News published on Federal Newswire in September 2022

News from September 2022


DEA Announces Results of Enforcement Surge to Reduce the Fentanyl Supply Across the United States

News Release: PHOENIX - The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration today announced the results of an enforcement operation that spanned from May to September and resulted in significant fentanyl seizures across the United States.


Biden admin nominates B. Bix Aliu as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Montenegro

President Joe Biden recently announced his intention to appoint B. Bix Aliu as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Montenegro.


News Release: WASHINGTON - Former prisoner transport officer Anthony Buntyn, 55, was convicted of a felony civil rights offense for abusing detainees in his care.


Release: On September 28-29, 2022, representatives of the Federated States of Micronesia, Republic of Fiji, Republic of Kiribati, Republic of Nauru, Republic of the Marshall Islands, Republic of Palau, Independent State of Papua New Guinea, Independent State of Samoa, Solomon Islands, Kingdom of Tonga, Tuvalu,...



Committee Advances Portman, Peters Bipartisan Legislation to Help Secure Open Source Software

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH) and Gary Peters (D-MI), Ranking Member and Chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, announced that their bipartisan Securing Open Source Software Act to help protect federal and critical infrastructure systems...


2021 American Housing Survey Data Now Available

News Release: ― Today the U.S. Census Bureau and U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development released new housing data from the 2021 American Housing Survey (AHS) through the AHS Table Creator. This interactive data tool allows users to create custom tables of housing and demographic estimates for the nation, 25 metropolitan areas, and selected states.


Blinken: U.S. commits $457.5 million 'to help defend the Ukrainian people, their freedom and their democracy'

Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the United States will be committing an additional $475.5 million in civilian security assistance to Ukraine.


Gonzalez: 'Disaster fraud and related acts of corruption hurt those who need it most'

The U.S. Attorney's Office has pledged to investigate and prosecute hurricane relief scams in collaboration with federal and local law enforcement agencies.


Williams: 'The Duck Stamp Contest is one of my very favorite events every year'

In a Sept. 24 news release, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service revealed the winner of the 2022 Duck Stamp Contest.


Phillips: 'Cargoes paid for by American taxpayers belong on American ships'

During testimony before the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, the U.S. Department of Transportation's Maritime Administration Administrator Ann Phillips announced two efforts meant to support federal compliance with cargo preference requirements.


Regan: 'The people of Jackson, Miss., have lacked access to safe and reliable water for decades'

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan pledged to help Jackson, Miss., with its water crisis after meeting with Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba.




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


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


New notice from Land Management Bureau to be published on Sept. 30

There are two releases scheduled to be published on Sept. 30.


Defendant Convicted of Distributing Fentanyl that Resulted in U.S. Marine’s Death

News Release: Assistant U. S. Attorneys Owen Roth and J’me K. Forrest.


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


News Release: Gulfport, Miss. - The Justice Department announced that Axel C. Cox, 23, has been charged with hate crime and arson violations for burning a cross in his front yard to threaten, interfere with and intimidate a Black family in Gulfport, Mississippi.