News published on Federal Newswire in March 2022

News from March 2022



USDA lifts sanctions on Texas produce company after reparations payment made

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that Dallas-based Itamp Inc. has paid $26,912 reparation order and will be able to operate in the produce industry once it has the appropriate license.


USDA-NRCS offers new grant application process starting March 2

Conservation Innovation Grants Pennsylvania State Program grant opened on March 2.


Clan Del Golfo associate ordered to prison for international cocaine distribution

News Release: HOUSTON - A ranking member of one of the most serious transnational organized criminal organizations has been sentenced to prison for his role in distributing kilogram quantities of cocaine from Colombia, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.


News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - The National Park Service (NPS) has selected Paul DePrey to serve as the superintendent of San Francisco Maritime National Historic Park. He currently serves as the superintendent of Salem Maritime and Saugus Iron Works national historic sites in Massachusetts. He will begin his new role in late April.


Secretary Blinken’s Call with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Kuleba

News Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken spoke today with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba to offer support and condemn reports of Russia’s attacks on Ukrainian cities and mounting civilian deaths.  The Secretary emphasized that the United States ...


News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Mercer County, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 30 months in prison for attempting to interfere with law enforcement officers during a civil disorder when he attempted to set fire to a police vehicle during a riot in Trenton, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.


Attorney General Merrick B. Garland Announces Launch of Task Force KleptoCapture

News Release: Attorney General Merrick B. Garland Announces Launch of Task Force KleptoCapture.


Syracuse Man Pleads Guilty to Two Armed Robberies

News Release: Akiem Howard Robbed Two Convenience Stores in December 2020, shot at a Store Clerk, and Injured an Accomplice.


The TSA Federal Air Marshal Service recognizes its 60th anniversary

Release: WASHINGTON - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is celebrating the 60th anniversary of the agency’s Federal Air Marshal Service (FAMS).


Traffic control company pays $224K in back wages, damages after investigation finds pay practice violations in Virginia, North Carolina, Pennsylvania

Release: Employer name: Area Wide Protection Inc., doing business as Roadtek Traffic Solutions LLC 5874 N. Lee Highway, Suite 100 Fairfield, VA 24435


The Republic of Korea’s Economic Actions to Support Ukraine

Release: The United States and the Republic of Korea (ROK) are standing shoulder-to-shoulder in support of Ukraine by responding to Russia’s premeditated, unprovoked, and unjustified attack. The ROK’s announcement of economic actions against Russia will help defend the freedom, territorial integrity, and sovereignty ...


News Release: Defendant Participated in Plot to Use Force to Oppose Execution of U.S. Laws, Including the Attack on the Capitol During the Certification Proceeding.


Additional Measures Against the Russian Financial System

News Release: In coordination with our allies and partners, the United States is taking further measures today against the Russian financial system in response to Russia’s continuing premeditated war against Ukraine. Unwavering in our support for Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, we will continue to act with our allies and partners in imposing costs on Russia if it continues its war of choice.


News Release: Today the United States joins the UN Human Rights Council at the Council’s 49th regular session. The U.S. return to that body fulfills a pledge made by President Biden and reflects the centrality of human rights to our nation’s foreign policy. The timing of this session could not be more appropriate.


Secretary Blinken’s Call with Central Asian Foreign Ministers

News Release: The following is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken spoke today with the Foreign Ministers of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan. Secretary Blinken strongly condemned Russia’s premeditated, unprovoked, and unjustified attack on Ukraine and expressed his unwavering solidarity with the people of Ukraine.


News Release: WILLIAMSPORT - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that on March 1, 2022, inmate William Henry Foster, age 35, was sentenced to 12 months’ imprisonment by United States District Court Chief Judge Matthew W. Brann for an assault of a federal officer inflicting bodily injury. Foster’s sentence will run consecutively to his current 300-month federal sentence for conspiring to commit murder.



News Release: United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that a Bella Vista, Arkansas, man convicted of Failure to Register as a Sex Offender was sentenced on Feb. 28, 2022, by U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier.


News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - A Providence man has been ordered detained in federal custody on charges that he filed fraudulent applications for pandemic unemployment assistance payments in at least eight states and that he threatened to assault a corrections officer, announced United States Attorney Zachary A. Cunha and Rhode Island Attorney General Peter F. Neronha.


Secretary Antony J. Blinken At a Press Availability

Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good afternoon. Today is the seventh day of President Putin’s full-scale war against Ukraine. The assault continues by land, by air, by sea. And as I noted in my remarks to the UN Human Rights Council just yesterday, Russian strikes are hitting schools, hospitals, residences. They’re...