News published on Federal Newswire in May 2022

News from May 2022


Joint Statement from the European Union, the United States, and the United Kingdom on the establishment of the Atrocity Crimes Advisory Group (ACA) for Ukraine

Release: Begin text: Today, the European Union, the United States, and the United Kingdom announced the creation of the Atrocity Crimes Advisory Group (ACA), a mechanism aimed at ensuring efficient coordination of their respective support to accountability efforts on the ground. The ACA will reinforce current ...


Communications and Technology Subcommittee Republican Leader Latta Delivers Remarks on Spectrum Efficiency Legislation

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Communications and Technology Subcommittee Republican Leader Bob Latta (R-OH) delivered remarks at today’s Committee hearing on legislation to improve American leadership in next generation communications technology.


News Release: Federal Jury Convicts High-Level ISIS Member of Providing Material Support to a Foreign Terrorist Organization, Including Two Counts Resulting in Death.



The US Energy Department published a two page proposed rule on May 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Leader Rodgers: “U.S. leadership in next-gen technology depends on our ability to innovate”

News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered remarks at today’s Communications and Technology Subcommittee on legislation to strengthen American communications networks.


Transportation Department publishes rule on May 24

The US Transportation Department published a six page rule on May 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


US Department of Labor recovers more than $168K in back wages, damages for 17 Hattiesburg buffet restaurant workers denied minimum wage

Release: Employer: Super King Buffet Inc. Investigation site: 4591 Hardy St., Hattiesburg, MS 39402 Investigation findings: U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division investigators found the employer paid some kitchen employees a monthly salary that allowed their average hourly pay to fall below federal ...


Chesterfield County Man Sentenced for Production of Child Pornography

News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - A Chesterfield Count man was sentenced today to 30 years in prison and a lifetime of supervised release for producing child pornography.


Glencore Entered Guilty Pleas to Foreign Bribery and Market Manipulation Schemes

News Release: Glencore International A.G. (Glencore) and Glencore Ltd., both part of a multi-national commodity trading and mining firm headquartered in Switzerland, each pleaded guilty today and agreed to pay over $1.1 billion to resolve the government’s investigations into violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) and a commodity price manipulation scheme.


News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $500,000 grant to Research Park Corporation dba Nexus Louisiana, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, to spur tech-based entrepreneurial growth.


News Release: REDDING, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management will hold public meetings in early-to mid-June to seek input for the development of the Northwest California Integrated Resource Management Plan, which will guide the agency’s broad direction and management for public lands overseen by the Arcata and Redding field offices for the next 20 years.


Australian analyst: China wants 'to be accepted and respected'

In his decade in power, Xi Jinping has shaped Chinese foreign policy.


Release: The United States remains fully committed to imposing costs on the Iranian regime for its support to terrorist proxies that destabilize the Middle East. To that end, today the United States is designating an international oil smuggling and money laundering network, led by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary...


Notice published by Commerce Department on May 24

The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on May 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Labor Department published a one page notice on May 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.



Federal Jury Convicts High Level ISIS Member of Six Counts of Material Support to a Foreign Terrorist Organization, Including Two Counts Resulting in Death

News Release: Mirsad Kandic Faces Up to Life Imprisonment for Becoming an ISIS Fighter, Recruiting Other ISIS Fighters, and Providing Weapons, Equipment, and Battlefield Intelligence to ISIS.


NOAA predicts above-normal 2022 Atlantic Hurricane Season

News Release: Forecasters at NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center, a division of the National Weather Service, are predicting above-average hurricane activity this year - which would make it the seventh consecutive above-average hurricane season. NOAA’s outlook for the 2022 Atlantic hurricane season, which extends from June 1 to Nov. 30, predicts a 65% chance of an above-normal season, a 25% chance of a near-normal season and a 10% chance of a below-normal season.


The US Energy Department published a two page notice on May 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.