News published on Federal Newswire in December 2022

News from December 2022


Williams: Defendants guilty for 'knowingly peddling false claims and coaching clients to lie under oath'

An immigration services firm CEO and an immigration attorney were convicted of conspiracy to defraud the U.S. and conspiracy to commit immigration fraud.


Raimondo: New Mexico's Internet for All grant will 'focus on connecting unserved and underserved communities'

New Mexico received a $5.7 million grant from the Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration through the Internet for All initiative.


Brown: HSI works 'to bring to justice anyone who attempts to violate our children'

A Safford, Ariz., man has been sentenced to 60 months in prison after pleading guilty to possession of child pornography.


Perkins: 'We are seeing a sudden increase in the number of workers dying in trench and excavation collapses'

The U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration has imposed $250,272 in penalties on a Texas construction company it found exposed workers to deadly hazards after a trench collapse caused the death of two workers.


Regan: 'This is just the first action under EPA's Clean Trucks Plan'

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently announced tougher emission standards for heavy-duty truck and engine makers.


Trottenberg: Indiana’s South Shore Line project ‘will deliver improved trip options’

A portion of the $649 million Double Track Project of the South Shore Line in Indiana will receive a $27.5 million Railroad Rehabilitation and Improvement Loan through the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Build America Bureau.


News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - Ramon Antonio Monreal-Rodriguez, 36, of Vail, Arizona, was sentenced on Dec. 14, by United States District Judge James A. Soto, to 152 months in prison and ordered to pay $151,000 in restitution to the U.S. Border Patrol for salary drawn while engaged in criminal activity. Monreal-Rodriguez...


McCabe: BIL funding 'is supercharging EPA’s Brownfields Program'

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the selection of the Alaska Forum and Zender Environmental Health and Research Group in Alaska to receive $1 million in funding for environmental employment training initiatives backed by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law


News Release: The following is a statement from the Foreign Ministers of Australia, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Norway, Switzerland, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and the United States and the High Representative of the European Union.


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NH Man Pleads Guilty to Violent Home Invasion in York

News Release: PORTLAND, Maine: A Hooksett, New Hampshire man pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Portland today to conspiracy and robbery charges stemming from a violent home invasion in York.


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Reclamation announces next negotiation session for Stony Gorge Spillway Gate Rehabilitation Extraordinary Maintenance work

News Release: ORLAND, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation today announced the next public negotiation session for a repayment contract with the Orland Unit Water Users’ Association for the repayment of extraordinary maintenance work, related to the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, for the Stony Gorge Reservoir Spillway Gate Replacement Project.


News Release: Barry Croft Jr., 47, of Bear, Delaware, was sentenced today to 235 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release for conspiracy to kidnap the Governor of Michigan, conspiracy to use weapons of mass destruction against persons or property, and knowingly possessing an unregistered destructive device, which was a commercial firework refashioned with shrapnel to serve as a hand-grenade.


Results of Nepal’s Federal Elections

Release: The United States congratulates the people of Nepal on a successful democratic election and Pushpa Kamal Dahal and coalition partners on their formation of a new government. We are proud to have robust and longstanding ties with Nepal and will continue to stand with the Government of Nepal to promote...


DOE Proposes New Efficiency Standards For Distribution Transformers

Release: New Rule Would Strengthen Grid Resiliency, Cut Carbon Emissions, and Deliver up to $15 Billion in Savings to the Nation