News from September 2022

By Interior Newswire | Sep 15, 2022
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Sept. 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2022
News Release: Today the Justice Department announced the establishment of three Strike Force teams created to enhance the Department’s existing efforts to combat and prevent COVID-19 related fraud.

By Homeland Newswire | Sep 15, 2022
News Release: OAKLAND, Calif. - The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has delivered preliminary flood maps for San Luis Obispo County. The maps identify revised flood hazards along San Luis Obispo Creek, Huerhuero Creek, Meadow Creek and the Salinas River. These new maps will help building officials, contractors and homeowners make effective mitigation decisions, thereby contributing to safer and more disaster resilient communities.

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2022
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Damieon Lamont Ray, of Middle River, Maryland, was sentenced today to 36 months incarceration for distributing fentanyl, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.
By State Newswire | Sep 15, 2022
Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.

By Homeland Newswire | Sep 15, 2022
News Release: ST. CROIX, U.S. Virgin Islands -- In September 2017, the strong winds and heavy rains of hurricanes Irma and Maria shattered windows, damaged roofs and displaced many families from public housing complexes on St. Thomas and St. Croix.

By State Newswire | Sep 15, 2022
Release: Representatives of the Arab League, Egypt, the European Union, France, Germany, Iraq, Jordan, Norway, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Turkiye, the United Kingdom, and the United States met August 30-31 at the envoy level in Geneva to discuss the crisis in Syria.

By Commerce Newswire | Sep 15, 2022
News Release: Congress has been given the exclusive authority to regulate foreign commerce by the U.S. Constitution. This constitutional power is unique and only held by the legislative branch.

By Interior Newswire | Sep 15, 2022
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Sept. 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2022
News Release: BOSTON - A Worcester man was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Worcester for using two victims’ identities to open bank accounts and attempting to purchase an $83,000 Chevrolet Camaro.

By Interior Newswire | Sep 15, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Bureau of Reclamation today announced a funding opportunity through President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law for small surface and groundwater storage projects. In the wake of severe drought, surface water and groundwater storage are essential tools in stretching the limited water...

By DOL Newswire | Sep 15, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor today announced a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking seeking public comment on its proposal to establish a definition for the final performance indicator used to report outcomes for Title I non-core programs under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act core programs. The proposed rule would use“Retention with the Same Employer" as the criterion to measure effectiveness in serving employers.
By State Newswire | Sep 15, 2022
Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2022
News Release: ST. LOUIS - A doctor from Ohio pleaded guilty Monday to three felony charges and admitted accepting $291,000 in kickbacks from telemedicine companies involved in a nationwide fraud scheme.

By DOL Newswire | Sep 15, 2022
News Release: LANSDOWNE, PA - A federal court has ordered a Lansdowne, Pennsylvania, diner, and its owner and a manager to pay more than $1.35 million in back wages and liquidated damages to 107 servers and kitchen workers after a five-day trial confirmed the business operators used an illegal tip pool.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2022
News Release: PORTLAND, Maine: A Sanford man was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Portland today for possessing and transporting child sexual abuse materials, U.S. Attorney Darcie N. McElwee announced.

By State Newswire | Sep 15, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY) together with Representatives William R. Keating (D-MA), Chair of the Subcommittee on Europe, Energy, the Environment and Cyber, Gerald Connolly (D-VA), President of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, Tom Malinowski (D-NJ),...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - A Georgia man pleaded guilty today to assaulting law enforcement officers with a dangerous weapon during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. His actions and the actions of others disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress convened to ascertain and count the electoral votes related to the presidential election.
By State Newswire | Sep 15, 2022
Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 15, 2022
News Release: In Third Year of Program, Department Focuses 11 Awards to Organizations Working with Underserved Populations and with Small and Mid-sized Communities