News from May 2022
By Interior Newswire | May 16, 2022
News Release: TUPELO, Miss. - The National Park Service (NPS) seeks the public’s input on an environmental assessment (EA) to install a permanent safety barrier to deter suicide at the Double Arch bridge on Natchez Trace Parkway in Williamson County, Tennessee.

By Homeland Newswire | May 16, 2022
Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 National Dam Safety Program (NDSP) - Region 10 grant opened on May 16.

By Press release submission | May 16, 2022
EM Richland Operations Office (RL) contractor Hanford Mission Integration Solutions (HMIS) recently installed piping and tubing to provide critical water and network data infrastructure to the Hanford Site’s Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (WTP).

By Laurie A. Luebbert | May 16, 2022
COVID-19 related restrictions that disrupted visitation at U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention centers are being lifted as the agency announced an updated phased return to social visitation at detention facilities.

By Bob Pepalis | May 16, 2022
Secretary of State Antony Blinken commented on cyberattacks by Russia ahead of its invasion of Ukraine.

By Bob Pepalis | May 16, 2022
The April 2022 Employment Situation Report showed job growth was widespread across the economy, led by strong results for the leisure and hospitality, manufacturing and transportation and warehousing sectors.

By Tamara Browning | May 16, 2022
The One Water Modernization Program in Englewood, Colo., received $22 million in Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act loan funds through the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

By Homeland Newswire | May 16, 2022
Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 National Dam Safety Program (NDSP) - Region 7 grant opened on May 16.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2022
News Release: GAINESVILLE, Ga. - Othon Marban, Sr., and Othon Marban, Jr., have pleaded guilty to conspiracy to transfer firearms to an out-of-state resident and making false statements to a federally licensed firearms dealer, in connection with their attempted trafficking of approximately 50 guns to Mexico.

By Press Release | May 16, 2022
U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) sent a letter to Francis Suarez, Mayor of the City of Miami and President of the United States Conference of Mayors (USCM), regarding the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) efforts to gain influence over local officials
By Interior Newswire | May 16, 2022
The Daily Digest section of the Congressional Record published “House Committee Meetings” on May 12.

By DOL Newswire | May 16, 2022
The House of Representatives section of the Congressional Record published “IT IS TIME TO ACT ON SOCIAL SECURITY” on May 12.
By Interior Newswire | May 16, 2022
News Release: BOISE, Idaho - Beginning May 16, personal use fuelwood cutting permits can be purchased online for use on the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Boise District. Permits can also be purchased in-person at either the Owyhee Field Office located at 20 1st Ave. W. in Marsing, ID or the Boise District Office...

By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2022
News Release: United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced that a Mitchell, South Dakota, man convicted of Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person was sentenced on May 12, 2022, by Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.

By Karen Kidd | May 16, 2022
The Bureau of Land Management recently announced Public Land Manager Steven Cohn's appointment as the new director of the bureau's Alaska state office in Anchorage.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2022
News Release: HAMMOND- Charles Devon Byron Cook, 32 years old, of Hammond, Indiana, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge James T. Moody on his plea of guilty to being a felon in possession of ammunition, announced United States Attorney Clifford D. Johnson.

By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2022
News Release: A felon who possessed a firearm was sentenced May 13, 2022, to 37 months in federal prison.

By Interior Newswire | May 16, 2022
News Release: KOUNTZE, Texas - Are you looking for something to do during the summer when family comes to visit or when the kids need to get out of the house? Experience Big Thicket National Preserve with a variety of free summer programs, including canoe trips, nature walks, free fishing days, and more.

By David Hutton | May 16, 2022
The arrest of a 90-year-old bishop and several other pro-democracy advocates in Hong Kong is drawing criticism from Human Rights Watch. The advocates could potentially face life in prison and are currently barred from leaving Hong Kong.

By Commerce Newswire | May 16, 2022
There were 22 press releases published by the U.S. Congress Committee on Ways and Means in April.