News published on Federal Newswire in March 2022

News from March 2022


News Release: WASHINGTON - Attorney General Merrick B. Garland today announced the appointment of 12 U.S. Attorneys to serve on the Attorney General’s Advisory Committee of U.S. Attorneys (AGAC). Created in 1973, the AGAC advises the Attorney General on matters of policy, procedure, and management impacting the Offices of the U.S. Attorneys and elevates the voices of U.S. Attorneys in Department policies. The first meeting of the AGAC will take place later this spring.


News Release: Youngstown, OH - Earlier this morning, members of the Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force (NOVFTF) arrested David Springer. Springer was wanted out of Cambria County, Pennsylvania on multiple charges to include aggravated assault, kidnapping, strangulation, and threats with intent to terrorize another. The charges stem from an incident in which Springer allegedly physically assaulted a female, causing potentially life-threatening injuries.


House of Representatives Passes the Bipartisan Don Young Coast Guard Authorization Act

News Release: Today, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 6865, the Don Young Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2022, which the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure approved on a bipartisan basis earlier this month. The bill was named for Rep. Don Young, who served as the Chair of the Committee on Transportation...


ndiana Dunes National Park Entry Fee Begins on March 31st

News Release: INDIANA DUNES NATIONAL PARK: Beginning on March 31st, an entrance fee or a federal lands pass will be required to enter Indiana Dunes National Park. The new fee revenue will help fund a number of parking information improvements, deferred maintenance projects and visitor services for a park that has...


News Release: LITTLE ROCK-A Little Rock man has been convicted of four sex offenses at the conclusion of a three-day trial. A federal jury found KeShawn Boykins, 27, guilty on all four counts for which he was indicted: two counts of sex trafficking, distribution of child pornography, and production of child pornography.


The US Labor Department published a three page notice on March 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Transportation Department discusses Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Helicopters Deutschland GmbH (AHD) Helicopters on March 28

The US Transportation Department published a three page proposed rule on March 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


DOE Will Assist 22 Communities With Locally Tailored Pathways to Clean Energy

Release: Communities LEAP Program Helps Environmental Justice and Energy Communities Leverage Tools to Lower Energy Bills, Develop Plans for Sustained Economic Empowerment


2022 Spring Prescribed Burn

News Release: Pipestone National Monument. News ReleaseFor Immediate Release. Contact: Seth Hendriks, Natural Resources Manager, Pipestone National Monument. Phone: 507-825-5464Email: seth_hendriks@nps.gov. Pipestone National Monument Plans Prescribed Burn. Pipestone, MN - Pipestone National Monument plans to have a...



News Release: Following is a joint statement on the UNITAMS-AU-IGAD Facilitated Political Process issued by Canada, France, Germany, Italy, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom, the United States of America, and the European Union as members of the Friends of Sudan.


Houma Woman Charged With Theft of Government Funds

News Release: NEW ORLEANS - United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that NICOLE COCKERHAM (“COCKERHAM"), age 42, of Houma, Louisiana, was charged on March 28, 2022 by a bill of information for Theft of Government Funds, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 641.


News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) employee was arrested for possession of child pornography on his EPA computer, the U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today.


News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA) announced today that the Health Subcommittee will hold a legislative hearing on Tuesday, April 5, at 10:15 a.m. (EDT) in the John D. Dingell Room, 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building on 19 mental health bills. The hearing is entitled, “Communities in Need: Legislation to Support Mental Health and Well-Being."


Houston man sent to prison for role in violent abduction

A 23-year-old Houston man has been ordered to federal prison for admitting his role in a brutal kidnapping of a woman from her residence in Katy, announced U.S.



Case Concludes Involving Organized Fraud Ring in Detroit

News Release: Members Stole Millions from Walmart, AT&T Stores Across the Country.


United States Imposes Sanctions on Iran’s Ballistic Missile-Related Activities

Release: The United States is designating five Iranian individuals and entities for sanctions pursuant to Executive Order (E.O.) 13382, which targets proliferators of weapons of mass destruction and their means of delivery for their involvement in Iran’s ballistic missile-related activities. We have taken this...


Assassin for Mexican Cartel Sentenced to Life in Prison

A Mexican national was sentenced today to life in prison and ordered to pay a $100,000 fine for his role in the Sinaloa Cartel’s operations.According to court documents, Mario Iglesias-Villegas, aka “Dos,” “El 2,” “Delta,” “Parka,” “Grim Reaper,” 37, of Villa Ahumada, became a member of the Sinaloa Cartel under Joaquin “Chapo” Guzman-Loera in early 2008.


News Release: Four Defendants Detained; Allegedly Stole Pandemic Unemployment Funds.