News published on Federal Newswire in September 2022

News from September 2022


Deciding Whether to Install Solar Panels on Your Home? A New NIST Web Tool Can Help

News Release: Whether it’s to live more sustainably, save money or both, many people think about adding solar panels to their homes. Homeowners consider a number of factors, including which type of solar panel might work best for them, when deciding whether the investment is worth it.


News Release: Special Advisor on International Disability Rights Sara Minkara will travel to Berlin, Germany August 31 to attend the G7 Global Inclusion Summit September 1-2. The summit, hosted by Germany’s Federal Government Commissioner for Matters relating to Persons with Disabilities, will cover the topics of ...


News Release: ST. LOUIS - U.S. District Judge Audrey G. Fleissig on Wednesday sentenced a convicted felon from St. Louis to eight and one-half years in prison for a gun crime.


Wilmington Woman Sentenced to 31 Months in Federal Prison in CARES Act Fraud Case

News Release: WILMINGTON, Del. - David C. Weiss, U.S. Attorney for the District of Delaware, announced today that Ana Soto, 41, of Wilmington and formerly of Newark, was sentenced yesterday to 31 months imprisonment on wire fraud and money laundering convictions. Chief U. S. District Court Judge Colm F. Connolly pronounced the sentence.


News Release: ST. LOUIS - U.S. District Judge John A. Ross on Wednesday sentenced a Jefferson County man who accessed child pornography for years to seven years in prison and ordered him to pay $3,000 to a victim.



Biden-Harris Administration Invests $75 Million to Provide Clean Drinking Water and Safe Wastewater Infrastructure in Rural West Virginia

News Release: New Infrastructure Will Support a Growing Economy and Provide Clean Watersheds for Thousands of People in Greenbrier County


News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Sean O’Hare, age 54, of South Portland, Maine, pled guilty today to committing wire fraud in connection with a scheme to defraud his tax preparation clients. The announcement was made by United States Attorney Carla B. Freedman and Ketty Larco-Ward, Inspector in Charge of the Boston Division of the United States Postal Inspection Service (USPIS).


The US Homeland Security Department published a three page notice on Sept. 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


U.S. Attorney Charges Former Rockland County Coach With Transporting Minors To Engage In Illegal Sexual Activity

News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today the unsealing of an Indictment charging VICTOR BYRNE, 56, with transporting two minors to engage in illegal sexual activity in 2006 and 2008. BYRNE was arrested this morning in Orlando, Florida and presented in Orlando federal court.


News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - A Chesapeake man pleaded guilty today to conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine.


News Release: Thirteen defendants involved in the $27 million Novus healthcare fraud have been sentenced to a combined 84 years in federal prison, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Chad E. Meacham.



Katmai National Park and Preserve Solicits Feedback on Proposed Campground Fee Increases

News Release: KING SALMON, Alaska --Katmai National Park and Preserve is proposing a fee increase for overnight camping at its Brooks Campground for the 2023 camping season. Increased revenue from campground fees will enable the park to keep up with the rising costs of campground operations, better maintain facilities, and provide for improved compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) within the campground.


News Release: United States Obtains Warrant for Seizure of $45 Million Airplane Owned by Russian Energy Company PJSC LUKOIL.


News Release: SEQUOIA AND KINGS CANYON NATIONAL PARKS, Calif. Sept. 1, 2022 - For the past 10 days, searches have been underway in Kings Canyon National Park and Inyo National Forest for Quang Trong Than, 66, of Newport Beach, CA. The search for Than is scaling back to limited continuous mode. This means that...


News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Alexander M.M. Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, announced that Gilbert Gallegos was sentenced on Aug. 30 to 45 years in prison. Gallegos, 46, of Lordsburg, New Mexico, pleaded guilty on Jan. 29, 2021, to two counts of production of child pornography and one count of possession of child pornography.



News Release: WASHINGTON - Informed by ongoing Tribal consultations, the Department of the Interior today released draft guidance to Tribes on how to apply for the first $50 million in grant funding available this year under President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to clean up orphaned oil and gas well sites ...


News Release: PROVIDENCE - A Johnston man who admitted to possessing more than 2,000 videos and images of child pornography has been sentenced to three years in federal prison, announced United States Attorney Zachary A. Cunha.