News from March 2022
By Interior Newswire | Mar 29, 2022
News Release: Great Smoky Mountains National Park officials plan to close several roads across the park in preparation for expected high winds on Wednesday, March 30. The National Weather Service has issued a High Wind Warning for the mountains beginning at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, March 30 through 8:00 a.m. on Thursday, March 31. Officials anticipate sustained winds between 35 to 45 mph with gusts up to 80 mph.
By State Newswire | Mar 29, 2022
Release: FOREIGN MINISTER BOURITA: (Via interpreter) Dear Secretary of State the U.S., like to extend a warm welcome to him to Morocco. We are all pleased and glad to meet him in our - in his - the first official state meeting of Secretary of State in the current administration to Morocco. Welcome to you, sir.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 29, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration is proposing amendments to its occupational injury and illness recordkeeping regulation, 29 CFR 1904.41. The current regulation requires certain employers to electronically submit injury and illness information - that they are required to keep - to OSHA. The agency uses these reports to identify and respond to emerging hazards and makes aspects of the information publicly available.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 29, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Later today, the House will vote on bipartisan legislation from the Ways and Means Committee that will help more Americans save for secure retirements. The Securing a Strong Retirement Act of 2022, often referred to as SECURE 2.0, expands automatic enrollment in 401(k) and 403(b) retirement plans, allows Americans to save more for longer, and protects workers’ retirement savings.
By State Newswire | Mar 29, 2022
Release: The United States notes with concern the growing tensions in South Sudan, including recent clashes between the South Sudan People’s Defense Force’s (SSPDF) and the Sudan People’s Liberation Army/Movement-In Opposition (SPLA/M-IO) in Upper Nile state. We call for both sides to observe fully their obligations...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2022
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A New York company admitted its role in price gouging a chain of New Jersey grocery stores in connection with the sale of KN95 masks during the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today.
By State Newswire | Mar 29, 2022
Release: The following is the text of a joint statement by the Governments of the United States of America, Israel, and the United Arab Emirates.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 29, 2022
News Release: “The Biden-Harris Administration recently released its proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2023, which includes strong support for NOAA‘s mission and goals. This level of funding signals the Administration's support of NOAA as the authority on climate data and information. The FY 2023 budget will allow NOAA...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2022
News Release: On March 25, a federal court in the Southern District of Florida permanently enjoined two Miami-area tax return preparers and their businesses from preparing federal tax returns or operating any tax return preparation business in the future. The court ordered that they disgorge more than $60,000 in return preparer proceeds to the United States. The court also issued a narrower injunction against a third preparer and his business.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2022
News Release: PHOENIX, Ariz. - Jesse Don Moquino, 39, of Phoenix, Arizona, an enrolled member of the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community, was sentenced last week by U.S. District Judge Susan M. Brnovich to 15 years in prison, followed by three years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2022
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Karim Irvin Brooks, of Hagerstown, Maryland, was sentenced today to four years of probation for a drug charge, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 29, 2022
News Release: Park managers at Fort Scott National Historic Site, in coordination with Fire Managers with the US Fish and Wildlife Service from Marais des Cygnes National Wildlife Refuge, plan to burn the five-acre restored prairie this April 2022. The specific date and ignition will depend upon weather conditions and the burn may be postponed or canceled if conditions are unfavorable.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 29, 2022
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today after the release of President Biden’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 budget...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2022
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Mark Beale, 75, of Las Cruces, New Mexico, pleaded guilty on March 25 in federal court to unlawful dispensing and distributing of a schedule II controlled substance. Beale will remain on conditions of release pending sentencing.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 29, 2022
News Release: GULF BREEZE, Fla. -- Gulf Islands National Seashore will close the Fort Pickens Area today, March 29, at 8 p.m. due to predicted weather that could result in impassable conditions on Fort Pickens Road.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2022
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that RONALD S. RILEY, JR., (“RILEY’), age 26, of Slidell, Louisiana plead guilty on March 28 to conspiracy to commit bank fraud and aggravated identity theft charged in a bill of information filed February 7, 2022 in the Eastern District of Louisiana.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2022
News Release: BOSTON - A Michigan man pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston in connection with his involvement in a fraudulent scheme to obtain COVID-19-related unemployment assistance.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2022
News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces the unsealing of an indictment charging Jy’Quale Samari Grable (20, Tampa) and Aquavious Smith (19, Palmetto) with conspiracy and interference with commerce by robbery. Grable was also charged with using a firearm in relation to a crime...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2022
News Release: U.S. Attorney Congratulates Alison L. Gregoire for Receiving YWCA’s Government and Public Service Award.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2022
News Release: Defendant Falsely Accused an FBI Agent and Another Individual He Suspected Was an FBI Informant of Soliciting Approximately a $20,000 Bribe to Make The Case Go Away.
