News from April 2022

By Press release submission | Apr 28, 2022
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Gulf of Mexico Division announced the Gulf of Mexico and the Seagrass Community of Practice as the winners of the Gulf Guardian Award.

By Press release submission | Apr 27, 2022
NTSB Opens Public Docket for Investigation of the Seacor Power Capsizing

By Press release submission | Apr 27, 2022
FAA Begins Investing $1B of Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funding into Air Traffic Control System

By Press release submission | Apr 27, 2022
NHTSA Reminds Parents to “Look Before You Lock”

By Press release submission | Apr 27, 2022
The visit to the Superfund site followed a meeting at Bridgeton City Hall, where McCollister and the Region 7 site team shared the latest update on the status of work at the site and the release of a new interactive online map that shows sampling results.

By Press release submission | Apr 27, 2022
Today, the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM) announced $3.5 million for two projects to develop natural gas demand response (NGDR) pilot programs.

By Press release submission | Apr 27, 2022
With today’s launch of the Rural Partners Network, the Department of Energy is committed to ensuring federal resources that can benefit rural America actually reach rural America.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2022
News Release: Sorgdrager intended to bring meth from New Mexico to Sioux City.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2022
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - A Nigerian national, Adedunmola Gbadegesin, has been extradited to the United States, on charges of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and conspiring to commit money laundering, stemming from the financial exploitation of elderly victims in the United States.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 27, 2022
News Release: Contact: Ron Sams. 4/22/22. Rimrock, AZ- Montezuma Well will be closed Friday, April 29, 2022 for electrical work that will include the removal and replacement of electrical poles within the park. Due to the nature of this work and importance of safety for staff and visitors the park will close for the...

By Commerce Newswire | Apr 27, 2022
The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on April 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 27, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.- The Biden-Harris Administration through the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today released a Request for Information seeking public input on the structure of an approximately $2.3 billion formula grant program to strengthen and modernize America’s power grid against wildfires, extreme...
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 27, 2022
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - FEMA is proposing updates to the Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) for Fairfax County, Virginia. Community partners are invited to participate in a 90-day appeal and comment period.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2022
News Release: KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - On April 26, 2022, following a six-day trial in United States District Court, Knoxville, Tenn., a jury convicted Bryan Cornelius, 31, of Knoxville, Tennessee, of Conspiracy to Distribute over 50 grams of Methamphetamine, Conspiracy to Distribute over one kilogram of heroin and over...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2022
News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - JEFFERY DEWAYNE MOSELEY, 32, of El Reno, Oklahoma, was indicted by a federal grand jury in Oklahoma City with theft of firearms from a federally licensed firearms dealer and with being a convicted felon in possession of firearms, announced U.S. Attorney Robert J. Troester.

By USDA Newswire | Apr 27, 2022
News Release: USDA and USAID Intend to Draw Down Entire Bill Emerson Humanitarian Trust to Respond to Global Food Insecurity
By Interior Newswire | Apr 27, 2022
News Release: FARMINGTON, N.M. - Due to increased fire danger and prolonged drought, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is implementing fire restrictions on public lands in Colfax, Harding, McKinley, Mora, Quay, Rio Arriba, San Juan, San Miguel, Sandoval, Santa Fe, Taos, and Union counties. The restrictions are effective immediately and will remain in effect until further notice.

By DOL Newswire | Apr 27, 2022
News Release: ROMEOVILLE, IL - Twenty times in the past five years, federal workplace safety investigators have cited a food manufacturer for exposing workers to amputation and other serious hazards.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2022
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Gilbert Concepcion, age 44, formerly of Reading, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on April 26, 2022, to 41 months of imprisonment by United States District Judge Robert D. Mariani. Concepcion previously pleaded guilty to conspiring to traffic crystal methamphetamine.

By Interior Newswire | Apr 27, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Department of the Interior today announced that the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) will publish two separate Calls for Information and Nominations for possible leasing in areas that are determined to be suitable off the coast of Oregon and in the Central Atlantic.