News from April 2022
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2022
News Release: Memphis, TN - Demetrius Davison, 27, who was wanted by the Memphis Police Department for First Degree Murder, was arrested by the Gulf Coast Regional Fugitive Task Force out of Mississippi. Davison was wanted in connection to a shooting that left one man dead.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2022
News Release: An inmate who used contraband cell phones to lead a methamphetamine distribution operation has been charged along with five others in federal court, announced U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 26, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration is awarding a $536,200 grant to the Pueblo of Jemez, Jemez Pueblo, New Mexico, for a feasibility study for the tribe’s energy independence. This grant is funded by the American Rescue Plan Indigenous Communities program.
By John Kelly | Apr 26, 2022
Targeted toward improving the cybersecurity of U.S. energy systems, $12 million in funding has been confirmed for six research, development and demonstration projects.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2022
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A federal grand jury today charged a San Fernando Valley man with selling a total of nearly 16 pounds of methamphetamine and 89 firearms, including dozens of “ghost guns," or firearms that lack serial numbers.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 26, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - Each year, the families and friends of fallen workers, and organizations, including the U.S. Department of Labor and its Occupational Safety and Health Administration sadly observe April 28 as Workers Memorial Day.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2022
News Release: Convicted felon sold 27 guns, ammunition, bulletproof vest and drugs to a cooperating witness.
By Bob Pepalis | Apr 26, 2022
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas traveled to Panama last week to discuss transcontinental migration with officials from several countries and international organizations.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 26, 2022
News Release: As EM continues its historic cleanup across the DOE complex, its liquid waste work is taking a higher profile.
By State Newswire | Apr 26, 2022
News Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Morning, everybody. Secretary Austin and I just returned from Kyiv, where we went at the request of President Biden and the invitation of President Zelenskyy. We had an opportunity to demonstrate directly our strong support, our strong ongoing support for the Ukrainian Government and ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2022
News Release: BOSTON - A Taunton man was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for his role in a cocaine trafficking conspiracy.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 26, 2022
The US Energy Department published a one page notice on April 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State Newswire | Apr 26, 2022
There was activity on one bill related to the Armed Services Committee on April 25.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 26, 2022
News Release: Today, Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo met with Indonesian Coordinating Minister for Maritime and Investment Affairs Luhut Pandjaitan to discuss the U.S.-Indonesia commercial relationship, the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework, as well as the upcoming Clean EDGE trade mission led by the Department’s ...
By DOE Newswire | Apr 26, 2022
News Release: The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management’s fiscal year (FY) 2023 budget request includes $56 million to expand its Minority Serving Institutions Partnership Program (MSIPP).
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2022
BJA FY 22 Community Courts Initiative grant opened on April 26.
By State Newswire | Apr 26, 2022
News Release: Today marks the 33rd birthday of Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, the 11th Panchen Lama, who remains missing since PRC authorities abducted him as a six-year-old child on May 17, 1995. The PRC continues to deny members of the Tibetan community access to the Dalai Lama-designated Panchen Lama, the second most revered figure in Tibetan Buddhism, and instead continues to promote a state-selected proxy.
By Kaleb Brown | Apr 26, 2022
Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm announced the Department of Energy would release 1 million barrels of oil per day for six months from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, per President Joe Biden's authorization.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 26, 2022
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 National Institutes of Health (NIH) Acting Director Lawrence Tabak demanding the NIH investigate Peter Daszak and EcoHealth Alliance for a cover-up and possible fraud related to research at the Wuhan lab.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 26, 2022
News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau has appointed seven new members to its Census Scientific Advisory Committee (CSAC). The panel provides recommendations on the design, operation and implementation of Census Bureau programs. New members will serve a 3-year term.
