News published on Federal Newswire in October 2022

News from October 2022


Launch of the U.S.-UK Comprehensive Dialogue on Technology and Data



Designations of Burmese Targets to Promote Justice and Accountability


Readout of Ambassador Katherine Tai's Meeting with WTO Director General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

Readout of Ambassador Katherine Tai's Meeting with WTO Director General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala


Readout of Ambassador Katherine Tai's Meeting with European Commission Executive Vice President Valdis Dombrovskis

Readout of Ambassador Katherine Tai's Meeting with European Commission Executive Vice President Valdis Dombrovskis


U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of New Hampshire Observes Domestic Violence Awareness Month

News Release: CONCORD - U.S. Attorney Jane E. Young joins the U.S. Department of Justice, the Office on Violence Against Women (OVW), advocates, survivors, victim service providers, justice professionals, police and first responders, and communities across the U.S. in observing October as Domestic Violence Awareness Month (DVAM).


News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of violating federal firearms law, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.


USDA invests $6.5 million to improve access and equity in SNAP Employment and Training

Release: WASHINGTON, Oct. 20, 2022 The USDA Food and Nutrition Service is providing nearly $3 million in grants to community colleges to expand the availability of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Employment and Training programs, known as SNAP E&T, and nearly $3.5 million in additional funds to state agencies to strengthen E&T program data collection. These moves are part of a larger commitment to advance equity and improve access to SNAP E&T programs nationwide.


Pallone Applauds Biden’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve Announcement to Lower Prices at the Pump

News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) issued the following statement today praising President Biden’s announcement that he will release 15 million barrels of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) to provide relief to Americans facing high gas prices as a result of the latest manipulation of the global oil market by OPEC+:


Press Release by U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Buchanan Relating to the November 2022 General Election

News Release: ATLANTA - U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Buchanan announced that Assistant U.S. Attorney (AUSA) Brent Gray will lead the efforts of his Office in connection with the Justice Department’s nationwide Election Day Program for the upcoming November 8, 2022, general election. AUSA Gray has been appointed to serve...


Portsmouth Relaunches Science Alliance, Attracting Over 1,000 Students

News Release: PIKE COUNTY, Ohio - The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management (EM ) Portsmouth Site recently brought back the Science Alliance, an event offering students a hands-on approach to science, technology, engineering and math (STEM), following a two-year hiatus due to the coronavirus pandemic.


Arizona Couple Indicted for Attempting to Extort Georgia Tech

News Release: ATLANTA - Ronald Bell was arraigned before Magistrate Judge Regina Cannon on charges arising from a conspiracy to extort the Georgia Institute of Technology by falsely claiming an individual associated with its basketball program committed sexual assault. Bell and co-defendant Jennifer Pendley were indicted on these charges by a federal grand jury on Aug. 24, 2022.


News Release: BOSTON - A Worcester man was sentenced today for his role in a drug trafficking conspiracy involving fentanyl and heroin.


Hartford Man Sentenced to 3 Years in Prison for Offenses Stemming from Warehouse Theft of Guns

News Release: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and James Ferguson, Special Agent in Charge, ATF Boston Field Division, announced that SHAMEIK CAMARA, 32, of Hartford, was sentenced today by U.S. Circuit Judge Sarah A. L. Merriam in Bridgeport to 36 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for offenses stemming from the theft of numerous firearms from a South Windsor warehouse last year.


News Release: Applicants for the forthcoming $28 million funding opportunity must submit projects that support the following initiatives.


Granholm: 'DOE is committed to ensuring that renewable energy deployment protects natural environments'

The U.S. Department of Energy announced the release of approximately $14 million in funding for the study of how solar energy infrastructure interacts with wildlife and ecosystems.


News Release: Thursday, Oct. 27, 2022. 1 - 2:15 p.m. Eastern Time. The Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS's) Office of the Citizenship and Immigration Services Ombudsman (CIS Ombudsman) invites stakeholders to participate in a webinar on Employment-Based Immigrant Visas: Looking Back at FY 2022 and Ahead to...


Arizona Man Sentenced to 16 Years for Methamphetamine Trafficking and Money Laundering

News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Timothy M. O’Shea, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Levi Bagne, 31, Buckeye, Arizona, was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson to 16 years in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine and money laundering. Bagne pleaded guilty to these charges on May 24, 2022.


There are two releases scheduled to be published on Oct. 21.


2020 Island Areas Censuses Data on Demographic, Social, Economic and Housing Characteristics Now Available for the U.S. Virgin Islands

News Release: Today, the U.S. Census Bureau released a demographic profile of the U.S. Virgin Islands from the 2020 Island Areas Censuses. The demographic profile provides basic demographic, social, economic and housing characteristics for the U.S. Virgin Islands and lower levels of geography.