News from February 2023

By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2023
News Release: KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - Christopher D. Bruey (“Bruey"), was arrested today in Knoxville, Tennessee by agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI") on charges of transporting a minor in interstate commerce with the intent to engage in an unlawful sexual activity.

By DOL Newswire | Feb 3, 2023
News Release: TAMPA, FL - A Florida labor contractor is headed to prison for nearly 10 years after a U.S. Department of Labor and multi-agency investigation into his part in a conspiracy to subject migrant farmworkers to forced labor, obstruct investigators, intimidate witnesses and house workers in unsafe and unhealthy living conditions.
By State Newswire | Feb 3, 2023
Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.

By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2023
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Three more defendants have been indicted as part of an investigation into an armed and violent drug-trafficking organization operating in the Kansas City, Mo., metropolitan area.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 3, 2023
The US Transportation Department published a one page rule on Feb. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By Interior Newswire | Feb 3, 2023
News Release: ELKO, Nev. The BLM Elko District recreation fees at four day-use sites and campgrounds will increase June 1, 2023. The new fees will be issued for short-term recreational use of specialized sites, facilities, or services that meet the fee collection guidelines, enabling the BLM to continue to provide the best possible facilities and services to the public.

By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2023
News Release: DAYTON, Ohio - A Beavercreek, Ohio, man who was arrested by the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force at John Glenn International Airport in 2018 while trying to travel to Afghanistan to join ISIS or ISIS- Khorasan (ISIS-K) was sentenced today in federal court.

By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2023
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis sentenced Brayan Contreras-Avalos, a/k/a “Anonimo," “Humilde," and “Malia," age 28, of Langley Park, Maryland, late yesterday to the statutory maximum sentence of life in federal prison on charges related to his participation in a racketeering enterprise...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2023
The US Justice Department published a two page notice on Feb. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2023
News Release: AUSTIN, Texas - A Mexican national was sentenced in federal court in Austin last week to 14 years in prison for his role in a narcotics distribution network that spanned the U.S.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 3, 2023
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Feb. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By Commerce Newswire | Feb 3, 2023
News Release: Leaders from NOAA, the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) offsite link and the University of Maryland (UMD) Center for Technology and Systems Management offsite link held a summit today to discuss how the nation’s engineering profession can account for climate change in the design and construction of future building and infrastructure projects.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 3, 2023
News Release: Please check back in spring for our 2023 Evening on the Summit program schedule!.

By Commerce Newswire | Feb 3, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy Rodgers (R-WA) delivered opening remarks at today’s Communication and Technology subcommittee hearing titled “Launching Into the State of the Satellite Marketplace."
By USDA Newswire | Feb 3, 2023
News Release: Private exporters reported the following sales activity.

By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2023
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - Three Pennsylvania men have pleaded guilty in federal court to violation of federal narcotics laws related to a nine-month Title III wiretap investigation into drug trafficking in and around the counties of Jefferson, Clearfield, and Allegheny, United States Attorney Cindy Chung announced today.

By Interior Newswire | Feb 3, 2023
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Feb. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 3, 2023
Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is celebrating the Agency’s many successful efforts to protect American agriculture and natural resources over the past year.

By DOE Newswire | Feb 3, 2023
News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - Students attending area technical colleges can now participate in the new Apprenticeship School at the Savannah River Site (SRS ) created by U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management (EM ) contractor Savannah River Nuclear Solutions (SRNS).
By State Newswire | Feb 3, 2023
Release: Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry will travel to London, United Kingdom, on February 3 to continue engagement with representatives from government and the business and finance sectors on cooperative efforts to address the climate crisis.