News published on Federal Newswire in May 2022

News from May 2022


Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.


December 2021: House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure publishes 21 press releases

There were 21 press releases published by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure in December 2021.


Man Who Threatened a Woman with a Loaded “Ghost Gun” Pleads Guilty

News Release: A man who pointed a personally-made firearm, also known as a ghost gun, at a woman and threatened to kill her pleaded guilty Thursday in federal court, announced U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson.


News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Martin Connearney, age 32, of Lenox, Massachusetts, was arrested yesterday and charged with traveling across state lines with the intent to engage in a sexual act with a minor.


The US Energy Department published a one page notice on May 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Release: Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman met with Gabonese Foreign Minister Michael Moussa Adamo today in Libreville. Deputy Secretary Sherman and Minister Moussa Adamo discussed the strong U.S.-Gabonese bilateral relationship, regional security issues, collaboration in multilateral institutions including the UN Security Council, and shared commitment to address health and climate challenges.


Department of Justice Launches Law Enforcement Knowledge Lab

Department of Justice Launches Law Enforcement Knowledge Lab


USDOJ-OJP-OVC grant application closes on June 29

OVC FY 2022 Enhancing Access to Victim Services grant opened on May 6.



Carper, Climate Advocates, and Education Leaders Call on EPA to Protect Delawareans from Cross-State Pollution

News Release: WILMINGTON, Del. - U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, today joined University of Delaware professor, Dwight Higgin, Kuumba Academy Charter School teacher, Raequan Jones, and the Climate Action Campaign, in calling on President Biden and ...


Administrator Samantha Power’s Meeting with Harjit Sajjan, Minister of International Development, Global Affairs, Canada

Today, Administrator Samantha Power met with Canada’s Minister of International Development Harjit Sajjan to discuss humanitarian crises and development responses in Ukraine, Afghanistan, and Ethiopia, cooperation on gender equality and the care economy agenda.Administrator Power and Minister Sajjan discussed the need for greater support for internally displaced persons in Ukraine as well as those fleeing to other European countries, and the importance of prioritizing and expediting the delivery of aid to areas facing dire need.


Countering Corruption in Security Cooperation

Let me first thank Jeff Abramson and the entire Forum on the Arms Trade steering committee for inviting me to engage with your network of civil society experts and exchange ideas on promoting a more responsible arms trade – in particular, how we can better address the risk that arms trade and security assistance will contribute to corruption.


News Release: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has named public land manager Steven Cohn as the new Director of the Alaska State Office in Anchorage.


Garysburg Man Sentenced to 72 Months for Firearm and Crack Cocaine Charges

News Release: RALEIGH, N.C. - Calvin McKinley Hughes, 39, of Garysburg, Northampton County, was sentenced today to 72 months in prison for possessing crack cocaine with intent to distribute and for possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. Hughes pled guilty to the charges on January 4, 2022.


DOL-ETA offers new grant application process starting May 6

Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Employment Service (ES) Allotments for Program Year (PY) 2022. grant opened on May 6.


Secretary Haaland Announces $61 Million to Increase Outdoor Access in Urban Spaces

News Release: ST. PAUL - Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland and Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks Shannon Estenoz visited Minnesota today to announce $61.1 million in grant funding is available to communities in 26 cities across the United States to create new parks and trails, or substantial renovations to existing parks, through the Outdoor Recreation Legacy Partnership (ORLP) program.


News Release: A man who led officers on a high-speed chase while illegally possessing a firearm was sentenced today to more than two years in federal prison.


Vandalia Man Sentenced To 60 Months Imprisonment For Distributing Child Pornography

News Release: EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. - Bradley L. Matthews, 40, of Vandalia, Illinois, was sentenced on May 4,.


News Release: NEW BERN, N.C. - A Bladen County woman who helped a former doctor operate a “pill mill" in Columbus County, where opioids and other controlled substances were improperly prescribed, was sentenced today to 60 months in prison for unlawfully distributing Oxycodone, Hydrocodone, Methadone, and Marijuana.


Homeland Security Department discusses Collection of Information Under Review by Office of Management and Budget; OMB Control Number 1625-0023 on May 5

The US Homeland Security Department published a two page notice on May 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.