News published on Federal Newswire in November 2022

News from November 2022


 Advocating for U.S. Businesses: Commerce Secretary Lauds Westinghouse Electric for Major Export Win to Poland

News Release: Poland has announced that Westinghouse Electric of Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania, will serve as technology supplier for its new national nuclear power program—a project that will support 62,500 American jobs and further Poland's transition to clean energy.


Safety is Top Priority During Demolition of Buildings at Former Reactor Site

News Release: While demolition of buildings at a decommissioned reactor site in Ohio is taking place, the safety and health of workers and the public is the top priority.


US Department of Labor seeks public comments on proposed improvements to Voluntary Fiduciary Correction Program for employers

News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor today announced that its Employee Benefits Security Administration has proposed updates to its Voluntary Fiduciary Correction Program , including a self-correction component for employers who fail to send employee salary withholding contributions or participant loan repayments to retirement plans in a timely manner.



News Release: Fairview Heights, Ill. - United States Attorney Rachelle Aud Crowe announced the recipients of the.


O’FALLON, IL, MAN SENTENCED TO TEN YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON

News Release: EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. - Yesterday afternoon, in federal court in East St. Louis, IL, Emmitt T.


News Release: SHERMAN, Texas - A Plano, Texas, dentist has pleaded guilty to federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston today.


News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Kyle M. Leeper, age 38, of Palmyra, Pennsylvania, was sentenced today to serve 40 years in federal prison for a murder committed during a drug trafficking conspiracy, conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine, and possessing...


McCaul Concerned Admin ‘Sleepwalking’ Towards Major Crisis on Korean Peninsula

News Release: Halifax, Nova Scotia - House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul issued the following statement in response to North Korea’s most recent missile launch.


Armed Highlands County Carjackers Sentenced to Prison

News Release: MIAMI - U.S. District Judge Aileen M. Cannon has sentenced Artavis Spivey, 21, of Winter Haven, Fla., and Daniel Zamot, 18, of Avon Park, Fla., to prison for armed carjacking. Spivey received 175 months in prison and Zamot received 70 months. Spivey received enhancements to his sentence for reckless endangerment during flight and obstruction of justice.


Catoosa Woman Sentenced for Fraudulently Applying for $1M in Loans

News Release: A Catoosa woman who defrauded banks and credit unions through a complex scheme involving falsified loan applications and lien releases was sentenced Friday in federal court, announced U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson.


News Release: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that AUDLEY REEVES, 30, of East Hartford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to 18 months of imprisonment for fabricating “ghost guns.".


News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - A federal grand jury in Kansas City returned an indictment charging a federal inmate with an assaulting two correctional officers.


Doctor Sentenced for Accepting Illegal Kickback Payments in Return for Writing Prescriptions for Compounded Drugs, Will Pay $3.1 Million in Civil Settlement

News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A doctor licensed in Virginia, Maryland, and elsewhere was sentenced today to 3 years for writing and referring compounded drug prescriptions in return for illegal kickback payments. The doctor previously entered into a civil settlement with the Government that requires him and the company he owned to pay $3.1 million.


News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Alexander M.M. Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, announced that Christopher Baca, 35, of Española, New Mexico, was sentenced on Nov. 16 to nine years and one month in prison for possession of child pornography. Baca pleaded guilty on March 11.


Old Town Man Sentenced to 2 Years for Unlawfully Possessing Firearm

News Release: BANGOR, Maine: An Old Town man was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Bangor for being a felon in possession of a firearm.


News Release: A California couple who fled to Montenegro to avoid serving lengthy prison sentences has been returned to the United States after approximately one year and two months as fugitives.


Excelsior Estates Man Sentenced to 19 Years for Leading Meth Conspiracy

News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - An Excelsior Estates, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for his role in leading a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine.


News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - A Portsmouth man was sentenced today to life in prison for attempted sex trafficking of a minor under 14 years old.


Release: The text of the following statement was released by the spokespeople for the Foreign Ministries of France, Germany, the United Kingdom and the United States concerning the Resolution on Iran adopted by the IAEA Board of Governors.