News from February 2023

By Commerce Newswire | Feb 24, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C.- House Energy and Commerce Chair Cathy Rodgers (R-WA), House Ways and Means Chair Jason Smith (R-MO), and Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee Mike Crapo (R-ID) are requesting detailed information from top government health officials regarding the $3 billion drug price-setting implementation fund included in the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA).

By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2023
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Erek L. Barron, United States Attorney for the District of Maryland, announced today that Kandel & Associates, P.A., a Baltimore-based law firm, and Nelson R. Kandel, Esq., have entered into a settlement agreement with the United States to resolve allegations that they failed to reimburse the United States for certain Medicare payments the Government had previously made to medical providers on behalf of firm clients.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2023
News Release: St. Croix, VI - United States Attorney Delia L. Smith announced that Joel G. Rivera, 37, of St. Croix, was sentenced by District Court Judge Wilma A. Lewis to 150 months incarceration for his conviction on Carjacking and Using a Firearm During a Violent Crime, followed by three years of supervised release, a fine of $1,000.00, a special assessment of $200.00, and $1,600.00 restitution.

By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2023
News Release: Two members of La Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) were sentenced to life in prison for Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act conspiracy and murder in aid of racketeering.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 24, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy Rodgers (R-WA), Subcommittee on Communications and Technology Chair Bob Latta (R-OH), Subcommittee on Health Chair Brett Guthrie (R-KY), Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Chair Morgan Griffith (R-VA), Subcommittee on Innovation, ...

By Federal Newswire | Feb 24, 2023
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday announced that it has denied the request by Custodia Bank, Inc., of Cheyenne, Wyoming, for reconsideration of the Board’s decision last month on its application to be supervised by the Federal Reserve.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 24, 2023
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Feb. 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2023
News Release: FAYETTEVILLE - A Fayetteville man was sentenced today to 168 months in prison followed by 3 years of supervised release on one count of Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine. The Honorable Judge Timothy L. Brooks presided over the sentencing hearing in the United States District Court in Fayetteville.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 24, 2023
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Feb. 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By US DOT Newswire | Feb 24, 2023
The US Transportation Department published a one page rule on Feb. 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By EPA Newswire | Feb 24, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy Rodgers (R-WA), Subcommittee on Communications and Technology Chair Bob Latta (R-OH), Subcommittee on Health Chair Brett Guthrie (R-KY), Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Chair Morgan Griffith (R-VA), Subcommittee on Innovation, ...

By DOL Newswire | Feb 24, 2023
Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 Funding Allotments and Operating Guidance for Unemployment Insurance (UI) Reemployment Services and Eligibility Assessment (RESEA) Grants grant opened on Feb. 24.
By State Newswire | Feb 24, 2023
Release: United States Department of State. Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL). Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO): DRL Youth Empowerment in Serbia. This is the announcement of funding opportunity number SFOP0009443. Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number: 19.345. Type of Solicitation: ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2023
News Release: BOISE - U.S. Attorney Josh Hurwit announced that the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Idaho has implemented the new United States Attorney’s Offices’ Voluntary Self-Disclosure Policy released this week. The policy, which is effective immediately, details the circumstances under which a company...

By Interior Newswire | Feb 24, 2023
News Release: BOISE, Idaho-The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Idaho Resource Advisory Council and the Lava Ridge Wind Project Subcommittee will meet on Thursday, March 9, 2023, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mountain Standard Time at the BLM Twin Falls District Office, 2878 Addison Ave. E., Twin Falls, ID 83301. The meeting will also be available virtually via Zoom, please register at.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 24, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. -At a hearing today on the security of the Healthcare.gov website, Rep. John F. Tierney, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on National Security, proposed that the Committee stop spending so much time criticizing federal officials charged with protecting the website-which has not been...

By Commerce Newswire | Feb 24, 2023
The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Feb. 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2023
News Release: BECKLEY, W.Va. - Kishaun Andre Jones, 23, of Beckley, pleaded guilty today to distribution of methamphetamine.

By DOL Newswire | Feb 24, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON - As part of its year-long commemoration of the 30th anniversary of the passage of the Family and Medical Leave Act, the U.S. Department of Labor today hosted an online roundtable discussion and launched a new web page to inform workers about federal regulations for job-protected leave to care for a family member.

By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2023
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis has sentenced Luis Flores-Reyes, a/k/a “Maloso," “Lobo,"’ and “Viejo Lovvon," age 42, of Arlington, Virginia and Jairo Jacome, a/k/a “Abuelo," age 40, of Langley Park, Maryland, to life in federal prison, for charges related to a racketeering enterprise...