News from January 2022
By Interior Newswire | Jan 24, 2022
News Release: Join a ranger at Indiana Dunes National Park on Sunday January 30th, from 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm, for a hike to the top of famous Mount Baldy. Even though the dune is closed for general public use, this ranger-led tour will allow visitors to experience the beauty and spectacular views from the tallest dune in the national park. No reservation is required. We will hold the hike regardless of weather conditions and are hoping for a snowy winter wonderland.
By Fed Newswire | Jan 24, 2022
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Monday finalized a technical rule that will streamline reporting requirements for member banks related to their subscriptions to Federal Reserve Bank capital stock. The final rule is substantially similar to the proposal.
By DOL Newswire | Jan 24, 2022
News Release: ATLANTA - While the cotton gin has greatly increased the speed of crop production since its invention more than three centuries ago, the U.S. Department of Labor has found 8 out of 10 cotton gin employers it investigated in the Southeast region violated the Fair Labor Standards Act, Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act, or provisions of the H-2A visa program.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2022
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Luis Gomez, 33, of Reading, PA, was sentenced to 19 years in prison, five years of supervised release, and was ordered to pay a $2,000 fine by United States District Court Judge Edward G. Smith for possessing a large quantity of crystal methamphetamine and a loaded pistol at his home in 2019.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 24, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senators Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), Chairwoman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, and Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) and U.S. Representative Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) led a bicameral group of lawmakers in sending a letter to Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack asking the administration to act swiftly to fully restore the Roadless Rule in Alaska’s Tongass National Forest.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 24, 2022
News Release: ATLANTA, Jan. 10, 2022 — Today in East Point, Ga., Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack joined Cornelius Blanding, executive director of the Federation of Southern Cooperatives/Land Assistance Fund, to sign an agreement signifying a continued partnership between USDA and the nonprofit organization.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2022
News Release: U.S. Attorney Bridget M. Brennan announced that Martin Escobar, 58, of Youngstown, Ohio, pleaded guilty in federal court today to illegally distributing controlled substances, causing the deaths of two patients, unlawfully distributing a controlled substance to a person under the age of 21 and health care fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2022
News Release: BOSTON - A Taunton man pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to drug trafficking activities involving fentanyl.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2022
News Release: Leonard C Boyle, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that DAVID CIANCIMINO, 62, of Trumbull, waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty today via videoconference before U.S. District Judge Omar A. Williams to a controlled substance offense related to his illegal distribution of prescription medication.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2022
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A federal grand jury indictment alleging a scheme to smuggle weapons and ammunition to one of the world’s most violent and dangerous transnational criminal organizations has led to the arrest of four defendants, the Justice Department announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2022
News Release: Miami, Florida - Today, German Nino, a former UBS Financial Advisor, made his initial appearance in federal court in Miami to face charges of defrauding over $5 million from a family who maintained several accounts at UBS.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2022
News Release: PORTLAND, Maine: A Texas man was sentenced in federal court today for conspiring to commit wire fraud, U.S. Attorney Darcie N. McElwee announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2022
News Release: ST. LOUIS - United States District Judge Rodney W. Sippel sentenced Nicholas M. Ray to a term of 15 years in federal prison today. Ray previously pleaded guilty to attempting to persuade or coerce a minor to engage in sexual activity and distribution of child pornography in a court appearance held October 2021. In 2014, Ray was convicted in St. Charles County Circuit Court for possession of child pornography and served a three-year prison sentence.
By State Newswire | Jan 24, 2022
Release: On Jan. 12, 2022, the Department of State released the Limits in the Seas study on the People’s Republic of China’s (PRC) maritime claims in the South China Sea. The study concludes that the PRC asserts unlawful maritime claims in most of the South China Sea. In this briefing, Dr. Jung Pak, Deputy...
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 24, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) sent a letter to U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) Inspector General Mark Greenblatt, requesting the Office of Inspector General (OIG) audit DOI's Departmental Ethics Office (DEO) citing concerns that DOI is failing to meet federal ethics requirements. In part, the ranking member wrote.
By Press release submission | Jan 24, 2022
Thank you, Secretary Blinken of course, right with our State Department colleagues, our Justice colleagues, all the people we’ve heard from today, it is a whole of government frontline effort more and more.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 24, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Bureau of Reclamation chose nine recipients to receive $1.6 million in Desalination and Water Purification Research Program funding. This financial assistance will allow project sponsors to collaborate with Reclamation to design, construct, install and test their process.
By Press release submission | Jan 24, 2022
The United States, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), is providing an additional $2.5 million in humanitarian assistance to support people affected by volcanic eruptions and tsunami waves in Tonga.
By Press release submission | Jan 24, 2022
On January 24, the United States, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), announced a $9.9 million program to help Indonesia prevent corruption by boosting civic engagement and promoting integrity in public and private sectors.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2022
News Release: Four defendants are previous felons and fifth defendant remains at large.
