News published on Federal Newswire in November 2022

News from November 2022


Release: By Keri Bradford-Gomez (Choctaw), Senior Technical Advisor, Food and Nutrition Service.


US Department of Labor seeking Maryland home healthcare workers  who may be owed back wages, damages in $1.13M recovery

News Release: PIKESVILLE, MD - The U.S. Department of Labor is trying to locate home healthcare workers employed from April 2020 through March 2022 by a Pikesville company who may be owed part of nearly $1.13 million in back wages and damages the department’s Wage and Hour Division recovered on their behalf.


October: 18 press releases published by Occupational Safety and Health Administration

There were 18 press releases published by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration in October.


September: United States Senate Committee on Finance publishes 21 press releases

There were 21 press releases published by the United States Senate Committee on Finance in September.


There were 30 press releases or notices published by the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs in October.


There was one press release published by the U.S. Economic Development Administration in October.


U.S. Census Bureau publishes 20 press releases in October

There were 20 press releases published by the U.S. Census Bureau in October.


There were nine press releases or notices published by the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Political-Military Affairs in October.


“COST ESTIMATES FOR H.R. 3756, THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY CLIMATE CHANGE RESEARCH ACT, AND H.R. 7779, THE DHS RESTRICTIONS ON CONFUCIUS INSTIT” published by the Congressional Record  on Oct. 28

“COST ESTIMATES FOR H.R. 3756, THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY CLIMATE CHANGE RESEARCH ACT, AND H.R. 7779, THE DHS RESTRICTIONS ON CONFUCIUS INSTIT“ was published in the Extensions of Remarks section on page E1094 on Oct. 28


There were 47 press releases published by the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs in September.


A former American military contractor pleaded guilty today to involuntary manslaughter for fatally striking an active duty U.S. Air Force medical doctor with a forklift as she was walking on Al Dhafra Airbase in the United Arab Emirates.


October: U.S. Department of Agriculture publishes 22 press releases

There were 22 press releases published by the U.S. Department of Agriculture in October.


A Washington man pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to making interstate threats and committing a hate crime for interference with a federally protected activity.


Jordan Patrick Leahy, 29, was sentenced today in federal court in the Middle District of Florida to 24 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for his racially-motivated attack against a Black man who was traveling down a public roadway with his family in Seminole, Florida.


Axion Specialty Contracting LLC (Axion) was sentenced to pay a $1,001,989 criminal fine and $313,121 in restitution on Nov. 4 in Bridgeport, Connecticut, for its participation in a bid-rigging scheme targeting public and private entities in Connecticut.


Former U.S. Army helicopter pilot-turned-civilian-contractor Shapour Moinian, 67, of San Diego, was sentenced in federal court today to 20 months in prison for acting as an agent of the government of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and accepting thousands of dollars from representatives of the Chinese government to provide aviation-related information from his defense-contractor employers.


The Department of Justice today announced the unsealing of criminal charges against seven leaders of five Haitian gangs, including gang leaders involved in the armed kidnappings of 16 U.S. citizens in the fall of 2021.


The Justice Department announced today its plans to monitor compliance with federal voting rights laws in 64 jurisdictions in 24 states for the Nov. 8, 2022 general election. Since the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, the Civil Rights Division has regularly monitored elections in the field in jurisdictions around the country to protect the rights of voters.


Darnell Fulton, 38, of Pineville, Louisiana, pleaded guilty today to conspiring to compel labor by three minors and to transporting a minor with intent to engage in criminal sexual activity.


U.S. Attorney General Merrick B. Garland met Wednesday in Washington, D.C., with Belgian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Justice Vincent Van Quickenborne.