News from July 2022

By Bob Pepalis | Jul 1, 2022
Deputy Secretary of Commerce Don Graves said the U.S.-Ghana Business Forum aimed to deepen diplomatic and commercial partnerships between Ghana and the U.S.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2022
There were five press releases published by the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs in June.

By Commerce Newswire | Jul 1, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C.-Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today released the following statement on the Supreme Court’s ruling in West Virginia v. EPA...

By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2022
News Release: RENO, Nev. - A Reno resident made his initial court appearance yesterday before U.S. Magistrate Judge Carla L. Baldwin for allegedly robbing a bank.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2022
News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - On July 1st, 2022, the United States Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General (HHS- OIG) announced that MCS Advantage, Inc. (MCS Advantage) has agreed to pay $4,200,000 to resolve False Claims Act allegations that it implemented a gift card incentive program in violation of the Anti-Kickback Statute.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 1, 2022
There were eight press releases published by the U.S. Census Bureau in June.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2022
News Release: The Department of Justice, together with federal law enforcement partners, today announced criminal charges against six defendants in four separate cases for their alleged involvement in cryptocurrency-related fraud, including the largest known Non-Fungible Token (NFT) scheme charged to date, a fraudulent ...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 1, 2022
News Release: STRONG CITY, Kansas: Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve is pleased to announce the upcoming historic horse-drawn haying and raking demonstrations with teams of draft horses on Saturday, July 9th from 10 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. weather permitting. Fun with historic kid's games of hoop-and-stick, jump rope, and more are from 1:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. in the yard outside the historic home.

By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2022
News Release: MINNEAPOLIS - A Minneapolis man was sentenced to 272 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release for possessing a firearm as a felon, announced United States Attorney Andrew M. Luger.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 1, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Next week, Friday, July 8 to Sunday, July 10, 2022, Natural Resources Committee Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) will be joined by Rep. Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-Calif.), Rep. Alan Lowenthal (D-Calif.), other members to-be-announced, and local environmental justice leaders to visit several communities in southern California-Wilmington, Commerce, Highland, and Bloomington-that have been impacted by environmental injustices.

By Homeland Newswire | Jul 1, 2022
News Release: SANTA FE, NM - New Mexicans who applied for FEMA disaster assistance for the ongoing wildfires should stay in touch with FEMA to ensure the disaster assistance process stays on track.

By DOL Newswire | Jul 1, 2022
There were 34 press releases published by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration in June.

By Commerce Newswire | Jul 1, 2022
There were 25 press releases published by the United States Senate Committee on Finance in June.

By USDA Newswire | Jul 1, 2022
There was activity on one bill related to the Agriculture Committee on June 30.

By US DOT Newswire | Jul 1, 2022
News Release: BIRMINGHAM, AL - Today, U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and other senior leaders from USDOT will join U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell, Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin, and other local leaders in Birmingham, Alabama, to announce the Department is now accepting applications for the first-of-its-kind . .

By Commerce Newswire | Jul 1, 2022
News Release: NOAA and its research partners are forecasting that western Lake Erie will experience a smaller-than-average harmful algal bloom (HAB) this summer, which would make it less severe than 2021 and more akin to what was seen in the lake in 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2022
News Release: Former Tennessee Department of Corrections Officers Indicted for Federal Offenses Following Assault on Inmate and False Cover-up Report.

By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2022
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Nicholas Vassallo announced today that ROBERT EARL FRIDAY, 28, of Ethete, Wyoming, was sentenced for abusive sexual contact on June 28, 2022 by Chief United States District Court Judge Scott W. Skavdahl. Friday was sentenced to 19 months’ imprisonment, to be followed by five years supervised release and was ordered to pay a fine of $250 and a $100 special assessment.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2022
News Release: The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Kentucky is aware of the Floyd County shooting incident involving law enforcement, which occurred late yesterday and into the early morning hours of today. As the investigation of this incident progresses, we stand with our local and state law enforcement...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2022
News Release: Men Sentenced to Federal Prison for Conspiring to Provide Material Support to Terrorists.