News from October 2021
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 5, 2021
News Release: When you think of a story about federal agencies joining forces, “feel good" might not necessarily be the descriptor you’d reach for. But, in this case, we at the Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) think we’re onto something.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2021
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - United States Attorney Duane A. Evans, announced that HAROLD SAINTES, JR. age 52, of Franklin, Louisiana pled guilty as charged to a one count Bill of Information for Theft of Mail, before United States District Court Judge Jay C. Zainey today.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 5, 2021
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - DOE awarded four financial assistance grants, totaling approximately $33.5 million, to Oregon and Washington state last week. The non-competitive grants support environmental response regulatory activities, emergency preparedness, and public information programs related to the Hanford Site.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 5, 2021
News Release: The largest global analysis of coral reef health ever undertaken indicates that rising ocean temperatures resulted in a 14% loss of global corals. The Status of Coral Reefs of the World: 2020 offsite link report from NOAA and partners around the world also found indications of coral resilience in some locations, offering hope that coral reefs can recover if immediate steps are taken to curb future ocean warming.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2021
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A former resident of Uniontown, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of violating federal firearms and narcotics laws, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced today.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 5, 2021
News Release: Dear Inspector General George: . On June 8, the Senate Finance Committee held a hearing with IRS Commissioner Rettig titled “The IRS Fiscal Year 2022 Budget," in which the Commissioner advocated for significant and permanent increases in funding for the IRS, partly on the basis of reducing the tax gap.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 5, 2021
News Release: King Salmon, AK - Katmai National Park and Preserve, - Under the discretionary authority of the Superintendent, is initiating a temporary closure on the Brooks River between Brooks River falls and the elevated bridge across the Brooks River. Initially this closure will begin today October 5, 2021 at 8:00 PM Alaska Daylight time and last 72 hours but may need to be extended in duration or area as needed to maintain public safety.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 5, 2021
News Release: WEST VALLEY, N.Y. - EM’s West Valley Demonstration Project (WVDP) and cleanup contractor CH2M HILL BWXT West Valley (CHBWV) have released two videos related to the planned demolition of the Main Plant Process Building featuring site subject-matter experts with more than 130 years of combined experience in nuclear decommissioning and environmental cleanup.
By State Newswire | Oct 5, 2021
Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Well, good afternoon, and thank you all so much. Mathias, I must start by saying that to be linked to George Marshall is humbling, reminds me a little bit about how Allen & Rossi must have felt. And for those of you who don’t remember Allen & Rossi, that’s just the point. Americans in this audience may appreciate that they were the act that followed the Beatles on the Ed Sullivan Show many years ago. (Laughter.) But I do thank you, nonetheless.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 5, 2021
Release: Interviews conducted by Pat Cuadros, USDA Foreign Agricultural Service. Photos courtesy of Jessica Spence, Texas A&M University’s Norman Borlaug Institute for International Agriculture.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2021
News Release: Washington - Yesterday, two DEA Special Agents and a DEA Task Force Officer from the Tucson Police Department were involved in a shooting incident during a law enforcement operation in Tucson, Arizona. The DEA is deeply saddened to report that DEA Group Supervisor Michael G. Garbo died as a result of...
By State Newswire | Oct 5, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today gave the following opening remarks at a full committee nomination hearing for Ms. Lisa A. Carty, nominee to be ambassador to the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations, Mr. Steven ...
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 5, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the House Committee on Oversight and Reform held a full Committee hearing titled, “Hurricane Ida and Beyond: Readiness, Recovery and Resilience." In his opening statement, Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) thanked Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Deanne Criswell...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2021
News Release: URBANA, Ill. -Jeffery T. Henson, 43, of Danville, Illinois, pleaded guilty to wire fraud, aggravated identity theft, and money laundering in United States District Court in Urbana, Illinois, on October 4, 2021. Sentencing for Henson has been scheduled on February 7, 2022, at the U.S. Courthouse in Urbana.
By State Newswire | Oct 5, 2021
Release: The following is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2021
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that Romain Green, 32, of Oklahoma City, was arraigned today upon an indictment charging him with conspiracy to commit money laundering. The indictment alleges that Green and others conspired to engage in financial transactions involving wire fraud proceeds and that the financial transactions were designed to conceal the nature, location, source, and ownership of the criminal proceeds.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2021
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Brownsville, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of Possession of Material Depicting the Sexual Exploitation of a Minor, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced today.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 5, 2021
Release: CLEVELAND - Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers prevented two handguns from being carried onboard an airplane at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport (CLE) in the past week.
By State Newswire | Oct 5, 2021
Release: “This is a special institution, a special organization heading to its 60th anniversary… A very powerful forum for coming together, working together on real solutions to the problems that our citizens face, as well as the opportunities.".
By USDA Newswire | Oct 5, 2021
News Release: Washington - The Agriculture Innovation Mission for Climate (AIM for Climate), a landmark initiative to transform the global agricultural sector, now has the support of 30 nations, as well as the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the United Kingdom’s COP26 Presidency, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced at the UN Food Systems Summit.
