News from January 2023
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 18, 2023
Release: NORFOLK, Va. Transportation Security Administration officers at Norfolk International Airport stopped a Wisconsin woman from carrying her handgun onto a flight on Tuesday, Jan. 17. The 9mm handgun was loaded with eight bullets. It marked the first gun caught at the airports checkpoints so far this year and came on the heels of a record-setting 27 guns caught at the airport last year.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2023
News Release: A Texas military contractor pleaded guilty on Jan. 12 to rigging bids on public military contracts in the state of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2023
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Theodore D. Chuang today sentenced James Albert Borum, age 20, of Washington, D.C., to 11 years in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release for carjacking and for brandishing a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence, in connection with a series of carjackings he committed in Montgomery and Prince George’s Counties.
By State Newswire | Jan 18, 2023
Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good afternoon, everybody. James, my friend, we’ve been around the world together on many occasions already - everywhere from New York to Münster to Bucharest, just in recent months. But it’s a special pleasure to have you here at the State Department for the first time in your current role, and we’re adding another chapter to a very long history of this Special Relationship at a time when it could not be more important and could not be more vibrant.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 18, 2023
News Release: KREMMLING, Colo. - Today the Bureau of Land Management issued a Notice of Decision approving the Blue Valley Land Exchange, which will increase public access for fishing, hunting, and other recreation in Grand and Summit counties, Colorado. The decision authorizes the BLM to exchange nine parcels of Federal land totaling 1,489 acres in Grand County for nine parcels acres of non-Federal private land totaling 1,830 acres in Grand and Summit counties.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2023
News Release: The Justice Department announced today that it has filed a proposed consent decree with Barnet Dulaney Perkins Eye Centers (BDP) and American Vision Partners (AVP), to resolve its lawsuit alleging that the eye care practices violated the Americans with Disabilities Act. The lawsuit alleged that BDP and ...
By DOE Newswire | Jan 18, 2023
Release: A Dozen Selected Projects Will Develop Advanced EV Batteries that Charge Faster, Have Greater Efficiency and Resilience, and Boost Consumer Confidence Against Range Anxiety
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2023
News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that NIHAT CARDAK, the former Chief Financial Officer (“CFO") of the Virginia-based email security company GigaMedia Access Corporation, d/b/a GigaTrust (“GigaTrust"), pled guilty today in Manhattan federal...
By State Newswire | Jan 18, 2023
News Release: Frank O. Mora, Ph.D., was sworn in as U.S. Ambassador to the Organization of American States on Dec. 30, 2022.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 18, 2023
Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is allocating more than $3.7 million to Washington State as part of a nationwide effort to strengthen the country’s infrastructure for pest detection, surveillance, and mitigation, as well as protect the U.S. nursery system. USDA is providing more ...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 18, 2023
News Release: CASPER, Wyo. - Join the Bureau of Land Management’s mascot, Seymour Antelope, for stories and snacks this winter at the National Historic Trails Interpretive Center in Casper.
By State Newswire | Jan 18, 2023
News Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good afternoon, everybody. James, my friend, we’ve been around the world together on many occasions already - everywhere from New York to Münster to Bucharest, just in recent months. But it’s a special pleasure to have you here at the State Department for the first time in your current role, and we’re adding another chapter to a very long history of this Special Relationship at a time when it could not be more important and could not be more vibrant.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 18, 2023
Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is allocating more than $70 million to support 350 projects under the Plant Protection Act’s Section 7721 program as part of a nationwide effort to strengthen the country’s infrastructure for pest detection, surveillance, and mitigation, as well as protect the U.S. nursery system.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 18, 2023
Release: ATLANTA - Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers at Georgia airports discovered a total of 482 firearms in travelers carry-on luggage in 2022, with Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) leading the country with 448 found. Each of the firearms was discovered by TSA officers during the routine screening of carry-on property at airport security checkpoints.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2023
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Duvany Zambrano, age 43, of Hamilton, New Jersey, and Sergio Jara, age 37, of Allentown, Pennsylvania, were indicted on January 4, 2023, by a federal grand jury for defrauding the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission.
By DOL Newswire | Jan 18, 2023
News Release: MONROEVILLE, OH ‒ An Ohio excavation contractor, cited six times since 2017 for ignoring federal trench-safety rules, allowed employees to work with damaged safety equipment on July 26, 2022, the day a 33-year-old worker in Columbus suffered fatal injuries, a federal workplace safety investigation has found.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2023
The Daily Digest section of the Congressional Record published “Senate” on Dec. 22, 2005.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 18, 2023
News Release: WINNEMUCCA, Nev.- The public is invited to review the Preliminary Environmental Assessment (PEA) and comment during the 30-day public comment period for the trail improvement project at Water Canyon Recreation Area, beginning today and ending February 15. The Water Canyon Nature Trail has been closed since the recreation area bridges were removed, the first in 2016 and the second in 2020. The trail is popular with the public and provides access to Winnemucca Overlook point.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 18, 2023
News Release: In a first-of-its-kind deployment under Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funds, today NOAA announced the award of approximately $20.5 million for the coordinated management of ocean and coastal resources around the country. The recommended federal funds will significantly enhance existing collaboration between states, tribal governments and the federal government, and provide needed capacity to advance their work.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2023
News Release: SANTA ANA, California - The former mayor of Adelanto has agreed to plead guilty to a federal criminal charge for accepting more than $57,000 in bribes and kickbacks in exchange for approving ordinances authorizing commercial marijuana activity within the city, and ensuring his co-schemers obtained city licenses or permits for their commercial marijuana activities, the Justice Department announced today.
