News published on Federal Newswire in January 2022

News from January 2022


DOS-GBR grant application closes on Sept. 30

U.S. Embassy to the United Kingdom Annual Program Statement grant opened on Jan. 11.


News Release: AUGUSTA, GA: A former Aiken County, S.C., teacher was sentenced to more than a decade in federal prison after admitting to sexually exploiting a Columbia County, Ga., minor.


News Release: Former Washington resident relocated to Texas after emergency order seizing his firearms.


News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, issued a statement following the Department of Justice’s announcement that it will create a new unit to investigate domestic violent extremists who pose a threat to the security of the American...


McCaul, Meeks, Risch, Menendez Raise Concerns Over U.S. Policy in Syria

News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul (R-TX) and Chairman Gregory Meeks (D-NY) and Senate Foreign Relations Committee Lead Republican Jim Risch (R-ID) and Chairman Bob Menendez (D-NJ) today sent a letter to President Biden requesting a restoration of U.S. leadership...


Meth dealer sent to prison

News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A 33-year-old Rio Hondo resident has been ordered to federal prison after selling large amounts of meth from a Corpus Christi residence, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.


Sinaloa Cartel Drug Trafficker and Money Launderer Sentenced to 188 Months in Prison

News Release: Assistant U. S. Attorney Larry Casper (619) 546-6734.


Top House Republicans Aim to Hear from U.S. Law Enforcement Officers Battling America’s Opioid Crisis

News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) and House Committee on Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.) sent an open letter to America’s law enforcement officers expressing their desire to hear and gather personal stories...


Release: House Appropriations Committee Chair Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) released the following statement on the retirement of Appropriations Committee Vice Chair Brenda Lawrence (D-MI-14).


Construction Contractor Pleads Guilty To Tax Evasion

News Release: Mario Nunes Concealed More Than $1.5 Million of Income and Filed False Federal Income Tax Returns.


News Release: Brady: Canadian Dairy Dispute Settlement Achieved Thanks to USMCA’s Improved Enforcement.


News Release: Bidenflation Continues to Crush Working Families & Main Street.


News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - A Haverhill, MA, man today became the sixth defendant to admit his role in a wide-ranging scheme to defraud financial institutions in several states of more than $2.4 million dollars by obtaining and attempting to obtain car loans with the use of stolen personal identifying information of others and fraudulent documents, announced United States Attorney Zachary A. Cunha.


At Bipartisan Hearing, Oversight Committee Leadership Releases Discussion Draft Bill to Strengthen Federal Cybersecurity

News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, held a hearing with cyber experts to discuss strategies to strengthen the Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA), which has not been updated since 2014.


Bucks County Man Sentenced To 140 Months’ Imprisonment For Methamphetamine Trafficking

News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Nicholas Eastman, age 32, of Doylestown, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on January 7, 2022, to 140 months’ imprisonment by U.S. District Court Judge Christopher C. Conner for drug trafficking.


USDOJ-BOP-NIC grant application closes on Feb. 11

Developing Organizational Resources to Support Behavioral Change grant opened on Jan. 11.


News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Belton, Missouri, man has been sentenced in federal court for illegally possessing firearms and for drug trafficking and money laundering conspiracies.


News Release: Assistant U. S. Attorneys Joseph Price (619) 546-7642 and Joseph Purcell (619) 546-7643.


Rollins Announces Appointment of First Assistant U.S. Attorney

News Release: BOSTON - U.S. Attorney Rachael S. Rollins announced that Joshua S. Levy has been appointed to serve as First Assistant United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts. Levy was formally sworn-in today by U.S. District Court Chief Judge F. Dennis Saylor IV.


News Release: Leader of Neo-Nazi Group Sentenced for Plot to Target Journalists and Advocates.