News published on Federal Newswire in October 2022

News from October 2022


Commerce Department discusses Order Denying Export Privileges; In the Matter of: Tito Calderon Olvera, 5282 Murfreesboro Rd., La Vergne, TN 37086 on Oct. 5

The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Oct. 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Brooklyn Woman Pleads Guilty in Large-Scale Fraud Scheme involving Prescription Medications

News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Brooklyn, New York, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of Wire Fraud Conspiracy, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.


Iredell Health System Subsidiary Agrees To Pay Over $130,000 To Resolve Allegations That It Improperly Retained Overpayments Owed To Medicare And Medicaid Programs

News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Statesville-based Iredell Physician Network, LLC (IPN) has agreed to pay $138,612 to resolve the allegations that it knowingly avoided an obligation to repay money owed to the Medicare and Medicaid programs, announced Dena J. King, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina.


Seven Individuals Indicted for Social Security Fraud

News Release: The loss for SSA is $800,311.05; the loss for the Medicare Program is $220,975.17 and the total loss is $1,021,286.22.


U.S. Department of Commerce Announces 51 “Build to Scale” Grants Totaling $47 Million to Fuel Innovation and Tech-Based Economic Development

News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding 51 “Build to Scale" grants - totaling $47 million - to organizations that support technology entrepreneurs, catalyze innovation and fuel economic growth.


White Earth Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Assaulting a Child

News Release: MINNEAPOLIS - A White Earth man was sentenced to 120 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for assaulting a minor child on the White Earth reservation, announced United States Attorney Andrew M. Luger.


Interior Department set to publish a new notice on Oct. 7

There are two releases scheduled to be published on Oct. 7.


Senators Stabenow, Boozman Announce Business Meeting to Review USDA and Farm Credit Administration Nominees

News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), Chairwoman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, and John Boozman (R-Ark.), Ranking Member, today announced that the Committee will hold a business meeting to review the nominations of Dr. Jose Emilio Esteban, of California, ...


Lee County Man Sentenced to 38 Years in Prison for Sexual Exploitation of Two Children

News Release: Montgomery, Alabama - Today, U.S. Attorney Sandra J. Stewart announced that Brandon Thomas Hart, 33, from Smiths Station, Alabama, was sentenced to 38 years in prison for sexually exploiting two children.


EPA Announces Innovative Effort to Bring New Chemicals Used in Electric Vehicle, Semiconductor, Clean Energy Sectors to Market

News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a new effort under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) to implement a streamlined and efficient process under the New Chemicals Program to assess risk and apply mitigation measures, as appropriate, for new chemicals with applications in batteries, electric vehicles, semiconductors and renewable energy generation.


Soccer Saves Lives:  New U.S. Effort in Ukraine to Reduce Risk of Explosive Hazards

Release: Russia’s brutal and unprovoked February 24 further invasion of Ukraine has flooded communities in its eastern, central, and southern regions with deadly explosive hazards, including landmines, unexploded bombs and munitions, and improvised explosive devices. These explosive remnants of war continue to...


Mexican national indicted for downloading pornography of prepubescent minors

News Release: McALLEN, Texas - A 26-year-old man from Reynosa, Mexico, has been charged for receipt and possession of child pornography depicting prepubescent minors, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.


Kennedy: Survey finds Taiwan firms split between dependence on China, 'possibility of military conflict'

A survey by the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) of more than 500 Taiwanese companies found many are concerned by both their reliance on China and the potential for military conflict.


Las Vegas Resident Sentenced To Over Seven Years In Prison For Attempting To Solicit Child For Sex

News Release: LAS VEGAS - A Las Vegas man was sentenced on Sept. 30, 2022, by U.S. District Judge Cristina D. Silva to 87 months in prison followed by a lifetime term of supervised release for attempting to solicit sex from a minor in exchange for money.


Neal Leads Congressional Delegation to Stuttgart, Geneva

News Release: GENEVA, Switzerland-House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) is leading a Congressional delegation to visit the U.S. Africa and European military commands, based in Stuttgart, Germany, and the International Labour Organization and World Trade Organization, based in Geneva, Switzerland, while also holding bilateral discussions with key trading partners.


Florida Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Hate Crime for Racially-Motivated Attack on a Black Man

News Release: Ocala, FL - Robert Lashley, 52, pleaded guilty today to a federal hate crime for attacking a Black man because of his actual and perceived race.



Federal Aviation Administration set to publish a new notice on Oct. 7

There is one release scheduled to be published on Oct. 7.


National Call for Nominations for Resource Advisory Councils discussed on Oct. 5 by Interior Department

The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Oct. 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Notice published by Commerce Department on Oct. 5

The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Oct. 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.