News published on Federal Newswire in September 2022

News from September 2022


DOC grant application closes on Sept. 30

FY2023 National Sea Grant College Program Special Projects grant opened on Sept. 21.


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


News Release: The U.S. Department of Commerce Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) has extended awards for the Access to Capital Innovative Finance Grant to two projects that will address historical barriers faced by minority business enterprises (MBEs). Through potentially disruptive, scalable solutions, these ...


News Release: United States Attorney Ronald C. Gathe, Jr. announced that U.S. Chief Judge Shelly D. Dick sentenced Richard Culver, age 41, of Denham Springs, Louisiana, to 240 months in federal prison following his conviction for receipt of child pornography. Following his term of imprisonment, Culver will have to serve six years of supervised release and register as a sex offender for life. Chief Judge Dick also ordered Culver to pay restitution to his victims in the amount of $126,000.


Illinois Man Sentenced to Ten Years’ Imprisonment for Methamphetamine Possession on Amtrak

News Release: Acting United States Attorney Steven Russell announced that Shawron Thomas, 47, of Calumet City, Illinois, was sentenced on Sept. 16, 2022, in federal court in Omaha, Nebraska, after being convicted of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. Chief United States District Judge Robert...



Federal Reserve System discusses Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies on Sept. 20

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


News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Tyquan Armstrong, aka “Moose," age 43, of Rotterdam, New York, pled guilty yesterday to conspiring to distribute and possessing with intent to distribute marijuana and possessing firearms in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.


News Release: The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced that the following persons were arraigned or appeared this week before U.S. Magistrate judges on indictments handed down by the Grand Jury or on criminal complaints. The charging documents are merely accusations and defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty.


US Department of Labor awards $34.4M in grants to improve access  to good jobs, training in Appalachian Region, Lower Mississippi Delta

News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor announced today - in partnership with the Appalachian Regional Commission and the Delta Regional Authority - awards totaling $34,375,000, to provide education, training and supportive services in regions that have suffered significant job losses in the energy extraction industry.


News Release: A federal grand jury recently returned a one-count indictment charging Melissa Rose Barrett, age 48, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and Clive, Iowa, with tax evasion. Barrett appeared for her arraignment and pled not guilty to the pending charges.


News Release: The text of the following statement was released by the Governments of The United States of America and Angola, Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Costa Rica, Cote d Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Ireland, Mauritania, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Senegal, Spain, and the United Kingdom on the occasion of a joint statement for cooperation in the Atlantic.


Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Well, good afternoon, everyone. And let me first say I’m really tempted to say “what she said" and we can call it a day, and that’s usually the case. Because yes, we’re here - and I’m here - to bask in a little of this inspiration that we’re seeing around this table. But a lot of that...


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 Long Beach, Washington, to boost business and job growth by supporting improvements to existing tourist infrastructure. This grant is funded by the American Rescue Plan.


Secretary Antony J. Blinken at the USAID Democracy Delivers Event

News Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Well, good afternoon, everyone. And let me first say I’m really tempted to say “what she said” and we can call it a day, and that’s usually the case. Because yes, we’re here – and I’m here – to bask in a little of this inspiration that we’re seeing around this table. But a lot of that ...


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


Sherri Papini Sentenced to 18 Months in Prison for Lying to Federal Agents About Being Kidnapped and Defrauding the California Victim Compensation Board

News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Sherri Papini, 39, of Redding, was sentenced today to 18 months in prison to be followed by 36 months of supervised release for making materially false statements to FBI agents about the circumstances of her own hoax kidnapping and committing mail fraud based on her being a kidnapping victim, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced today.


Sioux Falls Man Sentenced for Production of Child Pornography


Man Who Impersonated DOJ Investigator to Extort Mt. Pleasant Woman for Sex and Money Sentenced to Ten Years

News Release: CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA - Brian Lydell Robinson, 39, of Warrenville, was sentenced to ten years in federal prison after pleading guilty to extortion and impersonating an officer of the United States.


Nebraska Man Sentenced for Failure to Register as a Sex Offender