News published on Federal Newswire in March 2022

News from March 2022


Business advocacy groups respond to Biden's State of the Union address

Amid all the observation about war in the Ukraine, President Joe Biden made promises during the March 1 State of the Union address to the nation's business community and advocates have responded to what he said.


News Release: On behalf of the Government of the United States of America, I congratulate all Ghanaians home and abroad on the anniversary of Ghana’s independence on March 6.


Ahead of 74-17 Cloture Vote, Portman Delivers Remarks on Senate Floor Urging Colleagues to Pass Postal Service Reform Act

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today on the Senate floor, U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, delivered remarks ahead of the cloture vote urging his Senate colleagues to pass the bipartisan Postal Service Reform Act. The legislation will...


San Diego Man Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison for Fentanyl Distribution Resulting in Death

News Release: Assistant U. S. Attorneys Larry Casper (619) 546-6734 and Shauna Prewitt (619) 546-7937.


DOI-BLM grant application closes on May 6

Bureau of Land Management Eastern States Plant Conservation and Restoration Management grant opened on March 7.


Philadelphia Man Charged After High-Speed Car and Foot Chase on I-76

News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Naquor Berry, 28, of Philadelphia, PA, was arrested and charged by Indictment with possession of ammunition by a felon, possession of a controlled substance with the intent to distribute, and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, all stemming from a dangerous high-speed incident which unfolded on the Schuylkill Expressway.


Release: Dear Applicants,Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ) is excited to announce you can now apply for Postentry Quarantine & Timber permits in APHIS eFile! Effective today, PPQ will no longer issue new or renew existing Postentry Quarantine permits through ePermits. You will need to submit a new application using APHIS eFile. All active Postentry Quarantine and Timber permits issued through ePermits will remain valid until permit expiration.


Federal Jury Convicts Kissimmee Man Of Sexually Exploiting A Minor Child Using A Cell Phone Camera

News Release: Orlando, Florida -United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that a federal jury has found Rafael Antonio Bracero-Navas (50, Kissimmee) guilty of seven counts of sexually exploiting a minor child. Bracero-Navas faces a maximum penalty of 30 years in federal prison on each count and will be required to register as a sex offender. His sentencing hearing is scheduled for June 1, 2022. Bracero-Navas had been indicted on August 4, 2021.


USDA Confirms Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in a Commercial Mixed Species Flock in South Dakota

The United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has confirmed the presence of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in a commercial mixed species flock in Charles Mix County, South Dakota.


USDA Confirms Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in a Flock of Commercial Layer Chickens in Maryland

The United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has confirmed the presence of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in a flock of commercial layer chickens in Cecil County, Maryland.


USDA Confirms Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in a Flock of Commercial Broiler Chickens in Missouri

The United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has confirmed the presence of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in a flock of commercial broiler chickens in Stoddard County, Missouri.


USDA Confirms Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in Two Non-Commercial Backyard Flocks (Non-Poultry) in Connecticut and Iowa

The United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has confirmed the presence of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in two non-commercial backyard flocks (non-poultry) in Connecticut and Iowa.


APHIS BRS Permit Application Updates and Training – Coming Soon!

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) Biotechnology Regulatory Services (BRS) is announcing several updates to APHIS eFile that will make it easier to submit an APHIS eFile BRS permit application.


News Release: Leonard C Boyle, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that NELIOBET DeJESUS, 44, of Orlando, Florida, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley in Bridgeport to 30 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for trafficking narcotics.


News Release: Erie, Pa, - A resident of Erie, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 5 years in jail and 5 years supervised release on his conviction of violating federal laws relating to the sexual exploitation of children, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.


Meet Lesley Hawn, Fish and Wildlife Administrator

I am a supervisory fish and wildlife administrator in the Sustainable Fisheries Division at the NOAA Fisheries Pacific Islands Regional Office.


Alaska Halibut Season Opens March 6

Pacific halibut season opens Sunday, March 6 statewide in Alaska, according to a final rule just posted in the Federal Register by NOAA Fisheries.


NOAA’s GOES-T blasts into orbit

GOES-T will track destructive wildfires, lightning, Pacific Ocean-based storms, dense fog, and other hazards that threaten the U.S. West Coast, Hawaii and Alaska.


Statement from NOAA Administrator Dr. Rick Spinrad on the IPCC Climate Change 2022 Impacts Report

"Today’s IPCC report offsite link is crystal clear: We must urgently reduce our emissions while also increasing our efforts to adapt to the impacts we can no longer avoid.


2 EDA Grants to Savanna, Illinois, Spur Manufacturing Investment and Job Creation

About 10 years ago, the city of Savanna, Illinois, faced two economic development hurdles.