News published on Federal Newswire in March 2022

News from March 2022


NHTSA Releases 2020 Traffic Crash Data

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration released its 2020 annual traffic crash data, showing that 38,824 lives were lost in traffic crashes nationwide.


Lafayette Parish (LA) Sheriff's Office wins COPS Office Photo Contest

 The Department of Justice’s Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) is pleased to feature the Lafayette Parish (LA) Sheriff’s Office (LPSO) as its “Community Policing in Action” Photo Contest winner for January 2022.The winning photo features LPSO Deputy Oscar Benoit greeting Joe Green, a local resident, during a community walk in May 2021.


NHTSA Proposes Significant Updates to Five-Star Safety Ratings Program

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has proposed significant safety updates to its flagship 5-Star Safety Ratings program.


News Release: MODERATOR: Ladies and gentlemen, time for statements, and – for information, there won’t be any questions after the statements because of limited time. Minister Rau, floor is yours.


“TOPICS OF INTEREST” published by the Congressional Record in the House of Representatives section on March 3

“TOPICS OF INTEREST“ was published in the House of Representatives section on pages H1294-H1296 on March 3


Enfield Man Admits Defrauding the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to Receive Benefits

News Release: Leonard C Boyle, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut; Christopher Algieri, Special Agent in Charge of the Department of Veteran Affairs, Office of the Inspector General, Northeast Field Office; and James M. Noble, Special Agent in Charge, Coast Guard Investigative Service, Northeast...


The U.S. Commerce Department, through its Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), has taken two additional actions in response to Russia’s brutal assault on the sovereignty of Ukraine.


News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) issued an administrative complaint on Oct. 13, 2021, against Natural Bridge Stockyard Inc. (NBS) and Calvin D. [Bo] Wells, Jr. (Wells) of Natural Bridge, Ala., for alleged violations of the Packers and Stockyards (P&S) Act.


Former Public Utility Executives Indicted For Conspiring To Steal Millions Of Dollars From The City Of Jacksonville Upon The Sale Of The Jacksonville Electric Authority

News Release: Jacksonville, Florida -United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces the return by a grand jury of an indictment charging former Jacksonville Electric Authority (JEA) Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Aaron Zahn (42, Jacksonville Beach) and former JEA Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Ryan Wannemacher (40...


DOT-FTA grant application closes on May 31

FY 2022 Competitive Funding Opportunity; Low or No Emission Grant Program grant opened on March 7.


Secretary Blinken’s Call with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Kuleba

Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.


Felon Sentenced for Sex Trafficking, Drug, and Firearm Charges

News Release: A Norfolk man was sentenced today to 460 months in prison for sex trafficking, fraud, conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and other drugs, and being a felon in possession of a firearm.


DOL-ETA grant application closes on April 21

Growth Opportunities grant opened on March 7.


Repairs to US Route 209 Begin Week of March 7

News Release: BUSHKILL, PA- Extensive repairs to a seven-mile section of US Route 209 within Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area will begin this week and are expected to be completed by the end of the year. The work is funded by the Great American Outdoors Act (GAOA) and is part of an overall project estimated at over $21 million to completely rehabilitate 14 miles of the primary north-south artery and emergency access route through the park over the next two years.


News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Desert Hot Springs, California, man pleaded guilty in federal court today to smuggling more than four kilograms of methamphetamine from Los Angeles, Calif., to Indianapolis, Indiana aboard a bus traveling through Kansas City, Missouri.


At Peters Urging, Senate Advances Bipartisan Postal Service Reform Bill with Strong Bipartisan Support

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Gary Peters (D-MI), Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, led the Senate to advance long overdue, bipartisan legislation that would set the United States Postal Service on a more sustainable financial footing and support the goal of providing...


Lowell Man Sentenced for Drug and Firearm Offenses

News Release: BOSTON - A Lowell man was sentenced today in federal court in Worcester for drug and firearm offenses.


Portman Cleveland Plain Dealer Op-Ed: It’s Time for Congress to Pass the Bipartisan Pray Safe Act

News Release: In a new op-ed for the Cleveland Plain Dealer, U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, discussed the need for Congress to pass his bipartisan Pray Safe Act to establish a federal clearinghouse through which faith-based organizations...


News Release: FLORENCE, SOUTH CAROLINA - Scorpio Teriell Tisdale, 28, of Gallivants Ferry, and Michael Keith McKenith, 32, of Aynor, were sentenced to 10 years and 7 years respectively after pleading guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute heroin and fentanyl.


Granholm visits Kentucky to highlight clean energy investments in Appalachia

On Wednesday, March 2. U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm traveled to Lexington, Kentucky to highlight how the Department of Energy and the President’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law are supporting advancements in clean energy technology.