News from March 2022
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 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.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2022
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.

By US DOT Newswire | Mar 30, 2022
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...

By Interior Newswire | Mar 30, 2022
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...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2022
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.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 30, 2022
The US Labor Department published a three page notice on March 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By US DOT Newswire | Mar 30, 2022
The US Transportation Department published a three page proposed rule on March 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By DOE Newswire | Mar 30, 2022
Release: Communities LEAP Program Helps Environmental Justice and Energy Communities Leverage Tools to Lower Energy Bills, Develop Plans for Sustained Economic Empowerment

By Interior Newswire | Mar 30, 2022
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...

By State Newswire | Mar 30, 2022
Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
By State Newswire | Mar 30, 2022
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.

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2022
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.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2022
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.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 30, 2022
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."

By Press release submission | Mar 30, 2022
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.

By Commerce Newswire | Mar 30, 2022
This bill is sponsored by Rep. Josh Harder.

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2022
News Release: Members Stole Millions from Walmart, AT&T Stores Across the Country.

By State Newswire | Mar 30, 2022
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...

By Press release submission | Mar 30, 2022
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.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2022
News Release: Four Defendants Detained; Allegedly Stole Pandemic Unemployment Funds.