News published on Federal Newswire in August 2022

News from August 2022


News Release: WASHINGTON -- FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell announced today that President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. made additional disaster assistance available for the state of New Mexico.



The US Justice Department published a two page notice on Aug. 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: Orlando, Florida - United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces the return of an indictment charging Timothy Paul Jones (59, Orlando) with two counts of bank robbery. If convicted, Jones faces a minimum mandatory penalty of 10 years, and up to life, in federal prison on each count. The indictment also notifies Jones that the United States intends to forfeit $80,000, which is alleged to be traceable to proceeds of the offense.


Department of Justice Announces the Opening of Nominations for the Sixth Annual Attorney General's Award for Distinguished Service in Community Policing

News Release: Today, Attorney General Merrick B. Garland announced the Department of Justice is now accepting nominations for the Sixth Annual Attorney General’s Award for Distinguished Service in Community Policing. Through this award, the Department of Justice honors the incredible work our nation’s law enforcement does to keep our communities and our country safe.


Joint Ministerial Statement Marking the 5th Anniversary of the Myanmar Military’s Attack against Rohingya and Ensuing Crisis


PRC Efforts to Manipulate Global Public Opinion on Xinjiang


Dominican Drug Lord extradited to the United States from the Dominican Republic to Face Drug Trafficking Charges

News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -Dominican authorities extradited Consolidated Priority Organizational Target (CPOT) Julio De Los Santos-Bautista, also known as “Julito Kilo," to the United States to face drug trafficking charges filed in the District of Puerto Rico.



News Release: “I commend President Biden on the selection of Kimberly Cheatle to serve as the next Director of the U.S. Secret Service.


Bloomfield Man Sentenced to More Than 6 Years in Federal Prison for Drug and Gun Offenses

News Release: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JAIME HOLT, 39, of Bloomfield, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to 76 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for drug distribution and firearm possession offenses.


Telephonic briefing with U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs Daniel J. Kritenbrink


Fact vs. Fiction: Kremlin Disinformation About International Sanctions


Russia’s War on Ukraine: Six Months of Lies, Implemented


PRC Efforts to Manipulate Global Public Opinion on Xinjiang


Deputy Coordinator for CVE and Terrorist Detentions Opening and Closing Remarks



Florida Man Found Guilty of Hate Crime for Racially-Motivated Attack Against Black Man Driving with his Family

News Release: Tampa, FL - Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, U.S. Attorney Roger Handberg for the Middle District of Florida and Special Agent in Charge David Walker of the FBI Tampa Field Office announced that a federal jury in Tampa, Florida, returned a guilty verdict against Jordan Patrick Leahy, 29, for a racially-motivated attack against a Black man who was traveling down a public roadway with his family.


U.S. Department of Energy Seeks Information on Water Research Needs Related to Produced Water and Legacy Wastewaters Associated with Thermal Power Plants

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM) released a Request for Information (RFI) on the characterization, treatment and cleaning, and management of effluent waters from oil and natural gas development and production, along with...