News published on Federal Newswire in December 2022

News from December 2022


DOE And NREL Announce First Cohort Of The Clean Energy Cybersecurity Accelerator Program

News Release: On December 8, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) announced the first cohort of participants in the Clean Energy Cybersecurity AcceleratorTM (CECA) program, which aims to give next-generation cybersecurity tech a boost in the earliest stages of development to bring solutions to market more rapidly.


Environmental Protection Agency publishes rule on Dec. 8

The US Environmental Protection Agency published a five page rule on Dec. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - About 50 students from an area high school recently visited the Volpentest HAMMER Federal Training Center for STEM Day, an interactive event educating local students on the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Environmental Management (EM ) mission, the Hanford Site and career opportunities available to the next-generation workforce.


Interior Department discusses Second Call for Nominations for the National Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board on Dec. 8

The US Interior Department published a one page notice on Dec. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


More Than 100 Fire Protection Professionals Attend Idaho Site Workshop

News Release: IDAHO FALLS, Idaho - The U.S. DOE Idaho Operations Office and its contractor partners, Battelle Energy Alliance (BEA) and the Idaho Environmental Coalition (IEC), collaborated to host the DOE/ Energy Facility Contractors Group Fire Protection Workshop at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Site recently.


Maryland man sentenced for drug charge

News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Dominick Mickens, of Hagerstown, Maryland, was sentenced today to 63 months of incarceration for a drug charge, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.


News Release: A bicameral comment letter, spearheaded in the House by Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC), was sent yesterday to National Labor Relations Board (“the Board" or NLRB) Chairman Lauren McFerran to oppose the Biden administration’s proposed joint employer rule which would jeopardize businesses across the country.


Republican Senator Blocks Murray-Casey-Cassidy Effort to Pass Pregnant Workers Fairness Act

News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), joined Senators Bob Casey (D-PA) and Bill Cassidy (R-LA) on the Senate floor to seek unanimous consent on a time agreement to pass their Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) this Congress to protect pregnant workers and ensure they have the basic workplace accommodations they need to have healthy pregnancies.



News Release: - The U.S. Census Bureau today released data from the Business Trends and Outlook Survey (BTOS), a survey that measures business conditions on an ongoing basis. The BTOS is the successor to the Small Business Pulse Survey (SBPS), a high-frequency survey that measured the effect of changing business conditions during the coronavirus pandemic and other major events like hurricanes on our nation’s small businesses.



Designating a Network of Iranian Oil Sanctions Evaders

News Release: Today, the United States is designating an international oil smuggling and money laundering network led by businessman Sitki Ayan for providing support to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Qods Force (IRGC-QF) and Lebanese Hizballah, under counterterrorism sanctions authorities.


U.S. and Morocco Co-Host Proliferation Security Initiative Workshop

News Release: The text of the following statement was released by the United States of America and the Kingdom of Morocco: Begin Text The United States and Morocco co-hosted the North African Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) Workshop from December 6-8, 2022, in Tangier, Morocco. The workshop – the first of ...


Savannah River Site Grouts, Closes Liquid Waste Structures in Place

News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - EM and its liquid waste contractor at Savannah River Site (SRS) have safely and successfully entombed in concrete two previously radioactive structures.


News Release: GAINESVILLE, Fla. - A federal jury in Gainesville convicted Edwin Giovanny Mendoza-Verdugo, 20, of Sinaloa, Mexico, on one count of conspiracy to distribute controlled substances, further finding Mendoza-Verdugo responsible for 40-400 grams of fentanyl, and one count of possession of a firearm in furtherance...


Florida Vehicular Homicide Suspect Captured by U.S. Marshals in Memphis

News Release: New Orleans, LA - U.S. Marshals New Orleans Task Force arrested fugitive sex offender, Jeremiah Shawn Prater (31 years of age) at a residence in the 1100 block of South Salcedo St. New Orleans, Louisiana on the morning of Nov. 14, 2019. A handgun and small amount of white powdery substance believed to be illegal narcotics were recovered and seized during his arrest. Two other males were also arrested at the residence.


News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) released the following statement on Democrats’ Washington Commanders report...


News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) and John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), chairman and ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Cory ...


News Release: Vernal, Utah -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has finalized an air quality plan, called a Federal Implementation Plan, which will require enforceable controls on the emissions of air pollutants from new, modified, and existing oil and natural gas facilities on Indian country lands within ...


News Release: SANTA FE, New Mexico - The Hermit’s Peak/Calf Canyon Claims Office is hosting two job fairs to fill available job openings.