News from May 2022
By Commerce Newswire | May 5, 2022
Fiscal Year 2022 Broad Agency Announcement - Access to Capital: Innovative Finance grant opened on May 5.
By USDA Newswire | May 5, 2022
Release: The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has prepared a final environmental assessment (EA) that addresses the environmental impacts of releasing the beetle Lilioceris egena to biologically manage air potato (Dioscorea bulbifera) in the continental United ...
By DOE Newswire | May 5, 2022
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Ranking Member Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA), and Health Subcommittee Ranking Member Brett Guthrie (R-KY) today unveiled a comprehensive legislative package to reauthorize the Food and...
By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2022
News Release: Defendant Apprehended in Undercover Investigation. WASHINGTON - Wilber Vigil-Benitez, 26, of Oxon Hill, Maryland, has been sentenced to seven years in prison for unlawfully possessing and trafficking firearms, including an assault rifle and a semi-automatic handgun with a large capacity magazine. The...
By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2022
News Release: BOSTON - A Lynn man has been indicted by a federal grand jury in connection with stealing money from the mail.
By State Newswire | May 5, 2022
Release: The Kremlin’s war against Ukraine has brought renewed urgency to our collective efforts against corruption. In addition to economic sanctions against key Russian oligarchs, we have imposed visa restrictions on their family members and their close associates. Coordinated efforts with our Allies and partners demonstrate the impact of collective action and put Russia’s kleptocrats on notice that they cannot support a violent regime and operate with impunity.
By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2022
News Release: Today, Deputy Attorney General Lisa O. Monaco and Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) Principal Deputy Director Allison Randall announced the launch of an updated and expanded resource aimed at health care professionals. Originally developed in 2008 with OVW funding by the Dartmouth Medical School’s ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2022
News Release: The Department of Justice, together with federal and state law enforcement partners, today announced criminal charges against 14 defendants in eight federal districts across the United States for their alleged involvement in crimes related to the unlawful distribution of opioids. Twelve of the defendants were medical professionals at the time of these alleged offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2022
News Release: LOS ANGELES - The United States is seeking the forfeiture of a more than 30,000-square-foot mega-mansion in the Holmby Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles, pursuant to a civil forfeiture complaint that alleges the mansion was purchased with bribes paid by an Armenian businessman to the family of Gagik Khachatryan, a former high-ranking Armenian public official.
By DOL Newswire | May 5, 2022
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on May 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2022
News Release: BLUEFIELD, W.Va. - A McDowell County man was sentenced today to 22 and one-half years in prison, to be followed by 25 years of supervised release, for production of child pornography. Timothy Edwards, 25, of Yaeger, must also register as a sex offender upon his release from prison.
By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2022
News Release: Justice Department Seeks Forfeiture of Los Angeles Mega-Mansion Purchased with Proceeds of Armenian Corruption Scheme.
By State Newswire | May 5, 2022
Alumni Outreach Program grant opened on May 5.
By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2022
News Release: $300 Million Yacht of Sanctioned Russian Oligarch Suleiman Kerimov Seized by Fiji at Request of United States.
By DOE Newswire | May 5, 2022
The US Energy Department published a one page proposed rule on May 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2022
FY 2022 Census of State Courts grant opened on May 5.
By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2022
News Release: ST. PAUL, Minn. - A Woodbury woman was sentenced to 15 months in prison and ordered to pay $1,019,572.12 in restitution to the IRS for filing false federal income tax returns, announced United States Attorney Andrew M. Luger.
By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2022
News Release: FORT WAYNE- Timothy Cannon, age 37, of Lima, Ohio, was convicted of being a felon in possession of a firearm, transferring a firearm to a felon, and distribution of cocaine following a 3 day jury trial before United States District Court Judge Holly A. Brady, announced United States Attorney Clifford D. Johnson.
By US DOT Newswire | May 5, 2022
News Release: This week, the world lost a great man: former Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta.
By State Newswire | May 5, 2022
Release: The United States stands with Burundi in the face of al-Shabab’s May 3 attack on Burundian soldiers serving at the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) base in Ceel-Baraf, Somalia. Our heartfelt condolences go out to the families of the fallen, wounded, and missing. Burundi’s courageous...
