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New Interpretive Sign Shares the History of Pre-Schooner II
News Release: Tucked into the rolling hills and grasslands about 40 miles southwest of Bruneau, Idaho, is the Pre-Schooner II Site. It was the location of a non-nuclear cratering experiment conducted by the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission (AEC), a predecessor agency to DOE, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) in 1965. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Legacy Management (LM) recently installed an interpretive sign at the site to share the history of the project.
Commerce
Brady: Court Decision Opens Dangerous New Political Battleground Where No Citizen Is Safe From Majority Political Party in Congress
News Release: Brady: Court Decision Opens Dangerous New Political Battleground Where No Citizen Is Safe From Majority Political Party in Congress.
Commerce
Zabow: NIST discovery could use 'something as simple and inexpensive as a piece of candy' for semiconductor chips
National Institute of Standards and Technology scientist Gary Zabow accidentally stumbled upon a potential transfer printing process for microprinting.
Interior
BLM increases harvest limit for the Fortymile Caribou Federal Subsistence Hunt
News Release: FAIRBANKS, Alaska -The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Eastern Interior Field Office increased the Fortymile caribou federal subsistence hunt on federal public lands in Game Management Units 20E, 25C and a portion of 20F. Effective midnight on Dec. 2, 2022, the federal subsistence hunt includes a harvest...
Labor
Department of Labor cites Dollar Tree again for endangering workers, continuing company’s lengthy history of workplace safety violations
News Release: MATTESON, IL - With holiday shopping nearing its peak, federal workplace safety inspectors have again found Dollar Tree Stores Inc. - one of the nation’s largest discount retailers - exposing workers in Matteson to the risks of unsafely stored and stacked boxes of merchandise and blocked electrical panels.
Commerce
Wyden, Crapo, Bennet, Burr Release Mental Health Parity Discussion Draft
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., Ranking Member Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, and Senate Finance Committee members Sens. Michael Bennet, D-Colo., and Richard Burr, R-N.C., today released a discussion draft including policies aimed at improving mental health parity in Medicare...
Commerce
DOC offers new grant application process starting Dec. 2
NOAA SBIR FY 2023 Phase I grant opened on Dec. 2.
Justice
Union County Man Admits Committing Multiple Armed Robberies and Weapons Offenses Across Northern New Jersey
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Union County, New Jersey, man admitted participating in a conspiracy to commit multiple armed robberies from August 2018 to February 2019, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today.
Justice
Massachusetts Man Suspected in Multiple Bank Robberies in New England Arrested
News Release: TAYLOR DZICZEK, 30, of Chicopee, Massachusetts, was arrested today on federal criminal complaint charging him with robbing a Connecticut bank earlier this year. As alleged in the complaint, Dziczek is also a suspect is several additional bank robberies that have occurred in Connecticut, Massachusetts, Vermont and New Hampshire since September 2021.
Energy
PAMS-SC offers new grant application process starting Dec. 2
Climate Resilience Centers grant opened on Dec. 2.
Commerce
Brady: We Don’t Just Have to Sit Here and Take a President Biden-Induced Recession
News Release: Brady: We Don’t Just Have to Sit Here and Take a President Biden-Induced Recession.
Justice
New Orleans Man Charged with International Parental Kidnapping
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that KIDUS AWLACHEW, age 32, a resident of New Orleans, Louisiana, was charged today in a one-count bill of information with international parental kidnapping, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1204. The charge stems from AWLACHEW allegedly retaining a child in the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, with the intent to obstruct the lawful exercise of another person’s parental rights.
Transportation
Carper Statement on EPA’s Renewable Fuel Standard Proposal
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), today issued the following statement on the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposed rule for the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program in 2023, 2024, 2025...
Homeland
DHS Secretary Mayorkas Announces Inaugural Members of Tribal Homeland Security Advisory Council
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, as part of the White House Tribal Nations Summit, Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas announced the appointment of 15 members to the first ever Tribal Homeland Security Advisory Council, to advise on homeland security policies and practices that affect Indian Country...
Justice
Former Heads of New York-Based Non-Governmental Organization Plead Guilty to Conspiring to Bribe Elected Officials of the Marshall Islands
News Release: Two Marshallese nationals pleaded guilty today to conspiring to pay bribes to elected officials of the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) in exchange for passing certain legislation.
Justice
Former Heads of New York-Based Non-Governmental Organization Plead Guilty to Conspiring to Bribe Elected Officials of the Marshall Islands
News Release: Two Marshallese nationals pleaded guilty today to conspiring to pay bribes to elected officials of the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) in exchange for passing certain legislation.
Justice
New York Diagnostic Testing Facility Owners Sentenced for Health Care Fraud Scheme
News Release: Two New York diagnostic testing facility owners were sentenced today to three years in prison for their roles in a more than $18 million health care fraud scheme.
Agriculture
USDA Signs Cooperative Agreements with Washington, D.C., to Promote Economic Opportunities for Farmers and Producers, Expand Local Foods in School Meals
Release: WASHINGTON, Dec. 2, 2022 U.S. Department of Agriculture Deputy Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs Mae Wu and Deputy Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services Stacy Dean today announced cooperative agreements between USDAs Agricultural Marketing Service and Washington...
Commerce
Census Bureau Reports on States With the Highest Percentage of Vacant
News Release: - The U.S. Census Bureau today released a new report showing the housing market tightened significantly after the 2009 foreclosure crisis, absorbing much of the excess vacancy it created.
Justice
Two Owners of New Jersey Pharmaceutical Marketing Company Admit Role in $38 Million Compounding Fraud Scheme
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Two owners of a New Jersey pharmaceutical marketing company admitted their roles in a $38 million compounded medication health care fraud scheme, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.
Commerce
President Biden Doubles Down on His War on American Energy
News Release: President Biden Doubles Down on His War on American Energy.
Justice
New Britain Man Involved in Theft of 14 Guns from Portland Firearm Dealer Sentenced to Six Years in Federal Prison
News Release: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that KENNEY COTTO, 25, of New Britain, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley in Bridgeport to 72 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for firearm offenses stemming from his participation in the burglary of a Portland firearms dealer in December 2020.
Justice
Massachusetts Man Suspected in Multiple Bank Robberies in New England Arrested
News Release: TAYLOR DZICZEK, 30, of Chicopee, Massachusetts, was arrested today on federal criminal complaint charging him with robbing a Connecticut bank earlier this year. As alleged in the complaint, Dziczek is also a suspect is several additional bank robberies that have occurred in Connecticut, Massachusetts, Vermont and New Hampshire since September 2021.
Justice
Union County Man Admits Committing Multiple Armed Robberies and Weapons Offenses Across Northern New Jersey
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Union County, New Jersey, man admitted participating in a conspiracy to commit multiple armed robberies from August 2018 to February 2019, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today.
Commerce
Commerce Department discusses New England Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting on Dec. 1
The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Dec. 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.