News from February 2023
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2023
News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Today, former legislator Nestor Alonso-Vega was sentenced by United States District Court Chief Judge Raúl Arias Marxuach to serve 63 months in prison, announced United States Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow. On June 6, 2022, Alonso-Vega was found guilty of nine counts of Federal Funds Theft, Kickbacks, and Honest Services Wire Fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON - James Bradley, 44, of Grand Blanc, Michigan, was sentenced today to 18 months in prison for embezzling funds from a government employee union. The sentence was announced by United States Attorney Matthew M. Graves, FBI Special Agent in Charge Wayne A. Jacobs, of the Washington Field Office’s...
By State Newswire | Feb 24, 2023
2023 Ambassador's Special Self-Help Program grant opened on Feb. 24.
By State Newswire | Feb 24, 2023
Release: Under Secretary of State for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment Jose W. Fernandez participated in I2U2 (Israel, India, the UAE, and the United States) initiative’s inaugural business forum, hosted in Abu Dhabi by UAE Minister of State H.E. Ahmed bin Ali Al Sayegh on Feb. 22, 2023. The forum...
By USDA Newswire Report | Feb 24, 2023
Peter McGinnis, a spokesman for the Functional Government Initiative (FGI), a nonpartisan organization promoting government transparency, said FGI is suing the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), seeking transparency around the FTC's investigation into alleged price gouging in the meat industry.
By State Newswire | Feb 24, 2023
News Release: The following is a text of the joint statement released by the Governments of the United States of America and Oman on the occasion of the U.S.-Oman Strategic Dialogue.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 24, 2023
News Release: Quick Facts. Location: 100 N Pleasant St. Significance: Where the Harry Truman met Bess Wallace. Designation: The Harry S Truman Historic District National Historic Landmark. OPEN TO PUBLIC: No. MANAGED BY: First Presbyterian Church. When Harry S Truman was 6 years old he met Bess Wallace, 5, at Sunday school...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2023
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that, on Feb. 15, 2023, U.S. District Judge Sarah S. Vance sentenced HERBERT ALLEN (“ALLEN"), age 38, and DION RIDLEY (“RIDLEY"), age 23, after they pleaded guilty to Conspiracy to Commit Mail Fraud in violation of Title 18...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2023
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A Florida resident has been sentenced in federal court to 100 days in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, plus restitution of $150,000 on her conviction of mail fraud, Acting United States Attorney Troy Rivetti announced today.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 24, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor, the IRS and the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation today released Federal Register notices that announce changes to the 2023 Form 5500 Annual Return/Report of Employee Benefit Plan and Form 5500-SF Short Form. These changes are estimated to reduce overall filing costs for employee benefit plans by $95 million annually.
By State Newswire | Feb 24, 2023
News Release: Revitalizing America’s alliances is a key element of the Biden-Harris Administration’s approach to foreign policy. Today’s release of a newly revised U.S. Conventional Arms Transfer Policy articulates the Administration’s priorities in evaluating proposed defense transfers in a manner that promotes the ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2023
News Release: CINCINNATI - A Cincinnati man was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 54 months in prison for illegally possessing a high-powered, high-capacity pistol with a high-capacity magazine while he was on bond after serving two years in state prison for gun crimes.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2023
News Release: A Hopkinsville, Kentucky, man made an initial appearance in federal court Wednesday after being indicted for drug conspiracy and related charges, announced U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson for the Northern District of Oklahoma.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 24, 2023
News Release: REDDING, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management is offering opportunities to live and work in beautiful public land settings, in four Northern California volunteer camp host positions.
By State Newswire | Feb 24, 2023
News Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2023
News Release: CONCORD - Marc Pulsifer, 45, of Concord, was sentenced to 78 months in prison for the federal charge of transportation of child pornography, United States Attorney Jane E. Young announced today.
By State Newswire | Feb 24, 2023
News Release: With Ukraine’s cultural identity and heritage under continuous threat and attack by Russian forces, the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) announced today that its Ukraine Cultural Heritage Response Initiative will invest $7 million to support Ukrainian efforts to protect its cultural heritage.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 24, 2023
The US Interior Department published a four page proposed rule on Feb. 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 24, 2023
News Release: Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) sent a letter to U.S. Department of Labor Secretary Marty Walsh to request that his office retain records to ensure DOL staff have the necessary materials to respond to the Committee’s oversight inquiries.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 24, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Energy today announced up to $10 million in funding to develop new technologies and tools to reduce the environmental impact of aviation.
