News from November 2022
By Karen Kidd | Nov 30, 2022
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro N. Mayorkas recently marked the 20th anniversary of the Homeland Security Act of 2002.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 30, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) launched the competition for graduate and undergraduate students across the United States and territories to participate in the 2023 Homeland Security Professional Opportunities for the Student Workforce to Experience Research (HS-POWER) internship program.
By State Newswire | Nov 30, 2022
Release: The United States commends the people of Equatorial Guinea who exercised their right to vote on November 20. We note, however, that international election observers, civil society groups, and opposition parties have made credible allegations of significant election-related irregularities, including documented...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2022
News Release: HAMMOND- Andrew Buchanan, 35 years old, of Chicago, Illinois, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Philip P. Simon, after pleading guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced United States Attorney Clifford D. Johnson.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2022
News Release: Davenport, IA - Carlos Bhaiman Wesley, age 28, of Burlington, was sentenced to 21 months of imprisonment for failing to update his sex offender registration as required by the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA). After he is released from prison, Wesley will serve five years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2022
News Release: PITTSBURGH - Daryl Williams pled guilty to possessing firearms in furtherance of drug trafficking crimes, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 30, 2022
The US Transportation Department published a three page notice on Nov. 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Newswire Report | Nov 30, 2022
A groundbreaking ceremony for a new research facility at a university in Alabama was held earlier this week to celebrate a partnership between the school and an agency in the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - Elmer Stewart Rhodes III, the founder and leader of the Oath Keepers, and Kelly Meggs, the leader of the Florida chapter of the organization, were found guilty by a jury today of seditious conspiracy and other charges for crimes related to the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Their actions disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress that was in the process of ascertaining and counting the electoral votes related to the presidential election.
By Fed Newswire | Nov 30, 2022
The US Federal Reserve System published a two page notice on Nov. 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 30, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Natural Resources Committee Chair Raúl M. Grijalva(D-Ariz.) today issued the following statement on the untimely passing of Rep. A. Donald McEachin (D-Va.). Rep McEachin has served as a member of the Committee since coming to Congress in 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2022
News Release: ANCHORAGE - A federal grand jury in Alaska returned an indictment charging a Wasilla man with kidnapping and being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 30, 2022
The US Commerce Department published a three page notice on Nov. 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2022
News Release: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JAVIER ACEVEDO, 42, of Hartford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley in Bridgeport to 42 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for a cocaine trafficking offense.
By Fed Newswire | Nov 30, 2022
The US Federal Reserve System published a one page notice on Nov. 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2022
News Release: CHICAGO - A federal jury today convicted the leader of a Chicago street gang on racketeering conspiracy, firearm, and drug charges for participating in a criminal organization that murdered rivals and violently protected a drug-dealing operation on the West Side of Chicago.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2022
News Release: Elmer Stewart Rhodes III, the founder and leader of the Oath Keepers, and Kelly Meggs, the leader of the Florida chapter of the organization, were found guilty by a jury today of seditious conspiracy and other charges for crimes related to the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Their actions disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress that was in the process of ascertaining and counting the electoral votes related to the presidential election.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2022
News Release: Louisville, KY - A federal grand jury in Louisville returned an indictment in October charging a New York man with conspiracy to commit mail fraud for his role in a “grandparent scam" that impacted senior victims around the country, including a Meade County individual who lost tens of thousands of dollars...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2022
News Release: Earlier today, at the federal courthouse in Central Islip, Sharon Gardner, the former Director of Food Services for the Hempstead Union Free School District (“HUFSD"), pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit honest services wire fraud in connection with her participation in a kickback scheme. Gardner’s...
By Commerce Newswire Report | Nov 30, 2022
In August of this year, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that they were exploring rules to crack down on harmful commercial surveillance and lax data security. In what the FTC called its Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR), the agency sought public comments on the harms of businesses collecting, analyzing and monetizing information about people. NetChoice, a trade association of leading internet businesses, raised concerns not about cracking down on commercial surveillance and data security, but that the FTC is not the proper government body to implement these rules and/or regulations.
