the workforce.


News Release: PALM SPRINGS, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management is encouraging recreationalists who use the Minnewawa Truck Trail and the Otay Mountain Wilderness to access these areas from the south end at Doghouse Junction (view map ), as the northern parts of the truck trail and along Otay Lakes Road are closed to the public for an indefinite amount of time.


US Department of Labor, Trucking Alliance partnership seeks to expand use of Registered Apprenticeships to train, employ needed drivers

News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor today announced its partnership with the Trucking Alliance - an industry-based safety coalition of freight transportation and logistics companies - to join the administration’s 90-Day Trucking Apprenticeship Challenge , and promote the apprenticeship model as a solution to get more well-trained drivers to work in good-paying jobs.