News published on Federal Newswire in November 2022

News from November 2022


DOS-ZWE grant application closes on Jan. 31

U.S. Embassy Harare PD Annual Program Statement grant opened on Nov. 1.


Haaland praises National Park Service's 'quickly rebuilding after storm' as Yellowstone’s north entrance reopens

Road access in Yellowstone National Park has improved as the park’s north entrance and the road to Mammoth Hot Springs opened Sunday after major flooding in June caused road damage.


News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Alexander M.M. Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, announced that Luis Carlos Vásquez-Barragán, 51, of Nicolás Bravo, Chihuahua, Mexico, was sentenced to prison for possession with intent to distribute at least 50 kilograms but less than 100 kilograms of marijuana.


Buttigieg: Highway Administration's $18.4 million bridge grants will help 'connect people and communities'

More than $18.4 million in first round U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) grants for bridge projects in 23 states will affect people in many communities, said Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg in a news release.


Eagle River Nurse Practitioner Guilty on All Counts

News Release: ANCHORAGE - A federal jury convicted an Eagle River nurse practitioner on 10 felony counts, including five counts of distribution of a controlled substance resulting in death, four counts of distribution and dispensing of a controlled substance and one count of maintaining a drug involved premises. The conviction follows a four-week trial before U.S. District Judge Joshua M. Kindred.


Proposed rule published by Transportation Department on Oct. 31

The US Transportation Department published a four page proposed rule on Oct. 31, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: MIAMI - Following a nine-week trial ending in guilty verdicts, two leaders and an associate of a violent drug trafficking and money laundering organization operating in Miami’s Little Havana neighborhood have been sentenced to prison terms.


Importer of Controlled Substances Application: Mylan Technologies, Inc. discussed on Oct. 31 by Justice Department

The US Justice Department published a two page notice on Oct. 31, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: WASHINGTON -- To accelerate the removal of debris from Hurricane Ian in Florida, FEMA is providing limited waivers to the application process for Public Assistance Private Property Debris Removal/Commercial Property Debris Removal. In areas designated with severe damage, FEMA will waive the requirement...


News Release: DENVER - The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado announces Alejandro Gort, 39, of Denver, was sentenced to five years of probation after he earlier pleaded guilty to obtaining a controlled substance by fraud and deception.


News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Michael Muse, age 44, of Brooklyn, New York, was sentenced on Oct. 26, 2022, by U.S. District Court Judge Malachy E. Mannion, to five years’ imprisonment for armed bank robbery.


News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ruled in favor of the Justice Department in its civil antitrust lawsuit to block book publisher Penguin Random House’s proposed $2.2 billion acquisition of Simon & Schuster. The court found that the effect of the proposed merger would be to substantially lessen competition in the market for the U.S. publishing rights to anticipated top-selling books.


Philadelphia contractor’s history of exposing workers to deadly fall hazards continues, US Department of Labor proposes $269K in penalties

News Release: PHILADELPHIA - A Philadelphia framing contractor faces $269,594 in proposed penalties after the company was again found exposing employees to deadly fall hazards at a residential worksite in the city’s Roxborough section on April 21, 2022.


Pharmacist Sentenced for Prescription Drug Tampering

News Release: A Dubuque pharmacist who stole hundreds of doses of controlled substances from pharmacies where he worked from 2017 through 2020 and tampered with medication dispensed to patients from a pharmacy where he worked in 2020 was sentenced today to 2 years in federal prison.


Federal Prosecutor to Serve as District Election Officer for Seven California Counties During November 8 General Election Period

News Release: LOS ANGELES - United States Attorney Martin Estrada announced today that Assistant United States Attorney Thomas F. Rybarczyk will serve as District Election Officer for the Central District of California during the Justice Department’s nationwide Election Day Program for the upcoming November 8 general election.



The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on Oct. 31, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Convicted Felon Sentenced to Federal Prison for Possession of Firearms After Having a Misdemeanor Domestic Violence Conviction

News Release: Memphis, TN - Michael Ransom, 34, has been sentenced to 96 months in federal prison for being a.


PAMS-SC offers new grant application process starting Nov. 1

Environmental System Science grant opened on Nov. 1.


The US Transportation Department published a two page rule on Oct. 31, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.