News from February 2022
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 15, 2022
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Palm City, Florida, man today admitted participating in a compounded medication kickback scheme that he and others ran out of a pharmacy in Clifton, New Jersey, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.
By Karen Kidd | Feb 15, 2022
The U.S. Department of Labor will reportedly hire 100 new wage and hour investigators as part of its "significantly more hiring activity" expected later this year, the division acting administrator said in a news release.
By Karen Kidd | Feb 15, 2022
Business leaders from Ford Motor Company and the Motor & Equipment Manufacturers Association were among those in a U.S. Commerce Department news release applauding Congress for passage of a $52 billion semiconductor chips funding law
By Trina Thomas | Feb 15, 2022
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) recently awarded a grant to Florida Polytechnic University's Florida Industrial and Phosphate Research Institute (FIPR) to focus on outpacing China in the supply of rare earth elements.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 15, 2022
Bureau of Land Management Montana/Dakotas Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Management grant opened on Feb. 15.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 15, 2022
News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - 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 Karen Kidd | Feb 15, 2022
The U.S. Department of Commerce is sensitive to open-source software security concerns and is listening to what cyber experts have to say, U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina M. Raimondo said during a recent conference.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 15, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., with committee members Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, and Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., today urged the Labor Department to take steps toward ensuring state unemployment insurance programs are able to securely verify their applicants’ identities without relying on private contractors like ID.me that employ facial recognition.
By John Kelly | Feb 15, 2022
The United States and United Kingdom have released a joint statement on steel and aluminum capacity
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 15, 2022
News Release: COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA - Amanda Marie Belnap, age 34, of Atlantic, was sentenced yesterday to 120 months in prison for Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine. Her term of imprisonment will be followed by five years of supervised release. According to court documents Belnap pleaded guilty to the charge on Sept. 2, 2021.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 15, 2022
News Release: During this morning’s hearing on the youth mental health epidemic, the committee has an opportunity to build on last week’s excellent discussion with Surgeon General, Dr. Murthy.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 15, 2022
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - DARRION YOUNG, age 37, a resident of New Orleans, was charged on Feb. 11, 2022 in a six-count indictment by a federal grand jury for carjacking, brandishing, using, and carrying a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence, possessing a firearm in furtherance of...
By State Newswire | Feb 15, 2022
News Release: Washington, DC - Representative Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY), Chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, today released the following statement in response to a partisan Russia sanctions bill introduced by Congressional Republicans...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 15, 2022
Bureau of Land Management Wyoming Youth Conservation Opportunities on Public Lands grant opened on Feb. 15.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 15, 2022
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Braddock Hills, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court yesterday to violations of federal gun laws, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.
By Karen Kidd | Feb 15, 2022
The U.S. State Department has placed an up to $10 million bounty on the head of Sanaullah Ghafari, leader of the Islamic State’s "Khorasan Province," ISIS-K, in Afghanistan, according to a news release
By David Hutton | Feb 15, 2022
The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) St. Louis Division reported a record haul of fentanyl in 2021, indicative of the ongoing struggle with the trafficking of the drug.
By Andy Nghiem | Feb 15, 2022
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) recently welcomed new Biden-Harris Administration appointees to the team to help combat climate change and help the U.S. achieve the Biden administration's clean energy goals.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 15, 2022
News Release: Dr. Mark Stephen Wilson agreed to pay the United States $342,750 to resolve False Claims Act allegations that he accepted illegal kickback payments from Brookhaven Specialty Pharmacy LLC, announced U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 15, 2022
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - Snow, ice and bitter cold conditions did not deter crews performing important infrastructure upgrades on the Hanford Site this winter.
