News from November 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2021
News Release: PORTLAND, Maine: A Sanford man was sentenced today in federal court for providing false information to firearms dealers while purchasing firearms, U.S. Attorney Darcie N. McElwee announced.

By Bob Martin | Nov 16, 2021
The Department of Energy’s Office of Fossil Energy Carbon Management (FECM) has announced an intent to help fund research and development involving carbon capture and storage (CCS) and carbon dioxide removal (CDR).

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2021
News Release: Orlando, Florida - Acting United States Attorney Karin Hoppmann announces the unsealing of an indictment charging Keith Ingersoll (45, Orlando) and James Adamczyk (64, Orlando) for their roles in an over $12 million fraud scheme and conspiracy. Ingersoll and Adamczyk are each charged with one count of...
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 16, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Carolyn B. Maloney, Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, released a supplemental memo providing new insights into how the high-profile ransomware attacks on CNA Financial Corporation (CNA), Colonial Pipeline Company (Colonial), and JBS Foods USA (JBS) unfolded, and how legislation and policies responses may be developed to counter the threat of ransomware.

By Ariana Chiarenza | Nov 16, 2021
The United States released its first comprehensive Aviation Climate Action Plan Nov. 9 at the United Nations Climate Change Conference, aimed at achieving net-zero emissions by the year 2050.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 16, 2021
Release: HOUSTON, Tx - Before you agree to bring a family favorite food item to contribute to the Thanksgiving holiday table, it’s important to think about how you’re planning to transport it if you are flying to spend the holiday with family or friends. Most foods can be carried through a Transportation Security Administration (TSA) checkpoint, but there are some items that will need to be transported in checked baggage.

By John Suayan | Nov 16, 2021
Two hyenas at the Denver Zoo earlier this month were confirmed to have tested positive for COVID-19, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.

By Homeland Newswire | Nov 16, 2021
News Release: Effort Part of President Biden’s Executive Order to Improve the Nation’s Cybersecurity

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2021
News Release: GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA - Steven Michael Krpata, Jr., 43, of Gainesville, Florida, was sentenced to 25 years in federal prison for production of child pornography. The sentence was announced by Jason R. Coody, Acting United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 16, 2021
News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - EM achieved unprecedented progress on the mega-sized Saltstone Disposal Units (SDU) at the Savannah River Site (SRS) in the past year.

By DOE Newswire | Nov 16, 2021
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - A Hanford Site internship program has led to hiring more than two dozen interns as engineers over the past eight years, identifying capable students for long-term careers dedicated to advancing the site’s mission.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 16, 2021
The US Agriculture Department published a one page rule on Nov. 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 16, 2021
The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Nov. 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 16, 2021
The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on Nov. 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 16, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered remarks in today’s joint Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change and Subcommittee on Energy hearing on supply chains for renewable energy sources.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 16, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Lawmakers are urging the Biden Administration to provide greater information and analysis in their rush towards a drug pricing scheme that would dramatically change how the United States pays for drugs and upend the incentives that exist today for innovation and generic and biosimilar competition.
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 16, 2021
The US Transportation Department published a three page rule on Nov. 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 16, 2021
The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Nov. 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 16, 2021
The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Nov. 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 16, 2021
News Release: IDAHO FALLS, Idaho - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will be issuing Christmas tree permits beginning Nov. 18. The permits are $10 each with a limit of one per family. The permits allow for Christmas tree harvest on public lands managed by the BLM in southeastern Idaho. Members of the public seeking to harvest Christmas trees on National Forest lands should contact the Caribou-Targhee National Forest for permit prices and restrictions.