News from February 2023
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2023
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Timothy M. O’Shea, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Victor Pennington, 27, Tomah, Wisconsin was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to 12 years in federal prison for distributing 500 grams or more of methamphetamine as part of a conspiracy. This prison term will be followed by 5 years of supervised release.
By State Newswire | Feb 8, 2023
Release: Good morning. I am honored to participate in DRL’s Global Human Rights Defender Awards. The Department is proud to re-launch this ceremony in 2023, which is also the 25th anniversary of the Declaration on Human Rights Defenders - a resolution which, following fourteen years of negotiations, provides for the support and protection of human rights defenders in the context of their work.
By State Newswire | Feb 8, 2023
Public Diplomacy Grants in Kuwait grant opened on Feb. 8.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 8, 2023
The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Feb. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2023
News Release: DETROIT - A Garden City, Michigan man was sentenced yesterday to 15 years in federal prison for attempted sexual exploitation of children based on his request to an undercover federal agent to create child pornography, announced United States Attorney Dawn N. Ison.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 8, 2023
Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. Football fans planning to head to Phoenix to cheer on the Chiefs can fly like winners if they follow a few travel tips before their flight to the big game and back home with their stash of Super Bowl souvenirs.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 8, 2023
Release: Who: U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration and Missouri Association of Manufacturers
By State Newswire | Feb 8, 2023
News Release: The following is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price
By DOL Newswire | Feb 8, 2023
The US Labor Department published a one page notice on Feb. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2023
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA -- A resident of Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 10 years’ imprisonment and six years of supervised release on his conviction of violating federal narcotics and firearm laws, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 8, 2023
The US Commerce Department published a five page notice on Feb. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 8, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas announced updates to the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Use of Force Policy as required by President Biden’s Executive Order to Advance Effective, Accountable Policing and Strengthen Public Safety to meet or exceed the...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2023
News Release: ALPINE, Texas - A Seminole, Texas man pleaded guilty Thursday to transporting undocumented noncitizens causing serious bodily injury.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2023
News Release: GREENEVILLE, Tenn. - On February 6, 2023, Leslie D. Bethea, 30, currently of Surgoinsville, TN, was sentenced to 78 months in federal prison by the Honorable J. Ronnie Greer, in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee at Greeneville.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2023
News Release: Settlements and judgments under the False Claims Act exceeded $2.2 billion in the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2022, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Brian M. Boynton, head of the Justice Department’s Civil Division, announced today. The government and whistleblowers were party to 351 settlements ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2023
News Release: EL PASO, Texas - A former Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer stationed in El Paso was sentenced Monday to eight months in jail plus three years of supervised release for receiving a bribe by a public official.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 8, 2023
The US Transportation Department published a three page notice on Feb. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State Newswire | Feb 8, 2023
“BUNDESRAT EXCHANGE” was published on page E105 of the Congressional Record on Feb. 8.
By State Newswire Report | Feb 8, 2023
The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control imposed sanctions against 22 individuals and entities tied to Russia's military-industrial complex.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2023
News Release: CINCINNATI- A home healthcare company providing services in several states, including Ohio, to U.S. Department of Energy employees and contractors, among others, who were injured or became ill on the job has paid $9 million to resolve alleged violations of the False Claims Act.
