News published on Federal Newswire in May 2022

News from May 2022


DOI-BOR grant application closes on July 12

Desalination and Water Purification Research Program Pitch to Pilot for Fiscal Year 2022 grant opened on May 26.


Department of State Offers Reward for Information to Bring Two Kenyan Nationals to Justice

Release: The U.S. Department of State is offering rewards of up to $1 million each for information leading to the arrests and/or convictions of two fugitive Kenyan nationals, Abdi Hussein Ahmed and Badru Abdul Aziz Saleh, for participating in, or conspiring to participate in, transnational organized crime. Ahmed...


The US Environmental Protection Agency published a two page proposed rule on May 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Georgia’s National Day

Release: On behalf of the United States of America, I wish the people of Georgia a happy Independence Day.



MS-13 Member Sentenced to Life in Prison for Murder in Aid of Racketeering

News Release: An El Salvador man was sentenced today to life in prison for murder in aid of racketeering and conspiracy to commit murder in aid of racketeering.


Energy Department discusses Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program-Eastern Division-Rate Order No. WAPA-203 on May 25

The US Energy Department published a four page notice on May 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


BLM Green River District and interagency partners recognized with prestigious Pulaski Award

News Release: PRICE, Utah - The National Interagency Fire Center Governing Board has selected the Bureau of Land Management Green River District, Moab Interagency Fire Center Dispatch North Zone and interagency partners as the winner of the 2022 Pulaski Award. The recipients are being recognized for their collaboration in advance of and during the Bear and Bennion Creek fires in June 2021 that spread northwest of Helper, Utah. The honor was awarded today during a ceremony in Price.



Statement by Secretary Mayorkas on Shooting in Uvalde, Texas

News Release: WASHINGTON - Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas released the following statement regarding the mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas...


BLM Bakersfield and Central Coast field offices to issue seasonal fire

BLM Bakersfield and Central Coast field offices to issue seasonal fire


BLM to remove hazard trees along Bizz Johnson National Recreation Trail

BLM to remove hazard trees along Bizz Johnson National Recreation Trail


Volunteers invited to help with Snake River Canyon cleanup event on May 21

Volunteers invited to help with Snake River Canyon cleanup event on May 21




Suburban Houston man pleads guilty to transporting child inside plastic bin

News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A 22-year-old Stafford resident has admitted to illegally transporting a minor non-U.S. citizen within the country, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.


Crapo Statement on Double-Digit Producer Price Index

U.S. Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) issued the following statement after the Producer Price Index (PPI) showed numbers remaining at a troubling double-digit rate of 11.0 percent, well above the 1.8 percent average during the four years prior to Biden taking office.


DOI Heeds Republican Messages, Announces Draft Five-Year Offshore Leasing Plan

Today, U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) Secretary Deb Haaland announced DOI will be releasing a draft five-year plan for oil and gas leasing on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) before the current plan expires on June 30, 2022.


Leader Rodgers: Parents Need Immediate Action and Answers on the Baby Formula Crisis

Leader Rodgers: Parents Need Immediate Action and Answers on the Baby Formula Crisis


Full Committee Markup Wrap Up

In a full committee markup today, the Energy and Commerce Committee passed bipartisan solutions to improve mental health care, lower drug costs for patients, and support medical innovation.