News from August 2021
By Interior Newswire | Aug 30, 2021
News Release: ROCK SPRINGS. Wyo. - Fire restrictions are being lifted for all Bureau of Land Management (BLM) lands administered by the High Desert District in Sublette, Sweetwater, Lincoln, Fremont, Teton, and Unita Counties on Monday, Aug. 30, 2021.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 30, 2021
News Release: This Secretarial natural disaster designation allows the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) to extend much-needed emergency credit to producers recovering from natural disasters through emergency loans. Emergency loans can be used to meet various recovery needs including...
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 30, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON -- FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell briefed the media this morning on initial Hurricane Ida impacts and federal response.
By State Newswire | Aug 30, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul (R-TX) and Chairman Gregory Meeks (D-NY) have sent a letter urging the president to “prioritize securing the release of American citizens unjustly imprisoned in Iran.".
By USDA Newswire | Aug 30, 2021
Release: The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has issued a draft pest risk assessment for Diaporthe (anamorph Phomopsis) in spinach (Spinacia oleracea) seeds. Eight Diaporthe species are associated with spinach seed. Of these, six are non-quarantine pests; one ...
By USDA Newswire | Aug 30, 2021
Release: This week, USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) began accepting online applications for licenses and registrations under the Animal Welfare Act. Individuals and businesses can now submit applications from the APHIS website.In response to customer feedback, the online submission option ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2021
News Release: CHICAGO - A Chicago man has been charged in federal court with making materially false statements in the acquisition of more than 20 firearms.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 30, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON -- A tremendous coordination effort is taking place at all levels of government and utilizing assets from across the nation to conduct life-safety and rescue efforts in Louisiana and Mississippi.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2021
News Release: ATLANTA - Franck Davidoff and Dwight Pearson have been sentenced after pleading guilty to a multi-million-dollar fraud scheme that resulted in a loss of over $2,000,000 to Synchrony Bank.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 30, 2021
News Release: Petroglyph and community members celebrated the 105th birthday of the National Park Service by participating in a cleanup of the Mesa Prieta area within Petroglyph National Monument on August 25th. Sponsors of the cleanup effort included the National Park Service, Albuquerque Clean Cities, and Pulte...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 30, 2021
News Release: REDDING, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation announced today ongoing congressionally mandated contract conversions pursuant to the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act. Today’s release includes a draft repayment contract from the Central Valley Project’s Kirkwood Water District for a 60-day public comment period. This is one of over 86 repayment contract conversions requested by federal CVP contractors.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 30, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today released three reports showing record growth in land-based wind energy, significant expansion of the pipeline for offshore wind projects, and continued decline in the cost of wind energy generation - laying the groundwork for significant future gains as the Biden Administration pursues rapid acceleration of renewable energy deployment to reach its goal of 100% clean electricity by 2035.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 30, 2021
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 256,000 metric tons of soybeans for delivery to China during the 2021/2022 marketing year.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 30, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) released the following statement on the Biden Administration’s inconclusive COVID origins report...
By USDA Newswire | Aug 30, 2021
Release: By Stacy Dean. Deputy Under Secretary, Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services. More than 42 million of our neighbors rely on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) to feed their families. USDA recently re-evaluated the Thrifty Food Plan (TFP), used to set SNAP benefits, which increased the...
By USDA Newswire | Aug 30, 2021
News Release: This Secretarial natural disaster designation allows the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) to extend much-needed emergency credit to producers recovering from natural disasters through emergency loans. Emergency loans can be used to meet various recovery needs including...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2021
News Release: SAN DIEGO - A Tijuana-based drug trafficker who used teens as drug couriers was sentenced in federal court today to seven years in prison and a $50,000 fine for his leadership role in coordinating the movement of large quantities of cocaine, heroin, fentanyl, and methamphetamine to San Diego from Mexico.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2021
News Release: PECOS - A federal jury convicted a Dallas man last Thursday for possessing methamphetamine.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 30, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $1.3 million CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant to the Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable Agriculture, Millheim, Pennsylvania, to help establish...
By DOE Newswire | Aug 30, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C.-House Energy and Commerce Committee Republicans sent a letter today to Chairman Frank Pallone (D-NJ) ramping up pressure for the Majority to “commit to regular order and a robust, open, and transparent process on any matters the Committee on Energy and Commerce considers to meet its reconciliation instructions."
