News published on Federal Newswire in September 2022

News from September 2022


The US Transportation Department published a four page rule on Sept. 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Eswatini National Day

News Release: On behalf of the United States of America, I offer my sincerest congratulations to the people of Eswatini on the 54th anniversary of your nation’s independence.


News Release: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and David Sundberg, Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, announced that LAMONT BETHEA, 31, of Hamden, waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley in Bridgeport to fraud offenses.


News Release: EL PASO, TX-The FBI El Paso Field Office and El Paso Police Department (EPPD) are seeking the public’s assistance to identify the individual responsible for a bank robbery on Friday, Sept. 2, 2022.


The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on Sept. 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), will hold a naturalization ceremony at Springfield Armory National Historic Site, One Armory Square, at 11:00 am on Thursday, Sept. 15, 2022.  U.S. District Judge Katherine A. Robertson will preside and the Clerk of the Court will administer the Oath of Allegiance to 200 new citizens representing 72 nationalities, and 64 Massachusetts municipalities.


Amsterdam Woman Pleads Guilty to Sexually Exploiting a Minor

News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Kristen Blair Hiltunen, age 37, of Amsterdam, New York, pled guilty today to sexual exploitation of a minor. The announcement was made by United States Attorney Carla B. Freedman and Janeen DiGuiseppi, Special Agent in Charge of the Albany Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).


Rule published on Sept. 6 by Energy Department

The US Energy Department published a two page rule on Sept. 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Armed Drug Dealer Sentenced to Five Years in Federal Prison

News Release: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that TREA FRASER, 27, of New Haven, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to 60 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for possessing a firearm in furtherance of his drug trafficking activities.


Woman Sentenced to 63 Months in Federal Prison for Robbing a Bank

News Release: DENVER- The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado announces Georgiana Elizabeth Jones, age 43, was sentenced to 63 months in federal prison for bank robbery.


FBI Springfield Task Force is Making Communities Safer

News Release: FBI Springfield Task Force is Making Communities Safer.



The US Interior Department published a one page notice on Sept. 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Interior Department discusses Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: Robert S. Peabody Institute of Archaeology on Sept. 6

The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Sept. 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.



Selling synthetic drugs results in $9.2M forfeiture and prison for seven

News Release: HOUSTON - The seventh and final member involved in a synthetic narcotics distribution network has been ordered to federal prison, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.


Barron announces plan to use funds to reduce violent crime: ‘We will continue to use every legal means necessary'

Maryland U.S. Attorney Erek L. Barron, joined by federal, state and local leaders, announced at an Aug. 24 press conference that his office will devote more federal resources to fight violent crime in the state.


News Release: DENVER - The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado announces Armando DeLeon, age 51, of Colorado Springs, was sentenced to 62 months in prison for distribution of cocaine and money laundering. DeLeon previously pled guilty on Aug. 24, 2021.


Privacy Act Regulations; Exemption for the Personnel Security Program Files System discussed on Sept. 6 by Interior Department

The US Interior Department published a four page proposed rule on Sept. 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released a report of operational approaches to protect the National Public Warning System from an electromagnetic pulse (EMP). The report is a collaborative effort between the DHS Science and Technology Directorate (S&T), the Federal Emergency...