News published on Federal Newswire in September 2022

News from September 2022


REGISTER NOW: US-EU CPA Stakeholder Session in Brussels



USDA Announces Its Local Food Purchase Assistance Cooperative Agreement with Northern Mariana Islands


Mace: Democrats Ignore Biden Administration’s Suppression of Free Speech


EPA Provides Supply Chain Flexibility and Reduced Burden for Pesticide Registrants with Expanded List of Commodity Inert Ingredients for Pesticides


West Virginia State University and the United States EPA Region 3 Sign Historic Memorandum of Understanding


EPA administrator touts value of $2 million grant to UC Berkeley for 'vital role' in research for water project

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said Sept. 9 that it awarded $2 million in research funding to the University of California, Berkeley for the development of a tool supporting enhanced aquifer recharge.


News Release: BOSTON - (Sept. 16, 2022) — Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded over $66 million in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding to Rhode Island for water infrastructure improvements.


Cleveland Heights Man Sentenced to Prison and Ordered to Pay $177k in Restitution for Credit Card Fraud Scheme

News Release: CLEVELAND - Carlos Dashawn Brown, 28, of Bowling Green and Cleveland Heights, Ohio, was sentenced on Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022, to 38 months in prison and ordered to pay $177,716.07 in restitution by U.S. District Judge Solomon Oliver Jr. after Brown pleaded guilty to the unauthorized use of an access device, bank fraud and aggravated identity theft.


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI), Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and Mike Braun (R-IN) introduced bipartisan legislation to improve government effectiveness by making permanent and expanding the Office of Executive Councils (Office) at the General...


News Release: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, David Sundberg, Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and Hartford Police Chief Jason Thody today announced that GLEN DAUPHIN, 50, of Newington, pleaded guilty yesterday before U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley in Bridgeport to a firearm offense stemming from his unlawful possession of numerous firearms, firearm components and ammunition.


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


Upcoming Digital Press Briefing with U.S. Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa, Mike Hammer

Release: EVENT: Please join us on Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2022, for a digital press briefing with U.S. Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa, Mike Hammer. Special Envoy Hammer will discuss his recent travel to the region in support of the African Union’s efforts to launch talks aimed at ending the conflict in Northern Ethiopia.


News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Timothy M. O’Shea, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Harry L. Euler, 46, of La Crosse, Wisconsin was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to 25 years in federal prison, to be followed by 20 years of supervised release, for using minors to produce child pornography. Euler pleaded guilty to this charge on June 2, 2022.


Biden-Harris Administration and EPA Announce Delivery of Historic Water Infrastructure Funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to Massachusetts

News Release: BOSTON - (Sept. 16, 2022) – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded over $188 million in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding to Massachusetts for water infrastructure improvements.


“CONFIRMATIONS“ was published in the Senate section on page S4583 on Sept. 13


The US Transportation Department published a four page notice on Sept. 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced that a Toledo, Ohio, man convicted of Failure to Register as a Sex Offender was sentenced on Sept. 12, 2022, by U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier.


News Release: BOSTON - Twenty-one individuals have been indicted in federal court in Boston in connection with their alleged roles in drug trafficking organizations (DTOs) that distributed cocaine and fentanyl throughout the North Shore and Central Massachusetts.


Former Washington State Employment Security Department worker sentenced to five years in prison for wire fraud, bribery, and aggravated identity theft

News Release: Hired to help with the pandemic overload, he committed fraud and demanded kickbacks for pushing through fraudulent claims.