News from December 2021
By Interior Newswire | Dec 20, 2021
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) today announced it is soliciting interest for utility-scale solar energy development on nearly 90,000 acres of public land located across Colorado, Nevada, and New Mexico. Today’s solicitation is the agency’s largest for solar development interest since it designated 17 solar energy zones in a comprehensive 2012 solar energy planning effort.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 20, 2021
News Release: Fact Check: AP, Tax Policy Center Ignore Revenue Increases from GOP Tax Cuts.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 20, 2021
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, MA- Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) applauded the Biden Administration’s announcement that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will fund 1,000 new Medicare-funded residency spots in hospitals serving rural and underserved communities.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2021
News Release: Responsible for driving tens of thousands of grams of methamphetamine to Iowa.
By Zachary Richter | Dec 20, 2021
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is extending the public comment period on the proposed Clean Air Act rules aimed at reducing pollution from the oil and natural gas industry to Jan. 31.
By State Newswire | Dec 20, 2021
Release: I have designated Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights Uzra Zeya to serve concurrently as the United States Special Coordinator for Tibetan Issues, an important role she will take on effective immediately. She will also continue to serve as Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights, a position for which she was sworn in on July 14, 2021.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that a Rapid City, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Failure to Register as a Sex Offender.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 20, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) proposed a $167,343 civil penalty against the City of Dayton, Ohio, for allegedly allowing seven flights to arrive and depart on Feb. 13, 2020, while John M. Cox International Airport did not have adequate Aircraft Rescue and Fire Fighting vehicles in service.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2021
News Release: Defendant among five charged in multi-million dollar scheme to trade based on inside information stolen from U.S. computer networks.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 20, 2021
News Release: GRAND COULEE, Wash. - Today, the Bureau of Reclamation and the Bonneville Power Administration announced the completion of the major overhaul of hydroelectric power generating units 22, 23 and 24 inside the Nathaniel “Nat" Washington Power Plant at Grand Coulee Dam. Located on the Columbia River about...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2021
News Release: Government Contractor Indicted for Bribing Public Official.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 20, 2021
News Release: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has recognized the Office of Legacy Management’s (LM) Weldon Spring Site for its exemplary ecological success by using it in a recent case study.
By Zachary Richter | Dec 20, 2021
Erie County, New York was recently awarded a $22 million Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA) loan by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to modernize its water infrastructure.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 20, 2021
News Release: FRANKFORT, Ky - Two Disaster Recovery Centers are now open in Hopkins and Warren counties in addition to mobile centers in seven other locations in areas affected by the Dec. 10 tornadoes.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 20, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - This afternoon, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) held a call with critical infrastructure entities from the public and private sectors to emphasize the importance of remaining vigilant against cyber threats over the holiday season, particularly with the widespread...
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 20, 2021
News Release: Letter: CBO Failed To Disclose How It Underestimated Cost of Biden’s Tax-and-Spend Bill.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2021
News Release: Miami, Florida - A federal district judge in Miami last week sentenced 35-year-old Christopher Grant Proby to 30 years in prison for sex trafficking a minor and for participating in the armed robbery of a Riviera Beach plumber.
By Zachary Richter | Dec 20, 2021
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently awarded over $32 million in grants to help tribes in Alaska, Idaho, Oregon and Washington develop environmental protection programs.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2021
News Release: Robbery Attempt Ended in Firefight with Owner, Shooting of Employee.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 20, 2021
News Release: Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued a statement after Biogen, the maker of an Alzheimer’s drug called Aduhelm, announced a price decrease for the drug...
