News published on Federal Newswire in May 2022

News from May 2022


Lael Brainard sworn in as Vice Chair of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

News Release: Dr. Lael Brainard took the oath of office as Vice Chair of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System on Monday. Vice Chair Brainard's oath was administered by Chair Powell in the press briefing room of the Board's Martin building.


BLM Roswell issues emergency closure for Ft. Stanton-Snowy River Cave  National Conservation Area and Lincoln tracts

News Release: ROSWELL, N.M. - Due to extreme fire danger, the Bureau of Land Management Roswell Field Office will temporarily close the Fort Stanton-Snowy River Cave National Conservation Area and Rio Bonito Acquired Lands, also known as the Lincoln tracts. The closure is effective on May 25, 2022, at 8 a.m., and will continue until further notice.


News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.-The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM) today announced an additional Notice of Sale of up to 40.1 million barrels of crude oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR). This Notice of Sale is part of President Biden’s announcement...


The US Energy Department published a two page notice on May 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Park makes changes to river camping program

News Release: BUSHKILL, PA- Starting May 27, visitors who wish to use any of the 62 primitive river campsites along the Middle Delaware National Scenic and Recreational River within Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area will have to make a reservation and pay a $16 per site/per night fee. The fee and reservation...


News Release: BOSTON - A Taunton man was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for drug trafficking activities involving fentanyl.


News Release: The Bureau of Land Management kicks-off the summer with two wild horse adoptions in Wyoming in June. Untrained horses will be offered to qualified adopters on a first-come, first-served basis for a $25 fee.


Agriculture Department discusses New Information Collection: Entities Serving Socially Disadvantaged/Veteran Farmers and Ranchers on May 23

The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on May 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.



Notice published on May 23 by Homeland Security Department

The US Homeland Security Department published a two page notice on May 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


MS-13 Gang Member Pleads Guilty to Three Murders on Long Island

News Release: Earlier today, in federal court in Central Islip, Jhonny Contreras, a member of the Brentwood Locos Salvatruchas clique of La Mara Salvatrucha, also known as the MS-13, a transnational criminal organization, pleaded guilty in federal court in Central Islip to racketeering and related firearms charges...


U.S. Attorney’s Office Collects More Than $330k in Restitution from Defendant in Mortgage Fraud Scheme

News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Michelle M. Baeppler announced that the Financial Litigation Program (FLP) of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Ohio collected $333,549.82 in restitution from a defendant convicted of participating in a $40 million mortgage fraud scheme.


News Release: DALLAS - Two drug traffickers who plotted to assassinate a DEA task force office have plead guilty, announced Eduardo A. Chávez, Special Agent in Charge of Dallas Field Division



News Release: Florence, South Carolina --- A joint team of federal, state, and local law enforcement officers have arrested 16 individuals who have all been charged in federal court for their roles in a conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine.


Release: House Appropriations Committee Chair and Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Subcommittee Chair Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) delivered the following remarks at the Fiscal Year 2023 Member Day Hearing.


Homeland Security Department discusses Safety Zone; Lower Mississippi River, Mile Marker 807, Barfield Bend, TN on May 23

The US Homeland Security Department published a three page rule on May 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: The National Park Service (NPS) has received a Special Use Permit application under 36 CFR 13.160 (“Use of cabins for subsistence purposes") from a federally qualified local subsistence user for non-exclusive use of the Slaven’s Public Use Cabin (65.35045, -143.12267) for subsistence purposes from October...


The US Homeland Security Department published a two page rule on May 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Hartford Man Sentenced To Federal Prison

News Release: HARTFORD, Conn. - Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that MAICO TURELL, 49, of Hartford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Omar A. Williams in Hartford to 30 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for fentanyl distribution and firearm possession offenses.