News from May 2022
By DOE Newswire | May 9, 2022
News Release: The first Technical Review Committee (TRC) meeting for the National Transmission Planning Study is scheduled for Friday, May 20, 2022, from 12 pm to 3 pm ET and is open to the public.
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2022
News Release: SANTA ANA, California - An Orange County man was sentenced today to 30 months in federal prison for fraudulently obtaining more than $1.5 million in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) COVID-relief loans that he used for personal expenses and stock market trading.
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2022
News Release: SAN JOSE, Calif. - The Office of the United States Attorney filed federal criminal complaints charging Benjamin Reily Bliss; Louis Alexander, aka “lulu;" and Brandon William Carranza-Arthur with crimes related to the distribution of fentanyl to high school students in Monterey County. The charges were...
By State Newswire | May 9, 2022
News Release: Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs Michele J. Sison will travel to Switzerland May 9-11 for consultations on a wide range of U.S. priorities in the United Nations, including global health, health security, human rights, and preventing sexual exploitation, abuse, and harassment.
By State Newswire | May 9, 2022
Release: Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources Brian P. McKeon is in Qatar May 9-10, where he will discuss a range of U.S. priorities in the region, reiterate U.S. appreciation for the long-standing friendship between the United States and Qatar, and highlight the Qatari government’s strong support and ongoing cooperation on Afghanistan issues. He will also discuss promoting cooperation on global health and pandemic preparedness as well as global security challenges.
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2022
News Release: New Haven - Vanessa Roberts Avery, 47, of West Hartford, was sworn in today as the United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut by Chief U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in New Haven. President Joe Biden nominated Ms. Avery to serve as U.S. Attorney on Jan. 26, 2022, and the U.S. Senate confirmed her nomination on April 27, 2022.
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2022
News Release: Leonard C Boyle, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and James Ferguson, Special Agent in Charge, ATF Boston Field Division, announced that JAIME HOLT, 39, of Bloomfield, pleaded guilty today in Hartford federal court to drug distribution and firearm possession offenses.
By State Newswire | May 9, 2022
Release: The United States reiterates its strong support for the combined efforts of the United Nations Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in Sudan (UNITAMS), the African Union (AU), and the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) to facilitate a political process to restore a civilian-led transition to democracy in Sudan. We welcome the outreach and progress made to date.
By Homeland Newswire | May 9, 2022
“Border Security (Executive Session)“ was published in the Senate section on pages S2236-S2238 on May 2
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2022
News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that Keaujay Hornsby, a/k/a “Plug," (26, Tampa); Kareem Spann, a/k/a “Reem," (27, Tampa); and Tywon Spann, a/k/a “Weez" (25, Tampa) have pleaded guilty to a racketeering conspiracy related to numerous violent, drug trafficking, and economic...
By State Newswire | May 9, 2022
Release: The following is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2022
News Release: ABINGDON, Va. - An Abingdon, Virginia man, who stole hundreds of pieces of mail from over 100 different addresses in the Abingdon area, including a check he altered and cashed at a local bank, was sentenced today to 36 months in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2022
News Release: HAMMOND- Edward Timothy Rzasa, 49 years old, of Hammond, Indiana, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge James Moody on his plea of guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced United States Attorney Clifford D. Johnson.
By US DOT Newswire | May 9, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, wrote an op-ed for the Washington Examiner detailing how the Biden administration’s rollback of National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) permitting reforms not only delays infrastructure buildout following the passage of the bipartisan infrastructure law, but also hinders the administration’s own energy goals.
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2022
News Release: Assistant U. S. Attorney Dylan M. Aste (619) 546-7621.
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2022
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A British citizen was charged today with attempted online enticement of a minor and travel with the intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.
By USDA Newswire | May 9, 2022
News Release: Seven new sources of edamame soybeans are now available for use in breeding commercial varieties that can resist insects and disease, according to Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) scientists.
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2022
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Aaron Ashcraft, 42, of Sacramento, pleaded guilty today to one count of wire fraud and one count of bank fraud in a scheme to defraud the Paycheck Protection Program of over $1.2 million in COVID-19 relief loans guaranteed by the Small Business Administration (SBA) under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2022
News Release: LAS VEGAS - A Las Vegas man was sentenced today to 27 months in prison for perpetrating a scheme to defraud the Small Business Administration by fraudulently applying for an Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) of more than $100,000 using the name of his defunct business.
By Press release submission | May 9, 2022
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development Under Secretary Xochitl Torres Small and U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA) Assistant Secretary Alejandra Y. Castillo today unveiled a joint resource guide to help community organizations access USDA and EDA resources to build strategies to boost economic development in rural America.
