News from December 2022
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2022
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Alexander M.M. Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, announced today that Eric Chandler Watson made an initial appearance in federal court on a criminal complaint charging him with assault with a dangerous weapon and assault resulting in serious bodily injury...

By Karen Kidd | Dec 16, 2022
A central Georgia nonprofit serving the intellectually disabled was found to have failed to provide timely career counseling, information and referrals to three adult workers with developmental disabilities.

By Homeland Newswire | Dec 16, 2022
The US Homeland Security Department published a six page rule on Dec. 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2022
News Release: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Matthew B. Millhollin, Special Agent in Charge, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), Boston, announced that CHRISTOPHER BATES JR., 36, of Greenwich, was arrested today on a federal criminal complaint charging him with child pornography offenses.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 16, 2022
The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Dec. 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2022
News Release: MINNEAPOLIS - A Duluth man has been indicted for wire fraud after pretending to operate a law firm and defrauding an individual out of thousands of dollars in legal fees, announced U.S. Attorney Andrew M. Luger.

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2022
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Ernesto Richards, age 36, formerly of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, was charged yesterday by a federal grand jury with narcotics trafficking, firearms, and false statement offenses.

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2022
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - JARRIN GAYDEN, age 34, a resident of New Orleans, Louisiana, was sentenced on December 8, 2022 by U.S. District Judge Eldon E. Fallon to a term of forty-two (42) months’ imprisonment followed by a term of four (4) years’ supervised release and a $100.00 mandatory special assessment...

By Commerce Newswire | Dec 16, 2022
News Release: The SHA-1 algorithm, one of the first widely used methods of protecting electronic information, has reached the end of its useful life, according to security experts at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). The agency is now recommending that IT professionals replace SHA-1, in the limited situations where it is still used, with newer algorithms that are more secure.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 16, 2022
News Release: One of the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Legacy Management (LM) Applied Studies and Technology program’s (AS&T) focus areas is the effect of natural processes on remedy protectiveness. AS&T has a portfolio of studies that focus on enhancing LM’s understanding of long-term processes that affect disposal cell performance.

By DOL Newswire | Dec 16, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Veterans’ Employment and Training Service announced today enhanced curricula for the Transition Assistance Program mandatory courses beginning Jan. 1, 2023.

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2022
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that on December 7, 2022, JARON MCCREE, age 27, of New Orleans, pleaded guilty as charged to being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By State Newswire | Dec 16, 2022
Release: The following is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.

By Homeland Newswire | Dec 16, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, announced that the Senate has passed 16 of his key priorities included in the FY 2023 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).

By Interior Newswire | Dec 16, 2022
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Dec. 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2022
News Release: Jackson, TN - Jimmy Horton, Jr., 54, has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for possession of over 50 grams of actual methamphetamine with the intent to distribute. United States Attorney Kevin Ritz announced the sentence today.

By State Newswire | Dec 16, 2022
FY23 Cultural Property Agreement Implementation Grants grant opened on Dec. 16.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2022
News Release: MONROE, La. - United States Attorney Brandon B. Brown announced that Michael Ansezell Tolliver, 57, of Monroe, Louisiana, appeared before United States District Judge Terry A. Doughty yesterday and pleaded guilty to one count of money laundering.

By State Newswire Report | Dec 16, 2022
Rep. Diana Harshbarger (R-TN) said Xi Jinping's visit to Saudi Arabia and the resulting comprehensive strategic partnership agreement between China and Saudi Arabia poses a threat to the global economy and geopolitical stability, and President Joe Biden is not prepared to deal with that threat.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2022
News Release: ST. PAUL, Minn. - A federal jury convicted a St. Paul man of possession with intent to distribute cocaine, announced U.S. Attorney Andrew M. Luger.