News from February 2022
By State Newswire | Feb 16, 2022
Release: Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry will travel to Munich, Germany, February 17-20 to participate in the Munich Security Conference. Secretary Kerry will engage in discussions on the nexus between the climate crisis and global security and will encourage counterparts to fulfill and strengthen their climate commitments.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 16, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON-U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, issued the following statement about the Transitional Standards for Milk, Whole Grains and Sodium rule announced by United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).
By Karen Kidd | Feb 16, 2022
Students across the nation are gearing up for the U.S. Department of Energy's 32nd annual National Science Bowl this spring.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 16, 2022
Release: LOS ANGELES - Since the final play Sunday evening in Super Bowl LVI, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) has screened more than 150,000 passengers and crew through its security checkpoints. With such a high volume of activity comes this reality: travelers inadvertently leave hundreds of items behind at areas throughout the airport.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 16, 2022
News Release: Cliffs Burns Harbor (Cleveland-Cliffs) has agreed to resolve alleged violations of the Clean Water Act (CWA) and other laws, for an August 2019 discharge of ammonia and cyanide-laden wastewater into the East Branch of the Little Calumet River. The discharge, which led to fish kills in the river, also ...
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 16, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and Sherrod Brown (D-OH) applauded the Senate for passing their bipartisan legislation to name the Avondale Cincinnati Post Office for two Ohio World War II aviators,...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 16, 2022
News Release: MISSOULA - A jury today convicted a Washington woman of cyberstalking a Montana man she met online and public officials by hacking the man’s email and sending harassing and threatening communications, U.S. Attorney Leif M. Johnson said.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 16, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), Chairwoman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, today released the following opening statement at the hearing titled, “Examining Digital Assets: Risks, Regulation, and Innovation".
By Karen Kidd | Feb 16, 2022
The U.S. Department of Energy's $18 million for accelerator science and nuclear physics technology research and development, announced last week, will maintain the United States' leadership position in those fields, according to a news release
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 16, 2022
News Release: JILA physicists have measured Albert Einstein’s theory of general relativity, or more specifically, the effect called time dilation, at the smallest scale ever, showing that two tiny atomic clocks, separated by just a millimeter or the width of a sharp pencil tip, tick at different rates.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 16, 2022
WaterSMART: Applied Science Grants for Fiscal Year 2022 grant opened on Feb. 16.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 16, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), along with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the National Security Agency (NSA) issued a joint Cybersecurity Advisory titled, “Russian State-Sponsored Cyber Actors Target Cleared Defense Contractor Networks to Obtain...
By DOE Newswire | Feb 16, 2022
Release: DOE Seeks Public Input on Building Rare Earth Element Facility to Turn Coal Waste into Vital Materials for Clean Energy Technology, Securing Domestic Supply Chain
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 16, 2022
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA -- A former resident of Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania has been sentenced in federal court to ten years’ imprisonment and six years of supervised release on his conviction of violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 16, 2022
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - A West Warwick man who arranged to sell thousands of counterfeit OxyContin pills containing fentanyl to an undercover member of the Rhode Island DEA Drug Task Force pleaded guilty in federal court today to fentanyl trafficking charges, announced United States Attorney Zachary A. Cunha.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 16, 2022
News Release: Hundreds of thousands of dollars laundered from pill sales.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 16, 2022
Release: LA CROSSE, Wis. - Wisconsin residents will be able to enroll in the Transportation Security Administration’s TSA PreCheck® application program inside La Crosse Regional Airport (LSE) from Monday, March 21 through Friday, March 25.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 16, 2022
News Release: BILLINGS - A Sidney man who admitted to selling methamphetamine was sentenced today to 10 years and 10 months in prison to be followed by five years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Leif M. Johnson said.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 16, 2022
News Release: HOUSTON - A 56-year-old Houston resident has been ordered to federal prison for scheming to fraudulently sell 50 million non-existent N95 facemasks to the Australian government, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 16, 2022
News Release: The Justice Department announced today it has issued guidance under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) on how to ensure that ballot drop boxes are accessible to voters with disabilities. The publication, “Ballot Drop Box Accessibility, the Americans with Disabilities Act," is intended to help ...
