News published on Federal Newswire in December 2022

News from December 2022


News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Subcommittee on Health Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY) released the following statement after the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra announced the Biden administration’s notice to unwind the Monkeypox Public Health Emergency in 60 days...


Joint Statement on Protecting Human Rights Defenders Online

Release: The text of the following statement is released by the Governments of the United States of America and the European Union in advance of the third U.S.-EU Trade and Technology Council Ministerial in Washington, D.C. on December 5, 2022.


Notice published by Energy Department on Dec. 2

The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Dec. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Jury finds 2 defendants guilty of participating in nationwide foreclosure rescue scam

News Release: CINCINNATI - A federal jury has convicted two individuals of crimes related to their participation in a foreclosure rescue scheme that defrauded at least 780 financially distressed homeowners throughout the United States. The defendants preyed on homeowners who had defaulted on their mortgages and convinced the victims to pay to take part in fraudulent programs on the promise it would save their homes.


South Burlington Man Pleads Not Guilty to Felon in Possession Charge

News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that Andrew Lane, 36, of South Burlington, was arraigned yesterday in United States District Court in Burlington on an indictment charging him with being a felon in possession of two firearms. Lane pleaded not guilty. Chief U.S. District Judge Geoffrey W. Crawford ordered that Lane be held without bail pending trial.


Interior Department discusses Marine Mammal Protection Act; Receipt of Permit Applications on Dec. 2

The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Dec. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: U.S. District Court Judge R. Austin Huffaker Jr. of the Middle District of Alabama sentenced defendant Lonnie Mitchell, 36, of Montgomery, Alabama, to 60 years in prison for coercing several victims, including a minor, to engage in prostitution over the course of several years. The judge also ordered the defendant to pay over $950,000 in restitution to the victims.


Transportation Department discusses Cooper Tire & Rubber Company, Grant of Petition for Decision of Inconsequential Noncompliance on Dec. 2

The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Dec. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Wallingford Attorney Pleads Guilty to Tax Evasion

News Release: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Joleen D. Simpson, Special Agent in Charge of IRS Criminal Investigation in New England, today announced that MARK CARBUTTI, 48, of Wallingford, waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty yesterday before U.S. District Judge Sarala V. Nagala in Hartford to tax evasion.


Former State of Georgia employee sentenced to five years in federal prison for stealing $1.3 million earmarked for citizens with disabilities

News Release: ATLANTA - Former Georgia Vocational Rehabilitation Agency counselor Karen C. Lyke (formerly known as Karen C. Gregory) has been sentenced to five years in prison for forging educational records and creating fake students with non-existent disabilities and illnesses in an elaborate, multi-year scheme to steal more than $1.3 million.


Six charged federally in connection with drug distribution ring operating in Skagit and Whatcom Counties

News Release: Seattle - Six members of a drug distribution conspiracy operating in Skagit and Whatcom counties were charged federally today with various drug and firearms crimes, announced U.S. Attorney Nick Brown. Enoc Martinez Lopez, aka “Victor," 27, of Marysville, Washington, was the main supplier of drugs to...


ICYMI: Comer Joins “Hannity,” Vows to Have Twitter Employees Responsible for Censorship of Laptop Story Before Oversight Committee

News Release: WASHINGTON-House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) joined “Hannity" on Fox News to discuss Twitter’s censorship of the New York Post’s reporting on Hunter Biden’s laptop and the Biden family’s business schemes. During the interview, Ranking Member Comer announced that every employee at Twitter that was involved in censoring the New York Post’s article will have the opportunity to come before the House Oversight Committee next Congress.


Peters & Stabenow Bill to Name Baraga County Post Office After First Woman Elected to the Michigan House of Representatives Signed into Law

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Legislation authored by U.S. Senators Gary Peters (MI), Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and Debbie Stabenow (MI) to designate the post office located at 404 US-41 North in Baraga County, Michigan as the “Cora Reynolds Anderson Post Office," has...


Transportation Department discusses Revocation of Colored Federal Airway Green 17 (G-17); Atqasuk, AK on Dec. 2

The US Transportation Department published a two page rule on Dec. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Beltrami County Man Sentenced to 12 Years in Prison for Methamphetamine Trafficking

News Release: ST. PAUL, Minn. - A Beltrami County man has been sentenced to 144 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release for his role in a methamphetamine trafficking conspiracy, announced United States Attorney Andrew M. Luger.


News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced that the Cyber Safety Review Board (CSRB) will review the recent attacks associated with Lapsus$, a global extortion-focused hacker group. Lapsus$ has reportedly employed techniques to bypass a range of commonly-used security...


Environmental Protection Agency discusses Clean Air Act Advisory Committee (CAAAC): Notice of Meeting on Dec. 2

The US Environmental Protection Agency published a two page notice on Dec. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that DOMINIQUE ALAINA BERRY, age 33, a resident of Kentwood, Louisiana, was sentenced on Dec. 1, 2022 to 45 months in prison, the top of the range recommended by the United States Sentencing Guidelines, by United States District Judge Eldon E.


Area Maritime Security Advisory Committee for New Orleans, LA discussed on Dec. 2 by Homeland Security Department

The US Homeland Security Department published a one page notice on Dec. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.