News published on Federal Newswire in October 2022

News from October 2022


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH) and Gary Peters (D-MI), Ranking Member and Chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, announced that their bipartisan Planning for Animal Wellness (PAW) Act to help protect pets and other animals during and in...


DOE-GFO offers new grant application process starting Oct. 19

Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Section 40334: Pumped Storage Hydropower Wind and Solar Integration and System Reliability Initiative grant opened on Oct. 19.


Commerce Department discusses Solicitation for Members of the Ocean Exploration Advisory Board on Oct. 18

The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Oct. 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: WASHINGTON - A federal grand jury in the District of Columbia today returned a two-count superseding indictment charging a 10th defendant, Herb Geraghty, 25, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with conspiracy against rights and FACE Act offenses in connection with an alleged reproductive health care clinic blockade in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 22, 2020.n alleged reproductive health care clinic blockade in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 22, 2020.


San Fernando Valley Woman Sentenced to 6 Years in Prison for Defrauding Health Insurers by Submitting Claims for Botox Injections

News Release: LOS ANGELES - A San Fernando Valley woman was sentenced today to 72 months for conspiring to defraud health insurance companies by causing millions of dollars in fraudulent claims to be submitted to provide patients with “free" cosmetic procedures, including Botox injections, and for cheating on her taxes.


News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that Patricia Ruano-Murcia, 31, of Hudson, Massachusetts, has been charged by criminal complaint for the unlawful transportation of individuals who entered the United States illegally. Ruano-Murcia is scheduled to appear before United States Magistrate Judge Kevin J. Doyle today.


Birmingham Attorney Pleads Guilty to Possession of Child Pornography

News Release: BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Chase Tristian Espy, 36, pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography arising out of events that occurred from March 2021 to August 2021, announced United States Attorney Prim F. Escalona and Federal Bureau of Investigation Acting Special Agent in Charge Felix A. Rivera-Esparra.


News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A 28-year-old man has been ordered to prison following his conviction of possessing a firearm as a felon and possession with intent to distribute cocaine, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.


EPA celebrates 50th Anniversary of the Clean Water Act on the banks of the Cuyahoga River

News Release: WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael S. Regan, White House Council on Environmental Quality Chair Brenda Mallory, and Assistant Administrator for Water Radhika Fox, along with national and local environmental leaders, gathered in Cleveland to recognize ...


Justice Department Awards $17.5 Million to Support Project Safe Neighborhoods

News Release: WASHINGTON - The Department of Justice announced today that it has awarded almost $17.5 million in grants to support the Project Safe Neighborhoods Program. Funding will support efforts in jurisdictions across the country to address the epidemic of gun crime and serious violence.


News Release: SCRANTON- The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Matthew Luce, a/k/a “Luck," age 36, of Effort, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Court Judge Malachy E. Mannion to distributing fentanyl resulting in death.


Justice Department Awards More Than $370 Million to Reduce Violent Crime and Support Law Enforcement

News Release: WASHINGTON - The Department of Justice today announced more than $370 million in grant awards to fund state, local and Tribal crime and violence reduction efforts and evidence-based strategies that support law enforcement operations, improve officer safety and build trust with communities. The Department...


The US Homeland Security Department published a five page rule on Oct. 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Ag’s Vilsack: Rural Utilities Service’s Administrator Andy Berke has ‘clear and constant vision to improve’ rural Americans’ lives

The former mayor of Chattanooga, Tennessee is now administrator of the Rural Utilities Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.


APHIS Reduces the Mexican Fruit Fly (Anastrepha ludens) Quarantine in Cameron and Willacy Counties, Texas

Release: FOR INFORMATION AND ACTION. DA-2022-36. Oct. 18, 2022 To: State and Territory Agricultural Regulatory Officials On Sept. 1, 2022, the USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) and the Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA) released portions of the Brownsville Mexican fruit fly (Mexfly) ...


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Oct. 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Energy Department set to publish a new notice on Oct. 20

There are two releases scheduled to be published on Oct. 20.


News Release: Crashed Vehicle, Resisted Arrest and Fled from Officer.


Revised Preliminary Flood Maps for Collin County, Texas, Ready for Public View

News Release: DENTON, Texas - Revised Preliminary Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs) are available for review by residents and business owners in portions of the cities of Carrollton, Dallas, Plano and Richardson in Collin County, Texas.


Minutes of the Board's discount rate meetings on August 22 through September 21, 2022

News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday released the minutes of its interest rate meetings from August 22 through Sept. 21, 2022.