News published on Federal Newswire in November 2022

News from November 2022


News Release: MACON, Ga. - A Macon man who participated in a scheme to defraud a community bank pleaded guilty for his role in the conspiracy.


U.S.-UAE Signing of the Partnership for Accelerating Clean Energy

Release: The United States and the United Arab Emirates have signed in Abu Dhabi a major new clean energy framework - the “Partnership for Accelerating Clean Energy" (PACE). This memorandum of understanding is an important step forward in our joint efforts to accelerate our collective movement toward clean energy. It will catalyze $100 billion in financing, investment, and other support, allowing us to accelerate toward a goal of deploying 100 gigawatts of clean energy by 2035.


News Release: The United States has designated an Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)-Somalia network of weapons traffickers, their associates, and an affiliated business for facilitating weapons transfers to the terrorist group, as well as Osama Abdelmongy Abdalla Bakr, an ISIS supporter in Brazil. In 2016, senior ISIS leaders directed Bakr to obtain weapons and military equipment for the terrorist group.


Child Sex Trafficker And Producer Of Videos Of Child Sex Abuse Sentenced To 55 Years In Federal Prison

News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - U.S. District Judge Timothy J. Corrigan has sentenced Mark Manuel Angeles Marino (27, Jacksonville) to 55 years in federal prison for child sex trafficking and the production, receipt, and possession of child sexual abuse material. The court also ordered Marino serve a life term of supervised release and pay $163,500 to victims of his offenses. Marino had been found guilty after a bench trial on Nov. 16, 2021.



The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Nov. 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


BLM Ely District selling Christmas tree-cutting permits

News Release: ELY, Nev. - The Bureau of Land Management Ely District is making Christmas tree-cutting permits available to the public. Permits cost $5 each with a limit of 10 per purchaser. Purchase permits in-person at the Ely District and Caliente Field offices, online or by telephone.


Justice Department Seeks Forfeiture Of Property Used In Attacks On Planned Parenthood And Federal Building

News Release: KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - On Sept. 26, 2022, the Justice Department filed a civil complaint seeking the forfeiture of a sedan, a pickup truck, and one firearm alleged to have been utilized in a series of attacks by Mark Thomas Reno, formerly of Jefferson City, Tennessee.


Agriculture Department discusses Adjustments to Mango Board Representation on Nov. 1

The US Agriculture Department published a five page proposed rule on Nov. 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


American Woman Who Led ISIS Battalion Sentenced to 20 Years

News Release: A U.S. citizen was sentenced to 20 years in prison today in the Eastern District of Virginia for organizing and leading an all-female military battalion in Syria on behalf of the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), a designated foreign terrorist organization.


APHIS Updates Federal Domestic Soil Quarantine Map

Release: APHIS updated the to include the following changes


Garland on charges against Chinese agents: 'The Justice Department will not tolerate attempts by any foreign power to undermine the Rule of Law'

Charges against Chinese agents in a "multi-year campaign of harassment" to bully a Chinese national into returning to China demonstrates the communist country's determination to undermine the United States' judicial system, U.S. Attorney General Merrick B. Garland said in a news release


Bethany Woman Pleads Guilty to Embezzling More Than $850,000 From Former Employer

News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - Yesterday, JEANNIE VALENTIN, 68, of Bethany, Oklahoma, pleaded guilty to a single-count felony Information charging her with wire fraud, announced U.S. Attorney Robert J. Troester.


News Release: WASHINGTON -- FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell announced today the appointment of 16 new members and 3 returning members to the agency's National Advisory Council.


Airworthiness Directives; General Electric Company Turboprop Engines discussed on Nov. 1 by Transportation Department

The US Transportation Department published a seven page proposed rule on Nov. 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - A Jefferson City, Mo., man was charged in federal court today with illegally possessing heroin to distribute.


Colorado Springs Felon Sentenced to 9 Years in Federal Prison for Firearm Possession

News Release: DENVER - The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado announces Jeffrey Scott Taylor, 51, of Colorado Springs, was sentenced to 9 years in federal prison after earlier pleading guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm.


EPA Region 4 Announces 2022 Safer Choice Partner of the Year Award Winners

News Release: ATLANTA (Nov. 1, 2022) — Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 4 office is recognizing three Safer Choice Partner of the Year award winners for achievement in the design, manufacture, selection, and use of products with safer chemicals.


Antigua and Barbuda National Day

News Release: I would like to extend my congratulations to the government and people of Antigua and Barbuda on their 41st year of independence.


News Release: DAVENPORT, Iowa - Davenport man, George Winston Taylor, was sentenced on Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2022, to 260 months in prison for Receiving Child Pornography. Taylor was also ordered to pay $48,000 in restitution. Following his imprisonment, Taylor was ordered to serve five years of supervised release.