News published on Federal Newswire in December 2020

News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Clay Westbrook, of Morgantown, West Virginia, has admitted to a drug charge, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.

National Park Service and National Park Trust Select Great Basin National Park Foundation as a 2020 Challenge Cost Share Award Recipient

News Release: The Great Basin National Park Foundation works with Great Basin National Park to provide innovative science education programs that stem from the Great Basin Observatory, a research-grade astronomical telescope operated remotely and the first of its kind in a national park. “By engaging university researchers...

T&I Leaders Call on CDC and HHS to Deliver Documents Related to Cruise Line Safety Amid COVID-19 First Requested Seven Months Ago

By US DOT Newswire | Dec 10, 2020

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, the Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and Chair of the House Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Sean Patrick Maloney (D-NY) called on the leaders of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and...

T&I Committee Leaders Press U.S. Coast Guard to Adopt NAS Recommendations on Unmanned Systems

By US DOT Newswire | Dec 10, 2020

News Release: Dear Admiral Schultz: . The Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (Committee or T&I) has a keen interest in the United States Coast Guard’s (Coast Guard’s or Service’s) ability to effectively and efficiently perform its many critical missions. That is why in section 812 of the Frank LoBiondo...

U.S. Department of Energy to Invest $3.3M to Develop Water Management Projects for Thermal Power Generation

By DOE Newswire | Dec 10, 2020

News Release: The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy (FE) has announced $3.3 million in Federal funding for cost-shared research and development projects under the Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) DE-FOA-0002399, Water Management for Thermal Power Generation.

Murray: Implementing ESSA’s Guardrails is "Essential," as the Landmark Law Turns 5 Amid Widespread Learning Loss Due to COVID Pandemic

By DOL Newswire | Dec 10, 2020

News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - On the 5th Anniversary of the bipartisan Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) being signed into law, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released the following statement on the need to ensure ESSA’s accountability and transparency requirements are carried out in light of widening inequities and student achievement gaps due to COVID-19.

Maryland Man Indicted on 13 Counts Related to Financial Exploitation of Two Elderly District Residents

News Release: WASHINGTON - Thornton Fennell, 56, was indicted on Oct. 26, 2020, and arrested on December 5, 2020, on charges involving the financial exploitation of two elderly District residents.

U.S. Department of Commerce Invests $2 Million to Expand Business Incubator in Statesboro, Georgia, Opportunity Zone

News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $2 million grant to the Downtown Statesboro Development Authority, Statesboro, Georgia, to boost business growth and resiliency efforts by expanding the City...

Grijalva Cheers House Passage of Saguaro National Park Expansion, Natural Resources Bills

News Release: Washington D.C. - Today the U.S. House of Representatives passed eight Natural Resources Committee bills, including Committee Chair Raúl M. Grijalva’s (D-Ariz.) Saguaro National Park Boundary Expansion and Study Act of 2020 (H.R. 7098). Chair Grijalva’s bill will expand Saguaro National Park and further protect the unique Sonoran Desert habitat of the greater Tucson area in Arizona, an effort he has championed since 2007.

LM Marks Closure of the Shoal Site

By DOE Newswire | Dec 10, 2020

News Release: In mid-morning Oct. 26, 1963, dozens of reporters, scientists, and staff from the U.S. Department of Defense and the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission gathered on an overlook to witness the underground test of a nuclear bomb in the Sand Spring Range of north-central Nevada, 30 miles from the town of Fallon.

Public Invited to Participate in Water/Ways Virtual Symposium

News Release: Hopkins, SC - On January 7-8, the National Park Service and Friends of Congaree Swamp will be hosting a virtual symposium inspired by the themes of the Smithsonian Institution’s Water/Ways Exhibit. The exhibit, which is currently on display at Congaree National Park, dives into how essential water is...

Bureau of Land Management seeking public comments on Fremont County mineral materials proposal

News Release: CAÑON CITY, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Royal Gorge Field Office is considering a proposal for a quarry that would occupy approximately 10 acres of BLM-managed lands east of state highway 69 in Fremont County. The Lyons Quarry preliminary Environmental Assessment was released today and will be available for public comment through January 9.

Career Offender Sentenced to Over 21 Years in Federal Prison for Drugs and Firearm Charges

News Release: Fayetteville, Arkansas - David Clay Fowlkes, First Assistant United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas announced that, Travis Toss Shell, age 39, was sentenced today to 262 months in federal prison followed by five years of supervised release on one count of Possession with Intent to ...

Peters Calls for Increased Funding to Help Protect Houses of Worship from Terror Attacks

By Homeland Newswire | Dec 10, 2020

News Release: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Gary Peters (D-MI), Ranking Member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and a bipartisan group of his colleagues called on the Senate Appropriations Committee to ensure that the Nonprofit Security Grant Program (NSGP) receives adequate funding to...

Des Moines Man Sentenced to 27 Years in Prison for Production of Child Pornography

News Release: DES MOINES, IA - On Dec. 3, 2020, United States District Judge Stephanie M. Rose sentenced Joseph Lee Fultz, age 52, of Des Moines, to 324 months in prison for Production of Child Pornography announced United States Attorney Marc Krickbaum. Fultz was ordered to serve ten years of supervised release to follow his prison term and comply with sex offender registry requirements upon release.

Eastern Kentucky Doctor Sentenced to Prison for Unlawfully Distributing Controlled Substances

News Release: Eastern Kentucky Doctor Sentenced to Prison for Unlawfully Distributing Controlled Substances.

Trump Administration Establishes Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home National Monument

News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of the Interior David L. Bernhardt announced the establishment of the Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home National Monument in Jackson, Mississippi as the 423rd unit of the National Park System. The monument was authorized by the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act (P.L. 116-9), which was signed by President Trump on March 12, 2019.

Subcommittee Examines Consequences and Challenges of Truncated Presidential Transition

News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Government Operations, held a hearing to examine the challenges of a truncated transition during the coronavirus pandemic as well as the harm outgoing administrations may cause during the lame duck period.

Chair Grijalva Urges President-Elect Biden to Implement Puerto Rico Priorities Quickly, Create Working Group to Advise White House and Congress

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) wrote to President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris yesterday urging the rapid implementation of the Biden-Harris Plan for Recovery, Renewal and Respect for Puerto Rico, and to encourage the incoming administration to create a...

Manchester Man Sentenced to 96 Months for Methamphetamine Trafficking