News published on Federal Newswire in March 2022

News from March 2022


US Department of Labor recovers $169K in back wages, damages for 118 shortchanged restaurant workers in Oregon after investigation

News Release: PORTLAND, OR - The U.S. Department of Labor enforces laws that protect workers’ rights. It also holds unscrupulous employers who shortchange their workers accountable, as it has done on behalf of 118 workers at three Oregon restaurants after an investigation revealed wage theft and other violations.


News Release: Derek McNeill Washington, 31, was sentenced on Feb. 24, 2022, to 300 months in prison for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and money laundering, announced United States Attorney Sandra J. Hairston.


Neal and Davis Praise New HHS LGBTQ+ Foster Youth Guidance

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) and Worker and Family Support Subcommittee Chairman Danny K. Davis (D-IL) released the following statement applauding new Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) guidance regarding LGBTQ+ youth in the foster care system...


Friends of Sudan Statement on Publication of UNITAMS Summary Report

Release: Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Kuwait, the Netherlands, Norway, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Sweden, United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom, the United States of America, and the European Union, as members of the Friends of Sudan, welcome the publication by the UN Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in Sudan (UNITAMS) of its summary report on consultations with Sudanese stakeholders, against the backdrop of Sudan’s ongoing political crisis.


News Release: PITTSBURGH - Seth Lindsey was sentenced to a total of 39 months in prison for conspiring to distribute fentanyl while on federal supervised release for a prior heroin trafficking conviction and also for conspiring to distribute Schedule I synthetic cannabinoid controlled substances, also known as “K2," while serving a prior federal prison sentence, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.


Horseshoe Bend Overlook Fatality Feb 14 2022

News Release: On Feb. 14, 2022, at approximately 2:20 p.m., the National Park Service (NPS) Glen Canyon Regional Communications Center received a 911 call of a fatal fall at Horseshoe Bend Overlook in Glen Canyon National Recreation Area near Page, AZ. Witnesses reported an adult male was outside the safety railing...


DOS-BWA grant application closes on Aug. 30

U.S. Embassy Gaborone PAS Annual Program Statement grant opened on March 2.


Associate of Gambino Organized Crime Family Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Arson in Queens

News Release: Defendant Set Fire to Victim’s Car to Induce Extortion Payment.


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on March 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Elizabeth, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 68 months’ imprisonment and three years’ supervised release on his conviction of violating federal narcotics and firearms laws, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.


Transportation Department discusses Proposed Revocation of Colored Federal Airway Blue 26 (B-26); Fort Yukon, AK on March 2

The US Transportation Department published a three page proposed rule on March 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.



The US Energy Department published a one page notice on March 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: Washington D.C - Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Health Subcommittee Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY) released the following statement about bipartisan health bills that passed the House of Representatives.


Seventeen Kentuckians Indicted for Animal Fighting Charges

News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky.- In four separate indictments, issued by a federal grand jury sitting in London, 17 Kentuckians have been indicted with various offenses related to animal fighting and cruelty.


NHTSA Releases 2020 Traffic Crash Data

News Release: Showing highest number of fatalities and highest fatality rate since 2007


Friends of Sudan Statement on Publication of UNITAMS Summary Report

Release: Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Kuwait, the Netherlands, Norway, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Sweden, United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom, the United States of America, and the European Union, as members of the Friends of Sudan, welcome the publication by the UN Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in Sudan (UNITAMS) of its summary report on consultations with Sudanese stakeholders, against the backdrop of Sudan’s ongoing political crisis.



News Release: WILLIAMSPORT- The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Lisa Montpelier, 48, of Johnson City, Tennessee, was sentenced to 24 months’ imprisonment to be followed by two years of supervised release by U.S. District Court Chief Judge Matthew W. Brann for smuggling suboxone into the United States Penitentiary (USP Allenwood) in Allenwood, Pennsylvania.


Distribution of Methamphetamine Results in Federal Prison Time for Shreveport Man

News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - United States Attorney Brandon B. Brown announced that a Shreveport man was sentenced today in United States District Court for distributing methamphetamine. Chief United States District Judge S. Maurice Hicks, Jr. sentenced Frank Gilford Joshua, IV, 34, to 60 months in prison, followed by 5 years of supervised release.