News from October 2022

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2022
News Release: Sean Morrissey Admitted Rubbing Genitalia of Federal Inmate while she was in Rensselaer County Correctional Facility in September 2018.
By State Newswire | Oct 5, 2022
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Representative Gregory W. Meeks, Chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, departed Washington, DC to represent the United States on behalf of Speaker Nancy Pelosi at the 8th G20 Parliamentary Speakers’ Summit in Jakarta, Indonesia.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2022
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Tanisha Porter, of Newman, California, and Penny Marie Banky, of Parkersburg, West Virginia, were indicted today on methamphetamine charges, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2022
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Calvin Bautista, age 36, of Richmond Hill, New York, was arraigned today on an indictment charging him with smuggling three Burmese pythons into the United States at the Champlain Port of Entry.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2022
News Release: A federal grand jury in the Southern District of Alabama indicted former Citronelle Police Department Chief John Tyler Norris for using excessive force against a man while on duty and for misleading state investigators.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2022
News Release: Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A. Polite, Jr. convened a virtual discussion today with a bipartisan group of approximately 300 election officials and workers to brief them on available grant funding for physical security enhancements under federal programs and the potential applicability of state and local fiscal recovery funds under the American Rescue Plan.
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 5, 2022
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Oct. 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By State Newswire | Oct 5, 2022
Release: MS LOPEZ: It is a great pleasure to welcome once again to Bogotá - to Mr. Blinken, the Secretary of State of the United States of America. It’s a great pleasure to have you here.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 5, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy, issued a statement in response to the U.S. Treasury Department’s Financial Stability Oversight Council’s release of its Report on Digital Asset Financial Stability Risks and Regulation. The report is the third in a series pursuant to a March 2022 Executive Order by President Biden.

By Andy Nghiem | Oct 5, 2022
Congressman James Comer (R-KY) recently said that he is calling on the Government Accountability Office to investigate Chinese ownership of U.S. farmland and to be transparent with Americans about efforts to address this issue.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 5, 2022
There are three releases scheduled to be published on Oct. 6.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 5, 2022
News Release: ATLANTA - Highlands and Lake counties are now eligible for FEMA assistance after Hurricane Ian.

By USDA Newswire | Oct 5, 2022
The US Agriculture Department published a one page notice on Oct. 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2022
There are two releases scheduled to be published on Oct. 6.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2022
News Release: BOISE - The Justice Department announced today the results of its efforts over the past year to protect older adults from fraud and exploitation. During the past year, the Department and its law enforcement partners tackled matters that ranged from mass-marketing scams that impacted thousands of victims...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2022
News Release: A Tulsa man who chased a store clerk with a knife pleaded guilty in federal court, announced U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson.

By State Newswire | Oct 5, 2022
News Release: Counselor of the Department Derek Chollet will travel to London and Belfast, United Kingdom, from October 5-11. In London, he will meet with United Kingdom government officials to discuss continued cooperation on a range of security and defense priorities, including Russia’s war on Ukraine, and the Indo-Pacific. ...
By USDA Newswire | Oct 5, 2022
Release: By Sasha B. Chamberlain, MS, RDN, Public Affairs Specialist.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2022
News Release: COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA - Scott Paul Polinski, age 58 of Council Bluffs, was sentenced on Friday, Sept. 30, 2022, to 120 months in prison for Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine. He must also serve a five-year term of supervised release after the prison term. There is no parole in the federal system.

By USDA Newswire | Oct 5, 2022
Biotechnology Risk Assessment Research Grants Program grant opened on Oct. 5.