News from August 2021
By DOE Newswire | Aug 3, 2021
News Release: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) recently announced over $30 million in funding, matched by over $35 million in private sector funds, for 68 projects supported by the Office of Technology Transitions Technology Commercialization Fund (TCF). This funding will accelerate the commercialization of promising...
By DOL Newswire | Aug 3, 2021
News Release: Today, Republican Leader of the Education and Labor Committee Virginia Foxx (R-NC) gave the following statement after the New York State Attorney General released a report backing the sexual assault claims made against Governor Andrew Cuomo...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2021
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - A federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging Michael Odell Anderson, age 63, of Dunn Lorring, Virginia, for the federal charge of conspiracy to commit wire fraud in relation to an elder fraud scam.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 3, 2021
News Release: DOE recently honored three EM sites for exemplary achievements in innovation, strategic partnerships, and planning and completion of projects that advance sustainability at Department sites and national laboratories.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Richard Frohling of the Eastern District of Wisconsin announced that following a jury trial concluding on July 30, 2021, Royel Page, age 31, was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute more than 100 grams of heroin, as well as twelve counts of attempting to possess with intent to deliver heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2021
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A federal grand jury in the Eastern District of Virginia returned an indictment today charging a member of the Foreign Service with engaging in illicit sexual conduct in a foreign place and possession of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2021
News Release: ST. PAUL, Minn. - A federal jury convicted a Minneapolis man for illegal possession of a firearm and ammunition after a shooting incident that took place in broad daylight, announced Acting U.S. Attorney W. Anders Folk.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2021
News Release: BOISE - Jennifer Niemann, 34, of Boise, pleaded guilty to importation of a controlled substance, Acting U.S. Attorney Rafael M. Gonzalez, Jr. announced today. Niemann was indicted by a federal grand jury in Boise on April 14, 2021.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 3, 2021
News Release: Electricity is the center of the U.S. economy and American homes. To help meet the nation’s needs, eight small businesses will develop wind technology as a cost-effective, reliable, and compatible distributed energy resource under the 2021 round of the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Competitiveness Improvement Project (CIP).
By State Newswire | Aug 3, 2021
Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2021
News Release: Leader of Transnational Money-Laundering Network Pleads Guilty to Aiding Drug-Trafficking Organizations, While Co-Conspirator is Sentenced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2021
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Hudson County, New Jersey, man today admitted possessing with intent to distribute heroin, cocaine and cocaine base, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2021
News Release: Detroit, MI - Acting U.S. Attorney Saima Mohsin will join law enforcement, community leaders and residents on Tuesday, August 3rd at several locations throughout Detroit to celebrate the National Night Out crime and drug prevention events.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2021
News Release: WILMINGTON, Del. - David C. Weiss, U.S. Attorney for the District of Delaware, announced that a Harrington, Delaware woman pleaded guilty today to intentionally failing to pay employment taxes on behalf of a local business. U.S. District Court Judge Leonard P. Stark accepted the plea.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2021
News Release: Spokane - Joseph H. Harrington, Acting United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that on Tuesday, August 3rd, members from his office will participate in community events held as part of Spokane’s National Night Out Against Crime.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2021
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A husband and wife from Hutchinson, Kansas, have been sentenced for deceiving the federal government about a medical condition to receive benefit payments. Addison Lewis, 41, and Brandi Lewis, 38, each received five years of probation after pleading guilty to one count of Theft of Government Property.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 3, 2021
News Release: On Saturday, Aug. 14, Shiloh National Military Park will host a BARK Ranger Hike. Shiloh is inviting families to bring their dogs out to the park for a ranger led hike to the Hornets’ Nest.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 3, 2021
News Release: Brecksville, OH - Cuyahoga Valley National Park has reopened Canal Exploration Center in Valley View. The center is open Wednesday - Sunday 10 am - 4 pm.
By State Newswire | Aug 3, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today gave the following opening remarks at a full committee hearing on the authorizations of use of force: administration perspectives. The committee heard witness testimony from the Honorable Wendy ...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 3, 2021
News Release: FILLMORE, Utah - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Fillmore Field Office will soon begin emergency gather operations to help address exceptional drought conditions affecting wild horse populations within the Conger Herd Management Area (HMA) in southwestern Utah. The gather will help bring the Conger population to optimal levels to achieve a thriving ecological balance and will help support herd health.
