News published on Federal Newswire in November 2022

News from November 2022


Secretary Blinken’s Meeting with French, German, and UK Counterparts

News Release: The following is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken met today in Germany with French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock, and UK Foreign Secretary James Cleverly. They discussed continued Transatlantic cooperation on ...


USDA Designates Seven Maine Counties 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...


Baltimore Man Sentenced to 20 Years in Federal Prison for Using Female Aliases on Social Media and Messaging Applications to Entice Boys to Send Him Sexually Explicit Images and Videos

News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Ellen L. Hollander sentenced Matthew K. Walsh, age 25, of Baltimore, Maryland, today to 20 years in federal prison, followed by 30 years of supervised release, for sexual exploitation of a minor in order to produce child pornography. Specifically, Walsh created...


News Release: KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - United States Attorney Francis M. Hamilton III of the Eastern District of Tennessee announced today $564,767 in Department of Justice grant funding to support the Knoxville Police Department, Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force.


News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced earlier today that a federal jury found HOWARD ADELGLASS guilty for his participation in a conspiracy to illegally prescribe oxycodone. The defendant was found guilty following a two-week trial before U.S. District Judge Jed S. Rakoff. Sentencing is scheduled for March 8, 2023, before Judge Rakoff.


Manchin Applauds $1.5 Billion Investment to Revitalize America’s National Laboratories

News Release: Charleston, WV - Today, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, applauded the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) announcement of $1.5 billion to build, upgrade and strengthen America’s national laboratories. This historic investment was provided ...


USDA Designates Four New York Counties 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...


Homeland Security Department discusses Communications Assets Survey and Mapping (CASM) Tool on Nov. 4

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


Transportation Department discusses Airworthiness Directives; General Electric Company Turbofan Engines on Nov. 4

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


Florida man sentenced to prison for selling counterfeit computer parts

News Release: HOUSTON - A 65 year-old man has been ordered to prison for trafficking in counterfeit goods, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.


Transportation Department discusses Train Crew Size Safety Requirements; Correction on Nov. 4

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


News Release: LOS ANGELES - A member of the San Fernando Valley-based Vineland Boys who helped run the street gang’s drug trafficking operations has been sentenced to 120 months in federal prison for federal racketeering and narcotics crimes, the Justice Department announced today.


Neal Statement on October 2022 Jobs Report

News Release: SPRINGFIELD, MA- Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement on the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) October 2022 jobs report...


News Release: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JOEL MARTINEZ, JR., 24, of New Haven, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Janet C. Hall in New Haven to 72 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for narcotics distribution and firearm possession offenses.



Risch, Crapo, Brady Blast Treasury’s Termination of U.S. Tax Treaty in Pursuit of OECD Tax Agreement

News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, and U.S. House Ways and Means Republican Leader Kevin Brady (R-Texas) yesterday wrote to the U.S. Department of the Treasury ...


Pittsford Man Sentenced for Trafficking Fentanyl, Cocaine, and Cocaine Base

News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced today that Scott Chandler, 47, of Pittsford, Vermont, was sentenced today to serve one year and one day of imprisonment for possessing with intent to distribute fentanyl, cocaine, and cocaine base. United States District Judge Geoffrey W. Crawford also ordered Chandler to serve a three-year term of supervised release after his incarceration.


Interior Department discusses Agency Information Collection Activities: USGS Ashfall Report on Nov. 4

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


News Release: ALBANY, Ga. - A documented member of a criminal street gang organization who led a drug distribution network responsible for trafficking more than 150 kilograms of methamphetamine, fentanyl, heroin and other illegal drugs into Southwest Georgia was sentenced to federal prison today for his crimes.


Release: Hello, everyone. Let me begin by thanking the Czech government, both for hosting the first Terezin conference in 2009, and convening today’s event to measure our progress against the commitments made by 47 governments, including the United States, in the time since. I’d like to recognize our State Department ...