News published on Federal Newswire in June 2022

News from June 2022


Four Members and Associates of Reading Boarding House Sex Trafficking Gang “The Sevens” Convicted After Six-Week Trial in Allentown

News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that four individuals from Reading, PA, were convicted at trial of offenses including conspiracy to participate in a racketeering enterprise; conspiracy to commit sex trafficking by force, fraud, and coercion of a minor; various...


Secretary Blinken’s Meeting with Danish Foreign Minister Kofod

Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.


Key Roles at U.S. Department of Transportation Now Filled After Senate Confirmations

News Release: Key Roles at U.S. Department of Transportation Now Filled After Senate Confirmations


Release: West Bank and Gaza Strip residents are subject to the jurisdiction of separate authorities, with different implications for the fabric of life. Palestinians in the West Bank are subject to Jordanian and Mandatory statutes in effect before 1967, military ordinances enacted by the Israeli military commander...


2021 Report on International Religious Freedom: Nepal

Release: The constitution establishes the country as a “secular state" but defines secular as “protection of religion and culture handed down from the time immemorial." It provides for the right to profess and practice one’s own religion. The constitution prohibits converting persons from one religion to another...


Maryland Man Charged with Money Laundering Offenses Related to Computer Intrusions that Targeted New Jersey Company

News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Maryland man was indicted on money laundering charges related to money obtained through unlawful computer intrusions that targeted a New Jersey-based employee benefit and payroll management company, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today.



News Release: SUTHERLAND, Utah - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announces it is offering a public tour of the Sutherland Off-Range Corral, 3890 North 4000 West, Sutherland, Utah on June 7, 2022, from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Tour attendees will have an opportunity to tour the facility, observe approximately 800 wild horses and discuss the BLM’s Wild Horse and Burro Program.


Combined Notice of Filings #1 discussed on June 2 by Energy Department

The US Energy Department published a two page notice on June 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


2021 Report on International Religious Freedom: Sri Lanka

Release: The constitution provides for freedom of thought, conscience, and religion, including the freedom to change religion. The law recognizes four religions: Buddhism, Islam, Hinduism, and Christianity. The constitution and other laws accord Buddhism the “foremost place" among the country’s religious faiths...


News Release: ST. PAUL, Minn. - A Dodge County man was sentenced to 72 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for impersonating a federal officer and illegally possessing firearms as a felon, announced United States Attorney Andrew M. Luger.


2021 Report on International Religious Freedom: China—Hong Kong

Release: The Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR), as well as other laws and policies, state that residents have freedom of conscience, freedom of religious belief, and freedom to preach, conduct, and participate in religious activities in public. The Bill of Rights Ordinance incorporates...


System in Transition: The Influence of Next Generation Technologies

News Release: The electric distribution system in the United States is in a transitional state. While it is being modernized to support the country’s changing energy mix and the needs of 21st century electrification, the transition is far from complete. To maintain forward momentum, regulators are having to evaluate...


Secretary Antony J. Blinken And Danish Foreign Minister Jeppe Kofod Before Their Meeting

Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Well, good morning, everyone. It’s a special pleasure for me to welcome my friend Jeppe, the foreign minister of Denmark, and his entire team here to the State Department and to the United States. One of the very first trips that I took in this job was to Denmark, and it really in ...


Release: The constitution provides for freedom of religion, freedom to change one’s religion or belief, and freedom to express one’s religion or belief in worship, teaching, practice, and observance. The constitution prohibits discrimination based on religion. In January and October, the National Evangelical...


Woman Indicted for Prescribing Medically Unnecessary Medical Equipment in $8.8 Million Health Care Fraud Scheme

News Release: A Georgia woman was arrested yesterday in Hampton, Georgia, on criminal charges related to her alleged scheme to defraud Medicare by prescribing medically unnecessary durable medical equipment (DME), which was then billed to Medicare.


The US Transportation Department published a four page proposed rule on June 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


USDA Announces June 2022 Lending Rates for Agricultural Producers

USDA Announces June 2022 Lending Rates for Agricultural Producers


USDA Announces Framework for Shoring Up the Food Supply Chain and Transforming the Food System to Be Fairer, More Competitive, More Resilient

USDA efforts to create more and better markets will benefit both producers and American consumers through fairer prices, as well as address longstanding issues intensified by pandemic


EPA New England Announces the University of Vermont is Receiving a Grant to Help Tackle the Climate Crisis Through Food Waste Diversion

Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded the University of Vermont approximately $200,000 in funding to perform a study to assess current capacity at on farm digesters to accept food wastes