News published on Federal Newswire in March 2022

News from March 2022


News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA -- A former resident of Plantation, Florida, has been sentenced in federal court to a total term of 178 months imprisonment and 5 years of supervised release on her convictions for violating money laundering and narcotics laws, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.


One Pager: Helping Americans Deal with Democrats’ IRS Tax Filing Disaster

News Release: One Pager: Helping Americans Deal with Democrats’ IRS Tax Filing Disaster.


DOC-NIST grant application closes on May 3

Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase I grant opened on March 2.


News Release: United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that a Manderson, South Dakota, man convicted at trial of Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance was sentenced on Feb. 18, 2022, by U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier.


U.S. Attorney Cindy Chung Names Leadership Team, Reorganizes Criminal Division

News Release: PITTSBURGH - United States Attorney Cindy Chung has announced the office’s new executive leadership team and a restructuring of the Criminal Division that will allow the office to best effectuate the Administration’s priorities.



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


News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - A Crockett man has pleaded guilty to federal firearms violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston today.


Bettendorf Man Sentenced to 50 Years for Child Pornography Charges

News Release: DAVENPORT, Iowa - Justin Treanton, age 37, of Bettendorf, was sentenced on Feb. 28, 2022, to 30 years in federal prison for the production of child pornography and 20 years in prison for the possession of child pornography, with the sentences run consecutively for a total of 50 years in federal prison. After serving his prison sentence, Treanton will be under federal supervised release for the rest of his life and required to register as a sex offender.


Sex Offender Sentenced to Over Five Years in Federal Prison for Failure to Register in Maryland

News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Chief U.S. District Judge James K. Bredar today sentenced Lawrence A. Marvitz, age 44, of Hagerstown, Maryland, to 69 months in federal prison, followed by lifetime supervised release, for failing to register as a sex offender and for violating his supervised release for a previous...


Democrats Want to Cut Overwhelmingly Popular Medicare Advantage Program

News Release: Democrats Want to Cut Overwhelmingly Popular Medicare Advantage Program.


US Department of Labor to educate healthcare industry on wage laws to ensure essential workers receive earned wages, worker protections

News Release: CHICAGO ‒ Careworkers put in long hours tending to the vital needs of people in their homes and at health care facilities, yet they are among the nation’s lowest paid workers. Their jobs are made even more difficult when employers fail to pay them all their rightfully earned wages.


Lorain Man Convicted of Possession with Intent to Distribute Fentanyl, Fentanyl Analogues, Heroin and Cocaine

News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Michelle M. Baeppler announced that a federal jury returned guilty verdicts on Tuesday, March 1, 2022, against Defendant Brandon J. Sharp, 34, of Lorain, Ohio, following a three-day trial before U.S. District Judge Donald C. Nugent in Cleveland. Sharp was convicted of four counts of possession with the intent to distribute controlled substances.


Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Well, good morning, everyone. It is really a pleasure to be with my friends and colleagues from Panama, from Costa Rica, from the Dominican Republic, and to be here to meet with the Alliance for Development in Democracy. That alliance is a powerful commitment and an inspiring commitment...


Brady: Another Month, Another Loss in Real Buying Power for Family Budgets in America

News Release: Brady: Another Month, Another Loss in Real Buying Power for Family Budgets in America.



News Release: Brady: Strengthen Mental Health by Fighting Opioid Epidemic & Stopping Policies that Disconnect Americans.


WRAP-UP: Investigations into Unemployment Fraud are Unorganized and Untargeted

News Release: WRAP-UP: Investigations into Unemployment Fraud are Unorganized and Untargeted.


EPA Region 7 and KU Center for Environmental Policy Promote Environmental Research and Student Career Opportunities

EPA Region 7 Administrator Meg McCollister and KU Vice Chancellor for Research Dr. Simon Atkinson signed the MOU after touring the KU Hill Engineering Research and Development Center.


Rodgers: “Big Tech Manipulates and Exploits us for Profit. It’s Getting Worse”

News Release: Washington, D.C. - At a Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee hearing today on Big Tech, House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) addressed how Big Tech mishandles our personal information, harms our kids, their role in the current Ukraine-Russia war, and the need for national privacy and data security protections.