News published on Federal Newswire in December 2022

News from December 2022


Cabell County Woman Pleads Guilty to Federal Fraud Crimes

News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - Tiffani Meeks, 38, of Barboursville, pleaded guilty today to three counts of wire fraud, after defrauding a Cabell County business while its bookkeeper.


Jury Convicts D.C. Woman for Credit Card Fraud Scheme Involving Hundreds of Victims

News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A federal jury convicted a Washington, D.C. woman today on multiple charges of conspiracy to commit bank fraud, bank fraud, trafficking in unauthorized access devices, aggravated identity theft, unlawful possession of 15 or more access devices, and possession of access device-making equipment with intent to defraud.


DOS-NER grant application closes on Jan. 15

PRM FY2023 Julia Taft Refugee Fund grant opened on Dec. 13.


The US Energy Department published a four page notice on Dec. 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


DOE-NETL grant application closes on March 13

BIL Regional Direct Air Capture Hubs grant opened on Dec. 13.


$10.3 Million in Grants Awarded to Improve the Health of Long Island Sound

News Release: NEW YORK – Today, top federal and state environmental agencies and officials from New England and New York, including the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), announced 41 grants totaling $10.3 million to organizations and local governments to improve ...


Fouad K. Zeton Charged with Wire Fraud Conspiracy for Role in Insurance Fraud and Bribery Scheme

News Release: NEW ORLEANS - The United States Attorney’s Office announced that FOUAD K. ZETON was indicted on December 8, 2022 for conspiracy to commit wire fraud.


News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today released the following statement on the 200th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the United States and Mexico:


State Department: Partnership with Croatia 'thriving'

Croatia and the United States have signed a comprehensive tax treaty to avoid double levies and create opportunities for tax breaks.


News Release: PROVIDENCE - A West Warwick man today pleaded guilty in federal court to multiple child pornography charges, announced United States Attorney Zachary A. Cunha.


DOE-NETL offers new grant application process starting Dec. 13

This is a Notice of Intent to issue Funding Opportunity Announcement DE-FOA-0002829 grant opened on Dec. 13.


BLM Newcastle to burn slash piles in Crook and Weston counties

News Release: NEWCASTLE, Wyo. - The Bureau of Land Management Newcastle Field Office plans to burn slash piles this winter on BLM-administered lands in Crook and Weston counties. Burning may continue as conditions permit through April 2023.


Airline Passenger with Box Cutter Who Caused Flight to be Diverted Has Been Indicted

News Release: ATLANTA - William Allen Liebisch has been charged with interfering with the duties of a flight crew after he brought a box cutter aboard a Fronter Airlines flight and told a fellow passenger that he wanted to stab someone, which required the pilot to make an emergency landing in Atlanta.


The US Transportation Department published a four page rule on Dec. 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Buttigieg: $2.3 billion for intercity passenger rail ‘one of the two most significant investments in the past 50 years’

Applications are being accepted for grant funding for rail projects not located on the Northeast Corridor under the Federal-State Partnership for Intercity Passenger Rail Program for fiscal year 2022.


Baltimore Businessman Sentenced to Prison for Employment Tax Crimes

News Release: A Maryland man was sentenced today to three years in prison for not paying over employment taxes to the IRS on behalf of his company’s employees.


Alleged Pan Am Flight 103 Bombmaker in U.S. Custody

Release: Today is an important day for justice. Following an intensive diplomatic effort, Abu Agila Mohammad Mas’ud Kheir al-Marimi is in U.S. custody to face trial for his alleged role in the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103. The bombing resulted in the deaths of 270 people nearly 34 years ago on Dec. 21, 1988.


News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Alexander M.M. Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, announced that Paul Michael Astorga was sentenced on Dec. 8 to 26 years and eight months in prison. A federal jury convicted Astorga, 36, of Las Cruces, New Mexico, on Dec. 16 on one count each of being...


Notice of Public Listening Sessions of the Office of Science Support (OSS) discussed on Dec. 12 by Commerce Department

The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Dec. 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Readout of Secretary Alejandro N. Mayorkas Trip to Bogotá, Colombia

News Release: BOGOTA - Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas visited Colombia’s capital Bogotá from December 8th through 10th to meet with senior government counterparts and build on the momentum started at the Summit of the Americas in June where the United States led efforts for a hemispheric approach...