News published on Federal Newswire in December 2022

News from December 2022


Biden-Harris Administration Announces $500,000 EPA Brownfields Grant to Train Hawaii Environmental Workers, Revitalize Communities

News Release: SAN FRANCISCO – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a $500,000 grant funded through President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law for an environmental job training program in Hawai’i. The grants through EPA’s Brownfields Jobs Training Program will recruit, train, and place ...


Build Your Own Adventure: Stop at 156 Feet

News Release: You Chose: Stop at 156 Feet.


News Release: Fawaz Ould Ahmed Ould Ahemeid, aka Ibrahim Idress, aka Ibrahim Dix, 44, of Mauritania, was arraigned earlier today in federal court in the Eastern District of New York on a six-count indictment charging him with multiple terrorism offenses, including for his roles in the March 7, 2015 attack on the La...


Biden-Harris Administration Announces $1.5M from EPA’s Brownfields Grants to Train Missouri Environmental Workers

News Release: LENEXA, KAN. (DEC. 14, 2022) – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a total of $1.5 million in grants funded through President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law for environmental job training programs in Missouri.


News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM) today announced $5.3 million in funding for five cutting edge projects that will advance research supporting the domestic production of rare earth elements and other critical minerals. A domestic...


News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Keyontray Daniel Johnson, of Worton, Maryland, has admitted to his role in a multi-state organized drug trafficking enterprise dubbed the “19th Street Enterprise," United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.


News Release: A California man was sentenced today to 47 years and six months in prison for producing and receiving images of child sexual abuse.


Chair Blumenauer Opening Statement at Trade Subcommittee Hearing on Promoting Sustainable Environmental Practices through Trade Policy

News Release: Today we are holding a hearing on the critical and timely subject of trade and the environment.


PAMS-SC grant application closes on April 11

FY 2023 Funding for Accelerated, Inclusive Research (FAIR) grant opened on Dec. 15.


News Release: SAVANNAH, GA: A Chatham County man with a violent criminal history has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for illegally carrying a gun.


Kansas City Man Pleads Guilty for His Part in a Nationwide Telemarking Fraud Scheme

News Release: MINNEAPOLIS- A Kansas City man has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit mail fraud in connection to a $300 million nationwide telemarketing fraud scheme that targeted elderly and vulnerable victims announced, U.S. Attorney Andrew M. Luger.


News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Nigerian man has been indicted for his role in computer hacking, wire fraud, and money laundering acts that defrauded companies of nearly $8 million after compromising companies’ business e-mail accounts, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today.


The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Dec. 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.



Environmental Protection Agency discusses Pesticides; Removal of PFAS Chemicals From Approved Inert Ingredient List for Pesticide Products on Dec. 14

The US Environmental Protection Agency published a three page notice on Dec. 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The Congressional Record published “EXECUTIVE AND OTHER COMMUNICATIONS” in the Senate section on Dec. 8.


Airworthiness Directives; MHI RJ Aviation ULC (Type Certificate Previously Held by Bombardier, Inc.) Airplanes discussed on Dec. 14 by Transportation Department

The US Transportation Department published a three page rule on Dec. 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Four Charged in Connection with Labor Trafficking, Forced Labor, and Immigration Offenses at Williamsburg Laundry Facility

News Release: NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - A 33-count indictment was unsealed today charging four people with joining together to defraud and commit offenses against the United States, including human trafficking of individuals from Central America, benefiting from forced labor, money laundering, and various other immigration-related offenses, such as harboring undocumented non-citizens.


Commerce Department discusses Fisheries of the South Atlantic; South Atlantic Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings on Dec. 14

The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Dec. 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The Department of Justice has announced the unsealing of an 11-count indictment charging 12 individuals in a long-running, multi-faceted conspiracy to monopolize the transmigrante forwarding industry in the Los Indios border region near Harlingen and Brownsville.