News published on Federal Newswire in March 2022

News from March 2022


US Department of Labor finds employer’s pay practices denied 119 Ohio healthcare workers $603K in overtime back wages

News Release: COLUMBUS, OH- Home healthcare workers assist their clients with daily living tasks and even stay overnight at their homes to provide around-the-clock care. Despite their essential labor, these workers are sometimes denied all their rightful wages by their employer’s illegal pay practices, as federal investigators found in a recent labor investigation in Columbus.


DOI-BLM offers new grant application process starting March 8

Bureau of Land Management California Forest and Woodlands Resource Management grant opened on March 8.


Release: On International Women’s Day, we recognize the courage of women union leaders in Cambodia who have bravely led their union at the NagaWorld casino and hotel complex in standing up for the rights of their fellow workers.


USDA-NRCS grant application closes on April 8

Montana Partners for Conservation Fiscal Year 22 grant opened on March 8.


New Jersey Man Pleads Guilty to Making Threatening Interstate Communications to Black Maryland Woman and Her Family

News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Michael Marotta, age 26, of Sewell, New Jersey, pleaded guilty today to making threatening interstate communications. Marotta admitted that he used an anonymizing text message service to threaten physical harm to a Black woman and her family in Maryland.


Release: FOREIGN MINISTER LIIMETS: Dear Secretary Blinken, dear Tony, it’s really an honor for me to welcome you today in Tallinn. We just met in Washington, D.C. on the 16th of February, just on the eve of this unjustified war that we see at the moment, war in Ukraine started by Russia, which of course has changed ...



The US Energy Department published a one page notice on March 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Federal Reserve System published a one page notice on March 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Labor Department discusses Request for Comment on March 7

The US Labor Department published a three page notice on March 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a three page notice on March 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Secretary Blinken’s Call with German Foreign Minister Baerbock

Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.


News Release: CONCORD - Edwin Quezada, 33, of Lawrence, Massachusetts pleaded guilty in federal court to conspiracy to transfer firearms to an out-of-state resident by unlicensed persons, United States Attorney John J. Farley announced today.


News Release: DULUTH, Minn. - A Duluth man has been sentenced to one year and a day in prison and ordered to pay $620,362 in restitution for evading taxes by failing to report his business revenue and income to the IRS. Acting U.S. Attorney Charles J. Kovats made the announcement after Chief U.S. District Judge John R. Tunheim sentenced the defendant.



Release: The following is the text of a joint statement by the Governments of Morocco and the United States of America.


News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. - William Malone, 46, of Mobile, Alabama, was sentenced today after having been convicted by a jury in October 2021 on child exploitation charges, announced United States Attorney Brandon B. Brown. Chief United States District Judge S. Maurice Hicks, Jr. sentenced Malone to 160 years in prison, followed by a lifetime term of supervised release. Malone was also ordered to pay restitution to the victim in the amount of $206,580.80.


Notice published on March 7 by Energy Department

The US Energy Department published a three page notice on March 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


U.S. Department of Commerce Invests $5 Million in CARES Act Recovery Assistance to Support the Tourism Industry in Duluth, Minnesota

News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $5 million CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant to the city of Duluth, Minnesota, to reconstruct a section of a seawall along Lake Superior behind the Duluth Entertainment and Convention Center (DECC).


Erie Freelance Tax Preparer Indicted

News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A resident of Erie, Pennsylvania has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Erie on charges of violating federal tax laws, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.