News published on Federal Newswire in October 2022

News from October 2022


Biden-Harris Administration Seeks Public Input on Inflation Reduction Act’s Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund

News Release: WASHINGTON — Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a coordinated stakeholder engagement strategy to help shape the implementation of the first-of-its-kind Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund created by President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act. EPA’s engagement strategy includes: ...


BLM Seeks Nominations to Rio Puerco Management Committee

News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) today announced that it is seeking public nominations for positions on the Rio Puerco Management Committee. This citizen-based committee assists in the development of recommendations that address public land management issues within the Rio Puerco Field Office.


News Release: SOUTH BEND - Nahkomie Taylor, 31 years old, was sentenced by United States District Court Chief Judge Jon E. DeGuilio on his plea of guilty to two counts of bank robbery and one count of brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence, announced United States Attorney Clifford D. Johnson.


Joint Statement of the United States of America and Switzerland on Cooperation in Quantum Information Science and Technology

News Release: The text of the following statement was released by the Governments of the United States of America and Switzerland on the occasion of an October 19 meeting at the Embassy of Switzerland in Washington, D.C.


STATEMENT BY U.S. ATTORNEY ASHLEY C. HOFF REGARDING THE NOVEMBER 2022 GENERAL ELECTION

News Release: SAN ANTONIO - Today United States Attorney Ashley C. Hoff announced that Assistant United States Attorney (AUSA) Matthew Devlin will lead the efforts of the U.S. Attorney’s Office in connection with the Justice Department’s nationwide Election Day Program for the upcoming November 8, 2022 general election.


News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Hudson County, New Jersey, man was arrested this morning for unlawfully using victims’ personal identification information to steal over $1 million, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.


Release: Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs Monica Medina will travel to Hobart, Australia, to participate in the 41st meeting of the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR), October 23 - 26. Assistant Secretary...


News Release: FRANKFORT, Ky. - Eastern Kentucky homeowners and renters who suffered damage to their property from the severe July 2022 floods still have time for federal disaster assistance.


News Release: Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs Monica Medina will travel to Hobart, Australia, to participate in the 41st meeting of the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR), October 23 – 26. Assistant Secretary ...


Red Ribbon Week Begins October 23

News Release: OMAHA, Neb. - The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Omaha Division will join with communities across the nation in kicking off Red Ribbon Week, the nation’s oldest and largest drug misuse prevention awareness program, on Sunday, October 23. Landmarks across the five state division will light red...


Alleged Serial Bank Robber Sentenced to 10 Years in Federal Prison

News Release: An Albuquerque man thought to have committed a string of bank robberies across Texas, Arizona, New Mexico, Mississippi, and California was sentenced today to 10 years in federal prison for an armed bank robbery in Abilene, Texas, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Chad E. Meacham.


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Oct. 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Felon Sentenced for Possessing Destructive Devices

News Release: A man who had gasoline-filled destructive devices, commonly called Molotov cocktails, in his home on May 19, 2021, was sentenced today to more than two years in federal prison.


Former Bank Vice President Sentenced to Federal Prison for Making False Statements to His Bank

News Release: A former bank vice resident and lending officer who submitted false documents to the bank for whom he worked was sentenced today to over a year in federal prison.


News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - A Springfield, Illinois, man, Tyrell Harris, 29, of the 2000 block of MacArthur Boulevard, was sentenced on Oct. 18, 2022, to concurrent sentences of 57 months’ imprisonment for distribution of heroin and 120 months’ imprisonment for possession of 100 grams or more of heroin with intent to distribute.


Meeting of the Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) Advisory Policy Board discussed on Oct. 21 by Justice Department

The US Justice Department published a two page notice on Oct. 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.



Hammond Man Sentenced to Imprisonment for Wire Fraud Related to COVID-19 Relief Funds

News Release: HAMMOND-Jeffrey Boylett Jr, 40, of Hammond, Indiana, was sentenced by United States District Court Chief Judge Jon DeGuilio following his guilty plea to wire fraud in connection with obtaining Covid-19 relief funds to which he was not entitled announced United States Attorney Clifford D. Johnson.


Psychologist Convicted of Health Care Fraud Scheme

News Release: Psychologist Convicted of Health Care Fraud Scheme.


Taos business owner sentenced to prison for failure to pay taxes withheld from employee paychecks

News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Alexander M.M. Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, announced that Diane Mariani, 67, of Taos, New Mexico, was sentenced on Oct. 19 to three months in prison and nine months on home detention for willful failure to collect or pay over tax. The Court further ordered Mariani to pay $203,137 as restitution for the Internal Revenue Service, and to pay an additional $150,000 fine. Mariani pleaded guilty on May 18.