News from June 2022
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2022
News Release: PROVIDENCE - A Warwick man previously convicted and sentenced to federal prison for bank robbery admitted to a federal judge on Wednesday that he illegally possessed a firearm; that gun was discharged by a juvenile in the man’s home, resulting in a self-inflicted gunshot wound, announced United States Attorney Zachary A. Cunha.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2022
News Release: BANGOR, Maine: A Palmyra man was sentenced in federal court today for one count of access with intent to view child pornography, U.S. Attorney Darcie N. McElwee announced.

By DOE Newswire | Jun 29, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader for Oversight and Investigations Morgan Griffith (R-VA) delivered opening remarks at today’s Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing on Medicare Advantage (MA).

By State Newswire | Jun 29, 2022
Release: The Department of State is taking additional steps to impose severe costs on the Government of the Russian Federation and promote accountability for its war of aggression against Ukraine.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2022
News Release: United States Attorney Richard G. Frohling announced that on June 28, 2022, Chief United States District Judge Pamela Pepper sentenced Darrell Chambliss (age: 31) to 72 months’ imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for arson.

By DOL Newswire | Jun 29, 2022
News Release: HOUSTON - On Jan. 26, 2022, a 21-year-old roofing worker suffered fatal injuries after falling about 30 feet through a skylight atop a Houston building, a fatality that a Burleson contractor could have been prevented if they had heeded a U.S. Department of Labor citation issued one month earlier.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2022
News Release: ALBANY, Ga. - A Valdosta, Georgia, couple who admitted to producing child sexual assault material involving multiple minor victims was sentenced to the maximum prison term allowed by law today for their crimes.

By Interior Newswire | Jun 29, 2022
News Release: MEDFORD, Ore. - As the weather warms and fire danger increases, Bureau of Land Management Medford District officials are implementing public use restrictions on BLM-managed lands in southern Oregon. Starting July 1, 2022 at 12:01 a.m., certain activities on BLM-managed lands in Jackson and Josephine Counties will be restricted to prevent human-caused fire and reduce wildfire potential.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 29, 2022
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on June 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2022
News Release: Des Moines, Iowa - A Des Moines man was sentenced today to 27 months in prison following his pleas of guilty to two counts of a federal indictment charging conspiracy to wrongfully obtain and disclose individually identifiable health information, and wrongfully obtaining individually identifiable health information.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 29, 2022
Release: Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-CA), Chairwoman of the State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Subcommittee, delivered the following remarks at the Appropriations Committee's markup of the fiscal year 2023 State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs bill.

By Interior Newswire | Jun 29, 2022
News Release: ELKO, Nev. - Due to increasingly high temperatures, expected high winds and rapidly drying vegetation the Elko District will implement fire restrictions beginning June 29 to promote safety and reduce the potential for human-caused fires. The restrictions aim to reduce the number of wildfires and to protect lives and property as well as wildlife and other resources.

By State Newswire | Jun 29, 2022
Release: On June 26, 2022, Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism, Ambassador Deborah Lipstadt, will depart for her first international trip since assuming her role in April 2022. The 11-day trip will include stops in Saudi Arabia, Israel, and the United Arab Emirates.

By State Newswire | Jun 29, 2022
Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2022
News Release: Today, the Western District of Oklahoma unsealed an indictment charging three individuals with violating federal wire fraud and money laundering statutes in connection with an operation to sell over $88 million of stolen Avaya Direct International (ADI) software licenses, which were used to unlock features of a popular telephone system used by thousands of companies around the globe.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 29, 2022
The US Homeland Security Department published a two page rule on June 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By Bob Pepalis | Jun 29, 2022
The U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division determined a Reno landscaping company denied 57 of its workers overtime wages by paying cash for hours above 40 in a workweek.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 29, 2022
The US Environmental Protection Agency published a two page notice on June 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 29, 2022
Release: WASHINGTON -Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Chair of the House Appropriations Committee, delivered the following remarks at the Committee's markup of the fiscal year 2023 State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs bill.
By State Newswire | Jun 29, 2022
There was activity on one bill related to the Foreign Affairs Committee on June 28.