News from September 2022
By State Newswire | Sep 10, 2022
Release: MR PATEL: Good afternoon, everybody, and Happy Friday. Welcome to this press call to preview Secretary Blinken’s upcoming travel to Mexico on Monday, September 12th for the 2022 U.S.-Mexico High-Level Economic Dialogue. Joining us today is Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs Brian Nichols. This call is on the record but it is.
By State Newswire | Sep 10, 2022
Release: Government-by-Government Assessments: Pakistan. During the review period, the government made its enacted budget and end-of-year report widely and easily accessible to the public, including online. It did not publish its executive budget proposal within a reasonable period. The government published limited...
By State Newswire | Sep 10, 2022
Release: Government-by-Government Assessments: Benin. During the review period, the government made significant progress by establishing a new supreme audit institution that met international standards of independence. The executive budget proposal and enacted budget was widely and easily accessible to the public...
By DOL Newswire | Sep 10, 2022
News Release: Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement after Rep. John Moolenaar (R-MI) introduced a Congressional Review Act resolution to nullify the Department of Education’s rule that undercuts charter school programs...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2022
News Release: INDIANAPOLIS - Epigmenio Vazquez Gatica, 35, of Indianapolis, was sentenced to 25 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to sexual exploitation of a child. Gatica also admitted to the sexual exploitation of two other children.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2022
News Release: HOUSTON - A 40-year-old Katy man has been sent to federal prison following his conviction of committing wire fraud, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 10, 2022
News Release: Today, Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) applauded the Biden Administration’s final rule restoring longstanding policy on the treatment of noncitizens seeking government assistance. Soon, legal immigrants will...
By DOL Newswire | Sep 10, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor today announced its support for the negotiation of commitments under the Trade, Supply Chain, Clean Economy and Fair Economy Pillars of the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity, which seek to advance labor rights and strengthen international labor standards.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 10, 2022
“ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS“ was published in the Senate section on pages S4436-S4437 on Sept. 6
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2022
News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that defendant LISA GIANNELLI, received a sentence of 42 months in prison today for her role in an approximately 20-year scheme to sell and distribute to racehorse trainers and others in the racehorse industry...
By State Newswire | Sep 10, 2022
News Release: The United States is designating Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS) and its Minister of Intelligence, Esmail Khatib, for engaging in cyber-enabled activities against the United States and its Allies.
By State Newswire | Sep 10, 2022
Release: Government-by-Government Assessments: Vietnam. During the review period, the government made its executive budget proposal and enacted budget accessible to the public, including online, but the government did not publish its end-of-year report within a reasonable period. Information on debt obligations...
By State Newswire | Sep 10, 2022
Release: Government-by-Government Assessments: Dominican Republic. During the review period, the government made significant progress by publishing an audit that covered the entire annual executed budget. Budget and information on debt obligations were widely and easily accessible to the public, including online.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2022
News Release: Fort Myers, Florida - U.S. District Judge Thomas P. Barber has sentenced Robert William Sanchez (36, Port Charlotte) to 29 years in federal prison for producing images and videos depicting the sexual abuse of a child. Sanchez was also sentenced to a life term of supervised release and ordered to register as a sex offender. Sanchez had pleaded guilty on June 22, 2022.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2022
News Release: Owensboro, KY - A federal jury convicted an Owensboro man, a North Carolina man, and a Florida woman this week for conspiracies to commit mail fraud and securities fraud. The Owensboro man was also convicted of money laundering and attempted tax evasion for tax years 2013 and 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2022
News Release: Victim Knocked Down During Attempted Robbery and Died From Injuries.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2022
News Release: Spokane, Washington -United States District Judge Thomas O. Rice sentenced Dennis Ray Hopkins, Jr., 42, of Sacramento, California, to 10 years in federal prison for offenses related to trafficking in methamphetamine and heroin and the unlawful possession of firearms. Judge Rice also ordered Hopkins to...
By State Newswire | Sep 10, 2022
Release: Government-by-Government Assessments: Burma. On Feb. 1, 2021, the military staged a coup d’état that reversed fiscal transparency improvements made between 2012 and 2021. The return of military rule dramatically decreased overall fiscal transparency. While the previous government published its executive...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2022
News Release: CLEVELAND - Terry L. Jackson Sr, 50, of Elyria, Ohio, was sentenced on Thursday, September 8, 2022, by U.S. District Judge Donald C. Nugent to more than 21.5 years in prison after Jackson was convicted in a trial by jury of distributing cocaine base (crack) and possession with intent to distribute fentanyl, crack cocaine, and methamphetamine.
By State Newswire | Sep 10, 2022
Release: Government-by-Government Assessments: Gabon. During the review period, the government published its end-of-year report online within a reasonable period. It did not make its executive budget proposal or enacted budget publicly available within a reasonable period. Information on debt obligations, excluding...
