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News Release: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JOSE RODRIGUEZ-CARABALLO, also known as “Puma," 33, of New Haven, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer in New Haven to 144 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for cocaine trafficking offenses.

Biden-Harris Administration Releases New Framework for Diverse, High-Paying Telecom Jobs

NTIA Holds First Meeting of New Tribal Broadband Leaders Network

To Break New Ground With Frequency Combs, a NIST Innovation Plays With the Beat

U.S. Department of Commerce Appoints Members for New Internet of Things Advisory Board

NOAA Fisheries Offers Paperless Ways to Receive Information about Fishing Regulations and Management Actions

News Release: DALLAS, TEXAS (Nov. 2, 2022) — Officials from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Dallas Independent School District (DISD) and three members of the North Texas congressional delegation gathered yesterday to celebrate DISD’s funding through EPA’s Clean School Bus Program. The district will receive $7.1 million to fund the purchase of up to 25 zero-emission electric buses.

News Release: WEST VALLEY, N.Y. - EM crews at the West Valley Demonstration Project have marked progress in the demolition of the Main Plant Process Building by successfully deconstructing a concrete block structure on the facility’s third floor.

A foreign policy expert with the America First Policy Institute (AFPI) criticized the Biden Administration’s National Security Strategy for prioritizing climate change, “equity” and “inclusion” over actual national security.

The head of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration marked the 50th anniversary of three historic laws which have been the foundation for ocean and coastal conservation efforts in the United States.

News Release: WASHINGTON - Citing an unprecedent rise in global energy costs, Century Aluminum Co. - the nation’s largest producer of primary aluminum - announced plans in June 2022 to curtail operations and begin the idling process at its Hawesville, Kentucky, smelter until energy prices return to more normalized levels. By August, all operations had ceased at the aluminum smelter with layoffs affecting more than 600 workers.

News Release: WASHINGTON - The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) announced a $1,994,442 contract award to G&H International Services, Inc. (G&H International) to design, develop and implement a Community Lifeline Status System (CLSS) for the Federal Emergency Management...

News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Robert A. DiNoto, age 48, of Huntington, New York, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to commit wire fraud, in connection with a fraudulent billing scheme involving a manufacturing company with facilities in Harford County, Maryland.

News Release: MOBILE, AL - A pair of New Orleans, Louisiana men were each sentenced to two years in federal prison for a scheme to steal motor vehicles and transport them across state lines.

USDA Furthers President Biden’s Commitment to Wildfire Recovery with New Conservation Program Flexibilities

National Pollinator Month

National Pollinator Month

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service and the National Wild Turkey Federation signed a new, 20-year national master stewardship agreement.

Release: APHIS’ Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ) Pale Cyst Nematode (PCN) Eradication Program in Idaho has posted its (July 1 - September 30). The report updates program activities and eradication progress, and provides quarterly and aggregate regulatory, survey, and laboratory data.

News Release: NAMPA, ID - A federal investigation has recovered $88,185 in back wages and liquidated damages for 90 caregivers employed by an Idaho home care agency whose pay practices denied the workers their legally earned wages, including overtime.

News Release: Damian Williams, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Michael J. Driscoll, Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), announced the indictment of KONRAD BICHER for two counts of wire fraud and one count of aggravated...

News Release: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and James Ferguson, Special Agent in Charge, ATF Boston Field Division, announced that CHRISTOPHER MATOS, 34, of New Britain, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley in Bridgeport to 100 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.

National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERRS) Land Acquisition and Construction Program for Fiscal Year 2023 grant opened on Nov. 2.

Fiscal Year 2023 Regional Environmental Literacy Capacity Building grant opened on Nov. 2.

Expected Practices Video Project grant opened on Nov. 2.