News published on Federal Newswire in May 2022

News from May 2022


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH) and Gary Peters (D-MI), Ranking Member and Chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, announced that their bipartisan Improving Government for America’s Taxpayers Act has advanced from the Senate Homeland Security...


Senator Murray Statement on Oklahoma’s Extreme, First-in-the-Nation Complete Ban on Abortion

News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, issued the following statement on Oklahoma’s complete ban on abortion, which was signed into law by Governor Kevin Stitt Wednesday and takes effect immediately. The...


Changes in Flood Hazard Determinations discussed on May 26 by Homeland Security Department

The US Homeland Security Department published a four page notice on May 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


U.S. Department of Transportation Announces Appointment of Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel to the Aviation Consumer Protection Advisory Committee and a June 28-29 Meeting of the Committee

News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Secretary Pete Buttigieg announced that Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel - an attorney general who has prioritized protecting consumers and defending civil rights - will act as the state representative and new Chair of the Aviation Consumer Protection Advisory Committee (ACPAC). Attorney General Nessel is succeeding Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey as state representative and Chair.


There are five releases scheduled to be published on May 31.


Granholm: Department of Energy to fund 'removing legacy carbon pollution from the air through direct air capture and safely storing it'

The U.S. Department of Energy released a notice of intent to fund a $3.5 billion Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to fund four air capture hub programs.


ICE ERO Boston arrests 2 convicted fugitives wanted by Brazilian authorities for murder, robbery

ICE ERO Boston arrests 2 convicted fugitives wanted by Brazilian authorities for murder, robbery


Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association honors 2 former HSI special agents

Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association honors 2 former HSI special agents


Tech executive receives federal sentence for illegally exporting equipment to Pakistan

Tech executive receives federal sentence for illegally exporting equipment to Pakistan


ICE HSI Task Force busts $2 million unemployment fraud scheme

ICE HSI Task Force busts $2 million unemployment fraud scheme


29 arrested in HSI Phoenix, multiagency operation targeting alleged child sex and human traffickers

29 arrested in HSI Phoenix, multiagency operation targeting alleged child sex and human traffickers


HSI, Brazil law enforcement partners take down international child exploitation ring

HSI, Brazil law enforcement partners take down international child exploitation ring


After houses collapse, contractors, volunteers and National Park Service clean miles of beach at Cape Hatteras National Seashore

After houses collapse, contractors, volunteers and National Park Service clean miles of beach at Cape Hatteras National Seashore


Mountain View man pleads guilty to 2020 murder committed in national park

Mountain View man pleads guilty to 2020 murder committed in national park


Voyageurs National Park Begins Buoy Placement for 2022 Summer Season

Voyageurs National Park Begins Buoy Placement for 2022 Summer Season



National Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive Center opening temporary exhibit at Baker Heritage Museum

National Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive Center opening temporary exhibit at Baker Heritage Museum


Royal Gorge Field Office cancels Stage 1 fire restrictions in northern counties

Royal Gorge Field Office cancels Stage 1 fire restrictions in northern counties


HSI Nogales investigation leads to guilty plea of man for transportation of child pornography depicting minor victim in Mexico

HSI Nogales investigation leads to guilty plea of man for transportation of child pornography depicting minor victim in Mexico


Federal grand jury convicts man of impeding and threatening federal officers at the port of entry following HSI Sells investigation

Federal grand jury convicts man of impeding and threatening federal officers at the port of entry following HSI Sells investigation