News from September 2022
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2022
News Release: Construction Firm Illegally Received Contracts Set Aside for Veterans, Minorities.
By State Newswire | Sep 23, 2022
Release: The United States condemns the tragic and brutal death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian woman who died in the custody of the Iranian Morality Police after being detained for purportedly wearing a hijab too loosely. We mourn with her loved ones and with the Iranian people.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2022
News Release: Orlando, Florida - United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that a federal jury has found Robert Butzlaff (57, Volusia County) guilty of four counts of fraudulent use of an unauthorized access device and aggravated identity theft. Butzlaff faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison...
By USDA Newswire | Sep 23, 2022
Release: BOSTON, Sept. 22, 2022 USDA Food and Nutrition Service today awarded the New York City Human Resources Administration a $1,649,845 grant to support its efforts to enhance efficiency and access in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, known as SNAP.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2022
News Release: FRANFORT, Ky. - A Richmond, Ky., man, Scotty Dale Johnson, 51, was sentenced on Thursday, to 240 months in federal prison, by U.S. District Judge Gregory Van Tatenhove, for production of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2022
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - David Tillman Deloach, 39, from Kalamazoo, Michigan was sentenced to serve 58 months in the Federal Bureau of Prisons for using a stolen identity to illegally purchase 28 handguns. Chief U.S. District Judge Hala Y. Jarbou also imposed 3 years of supervised release following his release from custody.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 23, 2022
Release: DOE Opens Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funding Opportunity for Regional Clean Hydrogen Hubs and Releases Draft of DOE National Clean Hydrogen Strategy and Roadmap
By State Newswire | Sep 23, 2022
Release: The United States and 37 other countries invoked the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe’s (OSCE) Moscow Mechanism on July 28 to examine the Russia’s adherence to its OSCE Human Dimension commitments on human rights and fundamental freedoms. In the report released today in Vienna, the ...
By State Newswire | Sep 23, 2022
News Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Well, good afternoon, everyone. It’s wonderful to be here with so many colleagues, and I especially want to thank the founding members of the Partners in the Blue Pacific represented here by Foreign Minister Wong and Foreign Minister Hayashi – Yogi, I saw you – and we have Foreign Minister Mahuta here as well – coming in imminently, and James Cleverly is right there. Good to see you, my friend.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2022
News Release: NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - A former sergeant with the Newport News Police Department pleaded guilty today to the sexual exploitation of children and receipt of child pornography.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 23, 2022
News Release: For airliners, cargo ships, nuclear power plants and other critical technologies, strength and durability are essential. This is why many contain a remarkably strong and corrosion-resistant alloy called 17-4 precipitation hardening (PH) stainless steel. Now, for the first time ever, 17-4 PH steel can be consistently 3D-printed while retaining its favorable characteristics.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2022
News Release: Ocala, Florida - Senior United States District Judge John Antoon II has sentenced Miguel Vargas-Narez (44, Mexico) to 40 months in federal prison following his convictions for possession of a firearm by an alien unlawfully in the United States and illegal reentry into the United States. Vargas entered guilty pleas to the charges on June 1, 2022.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2022
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero announced that Bruce Minor, 46, of Philadelphia, PA, was sentenced to two years in prison, three years of supervised release, and ordered to pay $462,256 restitution and forfeit the same amount by United States District Court Judge Chad F. Kenney for his scheme to embezzle money from his former employer, the Philadelphia Veterans’ Affairs Medical Center (VAMC).
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 23, 2022
There was activity on two bills related to the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Sept. 22.
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 23, 2022
There is one release scheduled to be published on Sept. 26.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 23, 2022
News Release: The Bureau of Reclamation is making up to $4 million available for Tribes and Tribal organizations in their efforts to develop, manage, and protect tribal water and related resources. Each selected Tribal project is eligible to receive up to $400,000.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 23, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today the Department of the Interior announced that it has invested over $5.1 million in fiscal year 2022 funding from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to advance wildfire resilience work and support fuels management projects in Colorado on 5,395 acres of land across the state. ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2022
News Release: TERRE HAUTE - Varonique Lowe, 44, of Indianapolis, was sentenced to twelve years in federal prison after pleading guilty to possession with the intent to distribute methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2022
News Release: Ocala, Florida - United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces Levelle Joseph Harris (36, Kissimmee) has entered a guilty plea to an indictment charging him with 14 counts of wire fraud. Each count is punishable by up to 20 years in federal prison and a $250,000 fine. Harris had been indicted on June 7, 2022.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2022
News Release: ALTIVIA Petrochemicals LLC has agreed to a consent decree that would require it to pay a $1,112,500 civil penalty and improve leak detection and repair work practices to settle alleged violations of the Clean Air Act (CAA) at a petrochemical manufacturing facility in Haverhill, Ohio. Emissions of hazardous ...
