News published on Federal Newswire in November 2022

News from November 2022




News Release: Iran’s violations of Iraqi territorial integrity continue with lethal attacks carried out against the Iraqi Kurdistan Region from November 20 through 22. The United States strongly condemns these repeated and brazen violations of Iraq’s territorial integrity and calls on Iran to refrain from further threats and violence.


Biden Overturns Protections for Americans’ Retirement Savers with ESG Rule

News Release: Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Health, Employment, Labor and Pensions Subcommittee Republican Leader Rick Allen (R-GA) released the following statement after President Biden’s Department of Labor (DOL) released a final rule allowing retirement plan managers to consider environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) factors when making investment decisions and exercising shareholder rights...


President Biden Selects Two USDOT Employees As 2022 Presidential Rank Awards Winners

News Release: Washington, D.C. -- Today, the U.S. Department of Transportation announced that two of the Department’s career employees have received the 2022 Presidential Rank Award, one of the most prestigious awards in Federal career civil service. Chosen by President Biden, the awards recognize the hard work and important contributions of dedicated civil servants in the Federal workforce. 


The US Justice Department published a four page rule on Nov. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Interior Department discusses Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Designation of Critical Habitat for Endangered Florida Bonneted Bat on Nov. 22

The US Interior Department published a three page proposed rule on Nov. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Petition for Extension of Waiver of Compliance discussed on Nov. 22 by Transportation Department

The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Nov. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Su: Hospitality Training Academy is 'a model for the nation'

U.S. Deputy Secretary of Labor Julie Su used her recent visit to a southern California training academy to point out the value of apprenticeships for workers, especially women of color.


Waltz: CCP land purchases are ‘for economic leverage and other nefarious purposes’

A U.S. representative from Florida who was among members of Congress writing to the comptroller general asking for a study of “foreign investments in U.S. farmland” has pledged that House Republicans will take a tougher stand on the Chinese Communist Party.


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Nov. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Giles: Noncitizen sex offenders arrested represent ‘the most heinous criminal activity facing our communities and our children’

A national operation to apprehended “unlawfully present individuals” who previously were convicted sex offenders resulted in the arrest of 21 noncitizens.


News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Camden County, New Jersey, resident was sentenced to 41 months in prison for his role in fraudulently obtaining Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDL) benefits, fraudulently obtaining unemployment benefits, and illegally possessing a firearm, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today.


News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Republican Leader Tom Cole (R-OK) issued the following statement after the Biden administration announced plans to spend hundreds of millions of dollars out of the Provider Relief Fund on a COVID-19 vaccine campaign...


McKees Rocks Felon Sentenced to Prison for Gun Offense

News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA -- A former resident of McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 57 months of imprisonment and three years of supervised release on his conviction of violating a federal firearm law, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.


Guzman: Zabble contract will help research that ‘reduces waste going to landfills’

A company in Walnut Creek, Calif., that reduces waste sent to landfills through digitalization and streamlining of waste data collection and maintenance processes for waste management professionals has received a $400,000 contract from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to expand its work.


Billings man arraigned on child pornography charges

News Release: BILLINGS - A Billings man indicted on child pornography charges appeared for arraignment today, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said.


News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge William F. Jung has sentenced Desiree Madiedo (45, Brooksville) to serve one year and one day in federal prison for wire fraud. Earlier, on November 8, 2022, Judge Jung sentenced Desiree Madiedo’s husband, Christopher Madiedo (47, Brooksville), to 30 months in federal...


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Nov. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


St. Francis Man Sentenced on Firearm Charge

News Release: PIERRE - United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced today that a St. Francis, South Dakota, man convicted of Prohibited Person in Possession of a Firearm was sentenced on Nov. 21, 2022, by Chief Judge Roberto A. Lange, U.S. District Court.