News published on Federal Newswire in November 2022

News from November 2022


Release: FOREIGN MINISTER AL-THANI: (Via interpreter) (Inaudible) the most compassionate, may the blessings of God be upon you all. First of all, I would like to welcome my friend and colleague, His Excellency Mr. Antony Blinken, who visited us yesterday first of all to encourage the American team, and I congratulate...


News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.- The Biden-Harris Administration, through the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), today announced the conditional selection of the Diablo Canyon Power Plant, located near Avila Beach, California, to receive the first round of funding from the Civil Nuclear Credit (CNC) Program. Funded by...


Notice published on Nov. 22 by Commerce Department

The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Nov. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Two Estonian Citizens Arrested in $575 Million Cryptocurrency Fraud and Money Laundering Scheme

News Release: Seattle - Two Estonian citizens were arrested in Tallinn, Estonia Nov. 20, 2022, on an 18-count indictment charging conspiracy, wire fraud, and conspiracy to commit money laundering. The indictment was returned by a grand jury sitting in the Western District of Washington on October 27 and unsealed today following the arrests.


News Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good afternoon, everyone. I just had an opportunity to visit Camp As Sayliyah. This is the joint Department of Defense, State Department operation to help bring Afghans, Afghan allies to the United States. It’s where we’re working to screen them medically, to vet them for security purposes, and to finish the consular processing that goes with getting their visas to come to the U.S.


News Release: The Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) announced that Rhode Island received its first “Internet for All” grants for deploying high-speed Internet networks and developing digital skills training programs under the Biden-Harris Administration’s Internet ...


Sioux Falls Man Sentenced for Failure to Register as a Sex Offender

News Release: SIOUX FALLS - United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced today that a Sioux Falls, South Dakota, man convicted of Failure to Register as a Sex Offender was sentenced on Nov. 21, 2022, by U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier.


Vilsack: 'Partners are working in the woods every day to improve forest health'

The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced $20.5 million in federal grants to help states and Tribes better protect water sources during forest operations while helping wood processing facilities increase capacity.


News Release: WASHINGTON - House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) and Committee on Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.) are raising concerns TikTok provided misleading or false information to the committees about its data sharing and privacy practices...


News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that TATIANA DANIEL pled guilty today to conspiracy to commit wire fraud. DANIEL participated in a scheme to commit COVID-19 pandemic fraud by (1) defrauding New York City’s COVID-19 Hotel Room Isolation Program;...


News Release: MINNEAPOLIS - A federal criminal complaint has been filed against a Woodbury man charging him with illegal possession of a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Andrew M. Luger.


News Release: FBI Conducts Ribbon Cutting Ceremony at Redstone Arsenal for the North Campus and Operations Building.


News Release: WASHINGTON — Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael S. Regan announced that EPA’s Office of Environmental Education is now accepting applications for the 2023 President’s Environmental Youth Awards (PEYA) and Presidential Innovation Awards for Environmental Educators (PIAEE).


Waterbury Man On Supervised Release Charged with Gun Possession and Drug Distribution Offenses

News Release: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that a federal grand jury in New Haven has returned a three-count indictment charging RAEKWON OVERSTREET, 27, of Waterbury, with firearm possession and drug distribution offenses.


News Release: LOS ANGELES - A Riverside County man was sentenced today to 60 months in federal prison for using hundreds of thousands of dollars from the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) for personal expenses such as luxury cars after he obtained a COVID-business relief loan for more than $7 million on behalf of his pothole-repair company.


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request discussed on Nov. 22 by Agriculture Department

The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on Nov. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Blinken: U.S. 'excited to see the cultural bridges' the World Cup can bring

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Qatar Nov. 21 to launch the fifth annual U.S.-Qatar Strategic Dialogue, during which time he will be meeting with the country’s foreign minister and deputy prime minister.


“EXECUTIVE AND OTHER COMMUNICATIONS” published by the Congressional Record  on Nov. 17

“EXECUTIVE AND OTHER COMMUNICATIONS“ was published in the Senate section on pages S6774-S6778 on Nov. 17


Tonawanda Man Pleads Guilty To Selling Meth And A Gun Charge

News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Jason Cartwright, 41, of Tonawanda, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge John L. Sinatra, Jr. to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, 500 grams or more of methamphetamine and possession of firearms in furtherance of drug trafficking, which carry a mandatory minimum penalty of five years in prison, a maximum of life and a $10,000,000 fine.


News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A Mercer County, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 144 months in prison for his role in a string of armed robberies of businesses in New Jersey and Pennsylvania in May and June of 2019, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.