News published on Federal Newswire in October 2022

News from October 2022


The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Oct. 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: The State Department’s Head of the Office of Sanctions Coordination, Ambassador James O’Brien, led an interagency discussion October 24 with the U.S. offices of leading diamond retailers, manufacturers, and laboratories. The meeting focused on the importance of the diamond industry’s robust implementation ...


Ottumwa Man and Woman Charged for Filing Hundreds of False Tax Returns and Fraudulently Obtaining Unemployment Insurance Benefits Payments

News Release: Des Moines, Iowa - A federal grand jury in Des Moines returned an indictment on Oct. 18, 2022, charging an Ottumwa man and woman with sixty fraud and tax charges.


News Release: WASHINGTON - The United States Drug Enforcement Administration launched its annual Red Ribbon Campaign - the nation’s largest drug prevention effort - on October 23 to unite communities across the country in the shared goal of preventing drug use and addiction. This year’s theme, “Celebrate Life. Live Drug Free," reminds all Americans that living a drug-free lifestyle contributes greatly to the safety and health of their communities.


Local Magician Arrested for Child Pornography Offense

News Release: BOSTON - A Sutton, Mass. man who has worked as a magician for over 20 years, performing for children as young as kindergarten age, was arrested today on a child pornography charge.


News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.-U.S. Attorney Natalie Wight announced today the appointment of two District Election Officers to oversee the handling of complaints of voting rights concerns, threats of violence to election officials or staff, and election fraud in the District of Oregon for the upcoming November 8, 2022, general election.


Families Who Want to Stay Warm This Winter Will Pay Highest Energy Bills in 25 Years

News Release: Families Who Want to Stay Warm This Winter Will Pay Highest Energy Bills in 25 Years.


The US Environmental Protection Agency published a two page proposed rule on Oct. 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Homeland Security Department discusses FY 2022 Senior Executive Service Performance Review Boards on Oct. 25

The US Homeland Security Department published a three page notice on Oct. 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Homeland Security Department published a one page notice on Oct. 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Risch, Menendez, Meeks, McCaul on One-Year Anniversary of Coup in Sudan

News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), ranking member and chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and U.S. Representatives Gregory Meeks (D-N.Y.) and Michael McCaul (R-Texas), chairman and ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, today released the below statement in observance of the one-year anniversary of the coup in Sudan:


Secretary Blinken to Host Diwali Reception

News Release: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken will host a Diwali reception at the Department of State on Wednesday, Oct. 26, at 5:30 p.m. EDT. Secretary Blinken will be joined by Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom Rashad Hussain and Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs Deputy Assistant Secretary Nancy Izzo Jackson.


West L.A. Man Sentenced to 18 Years in Federal Prison for Harassment Campaign Targeting Female Doctors at VA Facilities

News Release: Federal Judge Said He is Calling a Defendant for the First Time 'a Menace to Society'.


DOS-ISN offers new grant application process starting Oct. 26

Advanced Artificial Intelligence (AI) Research and Development (R&D) Safety and Security grant opened on Oct. 26.


News Release: A Tulsa man was sentenced Thursday for shooting and killing a bicyclist in order to impress members of a street gang, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson.


Brady, Rice Blow Whistle on IRS’s Refusal to Work with Congress Investigating Destruction of Tax Returns

News Release: Brady, Rice Blow Whistle on IRS’s Refusal to Work with Congress Investigating Destruction of Tax Returns.


Americans’ Holiday Travel Plans Fall Victim to Biden-Flation

News Release: Americans’ Holiday Travel Plans Fall Victim to Biden-Flation.


Chinese Intelligence Officers Charged with Using Academic Cover to Target Individuals in United States

News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A federal indictment was unsealed today charging four Chinese nationals, including three Ministry of State Security (MSS) intelligence officers, in connection with a long-running intelligence campaign targeting individuals in the United States to act as agents of the People’s Republic of China (PRC), U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger and National Security Division Assistant Attorney General Matthew Olsen announced.


Chester County Serial Child Predator Who Produced and Collected Images of Child Abuse Sentenced to 100 Years in Prison

News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero announced that Robert Dean Caesar, 60, of Oxford, PA, was sentenced to 100 years in prison and lifetime supervised release United States District Court Judge Gerald Pappert for multiple child exploitation offenses including producing, transmitting, and collecting child pornography.


News Release: TWIN FALLS, Idaho - To protect nationally-significant Tribal and cultural resources dating back thousands of years, the Bureau of Land Management Burley Field Office is proposing to close the American Falls Archaeological District (Archaeological District) and a portion of the Lake Channel area to rock climbing and off-highway vehicle use in southern Idaho.