News from February 2023
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2023
News Release: A former Arkansas State Senator was sentenced today to 46 months in prison in the Eastern District of Arkansas for accepting multiple bribes and tax fraud in connection with a multi-district investigation spanning the Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas and the Western District of Missouri.
By State Newswire | Feb 4, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul has invited former Afghan Ambassador to the United States Roya Rahmani to be his guest for the State of the Union next week. Ambassador Rahmani was Afghanistan’s first female ambassador to the United States, serving in the post...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2023
There were 34 notices published by the Justice Department in December, according to the Federal Register.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 4, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON-U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR), ranking member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry and U.S. House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) released the following statement after the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced its new proposed rule updating school nutrition standards.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 4, 2023
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Feb. 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 4, 2023
The House section of the Congressional Record published “COST-SHARE ACCOUNTABILITY ACT OF 2023” on Jan. 30.
By State Newswire | Feb 4, 2023
Release: Under Secretary of State for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights Uzra Zeya will travel to Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia and Tokyo, Japan February 5-10, 2023.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2023
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that ALICE C. “SHANNON" CHABAUD, age 80, of New Orleans, pled guilty on Feb. 1, 2023 to access device fraud in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 1029(a)(2) and (c)(1)(A)(i), in relation to her theft from her former accounting client, a New Orleans-based band named as “Band A.".
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2023
News Release: Gonzalo Ortiz was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Brooklyn by United States District Judge William F. Kuntz II, to 30 months in prison for defrauding an investor of nearly $600,000 by making false representations about Ortiz’s trading expertise and the profitability of various investments. The...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2023
News Release: PHOENIX, Ariz. - Last week, Jordan Antonio Sullivan, 24, of Sacaton, Arizona, an enrolled member of the Gila River Indian Community, was sentenced by United States District Judge Michael T. Liburdi to a total of 25 years in prison, followed by five years of supervised release. Sullivan previously pleaded guilty to Second Degree Murder and Using a Firearm During a Crime of Violence.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2023
News Release: If convicted, WILLIAMS and LONG each face a maximum sentence of 15 years in prison, a fine of up to $250,000, up to 3 years of supervised release, and a mandatory special assessment fee of $100.00.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 4, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON — Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a $340 million financing commitment to upgrade the City of Philadelphia’s aging drinking water infrastructure, including replacing customers’ lead service lines. This Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA) low-interest loan will jumpstart the work to modernize the drinking water system with an initial investment of nearly $20 million.
By State Newswire | Feb 4, 2023
News Release: SENIOR STATE DEPARTMENT OFFICIAL ONE: Good morning, everyone. And thanks for joining this call at somewhat short notice. We want to take advantage of the opportunity to discuss and to explain for you the postponement of the Secretary’s planned travel to the People’s Republic of China.
By State Newswire | Feb 4, 2023
Release: The following joint statement was released by the Governments of the United States and Indonesia, co-chairs for the 3rd ASEAN-U.S. Cyber Policy Dialogue.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 4, 2023
The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Feb. 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 4, 2023
News Release: WIXOM, MI - The operator of a Culver’s franchise restaurant location in Wixom has paid $13,212 in civil money penalties after federal investigators determined the employer allowed 18 teens - ages 14 and 15 - to work more than federal child labor laws permit.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 4, 2023
News Release: LAKE MARY, Fla. - FEMA has approved 7,644 households with group flood insurance policies for three years as part of federal disaster assistance after Hurricane Ian and Hurricane Nicole.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 4, 2023
The US Homeland Security Department published a two page rule on Feb. 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2023
News Release: DES MOINES, IA - Shaun Taylor Solem, age 27, of Des Moines, was sentenced on Feb. 1, 2023, to a total of 360 months in prison for multiple child exploitation offenses. Following his prison term, Solem will be on supervised release for ten years and required to register as a sex offender. There is no parole in the federal system.
