News published on Federal Newswire in May 2022

News from May 2022


Petition for Waiver of Compliance discussed on May 11 by Transportation Department

The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on May 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Attorney General Merrick B. Garland Honors Nation’s Law Enforcement During National Police Week

News Release: In honor of National Police Week, Attorney General Merrick B. Garland recognizes the service and sacrifice of federal, state, local, territorial, and Tribal law enforcement. This year, the week is observed Wednesday, May 11 through Tuesday, May 17, 2022.


Authorizing Specified Economic Activities in Non-Regime Held Areas of Northeast and Northwest Syria in Support of D-ISIS Efforts

Release: The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) today issued Syria General License (GL) 22, authorizing specific economic activities in certain non-regime-held areas of northeast and northwest Syria. This new authorization supports the Biden Administration’s strategy to...


Cancellation Order for Certain Pesticide Registrations and Amendments To Terminate Uses discussed on May 11 by Environmental Protection Agency

The US Environmental Protection Agency published a four page notice on May 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


U.S. Department of Commerce Invests $2 Million to Support Innovation and Technology Entrepreneurs in Akron, Ohio

Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $2 million grant to the city of Akron, Ohio, to expand and renovate its Bounce Innovation Hub, a business incubator facility.


Department of the Interior Releases Investigative Report, Outlines Next Steps in Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative

News Release: WASHINGTON - Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland and Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Bryan Newland today released Volume 1 of the investigative report called for as part of the Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative, a comprehensive effort to address the troubled legacy of federal Indian ...


USDOJ-OJP-OVC grant application closes on July 5

OVC FY 2022 Measuring the Impact of Victim Services: Implementation, Management, and Sustainment of the Measures for Providers Responding to Victimization Experiences (iMPRoVE) Project grant opened on May 12.


Labor Department discusses Petition for Modification of Application of Existing Mandatory Safety Standards on May 11

The US Labor Department published a two page notice on May 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


G7 Foreign Ministers’ Statement on the Situation of Women and Girls in Afghanistan

Release: The text of the following statement was released by the G7 foreign ministers of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America, and the High Representative of the European Union.


Mercer County Accounting Professor Charged with Tax Evasion and Filing False Tax Returns

News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A Mercer County, New Jersey, man was arrested today for tax evasion and filing false tax returns, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.


Marshall County man sentenced for drug charge

News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Jacob Lee McKinley, of Moundsville, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 30 months of incarceration for a drug charge, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.


Chairman Neal Statement on Meeting with UK Minister of State for Northern Ireland Conor Burns

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC-Today, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement after meeting with Minister of State for Northern Ireland Conor Burns...


U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Harris Recognizes Police Week

News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - In honor of National Police Week, United States Attorney Gregory K. Harris recognizes the service and sacrifice of federal, state, and local, law enforcement. This year, the week is observed Wednesday, May 11, through Tuesday, May 17, 2022.


President Biden Signs Law to Expand and Redesignate Brown v. Board of Education National Historical Park

News Release: WASHINGTON - Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland joined President Biden as he signed the Brown v. Board of Education National Historical Park Expansion and Redesignation Act into law today, providing for inclusion of additional related sites in the National Park System to reflect a more complete story of the landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision outlawing segregation in public schools in 1954.


California Man Sentenced To 60 Months’ Imprisonment For His Role As A Courier For A Nationwide Drug Trafficking Organization

News Release: SCRANTON- The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that United States District Judge Malachy E. Mannion sentenced David Sandoval, age 21, of Anaheim, California, yesterday to 60 months’ imprisonment and a 5-year term of supervised release, for his participation...


Man Charged with April 2018 Mount Vernon Murder

News Release: NEW YORK CITY - Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, John B. DeVito, Special Agent in Charge of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, New York Field Division, Frank A. Tarentino III, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration, ...


Readout of President Biden’s Call with Philippine President-Elect Ferdinand Marcos Jr.

President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. spoke today with President-elect Ferdinand Marcos Jr. of the Philippines to congratulate him on his election.


Energy and Commerce Committee and the bills it addressed on April 1

There was activity on five bills related to the Energy and Commerce Committee on April 1.


Guthrie Opening Statement on Health Subcommittee Markup of Mental Health and Medical Innovation Solutions

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY) delivered remarks at today’s Health Subcommittee markup of six bills, including the H.R. 7667, the “Food and Drug Amendments of 2022, and H.R. 7666, the “Restoring Hope for Mental Health and Well-Being Act of 2022."


Florence Man Sentenced to More Than 15 Years in Federal Prison for Narcotics and Firearms Crimes

News Release: FLORENCE, SOUTH CAROLINA - Daniel Harrison Wallace, 29, of Florence, was sentenced to more than 15 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to possessing with intent to distribute methamphetamine and possessing a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking.