News from December 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 22, 2020
News Release: BANGOR, Maine: A Dedham man pleaded guilty in federal court today to conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 22, 2020
News Release: On Dec. 11, 1980, Congress enacted the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA). Commonly known as Superfund, CERCLA authorizes the federal government to respond directly to contamination that may endanger public health or the environment. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Superfund program works to clean up sites placed on the National Priorities List (NPL) so that they can be safely reused for the benefit of communities.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 22, 2020
News Release: BANGOR, Maine: A Mattawamkeag man was sentenced today in federal court for mail fraud and copyright infringement stemming from his online sales of counterfeit DVDs, U.S. Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 22, 2020
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released the following statement on funding for COVID-19 testing and vaccine procurement, distribution, and administration included in the COVID response package which passed the Senate yesterday.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 22, 2020
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation today released the final feasibility report for the North-of-the-Delta Off-stream Storage Investigation. The report documents the potential costs and benefits of the Sites Reservoir Project. As part of a continuing effort to increase storage capability throughout...
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 22, 2020
News Release: Washington, DC - Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) applauded final passage of a wide-ranging spending bill that includes much-needed aid for the transportation sector, including an extension of the highly-successful Payroll Support Program for aviation...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 22, 2020
News Release: A Number of Stolen Credit/Debit Cards Recovered During a Fraud Investigation Were From the Letter Carrier’s Route and Led to the Discovery of Her Mail Theft.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 22, 2020
News Release: Today, Tuesday, Dec. 22, additional areas reopened in Rocky Mountain National Park, as park staff continue to assess impacts from the East Troublesome Fire.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 22, 2020
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - United States Attorney Mike Stuart announced that Robert William Moats, 35, of Waynesburg, Pennsylvania, was sentenced to 37 months in prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm and possession of a firearm with a removed serial number.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 22, 2020
News Release: ST. LOUIS, MO-Federal prosecutors, within the Eastern District of Missouri, are working an increased amount of cases involving child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 22, 2020
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Keyondre Robinson, 18, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo to assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain officers. The charge carries a maximum penalty of one year in prison and a $100,000 fine.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 22, 2020
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: Hot Springs, AR - Bathhouse Row Emporium in the Lamar Bathhouse will be closed on Thursday, December 24th and Friday, December 25th. The store will reopen with regular business hours on December 26th. The Fordyce Visitor Center will resume visitor services also on Dec. 26, although the building remains closed to the public due to Covid-related public health concerns. Both also will close January 1 and resume services Jan. 2, 2021.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 22, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA), Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA), and Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Kevin Brady (R-TX) issued the following statement after the U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) released a report that the officials requested of the agency regarding U.S. industry sectors producing COVID-related goods...
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 22, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), praised the Senate's passage of the Water Resources Development Act of 2020 (WRDA). The legislation was included in the omnibus. The legislation passed the Senate by a vote of 91 to 7. The bill will now go to President Trump to be signed into law.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 22, 2020
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - EM Richland Operations Office (RL) and contractor CH2M HILL Plateau Remediation Company (CHPRC) recently completed construction of a full-scale mock-up of the system that will be used to transfer nearly 2,000 radioactive capsules from an underwater basin to safer, dry storage on the Hanford Site.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 22, 2020
News Release: Audrey Strauss, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that JOSEPH BAILEY, the CEO of a children’s apparel company (“Company-1"), was sentenced to six months in prison for participating in a years-long scheme to defraud U.S. Customs and Border Protection (“CBP")...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 22, 2020
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI -United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. announced that a criminal complaint has been filed against Lequan Jaheem Pemberton, resident of Austin, Texas for possession with intent to distribute marijuana. Pemberton made his initial appearance in federal court Tuesday, December 22nd, in St. Thomas.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 22, 2020
News Release: CHICAGO - With multiple Covid-19 vaccines recently becoming available, the U.S. Attorney’s Office is warning residents of northern Illinois to be on the lookout for fraud schemes.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 22, 2020
News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau released the total number of 2020 Census paid temporary workers that earned any pay Dec. 6 - Dec. 12, 2020. The data tables include national totals for all 50 states and the District of Columbia by Census Bureau regional geography. A weekly number of paid temporary workers for Puerto Rico is also available. The weekly release will occur 10 days after the end of the weekly period.
