News from December 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 22, 2020
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Javarus Payne, 34, of Rochester, NY, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge David G. Larimer to being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition, which carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison, and a fine of $250,000 or both.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 22, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A Lawrence man and a Methuen man were arrested yesterday and charged in federal court in Boston in connection with a scheme to use stolen identities to fraudulently obtain disaster loans from the Small Business Administration (SBA) and to launder the funds.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 22, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Several provisions led by U.S. Senator Gary Peters (D-MI), Ranking Member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, were passed as part of the year-end government funding bill. Peters provisions were included to strengthen cybersecurity for state and local governments, improve oversight of the government’s pandemic response, ensure the Postal Service has sufficient funds to continue operations, and better protect homeland security.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 22, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A former member of the Connecticut Almighty Latin King and Queen Nation (“Latin Kings") leadership body, known as the “Crown Council," was sentenced today for racketeering conspiracy charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 22, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A former resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of possession of a firearm and ammunition by a convicted felon, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 22, 2020
News Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy (FE) announced plans to make $4 million in federal funding available for cost-shared research and development of tools and methods to optimize safe, secure, and verifiable carbon dioxide (CO2) storage.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 22, 2020
News Release: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) selected 29 projects to receive nearly $7.6 million in federal funding for cost-shared research and development. The projects will advance energy storage technologies under the Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) DE-FOA-0002332, Energy Storage for Fossil Power Generation.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 22, 2020
News Release: RALEIGH, N.C. - Gene Hersholt Williamson II, was sentenced today to 36 months in prison for aiding and assisting in the preparation of a false tax return and was ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $637,000.00.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 22, 2020
News Release: Cincinnati - Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Environmental Management (EM) awarded the Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL) Management and Operating (M&O) contract to Battelle Savannah River Alliance, LLC (BSRA) of Columbus, OH.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 22, 2020
News Release: EM Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Todd Shrader emphasized the importance DOE places on input from communities in determining the end state for cleanup sites in remarks to the recent fall meeting of the State and Tribal Government Working Group (STGWG).
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 22, 2020
News Release: Convicted Felon has Prior Violent History Involving Guns.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 22, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced $20 million in awards for the third of three programs under its new Advanced Reactor Demonstration Program (ARDP). DOE’s Office of Nuclear Energy (NE) has selected three teams to receive FY20 funding for the ARDP’s Advanced Reactor Concepts-20 (ARC-20) program. ARDP is designed to help domestic private industry demonstrate advanced nuclear reactors in the United States.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 22, 2020
News Release: St. George, Utah - Following the 11,000-acre Pine Hollow and 71,000-acre Mangum fires in summer 2020, the portion of the Arizona Trail managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Arizona Strip Field Office was closed to the public for the agency to survey and mitigate post fire hazards to ensure public health and safety.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 22, 2020
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Lannie Jo Carter, age 19, of Muskogee, Oklahoma entered a guilty plea to Drug Conspiracy, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Section 846, punishable by not less than 10 years and not...
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 22, 2020
News Release: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the general aviation (GA) community national #FlySafe campaign helps educate airmen about safety.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 22, 2020
News Release: U.S. Attorney Peter E. Deegan, Jr. announced today that the Northern District of Iowa collected $14,652,603.88 in civil and criminal actions in Fiscal Year 2020. Of this amount, $13,388,019.63 was collected in civil actions and $1,264,584.25 was collected in criminal actions.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 22, 2020
News Release: NISKAYUNA, N.Y. - DOE officials approved the transfer of the former Separations Process Research Unit (SPRU) areas to the Office of Naval Reactors (NR) on Dec. 16, capping a successful remediation and completing an EM 2020 priority.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 22, 2020
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released the following statement on the announcement that President-elect Biden has nominated Dr. Miguel Cardona to serve as Secretary of the Department of Education...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 22, 2020
News Release: BILLINGS - Acting U.S. Attorney Leif M. Johnson announced today that the District of Montana collected $7,352,119 in criminal and civil actions in Fiscal Year 2020. Of this amount, the office collected $2,523,303 in criminal actions and $4,828,816 in civil actions.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 22, 2020
News Release: Defendant Reoffended While on Pretrial Release on Federal Child Pornography Charges.
