News from November 2021
By Press release submission | Nov 19, 2021
U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $1.1 million CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant to the Board of Control for Southern Regional Education to develop local food supply chains in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
By Zachary Richter | Nov 19, 2021
The U.S. Department of State played host to its first virtual career fair Wednesday, revolving around fields of applied science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) alongside STEM policy careers in the U.S. Foreign Service and civil service.
By Bob Martin | Nov 19, 2021
A Reno man was indicted for alleged child sexual exploitation and child pornography after being investigated by multiple agencies, according to a statement this week by the U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security.
By Zachary Richter | Nov 19, 2021
According to a recent U.S. Geological Survey report, almost 95% of the samples collected from the Grand Canyon region show that the uranium concentration is within the range set by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
By Press release submission | Nov 19, 2021
At the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 26), Acting Assistant Secretary for the Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM) Dr. Jennifer Wilcox underscored the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) support for the Biden-Harris Administration’s whole-of-government approach to addressing the climate crisis and advancing energy and climate justice in the United States.
By Press release submission | Nov 19, 2021
The Hanford Site is on the verge of initial radioactive and chemical waste treatment.
By Press release submission | Nov 19, 2021
U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Legacy Management (LM) Site Manager Ken Kreie volunteered as a judge at FIRST LEGO League Challenge Qualifying Tournament in Fruita, Colorado, on Nov. 13.
By Press release submission | Nov 19, 2021
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today awarded $8.5 million to help commercialize promising advanced nuclear technologies.
By Press release submission | Nov 19, 2021
U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm issued the following statement following the U.S. House of Representatives passage of H.R. 5376, “The Build Back Better Act.”
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2021
News Release: A South Sioux City, Nebraska, man who illegally possessed a firearm was sentenced Nov. 18, 2021, to more than two years in federal prison.
By State Newswire | Nov 19, 2021
Release: Thank you, Foreign Minister Landsbergis for the warm welcome to Lithuania. It is an honor to be here and have the opportunity to discuss our mutual commitments to democracy and human rights. And especially here, where 30 years ago Lithuanians pushed back against the Soviet Union’s efforts to crush their democratic aspirations.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2021
News Release: MASSACHUSETTS - A Worcester man was sentenced yesterday in connection with a fentanyl, heroin, cocaine and crack cocaine trafficking conspiracy.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2021
News Release: WILLIAMSPORT - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Eric Judkins, age 46, of Manchester, New Hampshire, was sentenced to 12 months and one day in prison to be followed by three years of supervised release by U.S. District Court Chief Judge Matthew W. Brann for conspiring to defraud the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Chief Judge Brann also ordered Judkins to pay restitution in the amount of $11,031.37 to the IRS.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2021
News Release: For Transporting Obscene Materials. HAMMOND- Michael Christianson, 52, of LaPorte, Indiana, was sentenced before United States District Court Judge Philip P. Simon upon his plea of guilty to three counts of transporting obscene materials, announced United States Attorney Clifford D. Johnson. Christianson...
By George Willis | Nov 19, 2021
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), along with several other federal agencies and non-governmental partners, took time recently to reflect on a decade of progress under the Urban Waters Federal Partnership program, while recommitting to restoring urban waterways.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2021
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Ronald Pleasant, 26, of St. Albans, was sentenced to five years and 11 months in federal prison for distribution of 50 grams or more of methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2021
News Release: NEWS RELEASE SUMMARY - Nov. 19, 2021.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2021
News Release: ATLANTA - Nnamdi Marcellus MgBodile has been sentenced to prison for bank fraud, money laundering, and conspiracy to commit bank fraud after being convicted at trial. For years, MgBodile opened and directed others to open fraudulent business bank accounts that received millions of dollars from various online frauds. He and others then laundered these funds to other accounts, including dozens of accounts overseas.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2021
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Two Florida men have been indicted for their roles in durable medical equipment and compound medication schemes involving kickbacks and fraud, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 19, 2021
News Release: Whiskeytown, CA - Behold, the restored historic orchard! Park staff and partners from John Muir National Historic Site and the Smart Workforce Center have been busy this week transplanting 47 apple trees into the Tower House Historic District.
