News published on Federal Newswire in October 2022

News from October 2022


News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A resident of Erie, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 36 months in jail on his conviction of violating federal drug laws, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.


Secretary Antony J. Blinken At a Migrant Integration Center

News 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.


Lesotho National Day

News Release: On behalf of the Government of the United States of America, I send warm congratulations to the people of the Kingdom of Lesotho as you commemorate your 56th Independence Day.


Opening Remarks to the First High-Level Intergovernmental Consultation on Multilateral Cooperation to Enhance Marine Protection

Release: The First High-Level Intergovernmental Consultation on Multilateral Cooperation to Enhance Marine Protection and Combat Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing in the Eastern Tropical Pacific Marine Corridor.


DOI-NPS offers new grant application process starting Oct. 5

FY2022 Historic Preservation Fund - Historically Black Colleges and Universities Grants grant opened on Oct. 5.


BLM High Desert District plans to conduct prescribed burns

News Release: Depending on fuel moisture and burn conditions, the Bureau of Land Management High Desert District may conduct prescribed burns on multiple lands managed by the Rawlins Field Office and associated partners this fall and winter. The treatments will only be implemented if specified prescription parameters are obtained.


Spring Hill Man Sentenced to 8 Years in Prison for Drug and Gun Law Violations

News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Pittsburgh, PA, has been sentenced to 96 months imprisonment and four years of supervised release on charges of violating federal firearms and drug laws, United States Attorney Cindy K Chung announced today.


EPA to Continue Soil and Groundwater Cleanup at the Cinnaminson Groundwater Contamination Superfund Site in NJ

News Release: NEW YORK – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has finalized its plan to address the soil and groundwater contamination associated with an industrial property within the Cinnaminson Groundwater Contamination site. The contaminated groundwater is also a source of chemical vapors potentially entering homes and businesses in the Townships of Cinnaminson and Delran, N.J.


Rieker: Arkansas Valley Conduit will allow residents to ‘know that their drinking water is safe and healthy’

WCA Construction LLC has been awarded an inaugural contract by the Bureau of Reclamation for construction of the Arkansas Valley Conduit Project at Pueblo Dam that will deliver clean water from Pueblo Reservoir to people in southeastern Colorado.


DOE Congratulates 2022 Clean Energy Education & Empowerment Award Winners

Release: Nine Women Across Business, Finance, and Technology Sectors Honored for Exceptional Achievements to Accelerate America’s Equitable Clean Energy Transition


News Release: BOSTON - A Framingham woman was sentenced yesterday for fraudulently receiving Social Security disability benefits, MassHealth, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits and Section 8 housing assistance.


There are five releases scheduled to be published on Oct. 6.


Womack: 'Every safeguard should be in place to protect our farmlands and agriculture production'

Congressman Steve Womack (R-AR) recently said that in light of supply chain complications that arose from relying on China, it makes sense to establish protections on U.S. farming.


News Release: Tuscaloosa, Ala. - A federal grand jury last week indicted a Gadsden man for conspiring to pay and receive kickbacks and commit health care fraud, announced U.S. Attorney Prim F. Escalona, Federal Bureau of Investigation Acting Special Agent in Charge Felix A. Rivera-Esparra, and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General, Special Agent in Charge Tamala E. Miles.


News Release: NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - A Hampton man was sentenced today to 27 months in prison for a fraud scheme to obtain unemployment benefits made available because of the COVID-19 pandemic.


Release: On behalf of the Government of the United States of America, I send warm congratulations to the people of the Kingdom of Lesotho as you commemorate your 56th Independence Day.


News Release: Defendant Sentenced in the Largest-Ever Criminal Fraud Scheme in the Eastern District of Washington.


Lewis: 'It’s more important than ever to the Yakama Nation to be proactive in improving food security'

U.S. Department of Agriculture announced a cooperative agreement with a Pacific Northwest Tribal government to promote economic opportunities.


U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of New York Joins Transnational Elder Fraud Strike Force to Protect Older Americans

News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of New York announced today that it is joining the Justice Department’s Transnational Elder Fraud Strike Force, as part of its continuing efforts to protect older adults and prosecute perpetrators of fraudulent schemes.


The US Commerce Department published a three page notice on Oct. 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.