News published on Federal Newswire in March 2022

News from March 2022


News Release: MADISON, WIS. - A La Crosse, Wisconsin man is charged with child exploitation crimes in an indictment returned yesterday by a federal grand jury sitting in Madison. The charges are announced by Timothy M. O’Shea, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin.



Carper Statement on the Nomination of Joseph Goffman to Lead EPA’s Air Office

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, today released the following statement regarding President Biden’s nomination of Joseph Goffman to serve as Assistant Administrator for Air and Radiation at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).


News Release: WASHINGTON - The Department of the Interior announced today that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is soliciting proposals for restoration activities that address high-priority Klamath Basin challenges in Southern Oregon and Northern California. With $162 million in funding available in President Biden’s ...


Notice of Determinations; Culturally Significant Object Being Imported for Exhibition discussed on March 8 by State Department

The US State Department published a one page notice on March 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: WASHINGTON - The White House today announced the intent to nominate David Applegate as Director of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). David is currently the Associate Director for Natural Hazards, exercising the delegated authority of the Director. The nomination will now be considered by the U.S. Senate.


Release: President Biden appointed Sara Minkara as the Special Advisor on International Disability Rights on Oct. 28, 2021. In her role, Special Advisor Minkara leads the U.S. Department of State’s comprehensive strategy to promote and protect the rights of persons with disabilities internationally. - a role critical to ensuring that U.S. diplomacy and foreign assistance promote and protect the human rights of persons with disabilities around the world.


Deputy Secretary Sherman’s Travel to Turkey, Spain, Morocco, and Algeria

Release: Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman will travel to Istanbul and Ankara, Turkey; Madrid, Spain; Rabat and Casablanca, Morocco; Algiers, Algeria; and Cairo, Egypt from March 4 to 11.


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, announced that the FY 2022 bipartisan funding agreement includes $250 million for the Department of Homeland Security’s Nonprofit Security Grant Program (NSGP), which provides...


News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that REYNAUD KENDRELL VARISTE (“VARISTE"), age 32, a resident of New Orleans, Louisiana, was sentenced to 81 months imprisonment and a $200.00 mandatory special assessment fee after pleading guilty in federal court to possession of a firearm...


News Release: MACON, Ga. - A Macon resident pleaded guilty to federal charges resulting from a lengthy investigation into a significant multi-state dog fighting and cocaine trafficking network.


Joint Statement on the Situation in Libya

The text of the following statement was released by the Governments of the United States of America, France, Germany, Italy, and the United Kingdom:


Chairman Pascrell Announces Oversight Subcommittee Hearing with IRS Commissioner Rettig on the 2022 Filing Season

News Release: House Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee Chair Bill Pascrell, Jr. announced today that the Subcommittee will hold a hearing entitled “Hearing with IRS Commissioner Rettig on the 2022 Filing Season" on Thursday, March 17, 2022 beginning at 10:00 AM EDT. The hearing will take place in 1100 Longworth House Office Building in addition to being accessible via CISCO Webex.


APTA Applauds House Passage of Consolidated Appropriations Act, Including THUD Appropriations

The American Public Transportation Association (APTA), on behalf of the public transportation industry, applauds House and Senate Appropriations Committee leaders on their bipartisan, bicameral agreement on H.R.


Mahoning County Man Charged with Sexual Exploitation of a Minor

News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Michelle M. Baeppler announced that a federal grand jury returned a two-count indictment charging Joseph Andrew Garchar, 36, of Lowellville, Ohio, with sexual exploitation of a child.


Washington Man Indicted for Marijuana Trafficking

News Release: United States Attorney Dennis Holmes announced that an Olympia, Washington, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance.


Law Enforcement Cooperation Between United States and Mexico Leads to Mexican Takedown of Significant Human Smugglers

News Release: PHOENIX, Ariz. - The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Arizona announced today that extensive bilateral cooperation between the United States and Mexico resulted in Mexico’s Attorney General’s Office, Fiscalía General de la República (FGR), conducting a significant enforcement operation last week to dismantle a prolific transnational human smuggling organization operating in Nogales, Sonora, along the U.S.-Mexico border.


Martinsburg man admits to drug charge

News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Damian Lovett, of Martinsburg, West Virginia, has admitted to a drug charge, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.


Hyattsville Man Sentenced to Three Years in Federal Prison for Bank Fraud Conspiracy That Intended to Cause a Loss of More Than $4.1 Million

News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Catherine C. Blake sentenced Oyekanmi Oworu, age 35, of Hyattsville, Maryland to three years in federal prison, followed by four years of supervised release, for conspiracy to commit bank fraud and aggravated identity theft.


Labor Department discusses Petition for Modification of Application of Existing Mandatory Safety Standards on March 8

The US Labor Department published a two page notice on March 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.