News from November 2021
By DOE Newswire | Nov 9, 2021
News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - The construction workforce for EM Savannah River Site liquid waste contractor Savannah River Remediation (SRR) has logged more than 23 years, or 34 million hours, of work without a missed day due to injury, an achievement dating back to operations performed under SRR’s heritage company, Washington Savannah River Company.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 9, 2021
News Release: Mendez-Perez threatened a former employer with a gun before being apprehended by police.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 9, 2021
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Ana B. Lopez, of Camden, New Jersey, and Brandon Eugene Corbin, of Inwood, West Virginia, have admitted to their roles in a drug conspiracy that spanned several states, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II announced.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 9, 2021
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - The Hanford Site ’s critical Effluent Treatment Facility (ETF) is nearly ready to once again treat wastewater generated by numerous remediation activities.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 9, 2021
News Release: Two Members of the Nine Trey Gangster Bloods Gang Plead Guilty to RICO Conspiracy.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 9, 2021
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina - Acting United States Attorney M. Rhett DeHart announced today that Tony Lee Covington, 50, his wife Priscilla Covington, 51, and his sisters Vanessa McPhaul, 56, and Mary Moses Covington, 51, all of Raeford, North Carolina, were sentenced for conspiracy to commit wire fraud in a scheme to defraud South Carolina Medicaid of over $3.6 million.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 9, 2021
News Release: Memphis, TN - Terrion Jones, 20, has been sentenced to 111 months in federal prison for attempted carjacking and brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence. Acting U.S. Attorney Joseph C. Murphy Jr., announced the sentence today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 9, 2021
News Release: CONCORD - Ariel Toribio, 22, of Lawrence, Massachusetts, pleaded guilty in federal court on Monday to aiding and abetting the making of a false statement during the acquisition of a firearm, Acting United States Attorney John J. Farley announced today.
By Glenn Minnis | Nov 9, 2021
The State of California and the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) have entered into a strategic partnership designed to ease the flow of “innovative project and financing opportunities for multibillion infrastructure improvements” across the state.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 9, 2021
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Three men today admitted their roles in a health care fraud and kickback schemes, U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
By Timothy Stuckey | Nov 9, 2021
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) recently announced a $11 million investment in multiple partnerships to restore wetlands and provide support to historically underprivileged areas, according to a USDA news release.
By David Beasley | Nov 9, 2021
A program in Hawaii that has decreased obesity has been awarded a $10 million federal grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
By David Beasley | Nov 9, 2021
The U.S. Department of Agriculture will begin accepting applications that will help companies expand broadband Internet in rural areas beginning Nov. 24, a department news release said.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 9, 2021
News Release: ST. PAUL, Minn. - A Ham Lake man pleaded guilty to illegally possessing multiple firearms and possession with intent to distribute cocaine, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Charles J. Kovats.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 9, 2021
News Release: Spokane, Washington - Christopher M. Valley, N.D., a Spokane-based naturopathic doctor, has agreed to pay $47,700 to resolve allegations under the Controlled Substances Act that he improperly prescribed controlled substances between December 2015 and December 2020. The Controlled Substances Act regulates...
By DOE Newswire | Nov 9, 2021
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - Hanford’s Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant has successfully completed a loss-of-offsite-power commissioning test, a critical step toward the heatup of melters and vitrification, or immobilization within glass, of Hanford ’s radioactive and chemical tank waste for disposal.
By Glenn Minnis | Nov 9, 2021
Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety is demanding that U.S. Department of Transportation National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) officials do what’s needed to curb a trend that has resulted in the largest six-month increase ever recorded in Fatality Analysis Reporting System’s history.
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 9, 2021
News Release: Opening remarks, as prepared, of Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials Subcommittee Ranking Member Rick Crawford (R-AR) from today’s hearing entitled, “Does Discrimination Exist in Federal Passenger Rail Contracting?":
By DOE Newswire | Nov 9, 2021
News Release: On Nov. 13, college and university students from across the United States will attempt to thwart a simulated cyberattack in the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) CyberForce Competition®. The event, led by DOE’s Argonne National Laboratory and DOE’s Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response (CESER), will convene virtually in 2021.
By Glenn Minnis | Nov 9, 2021
With road deaths up 20% in 2021 over the year prior, the U.S. Department of Transportation is currently holding strategy sessions to curb the trend, which has seen such fatalities increase, particularly across the West and the South.
