News from November 2022
By USDA Newswire | Nov 11, 2022
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) today announced it has signed a cooperative agreement with the Tunica Biloxi Tribe of Louisiana under the Local Food Purchase Assistance Cooperative Agreement Program (LFPA). Through LFPA, the tribe seeks to purchase and distribute locally grown, produced, and processed food from underserved producers.

By State Newswire | Nov 11, 2022
Release: Thank you to our Norwegian colleagues for hosting this workshop, and thank you for your leadership on One Health in the Arctic. I’m pleased to see such a diverse group of participants engaging on One Arctic, One Health.

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 11, 2022
News Release: The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced that the following persons were arraigned or appeared this week before U.S. Magistrate judges on indictments handed down by the Grand Jury or on criminal complaints. The charging documents are merely accusations and defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 11, 2022
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that on Nov. 10, 2022, United States District Court Judge Robert D. Mariani sentenced Keith Parson, age 50, of Stroudsburg, PA, to 24 months’ imprisonment and a 3-year term of supervised release, for Possession with Intent to Distribute Heroin and Fentanyl.

By State Newswire | Nov 11, 2022
Release: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken will travel to Egypt, Cambodia, Indonesia, and Thailand on November 11-18.
By State Newswire | Nov 11, 2022
Release: On behalf of the United States of America, I share our warmest congratulations to the people of Kazakhstan on their newly designated Republic Day on October 25. The United States is committed to Kazakhstan’s sovereignty, independence, and territorial integrity, and we look forward to further strengthening our relationship in the years to come.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 11, 2022
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Nov. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By State Newswire | Nov 11, 2022
News Release: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken will travel to Egypt, Cambodia, Indonesia, and Thailand on November 11-18.
By State Newswire | Nov 11, 2022
Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 11, 2022
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Alexander M.M. Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, and Raul Bujanda, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI Albuquerque Field Office, announced today that a federal grand jury indicted Jeffrey Steven Clay on one count each of kidnapping and transportation for illegal sexual activity. Clay, 50, of Anthony, New Mexico, was arrested today and will remain in custody pending his initial appearance and detention hearing.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 11, 2022
The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Nov. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 11, 2022
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - EM Office of River Protection (ORP ) tank operations contractor Washington River Protection Solutions (WRPS) recently completed construction of a backup load-in station at the Effluent Treatment Facility (ETF) - another step in preparing for tank waste treatment on the Hanford Site.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 11, 2022
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - A Jackson man was sentenced to 41 months in federal prison for attempted robbery in violation of the Hobbs Act, announced U.S. Attorney Darren J. LaMarca and Special Agent in Charge Jermicha Fomby of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 11, 2022
News Release: United States Attorney Ronald C. Gathe, Jr. announced that U.S. District Judge John W. deGravelles sentenced Ashton Matta, age 33, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, to 228 months in federal prison following his convictions for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, possession with the intent to distribute...

By DOE Newswire | Nov 11, 2022
News Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response (CESER) and Argonne National Lab (ANL) announced the national winner and runners up of the eighth annual CyberForce Competition®. This year’s competition, held on November 4 and 5, featured a...

By DOE Newswire | Nov 11, 2022
News Release: The Office of Legacy Management (LM) has honored engineer Bill Frazier as a co-winner of this year’s Philip C. Leahy Employee of the Year award for his outstanding achievement and exemplary teamwork as a site manager in Grand Junction, Colorado.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 11, 2022
The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Nov. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By USDA Newswire | Nov 11, 2022
The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on Nov. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 11, 2022
News Release: A criminal complaint filed in the District of New Jersey was unsealed today charging a dual Russian and Canadian national for his alleged participation in the LockBit global ransomware campaign.

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 11, 2022
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Mark Jason Pearson, 32, of Dunbar, was sentenced today to 10 years in prison, to be followed by five years of supervised release, for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine.