News from February 2022
By Zachary Richter | Feb 15, 2022
NOAA and the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management recently announced an interagency collaboration to advance offshore wind energy.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 15, 2022
News Release: LAS VEGAS - A California man was sentenced today to 13 years and six months in prison for committing four armed robberies (including two banks and the same Starbucks coffeehouse twice), stealing more than $14,000.
By State Newswire | Feb 15, 2022
2022 South Sudan Full Proposal grant opened on Feb. 15.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 15, 2022
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation’s New Melones Lake and Lake Berryessa field offices, as well as Stony Gorge Reservoir, will waive day-use fees on Feb. 21 to observe President’s Day. Other fees, such as overnight camping, boat launching, and fees associated with concession managed areas, will still apply.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 15, 2022
Highway Use Tax Evasion - Intergovernmental Efforts grant opened on Feb. 15.
By David Beasley | Feb 15, 2022
The U.S. won't allow the expansion of 5G wireless technology to jeopardize aviation safety, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said in a statement.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 15, 2022
Tribal Seafood Pandemic Response and Safety Grant Program (TSPRS) Request for Applications grant opened on Feb. 15.
By State Newswire | Feb 15, 2022
Release: Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa David Satterfield will travel to the United Arab Emirates February 15-16 for discussions related to developments in the Horn of Africa. Special Envoy Satterfield will then travel to Sudan February 16-18 to engage stakeholders in support of the Sudanese people’s desire to advance their country’s democratic transition under a civilian-led government.
By Savannah Howe | Feb 15, 2022
Over 150 Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) scholars will participate in workforce development programs this spring courtesy of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE).
By Trina Thomas | Feb 15, 2022
The U.S. Department of Agriculture recently published the 2020 Pesticide Data Program Annual Summary.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 15, 2022
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Marion L. Ledford, 67, of Alamogordo, New Mexico, was sentenced in federal court on Feb. 14 to one year and six months in prison for tax evasion for submitting a personal income tax return on April 28, 2016, that substantially underreported Ledford’s taxable income for 2015. Ledford pleaded guilty on Nov. 20, 2019.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 15, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy, issued the following statement after the Senate confirmed Dr. Robert Califf as the new Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA):
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 15, 2022
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A Southeast Texas man was sentenced Feb. 14 in the Southern District of Texas to 151 months in federal prison for coercing a minor on Instagram in order to have sex with her.
By Zachary Richter | Feb 15, 2022
The U.S. Department of Agriculture recently issued a packers and stockyards complaint against a Texas partnership.
By Trina Thomas | Feb 15, 2022
A 23-year-old from Seattle has been arrested at Sea-Tac Airport as he drove to the arrivals area to pick up a person whom he believed was a 17-year-old minor prostitute.
By Savannah Howe | Feb 15, 2022
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is calling for nominations for its Distinguished Scientist Fellows Program.
By Andy Nghiem | Feb 15, 2022
The U.S. Department of Justice recently announced that a former Georgia Department of Corrections inmate has plead guilty of plotting to commit fraud while still incarcerated.
By Laurie A. Luebbert | Feb 15, 2022
The Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) past efforts at enforcement have resulted in more timely information about chemicals in the environment getting out to the public.
By Trina Thomas | Feb 15, 2022
There have been several sightings of a popular whale that stole the hearts of many across the globe last year.
By Andy Nghiem | Feb 15, 2022
The U.S. Department of Energy recently approved seven additional exchanges of 13.4 million barrels of crude oil for release from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR).
