News from May 2022

By Homeland Newswire | May 12, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, delivered opening remarks at a hearing examining innovation in the federal procurement process where he emphasized the need to incentivize American-made products...
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2022
News Release: Montgomery, Alabama - Today, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Alabama announced that six individuals from Phenix City, Alabama have been arrested following indictments on federal drug charges.

By DOE Newswire | May 12, 2022
There was activity on four bills related to the Energy and Commerce Committee on May 11.

By Commerce Newswire | May 12, 2022
The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on May 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2022
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A 41-year-old local man has been ordered to federal prison for forcing a minor to engage in sexually explicit conduct, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer Lowery.
By DOL Newswire | May 12, 2022
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on May 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By Art Benavidez | May 12, 2022
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has named Brie Chartier as the San Juan Islands National Monument Manager.
By DOE Newswire | May 12, 2022
The US Energy Department published a two page notice on May 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Newswire | May 12, 2022
The US Energy Department published a one page notice on May 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2022
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - A Columbus man was sentenced in federal court here to 150 months in prison for his role in a conspiracy involving shipments of narcotics from Arizona to Ohio.
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2022
News Release: FLORENCE, SOUTH CAROLINA - Johnny Ricardo Thomas, a/k/a Rico, a/k/a Lulu, 34, of Durham, N.C., has been sentenced to more than 2o years in federal prison after pleading guilty to coercing minors to engage in prostitution in the Myrtle Beach area of South Carolina and elsewhere.

By Press release submission | May 12, 2022
Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield’s Meeting with Foreign Minister of Kosovo Donika Gërvalla-Schwarz

By DOL Newswire | May 12, 2022
News Release: DALLAS - As temperatures rise in Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Texas, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration reminds employers and workers not to ignore the dangers of working in hot weather - indoors and out - and remember “Water. Rest. Shade." can be the difference between ending the workday safely or suffering serious injuries or worse.
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2022
News Release: The Justice Department today released the following statement from spokesman Anthony Coley:

By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2022
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A former pharmacist was arrested today for her role in distributing and dispensing outside the course of professional practice large quantities of oxycodone and other controlled substances from a pharmacy located in Trenton, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.
By Interior Newswire | May 12, 2022
News Release: HOPKINS, SC - Staff from Congaree National Park, along with staff from USDA APHIS and Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie National Historical Park, will be conducting scheduled feral hog management work near the Harry Hampton Visitor Center and Boardwalk Trail over the next two weeks. This work will occur...
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2022
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - A federal grand jury in the Western District of Wisconsin, sitting in Madison, returned the following indictments yesterday. You are advised that a charge is merely an accusation and that a defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.

By Interior Newswire | May 12, 2022
News Release: SPRINGDALE, Utah - The National Park Service (NPS) is working to expand and improve the restrooms at Kolob Canyons Visitor Center on the northwest side of Zion National Park. The new facilities will double capacity, improve accessibility, and reduce water use. Site preparation is underway now, and the NPS anticipates finishing the project in fall 2022.

By State Newswire | May 12, 2022
Release: Pursuant to the authorities delegated to the Secretary of State in Executive Order (E.O.) 13553, which implements Section 105 of the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010, as amended (CISADA) (Public Law 111-195), as well as in the October 9, 2012, Delegation of Certain...

By Art Benavidez | May 12, 2022
Funding from the $240.4 million Bipartisan Infrastructure Law is still being disbursed.