News from September 2021
By DOE Newswire | Sep 28, 2021
News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - EM has created a new program in the liquid waste contract at the Savannah River Site (SRS) to simplify the process of transitioning engineering interns into new hires.
By EPA Newswire | Sep 28, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Subcommittee on Health Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY), and Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Republican Leader Morgan Griffith (R-VA) sent a letter to Centers for Disease Control...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2021
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - An undocumented individual residing in Las Vegas was sentenced today to 46 months in prison for trafficking firearms, specifically three AK-47 rifles and one AR-style rifle.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 28, 2021
News Release: Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve will be replacing segments of the Spanish Pond Trail boardwalk. This project was made possible in part by a grant from the National Park Foundation, the official nonprofit partner of the National Park Service, through generous funding from both corporate and individual donors. Youth members from our partner organization, the American Conservation Experience (ACE), will be conducting the work over the next few weeks.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2021
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.-A Vacaville, California man pleaded guilty today for his role in a conspiracy to traffic large quantities of methamphetamine from California for distribution in Northeast Oregon and Southeast Washington.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2021
News Release: CHICAGO -A Chicago woman has been indicted on federal criminal charges for allegedly fraudulently obtaining the personal identifying information of deceased individuals and using it to file for tax refunds and stimulus payments from the U.S. Treasury.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 28, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH) and Gary Peters (D-MI), Ranking Member and Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, introduced bipartisan legislation to require critical infrastructure owners and operators to report to the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2021
News Release: Indictment Unsealed Against Six Individuals and Foreign Financial Service Firm for Tax Evasion Conspiracy.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 28, 2021
News Release: The Consider Teachers Act, a bipartisan bill introduced in the Senate by Senator Mike Braun, Senator Kyrsten Sinema, and in the House by Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton and Education and Labor Committee Member Victoria Spartz aimed at fixing a broken system burdening teachers with unfair loans, passed the U.S. House of Representatives today. This legislation was passed in the Senate in April and now heads to the President’s desk to be signed into law.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - A Lynn man has been indicted in connection with illegally possessing and selling firearms.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2021
News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - A Houston businessman has been sentenced to prison for federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei today.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 28, 2021
News Release: BISMARCK, N.D. - FEMA has approved disaster assistance for McKenzie County. The county was added to the disaster declaration approved by President Biden on Sept. 1 making aid available to eight counties for severe storms and flooding occurring from June 7-11, 2021.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2021
News Release: ST. LOUIS - Deaunta Miller of St. Louis pleaded guilty today for the crime of knowingly and intentionally possessing fentanyl with the intent to distribute.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 28, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Subcommittee on Health Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY), and Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Republican Leader Morgan Griffith (R-VA) sent a letter to Centers for Disease Control...
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 28, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - The following are opening remarks, as prepared for delivery, from Chair of the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) during today’s hearing titled, “Examining the Role of Ferries in Improving Mobility." Video of Norton’s opening statement is here. More information on the hearing can be found here.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 28, 2021
News Release: IDAHO FALLS, Idaho - More than 1,250 students who visited the Idaho Falls Zoo in 2021 were treated to a bonus: the opportunity to learn more about science, technology, engineering, arts, and math (STEAM).
By DOL Newswire | Sep 28, 2021
News Release: Today, Republican Leader of the Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee Rick Allen (R-GA) delivered the following opening statement, as prepared for delivery, at the joint subcommittee hearing on successful models for protecting communities from COVID-19...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2021
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Deborah K. Chasanow sentenced Dwayne Douglas, age 39, of Bowie, Maryland, to eight years in federal prison followed by four years of supervised release for being a member of a conspiracy to distribute and possession with the intent to distribute five kilograms of cocaine.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 28, 2021
News Release: LOS ANGELES - Special agents with Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) this morning arrested two people named in an indictment alleging a scheme to launder the proceeds of scams sent to fraudsters via Target gift cards.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 28, 2021
Release: After Successful SolarAPP+ Challenge, DOE Surpasses Initial Goal and Sets Ambitious New Target for Communities to Increase Solar Access in Less Than Six Months
