News from May 2022
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2022
News Release: The Department of Justice today announced the revision of its policy regarding charging violations of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA).

By EPA Newswire | May 20, 2022
The US Environmental Protection Agency published a one page rule on May 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2022
News Release: SAN JOSE - Victor Nevarez, Juan Rivera Arzate, Adhemar Castaneda Becerril, and Pedro Gaona Salse were four of six charged defendants arrested and arraigned yesterday in federal court on narcotics trafficking charges, announced United States Attorney Stephanie M. Hinds and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Wade R. Shannon.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2022
News Release: The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced that the following persons were arraigned or appeared this week before U.S. Magistrate judges on indictments handed down by the Grand Jury or on criminal complaints. The charging documents are merely accusations and defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty.

By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2022
News Release: BOSTON - A Sutton man was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Worcester, Massachusetts, for conspiring to distribute cocaine.
By DOE Newswire | May 20, 2022
News Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Indian Energy Policy and Programs (Office of Indian Energy) issued a Notice of Intent (NOI) to release a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) this summer.

By Bob Pepalis | May 20, 2022
Guatemala’s attorney general was given a designation of significant corruption as an act of the United States to reaffirm its commitment to combating corruption.

By Karen Kidd | May 20, 2022
U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer M. Granholm met with Canadian Minister of Natural Resources Jonathan Wilkinson to discuss an action plan to expand energy cooperation between their departments.

By Karen Kidd | May 20, 2022
The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced its intention to interpret the prohibition of discrimination based on sex found in a decades-old federal law.

By Bob Pepalis | May 20, 2022
The United States suspended 232 tariffs against Ukraine steel for one year to support the industry that employs one in 13 Ukrainians in well-paying jobs.

By Karen Kidd | May 20, 2022
Managed service providers who provide network administration and other information technology services to businesses worldwide, remain at high risk of cyberattacks, according to a joint multinational security alert advisory.

By Bob Pepalis | May 20, 2022
The heads of the Departments of Labor and Health and Human Services discussed mental health and substance use disorder treatment equity with health insurance and business leaders May 3.

By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2022
News Release: BAY CITY - A Gladwin, Michigan man was sentenced yesterday to 46 months’ imprisonment for wire fraud and tax evasion, announced United States Attorney Dawn N. Ison.
By Fed Newswire | May 20, 2022
There are four releases scheduled to be published on May 23.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2022
News Release: BOSTON - A Lawrence, Massachusetts, man was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for his role in a drug trafficking conspiracy involving fentanyl.

By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2022
News Release: BOSTON - A Lawrence man was arrested yesterday on fentanyl distribution charges.

By DOL Newswire | May 20, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Patty Murray (D-Wash.), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee; Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Finance and Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committees; Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Chair of the Senate Finance Committee; and...
By Commerce Newswire | May 20, 2022
There was activity on three bills related to the Oversight and Reform Committee on May 19.
By DOE Newswire | May 20, 2022
The US Energy Department published a two page notice on May 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2022
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - DARRIUS NEVILLE, age 26, a resident of Houma, Louisiana, was charged May 5, 2022, in a one-count sealed indictment by a federal grand jury with distribution of heroin in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 841(a)(1) and 841(b)(1)(B), announced U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans. The indictment was unsealed on May 12, 2022.