News published on Federal Newswire in September 2022

News from September 2022


Comer: Democrats’ Bill Weakens Accountability at the Census Bureau


EPA Implements Advanced Effort to Protect Water Quality in Three Boston-area River Watersheds


News Release: Justice Department Announces Enforcement Action Involving Over $100 Million in Losses to Department of Veterans Affairs.


Odessa Man Sentenced to More Than Three Years in Federal Prison for Bomb Hoax

News Release: Our nation-wide commitment to reducing gun crime in America.


EPA Releases Final Determinations of Attainment Status for Air Quality Standards for Smog

News Release: WASHINGTON – Today, EPA announced the final determinations for whether certain areas have met the 2008 or 2015 National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for ground-level ozone, as required by the Clean Air Act. EPA is finalizing determinations regarding the air quality progress of six nonattainment ...


News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - The United States Attorney’s Office announced a settlement agreement under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) with Colonial Heights Vision Center Optometry, PC (CHVC), a professional eye care center located in Colonial Heights.


Honey Industry Votes to Continue the Research and Promotion Program


USDA to Purchase $50 Million in Consumer-Ready Rice for Food Assistance Programs


Gibbs, Comer Call for Investigation into DHS Possibly Buying Solar Panels Made by Slave Labor in China


EPA Selects Arizona Department of Environmental Quality for $296K Pollution Prevention Grant Funded by Bipartisan Infrastructure Law


Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Meth Conspiracy

News Release: Obtained meth from Colorado to distribute in Iowa.


Homeland Security Department discusses Safety Zone; Black River, South of East Erie Avenue Bridge in Front of Black River on Sept. 16

The US Homeland Security Department published a three page rule on Sept. 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.




Carper Statement on Historic Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funding for Delaware Water Infrastructure

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, today issued the following statement on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarding $75.8 million in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding to Delaware today for water infrastructure improvements.


Joint Statement on the Extended Deterrence Strategy and Consultation Group Meeting

News Release: The text of the following statement was released by the Governments of the United States of America and the Republic of Korea.



Former Dean of USC’s Social Work School Agrees to Plead Guilty to Bribery for Funneling $100,000 Payment to Secure County Contract

News Release: LOS ANGELES - The former dean of the University of Southern California’s school of social work has agreed to plead guilty to a federal charge that she bribed longtime politician Mark Ridley-Thomas by funneling $100,000 he provided from his campaign account through USC to a nonprofit operated by his son to obtain a lucrative county contract, the Justice Department announced today.


News Release: SAN FRANCISCO (Sept. 16, 2022) — Today in North Richmond, California, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Assistant Administrator for the Office of Water Radhika Fox joined EPA Regional Administrator for the Pacific Southwest Martha Guzman, California Secretary for Environmental Protection Yana Garcia, Contra Costa County Supervisor John Gioia, and other state and local leaders for the California stop on the 50th Anniversary of the Clean Water Act celebration tour.


FBI—Chicago Warns of Local Technical Support Scam

News Release: FBI-Chicago Warns of Local Technical Support Scam.