News from December 2022

By US DOT Newswire | Dec 21, 2022
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Dec. 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By State Newswire | Dec 21, 2022
Empowering IVLP Alumni grant opened on Dec. 21.

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2022
News Release: MIAMI - Shawn Anthony Jackson Outler, a 23-year-old former Florida Atlantic University student, has been sentenced by U.S. District Judge Aileen M. Cannon to 24 years in prison for producing child sexual abuse material of a 14-year-old girl.

By Commerce Newswire | Dec 21, 2022
The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Dec. 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State Newswire | Dec 21, 2022
Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2022
News Release: A Chicago tax preparer was sentenced to seven years in prison today after her trial conviction for embezzling her deceased grandmother’s pension checks and preparing false tax returns for clients.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 21, 2022
News Release: ST. CLAIR COUNTY, IL. - The Disaster Recovery Center (DRC) in East St. Louis will close permanently on Thursday, Dec. 22. This is also the last day to apply for FEMA assistance. People affected by the July 25 - 28 flooding in St. Clair County can still visit the Recovery Center through Dec. 22. The facility will close permanently at 6 p.m.

By State Newswire | Dec 21, 2022
FY2023 U.S. Consulate Fukuoka: Women's Empowerment and Leadership Workshop grant opened on Dec. 21.

By US DOT Newswire | Dec 21, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, joined U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael S. Regan, as well as clean air and labor leaders in announcing new standards to reduce emissions of nitrogen oxides (NOx) from heavy-duty vehicles starting in model year 2027.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2022
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Alexander M.M. Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, announced that Darrell Desiderio was sentenced on Dec. 16 to 25 years in prison. Desiderio, 45, of Gallup, New Mexico, and an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation, pleaded guilty on July 26, 2021, to second degree murder in Indian Country.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 21, 2022
The US Transportation Department published a three page proposed rule on Dec. 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By USDA Newswire | Dec 21, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, Dec. 20, 2022 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced an investment of $9.5 million to support the scale-up of sustainable bioproduct manufacturing in the United States. Three successful projects are funded through USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture’s (NIFA) Bioproduct Pilot Program, which funds research and development of value-added products from agricultural commodities.

By DOE Newswire | Dec 21, 2022
The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Dec. 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By EPA Newswire | Dec 21, 2022
The US Environmental Protection Agency published a three page rule on Dec. 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By State Newswire | Dec 21, 2022
FY2023 U.S. Embassy Tokyo: Promoting Study Abroad through Market Research grant opened on Dec. 21.
By State Newswire | Dec 21, 2022
News Release: The United States condemns in the strongest terms the Taliban’s indefensible decision to ban women from universities, keep secondary schools closed to girls, and continue to impose other restrictions on the ability of women and girls in Afghanistan to exercise their human rights and fundamental freedoms. ...

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2022
News Release: The Office of Justice Programs’ National Institute of Justice has published an article summarizing an NIJ-funded study that measures the ability of bloodstain pattern analysts to provide valid and consistent conclusions. Bloodstain patterns can be pivotal evidence, with the power to exculpate or exonerate defendants in high profile cases. Although admissible in court for more than 150 years, the validity of bloodstain pattern analysis has recently been questioned.

By State Newswire | Dec 21, 2022
Modernizing the U.S.-Japan Alliance for Tensions in Taiwan grant opened on Dec. 21.
By EPA Newswire | Dec 21, 2022
News Release: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Indian Health Service completed a formal agreement that provides more than $23 million to build a new water treatment plant at the Warm Springs Indian Reservation. IHS obligated $13,601,000 toward the project and EPA provided $10,262,000. Nearly all the funding is the result of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2022
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Today Jessica D. Aber, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, announced that over the course of the past year, EDVA’s litigative efforts have resulted in the forfeiture of at least 164 illegally owned, possessed, used, or obtained firearms. Firearms that are criminally...