News published on Federal Newswire in December 2021

News from December 2021


News Release: IDAHO FALLS, Idaho - The environment at DOE’s Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Site and underlying Snake River Plain Aquifer are considerably safer today following 30 years of cleanup in compliance with state and federal regulations.


Release: FOR INFORMATION AND ACTION. DA-2021-38. December 7, 2021 To: State and Territory Agricultural Regulatory Officials Effective Nov. 16, 2021, the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) and the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) established a Mediterranean fruit fly (Medfly) ...


Release: Joint Statement on U.S. - France Science and Technology Cooperation .


New NOAA report shows U.S. ocean enterprise sector grew 60 percent since 2015

News Release: The U.S. Ocean Enterprise Report, released by NOAA today, shows significant growth in businesses that provide the technological means to observe and measure ocean dynamics. Called the Ocean Enterprise, this cluster of businesses, which provides essential support to the $2 trillion global Blue Economy...


Rochester Man Pleads Guilty to Possession of Child Sexual Abuse Material

News Release: CONCORD - Michael A Clemence, 36, of Rochester, pleaded guilty in federal court to possession of child pornography, Acting United States Attorney John J. Farley announced today.


The Opportunity Project Summit: Open Innovation for All

News Release: WHAT: On December 13 through 15, the Census Open Innovation Labs will host The Opportunity Project (TOP) Summit: Open Innovation for All. TOP helps companies, nonprofits, and universities turn federal open data into new technologies that solve real world problems. This multiday virtual conference will...


New York Man Indicted in Credit Card ‘Bust Out’ Scheme to Defraud Banks

News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A New York man was indicted today by a federal grand jury in connection with a scheme to defraud banks by using stolen and altered identities to fraudulently obtain credit cards and then using those cards to make millions of dollars in charges that were never repaid, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.



News Release: Spokane, Washington - Esther Rae Tuller, age 40, of Moses Lake, Washington, has pleaded guilty to tampering with morphine medication while working as a registered nurse. Chief United States District Judge Stanley A. Bastian accepted Tuller’s guilty plea and scheduled a sentencing hearing for March 17, 2022, in Spokane.


Canadian Man Charged With Scheme to Commit Cyberattacks

News Release: Canadian Man Charged With Scheme to Commit Cyberattacks.


Reclamation launches new prize competition to improve snowpack water forecasts

News Release: WASHINGTON - The Bureau of Reclamation is launching a new prize competition for improved snowpack water forecast techniques throughout the West. Developing better techniques to determine the amount of water stored as snowpack provides water managers more accurate information to make better water management decisions.


Jefferson County Agencies Awarded Cold Case Homicide Investigation Grant

News Release: BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - The District Attorney’s Office of Jefferson County (Birmingham Division) and the Jefferson County Memorial Project (JCMP) have been awarded $498,933 of funding through the Department of Justice’s Emmett Till Cold Case Investigations and Training and Technical Assistance Program. The...


Canadian Man Charged in Scheme to Commit Cyberattacks

News Release: ANCHORAGE - A federal indictment unsealed today charges a Canadian national with committing cyberattacks.


NIST Awards More Than $3.5 Million to High-Tech Small Businesses to Support Innovations in Manufacturing, Medical Diagnostics and More

News Release: GAITHERSBURG, Md. - The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has awarded more than $3.5 million in funding to 17 U.S. small businesses for advancing technologies in manufacturing, privacy, medical diagnostics and more.


News Release: Two Universal Aryan Brotherhood influential gang members pleaded guilty Tuesday for conspiring to participate in a racketeering enterprise that committed acts of murder, kidnapping, the trafficking of methamphetamine and firearms, money laundering, assault, and robbery throughout the State of Oklahoma, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson.


United States Prevails in Actions to Seize and Forfeit Iranian Terror Group’s Missiles and Petroleum

News Release: United States Prevails in Actions to Seize and Forfeit Iranian Terror Group’s Missiles and Petroleum.


The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Dec. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Dec. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a seven page rule on Dec. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Interior Department Announces Major Infrastructure Investment for the George Washington Memorial Parkway

News Release: WASHINGTON - The National Park Service (NPS), in partnership with the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), awarded a $161 million contract today to rehabilitate the northern section of the George Washington Memorial Parkway. The contract is the largest infrastructure investment funded by the Great...