News from December 2022
By State Newswire | Dec 1, 2022
Release: The United States government, in partnership with the Government of Japan, is sponsoring the fifth Indo-Pacific Business Forum (IPBF) on Jan. 12, 2023. The hybrid event will feature an in-person program in Tokyo and a robust virtual component timed to allow meaningful participation from across the Indo-Pacific region.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 1, 2022
News Release: BRANDON, Fla. - FEMA is reaching Hurricane Ian survivors where they are to help jumpstart their recovery. FEMA teams are going door-to-door in hard-hit communities, operating one-stop Disaster Recovery Centers and supporting community outreach.
By State Newswire | Dec 1, 2022
News Release: On December 1 and 2 in Washington, Deputy Secretary Wendy Sherman and European External Action Service Secretary General Stefano Sannino will participate in the U.S.-EU Dialogue on China and Indo-Pacific Consultations. This will be the fourth high-level meeting of the U.S.-EU Dialogue on China. On Dec. 2, Deputy Secretary Sherman and Secretary General Sannino will participate in an event at American University to discuss U.S.-EU shared priorities in the Indo-Pacific.
By State Newswire | Dec 1, 2022
U.S. Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation Grants Program grant opened on Dec. 1.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 1, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - During the 2022 White House Tribal Nations Summit today, the Departments of the Interior and Commerce and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced a new Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to advance electromagnetic spectrum access opportunities and the deployment of broadband ...
By State Newswire | Dec 1, 2022
Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
By EPA Newswire | Dec 1, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - U.S. House Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Republican Leader John Barrasso (R-WY) sent a letter to Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Jennifer Granholm raising concerns about potential damage to the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) due to President Biden’s unprecedented drawdowns and DOE’s mismanagement of the national security asset.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2022
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero announced that Conrad Benedetto, 66, of Philadelphia, PA, and who is an attorney licensed to practice in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, entered a plea of guilty before United States District Court Judge Wendy Beetlestone to multiple tax fraud charges...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2022
News Release: ASHEVILLE, N.C. - A federal jury in Asheville has convicted Jorge Luis Perez, 36, of Wimauma, Florida, of drug trafficking and firearms offenses, announced Dena J. King, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. U.S. District Judge Martin Reidinger presided over the three-day trial which ended today.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 1, 2022
News Release: San Juan, Puerto Rico - In just over two months, FEMA’s National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) has distributed more than $1M in claims payments to policyholders as they recover from the impacts of Hurricane Fiona. Flood-insured survivors with home damage from the storm who haven’t filed a claim yet are encouraged to contact their insurance agent or company to do so as soon as possible.
By State Newswire | Dec 1, 2022
Release: Special Representative for Afghanistan Thomas West will travel to Japan, India, and the United Arab Emirates December 1-8. Special Representative West will consult with partners and Afghans regarding the humanitarian and economic crises in Afghanistan, protection of Afghans’ rights, and shared security...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2022
News Release: Tampa, FL - United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that a federal jury has found Justin Kelly (35, New Port Richey) guilty of conspiracy to distribute 40 grams of fentanyl resulting in death, distribution of fentanyl resulting in death, three counts of possession/distribution of fentanyl...
By State Newswire | Dec 1, 2022
News Release: Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman will travel December 5-11 to the United Kingdom, Italy, Vatican City, France, Germany, and the Czech Republic to further strengthen our bilateral relationships, deepen our unified support for Ukraine, coordinate on our response to the Russian Federation’s unprovoked war, and discuss our strategies in the Indo-Pacific.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 1, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, Nov. 30, 2022 – One year after the reinstatement of the White House Tribal Nations Summit, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is sharing its actions to better serve tribal governments, citizens, and organizations and honor our nation’s trust and treaty responsibility. The Biden-Harris ...
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 1, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas issued a National Terrorism Advisory System (NTAS) Bulletin regarding the continued heightened threat environment across the United States. This is the seventh NTAS Bulletin issued by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) since January 2021 and it replaces the current Bulletin that was set to expire at 2:00 PM ET today.
By State Newswire | Dec 1, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today gave the following opening remarks at a full committee nominations hearing. The witness for panel one included: The Honorable Lynne M. Tracy, nominee to be ambassador to Russia.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 1, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor today announced the launch of its second annual Chief Evaluation Office Summer Fellowship, and welcomes applications from emerging researchers to work as fellows in 2023.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 1, 2022
News Release: San Juan, Puerto Rico - FEMA announced that the Major Disaster Declaration issued on Sept. 21, 2022, has been amended to include the municipalities of Loíza, Vieques and Culebra for permanent work (Categories C-G). These municipalities are already designated for Individual Assistance (IA) and assistance...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - A federal grand jury in the District of Columbia returned an indictment that was unsealed today charging a former District of Columbia Department of Corrections officer with using unreasonable force.
By State Newswire | Dec 1, 2022
Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Well, hello, everyone. It’s, as always, a great pleasure to be with my friend Dmytro Kuleba. We had a very good session yesterday with the foreign minister - and all of our NATO colleagues - focused on the very resolute support for Ukraine from all of the countries represented here ...
