News published on Federal Newswire in September 2022

News from September 2022


Raimondo: Administration 'is committed to ensuring small and minority-owned businesses have access to the opportunities'

Partnerships to help small and disadvantaged businesses get the resources they need to succeed were announced Sept. 20.


Gillespie: Local food purchase program will 'support local farmers and other Arkansas-based food producers'

U.s. Department of Agriculture announced the signing of a cooperative agreement with the state of Arkansas under the Local Food Assistance Cooperative Agreement Program.


Hoff: 'This case demonstrates the inherently dangerous nature of drug-dealing in our society'

Daniel Lee Burmeister, 37, of El Paso, Texas, was sentenced to seven years and five months in prison for drug trafficking and illegally possessing firearms.


News Release: Defendants Participated in Pushing Large Metal Sign Frame Into Officers Attempting to Secure the Capitol Grounds.


Former New Orleans Police Officer Charged with Civil Rights Violation for Sexual Assault

News Release: WASHINGTON - The Justice Department filed a bill of information charging Rodney Vicknair, 55, a former police officer with the New Orleans Police Department, with sexually assaulting a victim in violation of that victim’s constitutional rights.


DOT Joins Energy and Agriculture on Sustainable Aviation Fuel Grand Challenge Roadmap

News Release: Outlines steps to reduce aviation emissions and meet 100% of domestic aviation fuel demand by 2050


News Release: NORMAN, Okla. - The Bureau of Land Management will hold a wild horse and burro adoption event in Clovis, New Mexico, October 14-15 at the Curry County Events Center, where 120 wild horses and burros will be present. The adoption event will begin at 10 a.m. on Friday, Oct. 14. Adoptions will be held from noon to 6 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 14, and from 8 a.m. to noon on Saturday, Oct. 15. Animals are eligible for adoption. Inquire with BLM staff onsite for more information.


Release: The United States and Canada are pleased to contribute to the “Joint Programme for the Haitian National Police," a multi-donor basket fund on security in Haiti, which is managed by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in coordination with the Haitian National Police (HNP), UN Integrated Office...


United States Attorney's Office Honors Law Enforcement Personnel for Exceptional Service

News Release: BOSTON - United States Attorney Rachael S. Rollins announces the recipients of the 2022 Law Enforcement Awards. Over 60 federal, state and local law enforcement personnel and community leaders who contributed to the success of federal cases during the 2021 calendar year are being recognized for their...


Three Defendants Plead Guilty to Murder and Assault on the Red Lake Indian Reservation

News Release: ST. PAUL, Minn. - Three individuals have pleaded guilty for their roles in a murder that took place in August 2019 on the Red Lake Indian Reservation, announced United States Attorney Andrew M. Luger.


Mississippi Man Charged with Federal Hate Crime for Cross Burning

News Release: The Justice Department announced that Axel C. Cox, 23, has been charged with hate crime and arson violations for burning a cross in his front yard to threaten, interfere with and intimidate a Black family in Gulfport, Mississippi.


News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - A Logan, Ohio, man pleaded guilty in federal court here today to producing child pornography of a three-year-old child and possessing thousands of images of child sexual abuse, some of which depicted other minor children to whom the defendant had access.


Secretary Blinken’s Meeting with People’s Republic of China (PRC) State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi

News Release: The following is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken met today with PRC State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi on the margins of the 77th UN General Assembly in New York City. The Secretary discussed the need to maintain open lines of communication and responsibly ...


News Release: A Tulsa woman admitted Friday to strangling a female victim, causing her death, then attempting to set the victim’s body and residence on fire to conceal the crime, announced U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson.


Philadelphia Man Charged With Drug Trafficking Offenses

News Release: WILLIAMSPORT - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Demetri Carroll, age 27, of Philadelphia, was indicted yesterday by a federal grand jury on drug trafficking charges.


Sioux City Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Illegal Possession of a Firearm

News Release: Thompson, a convicted felon, fired a stolen gun into the air over Sioux City while consuming alcohol and marijuana.


Reclamation awards $73 million construction contract for continued progress on the Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Project’s San Juan Lateral

News Release: Farmington, N.M. - The Bureau of Reclamation today announced the award of a $73,056,845 contract to Archer Western Construction of Phoenix, Arizona, to convey reliable drinking water to Navajo communities and the city of Gallup in northwest New Mexico. This award marks significant progress toward the completion of the Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Project.


Release: The following is the joint readout released by the Secretary of State of the United States and the Foreign Ministers of the Governments of Australia, India, and Japan.


News Release: “We are Addressing the Issues That are on Americans’ Minds and Hearts"


Minneapolis Man Pleads Guilty to Violent Carjacking Outside Northeast Minneapolis Restaurant, Admits to Two Additional Armed Carjackings in Golden Valley

News Release: ST. PAUL, Minn. - A Minneapolis man has pleaded guilty to a violent carjacking of a woman outside her place of work in northeast Minneapolis and admitted his involvement in two additional armed carjackings, announced U.S. Attorney Andrew M. Luger.