News from December 2021
By State Newswire | Dec 13, 2021
Release: United States Department of State. Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL). Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO): DRL FY21 IRF: Promoting Societal Respect and Interfaith Understanding in Indonesia. This is the announcement of funding opportunity number SFOP0008454. Catalog of Federal Domestic...
By DOE Newswire | Dec 13, 2021
News Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $54 million in seed funding for U.S. small businesses to research, develop, and create commercialization plans for new technologies that equitably accelerate the national transition to a clean energy economy. Applicants may receive up to $250,000 through DOE’s Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs and become eligible for up to $1.6 million in follow-on funding.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2021
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Jessica Lynn Lundbald, of Augusta, West Virginia, was sentenced today to four years of probation for a drug charge, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II announced.
By State Newswire | Dec 13, 2021
Release: United States Department of State. Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL). Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO): DRL FY21 IRF: Promoting Societal Respect and Interfaith Understanding in Indonesia. This is the announcement of funding opportunity number SFOP0008454. Catalog of Federal Domestic...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2021
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that a grand jury returned an indictment on Dec. 10, 2021 against GLENN E. DIAZ, age 70, of Arabi; PETER J. “PETE" JENEVEIN, age 56, of Panama City, Florida; and MARK S. GRELLE, age 67, of Chalmette, for bank fraud and money laundering charges related to defrauding First NBC Bank, the New Orleans-based bank that failed in April 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2021
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LA - The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced today that JAMES MOHAMAD, 52, of Kenner, was charged on Dec. 10, 2021 in a 5-count superseding indictment by a federal Grand Jury with conspiracy to use an interstate facility with intent to carry on unlawful activity (Title 18, United States Code, Sections 371 and 1952(a)(3)) and filing false tax returns (Title 26, United States Code, Section 7206(1)).
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - A New York man pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to his role in a drug distribution conspiracy involving heroin, fentanyl and cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2021
News Release: SAVANNAH, GA: An Atlanta man has been sentenced in federal court after admitting he attempted to hide firearms in an overseas shipment of goods.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2021
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A Manassas man pleaded guilty today to defrauding the online retailer, Amazon.com, Inc. (Amazon), of over $300,000 by operating a mail fraud scheme to buy high-end products, claim a refund, then return a similar item of significantly lesser value.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 13, 2021
News Release: The National Park Service and Indiana Dunes Tourism have partnered to offer a variety of regular, no-hassle volunteer options for those looking to help out at Indiana Dunes National Park. Opportunities are available nearly every day of the week and include stewardship, restoration, park clean-up, and more.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2021
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Frederick M. Hilliard, of Charles Town, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 18 months of incarceration for a sex offender registry charge, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2021
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Antonio Cortez Darden, of Maugansville, Maryland, was sentenced today to 21 months of incarceration for a drug charge, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2021
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A resident of Erie, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 34 months in jail on his conviction of wire fraud and engaging in monetary transactions in property derived from specified unlawful activity, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2021
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Leonard Jasmine, of Houston, Texas, has admitted to a drug charge, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II announced.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 13, 2021
News Release: Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Republican Leader Rick Allen sent a letter to Department of Labor (DOL) Secretary Marty Walsh opposing DOL’s proposed rule, which prioritizes the interests of left-wing special interests, including the green lobby and union bosses, over those of American workers and retirees.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - The U.S. Marshals are offering a $2,500 reward for information leading to the arrest of a man wanted by the Lenoir County Sheriff’s Office on a charge of indecent liberties with a child following a June 1, 2017, incident.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2021
News Release: United States Attorney Bob Murray announced today that CALVIN ANDERSON WHITE, 32, of Ethete, Wyoming was charged by indictment for assault by strangulation. White appeared for an arraignment hearing before United States Magistrate Judge Teresa M. McKee on.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 13, 2021
News Release: KEYSTONE, S.D. - Mount Rushmore National Memorial will be implementing prescribed burns this winter. When the winter conditions are right, the National Park Service will be burning these accumulated slash piles left over from forest thinning activities.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 13, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today called on the Biden administration to limit Medicare Part B premium increases for seniors. Half of the proposed increase is attributable to potential costs associated with covering Aduhelm, an Alzheimer’s drug that was given accelerated...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2021
News Release: RALEIGH, N.C. - A Wake County man was sentenced today to 72 months in prison for possessing several stolen firearms as a felon. On October 4, 2021, Robert Cleveland Barham pled guilty to the charges.
