News published on Federal Newswire in January 2023

News from January 2023


News Release: FBI Media Alert: FBI Offers Reward for Rose Tattoo Robber Responsible for Credit Union Robbery.


News Release: DETROIT - A Gibraltar man was sentenced to 17 years in federal prison for sexual exploitation of children, announced United States Attorney Dawn N. Ison.


News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (ENR), praised the House’s passage of Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers’ (R-WA) bill to prohibit the administration from drawing down the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) without ...


Transportation Department discusses Amendment of Class E Airspace; Multiple Missouri Towns on Jan. 27

The US Transportation Department published a two page rule on Jan. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - An Indiana man and an Arizona man yesterday admitted their roles in a health care fraud conspiracy in which they received payment for doctors’ orders for durable medical equipment (DME), namely orthotic braces, and genetic test referrals, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.


Defendants From New Jersey And West Virginia Sentenced For Assaulting Officers During Jan. 6 Capitol Breach

News Release: One Defendant Provided the Other With the Chemical Spray Used on Officers.


News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - San Mateo County has been added to the major disaster declaration for California’s severe storms and flooding, meaning residents who had damage or losses from the storms that began Dec. 27, 2022, may now apply for FEMA disaster assistance.



News Release: MIAMI - Anthony Wayne Santiago, 28, of Novi, Mich.; Jacob Dominic VanDyke, 25, of Muskegon, Mich.; Johnathan Scott Fleak, 32, of Pryor, Okla.; Aaron Ray Iuliano, 27, of Ravenna, Ohio; and Michael Paul Gianfrancesco, 39, of Livingston, Tenn., all have pled guilty to conspiracy to distribute child sexual abuse material and distribution of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) of children under the age of 13 years.


21 Year-Old Yakima-Area Gang Member Sentenced for Possessing Firearms in Furtherance of a Drug Trafficking Crime

News Release: Yakima, Washington - On Jan. 24, 2023, United States District Judge Mary K. Dimke sentenced Alexis Sanchez-Gomez, 21, of Moxee, Washington, to 12 years in federal prison after his guilty plea to Possession of Firearms in Furtherance of a Drug-Trafficking crime. Sanchez-Gomez, a documented member of the Lower Valley Locos (“LVL") street gang, will also begin five years of court supervision after he is released from custody.



News Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Buenas tardes. Very good to see you all. Thanks so much for joining us here today. It’s really wonderful having an opportunity to see so many friends from across our hemisphere together virtually, and we also look forward to the opportunities to get together in person.


Special Areas; Roadless Area Conservation; National Forest System Lands in Alaska discussed on Jan. 27 by Agriculture Department

The US Agriculture Department published a two page rule on Jan. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: WASHINGTON-U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR), ranking member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, applauded the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) approval of Section 32 purchase of up to $42 million of catfish products for distribution to various food nutrition assistance programs, including charitable institutions.


International Holocaust Remembrance Day

Release: Today we mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day by honoring the memories of the six million Jews and others persecuted and systematically murdered by the Nazis and their collaborators. We also honor the survivors among us who bear witness and inspire us all to stand against antisemitism and other forms of hate in our world.


Chlorpyrifos; Amendment to Provisions for Disposition of Existing Stocks discussed on Jan. 27 by Environmental Protection Agency

The US Environmental Protection Agency published a one page notice on Jan. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Federal Reserve System published a one page notice on Jan. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a three page notice on Jan. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: AUSTIN, Texas - A Nigerian national residing in Canada and a Dallas woman operating a marketing leads business were sentenced in Austin on Thursday for their roles in a fraudulent “sweepstakes" scheme that sent more than $250 million in counterfeit checks with fraudulent lottery award letters to elderly U.S. victims.


News Release: WASHINGTON (Jan. 27, 2023) – Today, EPA announced a major new initiative to accelerate progress toward the Biden-Harris Administration’s goal of achieving 100% lead service line removal and replacement. The “Lead Service Line Replacement Accelerators” initiative was introduced during a White House ...