News published on Federal Newswire in January 2023

News from January 2023


Bank Robber with 14 Prior Felony Convictions Sentenced to Prison

News Release: DETROIT - An Inkster resident with 14 prior felony convictions was sentenced to 86 months in prison for bank robbery in federal court this afternoon in Detroit on charges stemming from his robbery of the Dearborn Federal Savings Bank, announced United States Attorney Dawn N. Ison. This defendant had been apprehended by police after fleeing the bank and hiding out in a port-a-potty.


News Release: Buildings UP is designed to accelerate the transformation of U.S. buildings into energy-efficient and clean energy-ready homes, commercial spaces, and communities.


Convoy Carrying Transuranic Waste Departs Idaho After Cold Snap Delay

News Release: IDAHO FALLS, Idaho - Multiple winter storms gripping the Rocky Mountains created a perfect storm of sorts at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Site recently as several trucks and tractor-trailers used for waste shipments were idled for days until conditions were safe to transport transuranic (TRU) waste.


News Release: BOSTON - The Federal Emergency Management Agency will be sending more than $5.8 million to the State of New Hampshire to reimburse Keene State College for the cost of providing testing for students, faculty and staff during the COVID-19 pandemic.


Commerce Department discusses Certain Preserved Mushrooms From France: Antidumping Duty Order on Jan. 19

The US Commerce Department published a three page notice on Jan. 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Le ministère de la Justice résout la question d'accès linguistique concernant la Cour suprême de Louisiane

News Release: Note : Ce communiqué de presse a été traduit dans différentes langues. Voir les pièces jointes ci-dessous.


News Release: Three Texas men were sentenced yesterday for their roles in a conspiracy to pay bribes to two city commissioners in Weslaco in exchange for their official actions in connection with city contracts worth tens of millions of dollars.


Wisconsin Man Indicted for Forced Labor

News Release: An indictment was unsealed today in the Western District of Wisconsin charging a Wisconsin man with one count of labor trafficking.


Combined Notice of Filings #1 discussed on Jan. 19 by Energy Department

The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Jan. 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A federal judge convicted a Round Hill man yesterday on charges of receipt of child pornography and attempted destruction of evidence.


FBI Memphis Field Office Offering $25,000 Reward for Information in the Hope Clinic for Women Arson Investigation

News Release: FBI Memphis Field Office Offering $25,000 Reward for Information in the Hope Clinic for Women Arson Investigation.


Secretary Blinken’s Call with Finnish Foreign Minister Haavisto

Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.


News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - EM Richland Operations Office (RL) contractors Central Plateau Cleanup Company (CPCCo) and Hanford Mission Integration Solutions (HMIS) worked together recently at the Hanford Site to dig up five spent fuel containers from former plutonium production operations and relocate them to a nearby interim storage area.


Looman: 'Making our time sheet app more accessible to more workers will help us reach and inform them'

The U.S. Department of Labor made the Spanish-language time sheet app for iOS or Android smartphones, which counts work hours, break time and overtime worked and determines earnings owed, freely accessible.


US charges two businessmen over $90M yacht linked to Russian oligarch

Two businessmen, Vladislav Osipov and Richard Masters, face charges in the United States for their roles in a sanctions evasion and money laundering scheme involving a $90 million yacht owned by Russian oligarch Viktor Vekselberg.


McCaul Applauds Creation of House Select Committee on China

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representatives Gregory W. Meeks (D-N.Y.) and Michael McCaul (R-Texas), Chairman and Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and U.S. Representatives Ami Bera (D-C.A.) and Steve Chabot (R-Ohio), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific,...


The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Jan. 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: Today, the Biden-Harris Administration released the final National Strategy to Develop Statistics for Environmental-Economic Decisions, a historic roadmap that will kick off a multi-year effort to put nature on the nation’s balance sheet for the first time, with an emphasis on better data to understand nature’s critical contributions to the U.S. economy and to guide policy and business decisions moving forward.


Grand Jury Returns Indictment Charging Two Michigan Men with Stealing Vehicles from Butler County Dealerships

News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A federal grand jury returned a superseding indictment charging two residents of Michigan with Conspiracy and Interstate Transportation of Stolen Motor Vehicles, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.


Justice Department Announces Colonel Hugh T. Clements Jr. as Director of Office of Community Oriented Policing Services

News Release: Today, Attorney General Merrick B. Garland announced that Colonel Hugh T. Clements Jr. has been appointed to serve as the new Director of the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office). The COPS Office is the component of the Justice Department responsible for advancing the practice of community policing by the nation’s state, local, territorial, and Tribal law enforcement agencies through information and grant resources.