News published on Federal Newswire in May 2022

News from May 2022


News Release: United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced that a Rapid City, SD man convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance was sentenced on May 2, 2022 by United States District Judge Jeffrey L. Viken.


Granholm: Department of Energy seeks public input for 'expanding and strengthening our power grid'

The U.S. Department of Energy wants to know what the public thinks about the $2.5 billion Transmission Facilitation Program, created by President Biden's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to help build out critical new electrical transmission lines across the nation.


Notice of Revision of a Currently Approved Information Collection discussed on May 16 by Agriculture Department

The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on May 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Topsham Hydro Partners Limited Partnership (L.P.); Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Assessment discussed on May 16 by Energy Department

The US Energy Department published a one page notice on May 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: Counselor of the Department Derek Chollet will lead an interagency delegation to Chisinau, Moldova, from May 17 to 18. He will meet with Moldovan government officials to discuss the impact of the war in Ukraine on Moldova, continue discussions of our 30-year U.S.-Moldovan partnership under the framework ...


News Release: We, the co-chairs of the U.S.-EU Trade and Technology Council (“TTC”), United States Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo, United States Trade Representative Katherine Tai, European Commission Executive Vice President Margrethe Vestager, and European Commission Executive Vice President Valdis Dombrovskis, ...


Foreign Affairs Committee and the bills it addressed on May 16

There was activity on three bills related to the Foreign Affairs Committee on May 16.


News Release: For Drug and Firearm Offenses. FORT WAYNE- Eduardo A. Arguelles, Jr., age 20, of Tucson, Arizona, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Holly A. Brady, on his plea of guilty to possession with intent to distribute cocaine, fentanyl, and heroin, maintaining a drug-involved premises and possession...


Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee and the bills it addressed on May 16

There was activity on six bills related to the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on May 16.


News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $4.2 million grant to Hampton County, South Carolina, for roadway improvements.


Rediscovering Morristown National Historical Park: A Photographic Exhibition by Xiomɑ́ro

News Release: Morristown, NJ - Morristown National Historical Park (NHP) celebrates 2023 its 90th anniversary as a unit of the National Park Service. This milestone presents an opportunity for the park - the nation’s first designated national historical park - to reintroduce itself to the rapidly changing global and local communities it serves in the 21st-century.


Leader Rodgers Discusses Baby Formula Shortage on Fox News

News Release: “This is devastating. It’s a matter of life and death."


There is one release scheduled to be published on May 18.


NIST, NSF Award More Than $7.6 Million to Support Disaster Resilience Research

News Release: GAITHERSBURG, Md. - The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the National Science Foundation (NSF) have awarded more than $7.6 million in grants to fund research that will improve the ability of buildings, infrastructure and communities to hold strong...


Homeland Security Department discusses Anchorage Regulations; Ten Anchorages on the Mississippi River Mile Markers 12-85 AHP on May 16

The US Homeland Security Department published a four page rule on May 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Harris: "We're working to ensure that baby formula is safe and available for families nationwide"

Vice President Kamala Harris recently addressed concerns about the country's current baby formula shortage in a social media post.


Chair DeLauro Statement at FY 2023 Budget Request for the Department of Labor Hearing

Release: Congressman Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Chairman of the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Subcommittee, delivered the following remarks at the Subcommittee's hearing on the Fiscal Year 2023 Budget Request for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.


U.S. Department of Commerce Invests $2.9 Million in American Rescue Plan Funds for Water Infrastructure Improvements to Support Tourism in Berkshire County, Massachusetts

News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo announced the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $2.9 million grant to Adams, Massachusetts, for water infrastructure improvements. This grant is funded by the American Rescue Plan.


News Release: Richard G. Frohling, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that Kevin J. Mueller (age: 60) of Oshkosh, Wisconsin, was charged via a criminal complaint following his May 16, 2022, arrest by local and federal authorities. Mueller was arrested pursuant to Operation Kick...


News Release: United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced that a Todd County, South Dakota, man convicted of Failure to Register as a Sex Offender was sentenced on May 16, 2022, by Chief Judge Roberto A. Lange, U.S. District Court.