News from September 2022
By State Newswire | Sep 21, 2022
News Release: The Department of State yesterday announced an additional contribution of $1 million through its Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs to the UN Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar (IIMM). During an event cohosted on the margins of the UN General Assembly by the Department ...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 21, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $2.5 million grant to the city of Valdez, Alaska, to boost tourism by supporting the development of outdoor recreational infrastructure and amenities at Meals Hill. This grant is funded by the American Rescue Plan.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 21, 2022
The US Labor Department published a three page notice on Sept. 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2022
News Release: ABINGDON, Va. - A Smyth County, Virginia man, who ordered approximately 30,000 fentanyl pills from California and sold them in Southwest Virginia, was sentenced today to 42 months in federal prison. He will also pay the United States a $50,000 monetary judgement.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2022
News Release: Earlier today, in federal court in Brooklyn, Rogelio Vega pleaded guilty to three counts of enticing a child to engage in sexual conduct. Today’s proceeding was held before United States Magistrate Judge Sanket J. Bulsara. When sentenced, Vega faces a statutory minimum sentence of 10 years’ imprisonment and a maximum of life imprisonment.
By EPA Newswire | Sep 21, 2022
The US Environmental Protection Agency published a two page notice on Sept. 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2022
News Release: NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - A Norfolk woman was sentenced last week to 10 years in prison for misuse of a Social Security number, loan fraud, and identity theft.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2022
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A Paramount-based clothing wholesale company has agreed to plead guilty to federal criminal charges for undervaluing imported garments in a scheme to avoid paying almost $6.4 million in customs duties and for doing business with a woman in Mexico who has ties to the Sinaloa drug cartel, the Justice Department announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2022
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - The leader of a $3 million bank fraud scheme involving stolen checks and two co-conspirators were sentenced to prison today, announced Dena J. King, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 21, 2022
FY2022 Historic Preservation Fund- Save Americas Treasures Collection Grants grant opened on Sept. 21.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 21, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - House Agriculture Subcommittee Chair Abigail Spanberger delivered the following statement at today's hearing “A 2022 Review of the Farm Bill: Stakeholder Perspectives on Title II Conservation Programs."
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2022
News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that JOSHUA BURRELL was sentenced today to 48 months in prison for committing securities fraud in connection with the operation of a New York-based investment firm, Activated Capital, LLC (“Activated Capital").
By EPA Newswire | Sep 21, 2022
News Release: PHILADELPHIA (Sept. 20, 2022) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded $46.3 million in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) funding to Virginia today for water infrastructure improvements. An additional $80 million will be awarded in the coming weeks. President Biden’s BIL allocates more ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2022
News Release: A federal jury convicted a former Assistant Inspector General for the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) yesterday for engaging in a scheme to conceal his financial indebtedness to a personal friend and government contractor to whom he steered tens of millions of dollars in government business.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 21, 2022
FY2022 Historic Preservation Fund- Save Americas Treasures Preservation Grants grant opened on Sept. 21.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 21, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $4 million grant to E-Central Idaho P & DA, Inc. (ECIPDA), Rexburg, Idaho, to make infrastructure improvements needed to support entrepreneurs. This grant is funded by the American Rescue Plan.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 21, 2022
There was activity on one bill related to the Finance Committee on Sept. 20.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2022
News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - After a seven-day jury trial, yesterday, a federal jury convicted Jairo Huertas-Mercado and Erik Pizarro-Mercado for six carjackings, one kidnapping, one kidnapping murder, and related firearms offenses.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 21, 2022
Release: The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law’s Joint Office of Energy and Transportation is Working with States and Localities to Enable Clean, Affordable Mobility Options for Everyone
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 21, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI), Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, John Cornyn (R-TX), and Alex Padilla (D-CA) introduced bipartisan legislation to authorize Federal Executive Boards (FEBs), which help improve collaboration among federal agency offices...
