News published on Federal Newswire in September 2022

News from September 2022


Former University of South Florida Accounting Manager Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Mail Fraud Scheme

News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge William F. Jung has sentenced Ralph Puglisi (60, Palm Harbor) to 10 years in federal prison for mail fraud. As part of his sentence, the court also ordered Puglisi to pay full restitution in the amount of $12,860,744.07 to the University of South Florida and entered an order of forfeiture in the amount of $12,800,000, the proceeds of his mail fraud scheme. Puglisi had pleaded guilty on Aug. 26, 2021.



BLM announces brush thinning treatments in  Central and Western NM Counties

News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Beginning approximately October 5, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Rio Puerco Field Office, in partnership with the Cuba Soil and Water Conservation District and the Socorro Field Office, will treat approximately 7,000 acres of native brush encroachment in Central and Western...


Energy Department discusses Cocheco Falls Associates; Notice of Availability of Environmental Assessment on Sept. 28

The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Sept. 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.



Airport Terminal Program; FY 2023 Funding Oppportunity discussed on Sept. 28 by Transportation Department

The US Transportation Department published a six page notice on Sept. 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Foxx, Comer Press Cardona on Cancel Culture at Liberal Universities

News Release: Request briefing from Department of Education to understand how college campuses are ensuring free thought and expression


News Release: LOS ANGELES - The Justice Department today announced that Westlake Financial has agreed to pay more than $225,000 to resolve allegations that it violated the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA) by failing to provide qualified servicemembers with interest rate benefits for the entire period required under the SCRA and by improperly delaying approval of interest rate benefit requests.


Portman, Baldwin Bipartisan Bill to Ensure Inventions Funded by DHS S&T Are Manufactured in U.S. Advances in Senate

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) announced their bipartisan Invent Here, Make Here for Homeland Security Act has been passed by the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental...


Justice Department Announces Total Distribution of Over $4 Billion to Victims of Madoff Ponzi Scheme

News Release: The Department of Justice announced today that the Madoff Victim Fund (MVF) began its eighth distribution of approximately $372 million in funds forfeited to the U.S. government in connection with the Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC (BLMIS) fraud scheme.


DOE Announces 19 Organizations Selected to Receive Clean Energy Innovator Fellows

News Release: WASHINGTON D.C. - Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced the 19 institutions that will host fellows as part of the new $6 million Clean Energy Innovator Fellowship program. The program matches recent graduates and energy professionals to host institutions at critical energy organizations.


Sept. 28: bills handled by Oversight and Reform Committee

There was activity on four bills related to the Oversight and Reform Committee on Sept. 28.


Boston Man Sentenced for Role in Armed Robbery of Brockton Cell Phone Store

News Release: Co-defendants shot at Brockton Police during high-speed chase while fleeing the scene.


What releases are upcoming from the National Park Service on Sept. 30

There is one release scheduled to be published on Sept. 30.


Quincy Real Estate Broker Sentenced for Real Estate Deposit Scam

News Release: Defendant stole approximately $1.8 million in deposit checks including for properties not for sale.


Two Bronx Men Arrested For Multiple Kidnappings, Carjackings, And Robberies

News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that DIANTE FERNANDES and MARK FRANCIS, both of the Bronx, were arrested in connection with a series of recent carjackings in the Bronx and Yonkers, New York. FERNANDES and FRANCIS had their initial appearance today before United States Magistrate Judge Judith C. McCarthy and were ordered detained.


EPA and Forest Service Make Popular AirNow Fire and Smoke Map, Additional Wildfire Information, Available in Spanish

News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service are making the popular Air


What did Environmental Protection Agency publish on Sept. 28?

The US Environmental Protection Agency published a two page notice on Sept. 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


39 ‘Taste the Rainbow’ Defendants Sentence

News Release: Thirty-nine defendants charged in Operation “Taste the Rainbow" have been sentenced to a combined 415 years in federal prison, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Chad E. Meacham.