News published on Federal Newswire in July 2022

News from July 2022



NDI International Summit on Constitutionalism and Democratic Consolidation in Africa

Release: Good morning. My name is Uzra Zeya and I am the Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights at the United States Department of State. It is my pleasure to be with you all virtually today. I’d like to thank our hosts, the Government of Botswana - including President Masisi - and the National Democratic Institute, for inviting me to speak at this important event, and Chargé d’Affaires Jacobsen for the warm introduction.



The US Interior Department published a two page notice on July 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Bay Area Men Charged with Bribing a Vallejo City Official

News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a two-count indictment today against Steven Chu, 40, of San Bruno, and Ben Guan, 35, of San Francisco, charging each with one count of conspiracy to commit federal program bribery and one count of federal program bribery, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.



News Release: Five Men Indicted for Crimes Related to Transnational Repression Scheme to Silence Critics of the People’s Republic of China Residing in the United States.



Murray Applauds Biden Administration’s Rule to Strengthen Pension Relief She Secured In American Recue Plan

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee Chair Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) released the following statement on the final rule from the Department of Labor regarding the implementation of the Special Financial Assistance (SFA) program for multiemployer pensions within the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC).



News Release: Shot Teen Victim Approximately Eight Times Because of Sexual Orientation.


News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) today announced it has signed a cooperative agreement with Oklahoma under the Local Food Purchase Assistance Cooperative Agreement Program (LFPA). Through LFPA, the Oklahoma Department of Agricultural, Food and Forestry (ODAFF) seeks to purchase and distribute locally grown, produced, and processed food from underserved producers.



Haitian Gang Member Charged with Hostage Taking for Kidnapping of 16 U.S. Missionaries in Fall 2021

News Release: Most Victims Held for 61 Days, In Effort to Secure Gang Leader’s Release from Prison.


Notice of Public Meeting: Mojave-Southern Great Basin Resource Advisory Council discussed on July 6 by Interior Department

The US Interior Department published a one page notice on July 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: A former IRS employee was sentenced to 13 months in prison today following a guilty plea in March in which he admitted to filing false tax returns and providing fabricated records to the IRS in an attempt to obstruct an audit of those returns.


News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Matthan Carroll, age 36, of Albany, was sentenced today to 94 months in prison following his convictions for the distribution of methamphetamine, making fake government identification documents, using others’ identification information to open a U.S. Post Office Box, and aggravated identity theft.



Denali to Require Masks as of July 8, 2022

News Release: Beginning Friday, July 8, Denali National Park and Preserve will be requiring all individuals, regardless of vaccination status, to wear masks while inside any federal building within the park or while riding a park bus, except in the Walter Harper Ranger Station in Talkeetna. This decision has been...


Smuggler sent to prison for transporting 26 in a locked near-freezing trailer

News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A 39-year-old Brownsville man has been ordered to federal prison for smuggling individuals in a scheme that involved dangerous and life-threatening conditions, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.