News published on Federal Newswire in September 2022

News from September 2022


Homeland Security Department discusses Faith-Based Security Advisory Council on Sept. 20

The US Homeland Security Department published a one page notice on Sept. 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces the unsealing of an indictment charging Gregory Edward McLean (38, Jacksonville) with two counts of distributing videos depicting the sexual assault of children and one count of possessing files depicting the sexual abuse of young...


Export Trade Certificate of Review discussed on Sept. 20 by Commerce Department

The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Sept. 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


What did Commerce Department publish on Sept. 20?

The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Sept. 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


There was activity on two bills related to the Agriculture Committee on Sept. 20.


News Release: U.S. Attorney Announces Federal Charges Against 47 Defendants in $250 Million Feeding Our Future Fraud Scheme.


NIST Awards Funding for Educational Programs on a Circular Economy to Reduce Plastic Waste

News Release: GAITHERSBURG, Md. - The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has awarded $500,000 to each of five universities to develop new curricula for students who are interested in helping to solve the growing problem of plastic waste. The new curricula will focus on chemistry, economics, business management, entrepreneurship and related topics.


Public press releases: Occupational Safety and Health Administration publishes 39 in August

There were 39 press releases published by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration in August.


News Release: MIAMI - On Sept. 15, 2022, Didier Perez Perez, Lester Leyniel Soca Diaz, and Yoandy Alonso were indicted by a Miami Southern District of Florida Grand Jury for transporting Cuban nationals into the U.S. via Monroe County, Fla., to a migrant stash house in Hialeah, Fla., where they were held for a requested ransom of $15,000.


Hardin County Man Guilty of Bank Robbery

News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas- A Kountze man has pleaded guilty to robbing a bank in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston today.


News Release: Washington, D.C. - The House Committee on Natural Resources today announced House passage of seven Natural Resources bills under suspension of the rules...


Court Of Appeals Upholds Conviction And 17½-Year Sentence For East Stroudsburg Financial Planner Who Defrauded Clients

News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that on Sept. 19, 2022, the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit affirmed both the conviction and 210-month sentence of Anthony Diaz, age 54, formerly of East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania.


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) introduced the bipartisan Invent Here, Make Here for Homeland Security Act to better ensure products invented as a result of funding provided...


Sept. 20: bills handled by Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee

There was activity on one bill related to the Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee on Sept. 20.


News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $1.8 million grant to Galena-Jo Daviess County Historical Society, Galena, Illinois, to construct a new Galena & Ulysses S. Grant Museum. This grant is funded by the American Rescue Plan.


Child Sex Trafficker Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison

News Release: ANCHORAGE - An Anchorage man was sentenced by Chief U.S. District Judge Sharon L. Gleason to 20 years in prison followed by 20 years of supervised release for sex trafficking a minor and production and possession of child pornography. He was also ordered to pay $23,070 in restitution.


There is one release scheduled to be published on Sept. 22.


News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $3.7 million grant to the Nevada Department of Tourism, Carson City, Nevada, to support the recovery of the tourism sector in the state. This grant is funded by the American Rescue Plan.


News Release: Oxford, Miss. - An Oxford woman was sentenced last Friday to 45 months in prison for wire fraud committed while she was a volunteer for the Kappa Delta sorority at Mississippi State University.


Two Maple Heights Men Charged in Multiple Armed Carjacking Incidents

News Release: CLEVELAND - Today, a federal grand jury returned a 10-count indictment charging Donteze Congress, age 18, and Thomas J.D. Williams, age 18, both of Maple Heights, Ohio, with using a firearm to steal vehicles during separate incidents on August 9, 2022.