News published on Federal Newswire in March 2022

News from March 2022


Release: The United States is designating six individuals for their support of the terrorist group Boko Haram. The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has added Nigerian nationals Abdurrahman Ado Musa, Salihu Yusuf Adamu, Bashir Ali Yusuf, Muhammed Ibrahim Isa, Ibrahim Ali...


News Release: Brady: We Shouldn’t Be Providing a Dollar to the Russian War Machine.


US Department of Labor cites Pensacola custom cabinetmaker again  after inspectors find workers exposed to fire risks

News Release: PENSACOLA, FL - Despite the findings of a January 2021 federal workplace safety investigation, a Pensacola custom cabinet manufacturer continued to expose workers to fire risks, inspectors with the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration found in a follow-up visit.


E&C Announces Additional Details on FCC Oversight Hearing

News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Mike Doyle (D-PA) announced additional details today on the Communications and Technology Subcommittee hearing on Thursday, March 31, at 10:30 a.m. (EDT) on oversight of the Federal...


Census Bureau to Hold Third Status Briefing for the National Urban League Plaintiffs

News Release: What: The U.S. Census Bureau will hold a briefing for the National Urban League plaintiffs in the case of NATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE, et. al., v. GINA RAIMONDO et. al. The Census Bureau agreed in a Joint Stipulation in settling this lawsuit to brief plaintiffs to allow an opportunity for questions and answers...


News Release: PEORIA, Ill. - The last of five defendants - Jaquon Timothy, 19, of the 1600 block of South Stanley Street in Peoria, Illinois - was sentenced on March 24, 2022, to 22 months’ imprisonment, to be followed by three years of supervised release, for his involvement in the theft of nine firearms during the burglary of a gun store in fall 2020.


News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), together with House Natural Resources Committee Republican Leader Bruce Westerman (R-AR) and House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Republican Leader Sam Graves (R-MO), led a letter to House...


S&T Awards Funding for Detection Canine Research and Development

News Release: WASHINGTON - The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) announced a $24 million contract, awarded over five years, to Auburn University College of Veterinary Medicine (AUCVM) to support research & development (R&D) in the detection canine field. The award, funded...


2022 Spring Star Gazing Event

News Release: Pipestone, MN: The semiannual night sky viewing party has returned to Pipestone National Monument. Visit the park on Saturday, April 30, from 8:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. for an evening of stargazing and learning.


News Release: CHICAGO - A federal jury has convicted a suburban Chicago man of laundering illegal narcotics proceeds on behalf of drug traffickers in Mexico.


Rodgers, Westerman, & Graves Call on Congressional Leadership to Address Key Barriers to U.S. Energy Security in China Bill

News Release: House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), together with House Natural Resources Committee Republican Leader Bruce Westerman (R-AR) and House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Republican Leader Sam Graves (R-MO), led a letter to House Speaker Nancy...


Raimondo: Tariff agreement 'will benefit America's steel and aluminum industries and workers'

A new tariff agreement with the United Kingdom will allow steel and aluminum products into the United States and lifts retaliatory tariffs on more than $500 million worth of U.S. exports, according to a March 22 U.S. Department of Commerce news release.


Department of Labor: $10 million planned to 'develop and implement career-focused programming'

The U.S. Department of Labor will provide $10 million for grants to help expand supervised programs outside of school that expose young people career options and prepare them to succeed in the workforce.


The US Labor Department published a six page rule on March 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


TUNE IN: McCaul Joining CNN’s State of the Union this Sunday at 10amET/9amCT

News Release: Washington, D.C.- House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul will join Dana Bash on CNN’s “State of the Union" this Sunday, March 27th at 10amET/9amCT. Rep. McCaul will discuss the latest on Russia’s war on Ukraine - and what President Biden and the United States should be doing in response.



News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Peninsula Internal Medicine, L.L.C., a medical practice located in Salisbury, Maryland, and the Estate of Candy Burns have paid the United States $286,631.33 to settle allegations that Peninsula Internal Medicine (“PIM") and its former owner, Candy Burns, submitted false claims to the United States for medical services that were not provided.


S&T Seeks Information on Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus

News Release: WASHINGTON - The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) released a request for information (RFI) about commercially available self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA) to meet the needs of emergency responders. The technologies will be considered for inclusion...


South Bay Woman Charged with Attempted Arson of Bank Branch

News Release: LOS ANGELES - A South Bay woman was charged today in a federal grand jury indictment alleging she threw a Molotov cocktail inside a bank in Torrance after having a dispute with the branch manager.


News Release: INDIANAPOLIS - Today, the Justice Department found that the Indiana State Board of Nursing (Nursing Board) violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) by prohibiting nurses who take medication to treat Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) from participating in the Indiana State Nursing Assistance Program.