News published on Federal Newswire in December 2022

News from December 2022


Historic Drone Mission Delivers Data for Calcine Retrieval at Idaho Site

News Release: IDAHO FALLS, Idaho - An EM project at the Idaho National Laboratory Site successfully obtained important mapping and radiological data in what is believed to be the world’s first piloted drone mission inside a high-level radioactive waste storage vault.


News Release: DETROIT - A federal jury convicted the leader of the “It’s Just Us" (IJU) street gang of racketeering and murder, United States Attorney Dawn N. Ison announced today. These convictions conclude a two-week trial held in Port Huron before U.S. District Judge Robert H. Cleland.


Biden-Harris Administration Announces $500,000 from EPA’s Brownfields Grants to Train Michigan Environmental Workers

News Release: Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a $500,000 grant funded through President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law for environmental job training programs in Michigan. EPA’s Brownfields Jobs Training Program will grant recruit, train, and place workers for community revitalization ...


News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Margaret Ann Moffitt, of Sistersville, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 21 months of incarceration for mail fraud, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.


News Release: LOS ANGELES - A San Bernardino County woman has pleaded guilty to a federal criminal charge for her involvement in an investment fraud scheme that caused more than $2.6 million in losses to investors, the Justice Department announced today.


FBI Seeking Victims in Jacob Jacobsen Investigation

News Release: FBI Seeking Victims in Jacob Jacobsen Investigation.


DOE Releases Specific Sections of Draft Request for Proposal, Announces Virtual Pre-Solicitation Briefing for New Hanford Site Occupational Medical Services Contract

News Release: Cincinnati - Today, the Department released specific sections of a Draft Request for Proposal (RFP) for a new Hanford Site Occupational Medical Services Contract that includes Sections C-Performance Work Statement; F-Deliveries or Performance; L-Instructions, Conditions, and Notices to Offerors; M-Evaluation Factors for Award; and Section H clause, entitled “Qualifications of Key Personnel.".


EM Leaders View WIPP Progress, Meet With Stakeholders in New Mexico

News Release: EM Senior Advisor William “Ike" White and Associate Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Field Operations Nicole Nelson-Jean last week visited the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP), where they received briefings on key projects, and met with stakeholders and elected officials in southeast and northern New Mexico.


News Release: Montgomery, Alabama - The ninth and final defendant was sentenced this week for his role in a Macon County-based drug trafficking operation. This concludes a series of sentencings involving nine members of a violent, neighborhood-based organization called the “31 Boys," named for County Road 31 in Notasulga, Alabama.


Defendant Convicted of Arson Sentenced to Five Years in Federal Prison

News Release: PROVIDENCE - A 23-year-old man who set three fires inside a Woonsocket mill-type building after breaking into the structure in April 2019, was sentenced today to five years in federal prison, announced United States Attorney Zachary A. Cunha.


Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.


The US Labor Department published a one page notice on Dec. 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Congressional Record publishes “NOMINATIONS RETURNED TO THE PRESIDENT”  on Dec. 24, 2009

“NOMINATIONS RETURNED TO THE PRESIDENT” was published on page S14141 of the Congressional Record on Dec. 24, 2009.


News Release: FAYETTEVILLE - A Rogers Woman was sentenced today to 110 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release on one count of Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine. The Honorable Judge Timothy L. Brooks presided over the sentencing hearing in the United States District Court in Fayetteville.


News Release: A federal grand jury in the Southern District of Texas returned an indictment that was unsealed yesterday charging eight men with conspiracy to commit securities fraud for a long-running, social media-based “pump and dump" scheme.


“EXECUTIVE AND OTHER COMMUNICATIONS” published by the Congressional Record  on Dec. 23, 2009

The Senate section of the Congressional Record published “EXECUTIVE AND OTHER COMMUNICATIONS” on Dec. 23, 2009.


News Release: FAIRBANKS - Jared Wilkes Post, 26, of Fairbanks was sentenced by Senior U.S. District Judge Ralph R. Beistline to 78 months of imprisonment and ordered to pay at least $100,000 in restitution for defrauding banks and other victims of over $100,000 through a sophisticated check kiting and identity theft scheme.


Reclamation to raise water levels in Lake Estes and Marys Lake after completion of maintenance activities

News Release: LOVELAND, Colo. - The Bureau of Reclamation will begin refilling Lake Estes and Marys Lake in Estes Park, Colorado the week of Dec. 19, 2022, following maintenance on Olympus Dam and the East Portal of the Adams Tunnel.


Former VA Psychologist Charged With Submitting False Medical Documents  to Employer, Obstruction of Justice, Medicare Fraud

News Release: Benton, Ill. - A federal grand jury in Benton, Illinois, returned a six-count indictment charging Theresa Kelly, 56, of Herrin, Illinois, with engaging in a scheme to seek approved medical leave and reasonable accommodations from her former employer without valid documentation. Kelly was also charged...


News Release: Memphis, TN - A 1st Degree Murder suspect out of Jonesboro, Arkansas (AR) was arrested earlier today by the U.S. Marshals Gulf Coast Regional Fugitive Task Force and the Multi Agency Gang Unit.