News published on Federal Newswire in September 2022

News from September 2022


Release: The following is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.


Agency Information Collection Activities; Office of Public Health Disease Reporting and Surveillance Forms discussed on Sept. 12 by Interior Department

The US Interior Department published a one page notice on Sept. 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


E&C Announces Health Subcommittee Markup

News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA) announced today that the Health Subcommittee will hold a markup on Wednesday, Sept. 14, at 10:30 a.m. (EDT) in the John D. Dingell Room, 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building.


Peoria Woman Sentenced to 24 Months in Federal Prison for Making False Statements in Connection with Straw-Purchasing Scheme

News Release: PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria, Illinois, woman, Keena Fauntleroy, 29, of the 3400 block of West Oakcrest Drive, was sentenced on September 9, 2022, to 24 months in federal prison for making false statements during the purchase of firearms. Upon release from imprisonment, Fauntleroy will serve a two-year term of supervised release.


CISA Announces Fifth Annual Cybersecurity Summit to Take Place October 4 in Atlanta

News Release: WASHINGTON - The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) today announced it will host its 5th Annual Cybersecurity Summit on Tuesday, October 4th in Atlanta, Georgia.  


USDA to spend $400 million on new Regional Food Business Centers to 'strengthen and enhance local and regional food systems'

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) recent announcement of $400 million to build food business centers will be the start of supply chain centers nationwide, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said in a news release.


Secretary Blinken to Travel to Mexico and Indiana

News Release: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken will travel to Mexico City, Mexico on September 12 to co-chair the 2022 U.S.-Mexico High-Level Economic Dialogue (HLED). Secretary Blinken, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo, and Deputy U.S. Trade Representative Jayme White along with other senior U.S. government ...


Notice published by Commerce Department on Sept. 12

The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Sept. 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Recent US Department of Labor case findings in New Hampshire, Vermont mirror national increases in child labor violations, young workers’ injuries

News Release: MANCHESTER, NH - Each year, employers hire millions of young people in the food services, retail, recreation and construction industries to add staff to meet their labor needs during peak periods. At the same time, and in response to increases in violations of federal child labor laws, the U.S. Department of Labor has increased its employer outreach and enforcement actions to help employers prevent young workers’ jobs from jeopardizing their safety and well-being.


Chief Executive Officer Sentenced to 36 Months in Prison for Submitting Hundreds of False Monitoring Reports

News Release: U.S. District Court Judge John T. Fowlkes Jr. of the Western District of Tennessee today sentenced DiAne Gordon, 61, of Memphis, Tennessee, to 36 months in prison followed by two years’ supervised release in connection with her fabrication of discharge monitoring reports required under the Clean Water ...


Chief Engineer Encouraged by Idaho Site Waste Treatment Plant Performance

News Release: IDAHO FALLS, Idaho - Following a record-breaking simulant run at EM ’s Integrated Waste Treatment Unit (IWTU ) earlier this summer, engineers are inspecting reaction vessels and other equipment of the liquid waste treatment facility before initiating radiological operations at the DOE Idaho National Laboratory Site, scheduled for this fall.


Raimondo: Resurrecting chip industry is a 'down payment on our future'

The U.S. Department of Commerce will use $50 billion from the CHIPS Act of 2022 on a strategy to resurrect the domestic semiconductor industry.


The US Homeland Security Department published a four page notice on Sept. 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Secretary Blinken to Travel to Mexico and Indiana

Release: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken will travel to Mexico City, Mexico on September 12 to co-chair the 2022 U.S.-Mexico High-Level Economic Dialogue (HLED). Secretary Blinken, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo, and Deputy U.S. Trade Representative Jayme White along with other senior U.S. government...


The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Sept. 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau announced today that real median household income in 2021 was not statistically different than 2020. The official poverty rate of 11.6% was also not statistically different between 2020 and 2021. The Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM) rate in 2021 was 7.8%, a decrease of 1.4 percentage...


News Release: United States Attorney Richard G. Frohling announced today that Latherio Meadows (age 27) was sentenced to 22 years in federal prison for a series of armed robberies on the north side of Milwaukee over a three-week time span.


Guzman: 'Settlement will protect the nearby Visalia community from future chemical accidents'

A California-based citrus processor's $270,000 settlement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will protect the community in a San Joaquin Valley community.


News Release: INDIANAPOLIS - Darryl Dwight Lewis, Jr., 32, of Indianapolis, was sentenced to 78 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to distribution and receipt of child sexual abuse material.


News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Jeffrey Lee Ward Jr., 31, of Bellaire, Ohio, pleaded guilty today to traveling in interstate commerce to engage in illicit sexual conduct with a minor.