News published on Federal Newswire in November 2022

News from November 2022


News Release: COVINGTON, Ky. - A Bellevue, Ky., man, Perrin George March V, 27, was sentenced in federal court on Tuesday, to 32 months in prison, by U.S. District Judge David Bunning, for illegal possession of a firearm.


The BLM plans prescribed burns in Shasta, Trinity, Siskiyou and Butte counties

News Release: REDDING, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management is planning prescribed pile burning projects for the fall and winter months on public lands in Shasta, Butte, Siskiyou and Trinity counties. Crews will ignite the pile burns only when weather and fuel conditions allow for safe and successful burning and smoke dispersion.


The US Commerce Department published a four page notice on Nov. 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Federal workplace safety investigation of Mapleton foundry worker’s fatal fall  into molten iron finds Caterpillar failed to install required fall protection

News Release: MAPLETON, IL ‒ On June 2, 2022, a 39-year-old employee of a Mapleton foundry fell and was immediately incinerated in an 11-foot-deep pot of molten iron heated to more than 2,000 degrees Fahrenheit. A federal investigation determined that, if required safety guards or fall protection had been installed, the 39-year-old employee’s ninth day on the job might not have been their last.


News Release: RAPID CITY - United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced that a Rapid City, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Possession of an Unregistered Firearm and Possession of a Firearm with an Obliterated Serial Number.


News Release: WASHINGTON - To ensure consistency in responding to court challenges to greenhouse gas emissions analysis in its leasing program, the Bureau of Land Management has released an updated environmental assessment for public comment.


Franklin Man with Lengthy Criminal History Sentenced to Over Nine Years for Drug and Firearms Charges

News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. - Ezekiel Anderson, IV, 30, of Franklin, Louisiana, has been sentenced on firearms and drug charges, announced United States Attorney Brandon B. Brown. Anderson was sentenced by Chief United States District Judge S. Maurice Hicks, Jr. to 112 months (9 years, 4 months) in prison, followed by 3 years of supervised release.


Designating Associates of an Al-Qa’ida Financial Facilitator

Release: The United States is taking action against two associates of U.S.-designated Al-Qa’ida facilitator Ahmed Luqman Talib, pursuant to a sanctions authority that targets terrorist groups and their supporters.


News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero announced that Michael Goldner, 52, of Paoli, PA, was sentenced to 40 months in prison and three years of supervised release by United States District Court Judge Mark A. Kearney for his scheme to use his cash and his employer’s business bank accounts to hide his actual income and assets and therefore avoid paying his legitimate tax obligations.


News Release: A federal grand jury in Newark, New Jersey, returned an indictment today charging an Indian national for fraudulently obtaining millions of dollars in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans guaranteed by the Small Business Administration (SBA) under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act.


Commerce Department publishes proposed rule on Nov. 9

The US Commerce Department published a four page proposed rule on Nov. 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


USDA-FNS1 grant application closes on Feb. 1

Development and Implementation of Healthy Meals Incentives School Food System Transformation Challenge Sub-Grants grant opened on Nov. 10.


News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LA - United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that ANTHONY PITTMAN, age 33, of Metairie, Louisiana, was sentenced on Nov. 1, 2022. His co-defendant, JOSEPH WOODS, age 31, of Metairie Louisiana, was sentenced on November 7, 2022. They both previously pleaded guilty as charged to...


News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that Joel Ivan Caquias Aviles, 22, of Lebanon, Pennsylvania, was sentenced today to serve 30 months of imprisonment for unlawfully possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. Chief United States District Judge Geoffrey W. Crawford also ordered Aviles to serve a three-year term of supervised release after his incarceration.


News Release: PIERRE - United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced today that a South Dakota man convicted of Failure to Register as a Sex Offender was sentenced on Nov. 1, 2022, by Chief Judge Roberto A. Lange, U.S. District Court.


Second High-Level Meeting of the U.S.-France Bilateral Clean Energy Partnership

Release: The second High-Level Meeting of the U.S.-France Bilateral Clean Energy Partnership was held in Washington, D.C., co-chaired by the U.S. Department of Energy, the U.S. Department of State, France’s Ministry for the Energy Transition, and France’s Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs. This Partnership aims to address: (i) energy policy, technology, and innovation; and (ii) diplomatic efforts to accelerate energy transitions and achieve climate objectives.


News Release: DENTON, Texas - New flood maps have been finalized and will become effective on May 9, 2023, for Bastrop County, Texas. During the next six months, a FEMA compliance specialist will work with the community to update each floodplain ordinance and adopt these new flood maps.


News Release: Bay City, MI - A convicted sex offender was indicted today by the grand jury for murdering a woman and shooting her child on the Isabella Reservation in Mt. Pleasant, Michigan, United States Attorney Dawn N. Ison announced today.


News Release: BOSTON - A Lynn man was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for stealing money from the mail.


News Release: Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo and Indian Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal officially launched the U.S.-India CEO Forum. They were joined by the Forum’s Private Sector Co-Chairs James Taiclet (Chairman, President, and CEO, Lockheed Martin Corporation) and Natarajan Chandrasekaran ...