News from November 2022

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2022
News Release: An indictment was unsealed today charging Ray Hunt, 69, of Madison County, Alabama, with federal offenses related to an illegal scheme to export U.S.-origin goods to Iran.

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2022
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that on Nov. 28, 2022, JOSEPH BREWTON (“BREWTON"), age 56, of Houma, Louisiana, pled guilty to a count one (1) of his indictment, charging him with Conspiracy to Commit Mail Fraud in violation of Title 18, United States Code...

By Adam Kovacevich | Nov 30, 2022
Over the course of the past several months, leading American tech companies including Amazon, Meta, Twitter, Snap and others have announced large-scale layoffs, collectively letting go tens of thousands of workers due to a worsening economic climate.

By USDA Newswire | Nov 30, 2022
Release: WASHINGTON, Nov. 30, 2022 One year after the reinstatement of the White House Tribal Nations Summit, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is sharing its actions to better serve tribal governments, citizens, and organizations and honor our nations trust and treaty responsibility. The Biden-Harris...

By USDA Newswire | Nov 30, 2022
News Release: Proposed changes promote nutrition security and maternal and child health, increase flexibility for participants
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 30, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee held a business meeting to consider multiple nominations, including Joseph Goffman to be an assistant administrator for the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Office of Air and Radiation. Ranking Member Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va), along with every Republican, voted against Goffman’s nomination, which resulted in a 10-10 tie vote.

By USDA Newswire | Nov 30, 2022
The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on Nov. 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By Commerce Newswire Report | Nov 30, 2022
Linda Moore, CEO of TechNet, a bipartisan group of technology CEOs, said the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) ban on imports from Chinese telecommunications companies including Huawei and ZTE will be beneficial to American national security.

By Homeland Newswire | Nov 30, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON -- FEMA announced that federal disaster assistance has been made available to the state of West Virginia to supplement local recovery efforts in the areas affected by severe storms, flooding, landslides and mudslides from July 12-13, 2022.

By Commerce Newswire Report | Nov 30, 2022
U.S. Deputy Secretary of Commerce Don Graves addressed the DOC's responsibility to national parks and the U.S. semiconductor industry during a recent visit to Santa Barbara, Calif.

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2022
News Release: MINNEAPOLIS- A Minneapolis tax preparer has pleaded guilty to federal tax violations, announced United States Attorney Andrew M. Luger.
By State Newswire | Nov 30, 2022
Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.

By DOL Newswire | Nov 30, 2022
The US Labor Department published a three page notice on Nov. 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By Tamara Browning | Nov 30, 2022
Crews are preparing for the demolition of the 224-B Plutonium Concentration Facility on the Hanford Site, the decommissioned nuclear production complex in Benton County in Washington state.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 30, 2022
Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is hosting a hiring event Friday, Dec. 2 and Saturday, Dec. 3 to assist individuals interested in applying for a job as a Transportation Security Officer (TSO) at John Glenn Columbus International Airport (CMH) and Rickenbacker International Airport (LCK).
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2022
News Release: The United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that Edmund Thornton, 65, who until recently lived in East Calais, pleaded not guilty today in United States District Court in Burlington to a charge that he failed to register as a sex offender after moving to Vermont. U.S. Magistrate Judge Kevin Doyle ordered that Thornton be detained pending trial, which has not been scheduled.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2022
News Release: ST. PAUL, Minn. - Sumalee Intarathong has pleaded guilty to her role in a large-scale international Thai sex trafficking organization, announced United States Attorney Andrew M. Luger.

By State Newswire | Nov 30, 2022
Release: Under Secretary of State Victoria Nuland will travel to Lodz, Poland November 30 to Dec. 1, where she will attend the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Foreign Ministers’ Meeting. Under Secretary Nuland will reiterate the United States’ commitment to the OSCE’s foundational ...

By Tamara Browning | Nov 30, 2022
U.S. government leaders advocated for increased protection of U.S. native reptiles and more during the 19th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) held in Panama City, Panama.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2022
News Release: EUGENE, Ore.-A Douglas County couple known for distributing drugs was sentenced to federal prison today after they were linked to the overdose death of man to whom they had sold drugs to for more than a year.