News from February 2022

By Press release submission | Feb 17, 2022
U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Chair of the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation reacted to a NOAA-led report released today which predicts sea levels along the U.S. coastline will rise an additional 10-12 inches by 2050 – as much as we have experienced over the last 100 years
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 17, 2022
News Release: James Velissaris inflated the values of numerous positions in the investment funds managed by Infinity Q and falsified documents to Infinity Q’s auditors and the SEC in order to hide the fraud.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 17, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released the following statement regarding the Biden administration’s request for $30 billion.

By US DOT Newswire | Feb 17, 2022
News Release: To the workforce and the American public;

By DOL Newswire | Feb 17, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - The historic investment in our nation’s aging infrastructure made possible by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law - signed by President Biden on Nov. 15, 2021 - will have a significant impact on those involved in federal construction contracts.

By Press release submission | Feb 17, 2022
U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, questioned witnesses in a hearing to examine the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)’s Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 17, 2022
News Release: ST. CROIX FALLS, WI. - The National Park Service (NPS) has completed the planning and regulatory process required to allow bike use on the Cable Connector Trail, a 0.25-mile connector trail across NPS land near Cable, Wisconsin.

By Press release submission | Feb 17, 2022
Today, the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee held a hearing to examine the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)’s Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program.

By Homeland Newswire | Feb 17, 2022
The US Homeland Security Department published a three page notice on Feb. 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By US DOT Newswire | Feb 17, 2022
FY22 National Network Cooperative Agreement to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation grant opened on Feb. 17.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 17, 2022
The US Energy Department published a six page notice on Feb. 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By EPA Newswire | Feb 17, 2022
The US Environmental Protection Agency published a nine page rule on Feb. 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By DOJ Newswire | Feb 17, 2022
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A disbarred personal-injury lawyer was sentenced today to 144 months in federal prison for stealing settlement money from multiple clients, including a multimillion-dollar settlement that should have been paid to a car accident victim, and for cheating on his federal income taxes.

By Press release submission | Feb 17, 2022
EM recently installed equipment at the Savannah River Site (SRS) that ensures continued safe shipment of transuranic (TRU) waste to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) for disposal.

By Press release submission | Feb 17, 2022
Crews at the Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (WTP) have completed the first test to demonstrate that liquids can safely run through and between facilities that will support vitrification, a process that will transform the Hanford Site’s radiological and chemical tank waste into a safe form for disposal.

By Press release submission | Feb 17, 2022
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Environmental Management (EM) is set to deactivate and demolish the prototype for a reactor plant used for the first nuclear-powered submarine, a major step toward advancing environmental cleanup at the DOE Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Site.

By Press release submission | Feb 17, 2022
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Legacy Management (LM) recently leased three electric vehicles from the GSA leasing program to start replacing LM’s government vehicle fleet.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 17, 2022
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - An Alabama man was sentenced today to one year in prison for escape to run consecutively to the federal sentence he is currently serving.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 17, 2022
The US Labor Department published a one page notice on Feb. 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By DOJ Newswire | Feb 17, 2022
News Release: EL PASO - A federal grand jury in El Paso returned an indictment yesterday charging a Socorro man with two counts of child pornography.