News from September 2022
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 10, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources Ranking Member Pete Stauber (R-Minn.) and U.S. Rep. Connie Conway (R-Calif.) joined a subcommittee field hearing in Morro Bay, Calif. on the issue of offshore wind energy in the American West.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2022
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced JAMES TASSIN, age 52, of Harvey, was sentenced to 2 years probation on September 8, 2022 for violating the Clean Water Act in connection with an oil spill.
By State Newswire | Sep 10, 2022
Release: Government-by-Government Assessments: Ecuador. During the review period, the government made significant progress by making information on debt obligations, including state-owned enterprise debt, publicly available within a reasonable period. Budget documents were publicly available online, although...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 10, 2022
News Release: Washington D.C. -Today, Rep. Stephen F. Lynch, Chairman of the Subcommittee on National Security, introduced H.R. 8779, the Embassy Construction Accountability Act, to strengthen Congressional oversight of the State Department’s construction of U.S. embassies and other overseas facilities.
By State Newswire | Sep 10, 2022
Release: Government-by-Government Assessments: South Sudan. There was no budget enacted for the fiscal year beginning July 2021. During the review period, the government did not publish an executive budget proposal, enacted budget, or end-of-year report within a reasonable period. Allocations to and earnings...
By State Newswire | Sep 10, 2022
News Release: On September 9, 2022, the United States Department of State released the 2022 Fiscal Transparency Report, which found that, of the 141 countries (and the Palestinian Authority) evaluated by the Department, the governments of 72 met minimum requirements of fiscal transparency. Sixty-nine did not meet the minimum requirements of fiscal transparency. Of these 69, however, 27 made significant progress toward meeting the minimum requirements of fiscal transparency.
By State Newswire | Sep 10, 2022
Release: Government-by-Government Assessments: Zambia. During the review period, the government made significant progress by making its debt obligations, including overall state-owned enterprise debt, publicly available and updated within a reasonable period. The government also made significant progress by including...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2022
News Release: BOSTON - A Worcester-based investment adviser pleaded guilty today in connection with a long-running scheme to steal more than $2.8 million from six clients.
By State Newswire | Sep 10, 2022
News Release: Today marks two years since U.S. citizen and Marine veteran Matthew Heath was wrongfully detained in Venezuela. Matthew was arrested in September 2020 on specious charges, and his trial remains ongoing. As Secretary Blinken has said, he is personally focused on bringing U.S. nationals held hostage or ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2022
News Release: United States Attorney Clint Johnson today announced the results of the September 2022 Federal Grand Jury A.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 10, 2022
Release: Hello, everyone. I’m thrilled to speak to the IBEW Women’s Conference.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2022
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A Honduran man pleaded guilty today to his role in a conspiracy to distribute more than five kilograms of cocaine in the United States.
By State Newswire | Sep 10, 2022
Release: Government-by-Government Assessments: Liberia. During the review period, the government made significant progress by publishing the enacted budget within a reasonable period and by ensuring actual revenues and expenditures reasonably corresponded to those in the enacted budget. However, it did not make...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2022
News Release: GREAT FALLS - A Wolf Point woman who admitted to assaulting a toddler on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation was sentenced on Thursday to 34 months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2022
News Release: PEORIA, Ill. - A Pekin, Illinois, man, Cody Mammen, 32, of the 1300 block of Janssen Street, has been sentenced to an aggerate 10 years in prison, to be followed by five years of supervised release, for possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine and possession with intent to distribute cocaine.
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 10, 2022
There was activity on two bills related to the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on Sept. 9.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 10, 2022
News Release: $1 Billion Increase in USDA ReConnect Program Round 4 Funding through the Historic Bipartisan Infrastructure Law
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2022
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - A federal grand jury returned indictments on August 9, 2022, against the following individuals.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 10, 2022
News Release: A new FEMA disaster recovery center will open on Saturday, Sept. 10, in St. Louis City to provide one-on-one assistance to people directly affected by the July 25-28 flooding and severe storms.
By State Newswire | Sep 10, 2022
Release: Government-by-Government Assessments: Saudi Arabia. During the review period, the government made its enacted budget and end-of-year report publicly available online within a reasonable period, but it did not publish its executive budget proposal at least one month before the start of the fiscal year.
