News published on Federal Newswire in May 2022

News from May 2022


Longfellow House Opens for 50th Anniversary Season

News Release: Longfellow House-Washington’s Headquarters National Historic Site will open for its 50th anniversary season over the 2022 Memorial Day weekend.


S&T Hackathon Addresses Emerging Threats to Critical Infrastructure

S&T Hackathon Addresses Emerging Threats to Critical Infrastructure


DHS S&T Calls for Submissions to 2022 Biometric Tech Rally

DHS S&T Calls for Submissions to 2022 Biometric Tech Rally


Retired VA Employee Sentenced for Stealing from VA & Vets

News Release: PHOENIX, Ariz. - Dennis Gene Godbolt, 66, of Buckeye, Arizona, was sentenced today by Senior U.S. District Judge David G. Campbell to five years of supervised probation and ordered to pay $95,000 in restitution to the Department of Veteran Affairs. Godbolt previously pleaded guilty to one count of Theft of Government Property, a felony offense.


US Department of Labor finds Encore Industries failed to use machine safety procedures leading to fatal injuries of production manager

News Release: CAMBRIDGE, OH - As a production manager attempted to clear plastic parts stuck in a thermoforming machine, he became trapped when the machine’s conveyor cycled automatically and was fatally crushed at a Cambridge plastics plant.



News Release: Charges Follow Investigation Into Operation Based at 7th and O Streets NW.


Homeland Security Department discusses Safety Zone; Cumberland River; Nashville, TN on May 24

The US Homeland Security Department published a three page rule on May 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.



The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on May 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


DHS S&T Selects 2022 Summer Research Teams from Minority Serving Institutions

DHS S&T Selects 2022 Summer Research Teams from Minority Serving Institutions


CISA Releases NECP Spotlight: Aligning Emergency Communications In Preparation For The Super Bowl

CISA Releases NECP Spotlight: Aligning Emergency Communications In Preparation For The Super Bowl


BLM to Invest in Orphaned Well Plugging and Reclamation

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the Bureau of Land Management announced it would invest funds from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to plug high-priority orphaned oil and gas wells on public lands in Utah and California, as part of a multi-agency effort to reduce environmental and health impacts from orphaned wells nationwide.


U.S. Department of Commerce Invests $708,640 for Water and Road Improvements to Support Business Expansion in Johnstown, Pennsylvania

News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $708,640 grant to the Cambria Somerset Authority, Johnstown, Pennsylvania, for water infrastructure and roadway repairs.


News Release: MOBILE, AL-A Mobile County woman, Jessica Defloren Tubb, aka “Allie," 37, was sentenced on May 12, 2022 to 15 years in prison for drug crimes, including actions that caused the overdose death of Kelsey Johnston.


CISA Issues Emergency Directive Requiring Federal Agencies Mitigate Vulnerabilities In VMware Products

CISA Issues Emergency Directive Requiring Federal Agencies Mitigate Vulnerabilities In VMware Products


Justice Department discusses Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Under The Clean Air Act on May 24

The US Justice Department published a one page notice on May 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Rapid City Man Indicted for Failure to Register as a Sex Offender

News Release: United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced that a Rapid City, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Failure to Register as a Sex Offender.


Coons: 'With new National Park Service designations, we will better honor and remember those who worked to correct the injustice of school segregation'

The Brown v. Board of Education National Historical Park Expansion and Redesignation Act President Joe Biden signed into law last week will "more fully tell the story" of how legally segregated schools ended in the U.S.


Vermont Man Sentenced to 46 Months for Traveling to New York to Engage in Sexual Activity with a Minor

News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Robert McAdam, age 49, of Rutland, Vermont, was sentenced today to 46 months in prison for traveling to engage in illicit sexual conduct with a minor, announced United States Attorney Carla B. Freedman and Janeen DiGuiseppi, Special Agent in Charge of the Albany Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).