News published on Federal Newswire in December 2022

News from December 2022


Assistant Secretary Witkowsky’s Travel to the United Nations

News Release: Assistant Secretary of State for Conflict and Stabilization Operations Anne A. Witkowsky will travel to New York December 8-9 for meetings with counterparts at the United Nations. Their discussions will focus on opportunities for engagement through the U.S. Strategy to Prevent Conflict and Promote Stability, ...


News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Ben Cardin (D-Md.), chair of the U.S. Helsinki Commission and author of the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act, today applauded the committee’s passage of their resolution recognizing ...



News Release: PITTSBURGH - Joshua Peters was convicted of firearm and drug trafficking crimes at the conclusion of a jury trial, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.


Two Brothers Sentenced To Prison For Access Device Fraud And Aggravated Identity Theft

News Release: Orlando, Florida - U.S. District Judge Roy B. Dalton has sentenced two brothers, Andy Teruel Colina (25, Miami) and Adrian Teruel (31, Orlando), to federal prison terms. Andy Teruel Colina was sentenced to 5 years for aggravated identity theft and for producing, using, or trafficking in one or more counterfeit...


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


DOS-IDN grant application closes on June 30

U.S. Mission to Indonesia Annual Notice of Funding Opportunity grant opened on Dec. 8.


News Release: Louisville, KY - A federal grand jury in Louisville, Kentucky, returned an indictment today, charging two local men with illegally possessing machine guns.


News Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce announced its preliminary determinations in the circumvention inquiries of solar cells and modules from the People’s Republic of China (PRC). Commerce examined a complaint alleging that eight solar companies that manufacture solar cells and modules are manufactured ...


Senate Finance and House Oversight Committees Seek Documents from State and Defense Departments On Kushner’s Conflicts of Interest, Improper Influence on U.S. Foreign Policy

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and House Oversight Committee Chairwoman Carolyn B. Maloney, D-N.Y., requested documents from the State and Defense Departments related to former Senior White House Advisor Jared Kushner’s role in U.S. foreign policy while his family business sought a bailout from foreign governments seeking to influence the Trump administration.


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


DOS-NPL offers new grant application process starting Dec. 8

Alumni Engagement Innovation Fund grant opened on Dec. 8.


U.S. Attorney and Maine Attorney General Jointly Announce Cooperative Efforts to Ensure Access to Reproductive Services

News Release: PORTLAND, Maine: U.S. Attorney Darcie N. McElwee joined Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey today to affirm their commitment to ensuring safe, unfettered access to reproductive health care services in Maine for all who seek it.



News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Republican Leader Bob Latta (R-OH) issued the following statement on the passage of the bipartisan Data Mapping to Save Moms’ Lives Act.


Columbus man admits to drug charge

News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Tyree A. Allen, of Columbus, Ohio, has admitted to a drug charge, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.


News Release: ST. CLAIR COUNTY, Ill. - Free legal help is available to individuals in St. Clair County who were impacted by the July 25-28 floods. Lawyers can answer questions and address concerns about FEMA benefits, home repair contracts, property insurance claims, landlord or tenant problems, disability-related access to assistance, and more.


News Release: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and David Sundberg, Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, announced that TARA KEWALIS, 50, of Beacon Falls, waived her right to be indicted and pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Janet C. Hall in New Haven to embezzling from a Waterbury credit union where she was employed.


Safety Zone; Corpus Christi Shipping Channel, Corpus Christi, TX discussed on Dec. 7 by Homeland Security Department

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


California Executive Compensation Consultant Sentenced to Prison for Committing Insider Trading

News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that FRANK GLASSNER, a principal of an executive compensation consulting firm based in Novato, California (the “Consulting Firm"), was sentenced to one year and one day in prison by U.S. District Judge Lewis...