News published on Federal Newswire in December 2022

News from December 2022


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Dec. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Fourteen Gang Members and Associates from the Double Nine Grim Reapers Charged with Racketeering, Narcotics, and Firearms Offenses

News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Michael J. Driscoll, the Assistant Director in Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), announced the unsealing of a 15-Count Indictment charging 14 members of the Double Nine Grim...


News Release: Washington, DC - Today, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, released the full text of the Building American Energy Security Act of 2022. He also urged his colleagues on both sides of the aisle to support amending the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) to include this comprehensive, bipartisan permitting reform and complete the critical Mountain Valley Pipeline.


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Dec. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) and U.S. Reps. Tom Tiffany (R-Wis.) and Pete Stauber (R-Minn.) led a letter to congressional appropriators, requesting that any year-end funding package prohibit federal funding for the listing of the northern long-eared bat (NLEB) as endangered under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). In part, the members wrote.


State Department publishes notice on Dec. 7

The US State Department published a one page notice on Dec. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Homeland Security Department published a one page notice on Dec. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


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 16 of his key priorities have been included in the FY 2023 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).


Bully Hard Gang Member Charged with Murder of a Minor Victim in Poughkeepsie

News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, William Grady, the District Attorney for Dutchess County, and Michael J. Driscoll, the Assistant Director in Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), announced the filing of a superseding...


News Release: GREENSBORO - A Jacksonville, Florida man was sentenced today in federal court in Greensboro for possessing an illegal machine gun, announced United States Attorney Sandra J. Hairston of the Middle District of North Carolina.


News Release: A seven-count indictment was unsealed today in federal court in Brooklyn charging Andrii Derkach with conspiracy to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Acts (IEEPA), bank fraud conspiracy, money laundering conspiracy and four counts of money laundering in connection with the purchase...


News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Camden County, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 26 months in prison for evading more than $1 million in federal taxes, U.S. Attorney Philip Sellinger announced.


Sharing is Caring with Fire Ant Venom

News Release: Venom is associated with being harmful, but red imported fire ants are using their venom for its medicinal benefits by sharing the toxic substance with their nestmates, according to a study published in the Journal of Insect Physiology.


News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Camden man is scheduled to appear in court today on multiple charges of sex trafficking minors, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.


Assistant Secretary Noyes Travels to Bangladesh and Thailand

Release: Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration Julieta Valls Noyes will travel to Bangladesh on December 3-7 and Thailand on December 7-10, 2022.


Pikeville Medical Center to Pay $4.39 Million to Resolve Alleged Controlled Substance Act Violations That Allowed Drug Diversion

News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Kentucky announced that Pikeville Medical Center (“PMC") has agreed to pay the United States $4,394,600 in civil penalties, to resolve allegations that its violations of the Controlled Substances Act’s (“CSA") recordkeeping...


The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on Dec. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Rochester Man Going To Prison For Planning The Robbery By Gunpoint Of A Cell Phone Store

News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that James A. Houston a/k/a Hood, 36, of Rochester, NY, who was convicted of Hobbs Act robbery and brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence, was sentenced to serve 84 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Charles J. Siragusa.


Manchin, Risch Applaud Committee Passage of Bipartisan International Nuclear Energy Act

News Release: Washington, DC - U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, and Jim Risch (R-ID) today applauded the Senate Foreign Relations Committee’s passage of their bipartisan International Nuclear Energy Act, legislation to promote engagement with ally and partner nations to develop a civil nuclear export strategy and offset China and Russia’s growing influence on international nuclear energy development.


South Florida Woman Sentenced To 3 Years For Her Role In A Health Care Fraud Conspiracy

News Release: Tampa, FL - U.S. District Judge Virginia Hernandez Covington has sentenced Ruth Bianca Fernandez (39, Pompano Beach) to three years in federal prison for her role in a conspiracy to commit health care fraud and for making a false statement in a matter involving a federal health care benefit program.