News published on Federal Newswire in December 2022

News from December 2022


Acting Coordinator for Counterterrorism Betts’ Travel to Japan, the Philippines, and India

Release: Acting Coordinator for Counterterrorism Timothy Betts travels to Japan, the Philippines, and India December 8-14.


Release: Thank you, Jared for the introduction, and apologies for my scratchy voice. Too many airplanes have gotten to me, so I’ll sip tea as we go through this. I hope you all can hear me.



The US Transportation Department published a one page proposed rule on Dec. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Dec. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


E&C Leaders Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Encourage Investment & Innovation in Satellite Communications

News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) issued the following statement today on forward-looking, bipartisan legislation seeking to promote competition, innovation, and American leadership in the thriving commercial satellite communications industry...


Passengers Have Brought 793 Guns to TSA Checkpoints Across Florida This Year

Release: Passengers across the state of Florida have brought a record number of guns to the Transportation Security Administrations checkpoints. The year-to-date number of 793 guns is already 19 percent higher than in any previous year and includes records set at 14 individual airports.


News Release: This morning, I joined President Biden, Vice President Harris, National Security Advisor Sullivan, and Cherelle Griner in the Oval Office, as Cherelle spoke to her wife Brittney, who is now on her way back to the United States and to her wife’s loving embrace. I am grateful to the State Department team ...


Transportation Department discusses Airworthiness Directives; The Boeing Company Airplanes on Dec. 8

The US Transportation Department published a three page proposed rule on Dec. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


U.S. Marshals Service Warns Public of Threatening Phone Scam

News Release: Scranton, PA - Today, U.S. Marshal Martin J. Pane announced that the United States Marshals Service New York/New Jersey Regional Fugitive Task Force arrested Shaquan Jamal Longchallon, 22 years old, of Tobyhanna.


News Release: Acting Coordinator for Counterterrorism Timothy Betts travels to Japan, the Philippines, and India December 8-14.


Former Prisoner Transport Officer Pleads Guilty to Sexually Assaulting and Kidnapping Male Detainee

News Release: Former prisoner transport officer, Dewayne Dudley, 56, pleaded guilty in federal court in the Northern District of Oklahoma to violating a male detainee’s civil rights by sexually assaulting and kidnapping him.


News Release: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken will announce the third cohort of ACCA honorees during the Anti-Corruption Champions Award Ceremony on December 9, International Anti-Corruption Day, at 9:00 a.m. in the Burns Auditorium at the Department of State in Washington, D.C.


Zuni Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Assault and Firearms Offenses

News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Alexander M.M. Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, announced today that Martin Eriacho was sentenced to 10 years in prison. Eriacho, 52, of Zuni, New Mexico, and an enrolled member of the Zuni Pueblo, pleaded guilty on Sept. 7 to assault with a dangerous weapon and brandishing a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence.


News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and U.S. Representative Michael McCaul (R-Texas), lead Republican of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, today called on the Government Accountability Office to provide detailed information to Congress about the U.S. assistance provided in response to Russia’s unprovoked war of aggression administered by the State Department and USAID.


Investigation into two workers' deaths in Edmund finds Arkansas contractor failed to test oxygen level in confined space, provide rescue equipment

News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - Federal workplace safety investigators have determined that an Arkansas construction contractor failed to test oxygen levels in the confined space before two workers entered a sewer 20 feet below ground at an Edmund work site and died because of a lack of oxygen.


Commerce Department discusses Additions of Entities to the Entity List; Removal of an Entity From the Entity List on Dec. 8

The US Commerce Department published a six page rule on Dec. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senator Gary Peters (D-MI), Chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, released a new report detailing the findings of his two-year investigation into the federal government’s initial response to COVID-19 from December 2019 through March 2020, as...



Murray Calls for Congress to Pass Bipartisan PREVENT Pandemics Act In End-of-Year Package

News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), spoke on the Senate floor about the urgent need for Congress to take action on pandemic preparedness. She urged her colleagues to work with her and HELP Ranking...