News published on Federal Newswire in November 2022

News from November 2022


Nance: ‘Lead exposure and poisoning remain threats for children’

Administration and staff with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Region 6 promoted lead poisoning prevention Oct. 27 at the Wesley-Rankin Community Center in Dallas, Texas.


USDA Designates Anoka County, Minnesota, as Primary Natural Disaster Areas

News Release: This Secretarial natural disaster designation allows the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) to extend much-needed emergency credit to producers recovering from natural disasters through emergency loans. Emergency loans can be used to meet various recovery needs including...


News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A resident of Erie, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of violating federal laws relating to the sexual exploitation of children, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.


Readout of U.S. Attorney General Merrick B. Garland’s Meeting with Belgian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Justice Vincent Van Quickenborne

News Release: 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.


Enterprise Man Sentenced to 92 Months in Prison for Being a Felon in Possession of Firearms After a Fatal Shooting

News Release: Montgomery, Alabama - On Thursday, Nov. 3, 2022, Dorian Lamont Bell, 42, from Enterprise, Alabama, was sentenced to 92 months in prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced United States Attorney Sandra J. Stewart. Following his prison sentence, Bell will be on supervised release for three years. There is no parole in the federal system.


News Release: WASHINGTON - An Illinois man, a member of the Proud Boys, pleaded guilty today to assaulting a law enforcement officer during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. His actions and the actions of others disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress convened to ascertain and count the electoral votes related to the 2020 presidential election.


USDA Designates Sequoyah County, Oklahoma, as Primary Natural Disaster Areas

News Release: This Secretarial natural disaster designation allows the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) to extend much-needed emergency credit to producers recovering from natural disasters through emergency loans. Emergency loans can be used to meet various recovery needs including...


The US Transportation Department published a two page proposed rule on Nov. 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released the following statement in response to Federal Communications Commissioner (FCC) Jessica Rosenworcel’s announcement that the FCC would be establishing a Space Bureau at the agency.


News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced on Oct. 25, 2022, that defendant CHRISTOPHER SMITH, age 31, resident of New Orleans, LA, pled guilty before U.S. District Court Judge Jay C. Zainey to a federal weapons violation of being a felon in possession of a firearm.


Iowa City Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Child Pornography Charges

News Release: DAVENPORT, Iowa - An Iowa City man and India native, Sameer Chandulal Patel, age 30, was sentenced on Friday, Oct. 28, 2022, to 210 months in prison for receipt and distribution of child pornography. Following his imprisonment, Patel was ordered to serve five years of supervised release, unless he is deported from the United States.


Safety Zone; Oswego River, Oswego, NY discussed on Nov. 4 by Homeland Security Department

The US Homeland Security Department published a three page rule on Nov. 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a three page proposed rule on Nov. 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


What did Commerce Department publish on Nov. 4?

The US Commerce Department published a two page rule on Nov. 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a five page proposed rule on Nov. 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Justice Department published a two page notice on Nov. 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.- Today, U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm welcomed the news that Poland’s Council of Ministers had chosen U.S.-based Westinghouse as the technology provider in the first phase of their estimated $40 billion inaugural civil nuclear project. This represents one of the largest civil nuclear projects ever awarded to U.S. industry and the first since 2007.


Notice published on Nov. 4 by Environmental Protection Agency

The US Environmental Protection Agency published a one page notice on Nov. 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Combined Notice of Filings discussed on Nov. 4 by Energy Department

The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Nov. 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a three page notice on Nov. 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.