News from January 2021
By DOE Newswire | Jan 12, 2021
News Release: The U.S. Department of Energy’s Federal Energy Management Program (FEMP) congratulates the 27 winners of the 2020 Federal Energy and Water Management and the two winners of the FEMP Director’s Award.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 12, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Chair Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO) announced today the appointments of Mr. Han Xiao, Ms. Karin Korb, Ms.

By DOE Newswire | Jan 12, 2021
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced an additional $47 million in funding for seven projects as part of the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy’s (ARPA-E) Seeding Critical Advances for Leading Energy technologies with Untapped Potential (SCALEUP) program. These ...

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 12, 2021
News Release: An Owasso man was sentenced today in federal court for striking and killing William Houseman while eluding officers at speeds exceeding 90 mph in 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 12, 2021
News Release: Defendant was previously deported, returned to the country, and sold firearms and ammunition illegally.

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 12, 2021
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A member of the New Jersey Grape Street Crips was sentenced today to 100 months in prison for his role in an attempted murder charged as part of a RICO conspiracy, as well as narcotics trafficking, acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 12, 2021
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - U.S. District Judge Dale A. Drozd sentenced Rudy Soto, 32, of Fresno, today to five and a half years in prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By State Newswire | Jan 12, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Gregory Meeks and Lead Republican Michael McCaul have released the following statement on reports that Voice of America senior White House correspondent Patsy Widakuswara was demoted from her position after questioning Secretary of State Mike...

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 12, 2021
News Release: HONOLULU, Hawaii - As authorities address questions about the assault on democracy that occurred last week and hold certain individuals accountable for their egregious behavior, we must also do the preparations necessary to ensure the safety of our communities during the presidential inauguration.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 12, 2021
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A former resident of Washington County, PA, has been sentenced in federal court to 112 months of imprisonment on his convictions for violating the federal narcotics and firearms laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 12, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Chair Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO) announced today the appointments of Mr. Han Xiao, Ms. Karin Korb, Ms.

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 12, 2021
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The first civil settlement to resolve allegations of fraud against the Paycheck Protection Program of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act has been entered into today by the Department of Justice, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.

By Commerce Newswire | Jan 12, 2021
News Release: GAITHERSBURG, Md. - The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is seeking feedback on proposed changes to regulations that support the University and Small Business Patent Procedures Act of 1980, commonly known as the Bayh-Dole Act. This update to Bayh-Dole...
By EPA Newswire | Jan 12, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Chair Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO) announced today the appointments of Mr. Han Xiao, Ms. Karin Korb, Ms.
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 12, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.) released the following statement after meeting today with U.S. Representative Deb Haaland (D-N.M.), President-elect Joe Biden's nominee to lead the U.S. Department of Interior. Senator Carper's statement on the announcement of Congresswoman Haaland's historic nomination can be found here.

By DOE Newswire | Jan 12, 2021
Release: 170 Grants Will Support Innovation and Job Creation
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 12, 2021
News Release: Audrey Strauss, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Timothy J. Shea, the Acting Administrator of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA"), and Susan A. Gibson, the Special Agent in Charge of the New Jersey Division of the DEA, announced today that the United...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 12, 2021
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A pedophile was sentenced Monday to 20 years in prison for his role in establishing a child exploitation enterprise and luring children to an apartment for the purpose of producing child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Nicholas A. Trutanich for the District of Nevada.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 12, 2021
News Release: CONCORD - Kyle Mehlhorn, 27, of Merrimack, was arrested on a federal complaint charging him with possession of controlled substances with intent to distribute, United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today.

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 12, 2021
News Release: Defendant used embezzled funds to pay for vehicle and Vermont vacation home.