News published on Federal Newswire in July 2022

News from July 2022


DHS Prize Winners Announced in Challenge to Counter Extreme Temperatures

News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced the winners of the Cooling Solutions Challenge prize competition. The winners were each awarded funding, which totaled $195,000, for their innovative and creative ideas that sought climate-friendly cooling solutions to protect...


U.S. Department of Commerce Invests $993,265 in American Rescue Plan Funds to Expand Manufacturing Sector in Carbondale, Illinois

News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $993,265 grant to the city of Carbondale, Illinois, to reconstruct a portion of North McRoy Drive to support businesses in the Bicentennial Industrial Park. This grant is funded by the American Rescue Plan and EDA’s $300 million Coal Communities Commitment.


What releases are upcoming from the Energy Department on July 7

There is one release scheduled to be published on July 7.


U.S. Department of Agriculture Announces Key Staff Appointments

News Release: WASHINGTON, July 5, 2022 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture today announced the names of individuals who will hold senior staff positions in Washington, D.C.


Trails Center announces July youth programs

News Release: CASPER, Wyo. - Bring your kids to the National Historic Trails Interpretive Center for fun, free educational youth programs held every Saturday at 10 a.m.


TSA prevents Dutchess County man from bringing loaded gun onto his flight at New York Stewart International Airport

Release: NEWBURGH, N.Y. A Dutchess County, N.Y., man was stopped by police after Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers prevented him from carrying a loaded handgun onto his flight at New York Stewart International Airport on Tuesday, July 5. The handgun was loaded and there were five bullets with the gun.


Secretary Blinken’s Travel to Bali and Bangkok

Release: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken will travel to the Bali, Indonesia, and Bangkok, Thailand, July 6-11, 2022.


Local Hip Hop Artist (POWER$$$) Wanted by the U.S. Marshals Service

News Release: Norfolk, VA - The United States Marshals Service is seeking the public’s help in locating William “Mike" Burgess (45), who is wanted on a Federal Firearms Charge.


News Release: January 2022 Robbery of Lake Michigan Credit Union.


Colombian Woman Sentenced to 10 Years and $5 Million Forfeiture for Narcotrafficking

News Release: BROOKLYN, N.Y. -Hilda Maria Gonzalez Lopez, also known as “La Boyaca" and “Daniela," who aligned herself with powerful members of Los Rastrojos, a breakoff group of the violent arm of the Norte Valle Cartel, was sentenced by United States District Judge I. Leo Glasser to 10 years in prison and ordered...




Secretary Blinken’s Travel to Bali and Bangkok

News Release: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken will travel to the Bali, Indonesia, and Bangkok, Thailand, July 6-11, 2022.


News Release: “My office is closely monitoring the ongoing investigations into the circumstances that have left Mr. Randy Cox paralyzed and hospitalized after being taken into custody by the New Haven Police Department on June 19. My prayers are with him and his family. All suspects taken into police custody must...


News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo announced the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $1.1 million grant to the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe, Mashpee, Massachusetts, to support the growing Tribal aquaculture industry and blue economy. This grant is funded by the American Rescue Plan’s Indigenous Communities program.


Chicago Attorney Sentenced to Federal Prison on False Statement and Tax Offenses in Connection with Funds Received from Failed Bank

News Release: CHICAGO - A federal judge today sentenced a Chicago attorney to four months in prison for false statement and tax offenses in connection with funds he received from the failed Washington Federal Bank for Savings.


News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - A federal grand jury in the District of Puerto Rico returned an indictment charging defendants Elieser Feliciano-Soto and José E. Santana-Criado with agreeing to benefit and enrich themselves by obtaining money and property belonging to Medtronic Medical CR SRL (Medtronic-CR)...


There are five releases scheduled to be published on July 7.


News Release: LOS ANGELES - Law enforcement today arrested six defendants charged in a federal grand jury indictment alleging they fraudulently obtained more than $2 million in COVID-19-related unemployment insurance (UI) benefits by submitting fraudulent applications in the names of others that falsely asserted, among other things, that the claimants were salon and barbershop workers rendered jobless because of the pandemic.


New Fire Detection Camera on Bryant Mountain

News Release: LAKEVIEW, Ore. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Lakeview District, along with help from its partners at the University of Oregon and the University of Nevada, have installed a new fire detection camera. The Bryant Mountain camera is part of a 700-camera network managed by ALERTWildfire. In Oregon, there are now ten wildfire detection cameras managed by the BLM. Planning is underway for one more wildfire detection camera on Acty Mountain, 60 miles east of Lakeview.