News published on Federal Newswire in December 2022

News from December 2022



Department of Labor cites Dollar Tree again for endangering workers, continuing company's lengthy history of workplace safety violations

News Release: MATTESON, IL - With holiday shopping nearing its peak, federal workplace safety inspectors have again found Dollar Tree Stores Inc. - one of the nation's largest discount retailers - exposing workers in Matteson to the risks of unsafely stored and stacked boxes of merchandise and blocked electrical panels.


The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Dec. 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Alexander M.M. Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, and Raul Bujanda, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI Albuquerque Field Office, announced that Djuan Anthony Aldredge was charged with possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and possession...


News Release: Seattle - A former Bellevue, Washington, resident who relocated to Miami, was convicted today in U.S. District Court in Seattle of 26 counts related to his multimillion-dollar Ponzi scheme, announced U.S. Attorney Nick Brown. The jury deliberated about 11 hours before returning the verdicts following...


U.S. Attorney’s Office and FBI Seeking to Identify Potential Victims in Connection with Online Child Exploitation Case

News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - United States Attorney Brandon B. Brown announced that the United States Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Louisiana and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI") are seeking to identify potential victims of an online child exploitation scheme which originated in Northeast Louisiana in 2021.


Enhancing Surface Cyber Risk Management discussed on Nov. 30 by Homeland Security Department

The US Homeland Security Department published a one page proposed rule on Nov. 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Federal Reserve System published a two page rule on Dec. 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Convicted Felon Pleads Guilty To Possessing Firearms After Being Reported For Illegal Gun Sales

News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that Robert Humberston (39, Sarasota) has pleaded guilty to unlawful possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Humberston faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set.


Energy Department discusses Combined Notice of Filings on Dec. 1

The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Dec. 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: Memphis, TN - A now-33-year-old former California native has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison following a year-long investigation by local state and federal law enforcement agencies into a drug trafficking organization with ties to the Grape Street Crips gang.


News Release: MINNEAPOLIS - A Minneapolis man has been charged in a federal criminal complaint for illegal possession of a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Andrew M. Luger.


News Release: SEATTLE - Six members of a drug distribution conspiracy operating in Whatcom, Skagit and Snohomish counties are charged federally with various drug and firearms crimes. On Wednesday, in searches of eight locations in Whatcom and Snohomish Counties, law enforcement seized: 85,000 fentanyl pills, 2.3 kilograms fentanyl powder, 6.2 kilograms methamphetamine, 1.1 kilograms heroin, 5.1 kilograms cocaine, two guns, $185,000 U.S. currency, and three vehicles.


News Release: BOSTON - A Lawrence man has pleaded guilty in federal court in Boston to fentanyl distribution charges.


News Release: Washington, DC - Today, the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee favorably reported three pending nominations to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE): Mr. David Crane to be Under Secretary of Energy for Infrastructure, Mr. Jeffrey M. Marootian to be an Assistant Secretary of Energy for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy and Mr. Gene Rodrigues to be an Assistant Secretary of Energy for Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability.


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Release: It’s a deep honor to address you today as the 6th Ambassador-at-Large for Global Criminal Justice in the U.S. State Department’s Office of Global Criminal Justice. I was sworn in on March 17 of this year, at a time of extraordinary challenges and opportunities for the field of international justice.


OSHA to hold online meeting of the National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health on Jan. 10, 2023

News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration will hold an online meeting of the National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health on Jan. 10, 2023, from 2 to 4 p.m. EST.


News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Two owners of a New Jersey pharmaceutical marketing company admitted their roles in a $38 million compounded medication health care fraud scheme, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.


News Release: A Thanksgiving Dinner Cheatsheet for the Biden Economy.