News from February 2022
By DOE Newswire | Feb 2, 2022
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced workers have begun the first large-scale treatment of radioactive and chemical waste from large underground tanks at the Hanford Site. This marks completion of the first of an ambitious slate of 2022 priorities set by the DOE Office of Environmental Management (EM).
By State Newswire | Feb 2, 2022
News Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken met today with Argentine Foreign Minister Santiago Cafiero to discuss our important bilateral relationship. Secretary Blinken congratulated Argentina on its election as President of the United Nations Human Rights ...
By DOE Newswire | Feb 2, 2022
The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Jan. 31, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Press release submission | Feb 2, 2022
Today, a federal district judge in West Palm Beach sentenced a 47-year-old man from Stuart, Florida to 447 months in federal prison, followed by a lifetime of supervised release, for producing child pornography, possessing child pornography, and committing a felony offense involving a minor while being required to register as a sex offender.
By Press release submission | Feb 2, 2022
A woman who possessed firearms while being a user of marijuana was convicted by a jury today after a three-day trial in federal court in Cedar Rapids.
By Press release submission | Feb 2, 2022
Ryan Palmer, 53, of Sanpete County, was indicted by a grand jury last December in the District of Utah for a fraudulent scheme related to his farm equipment company, known as Palmer Equipment, LLC
By Press release submission | Feb 2, 2022
A Middleboro financial advisor has been charged in a superseding indictment in connection with defrauding his elderly clients and stealing the victims’ retirement assets.Paul R.
By Press release submission | Feb 2, 2022
A federal district judge has sentenced the last of four defendants involved in a mail and wire fraud scheme aimed at defrauding investors.
By Press release submission | Feb 2, 2022
U.S. Attorney General Merrick B. Garland today released the Justice Department’s new National Strategy to Combat Human Trafficking pursuant to the Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act.
By Press release submission | Feb 2, 2022
James Russell Loar, Jr., 40, of Washington, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty today to traveling in interstate commerce to engage in sexual activity with a minor.
By Press release submission | Feb 2, 2022
Demetrius Moore, of Benwood, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 63 months of incarceration for a firearms charges, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.
By Press release submission | Feb 2, 2022
A Great Falls woman admitted on Jan. 31 to distributing methamphetamine and fentanyl that led to the death of another individual, U.S.
By Press release submission | Feb 2, 2022
Two Georgia residents convicted on dog-fighting and drug distribution charges resulting from an investigation into a significant multi-state dog fighting and cocaine trafficking ring were sentenced to prison today.
By Press release submission | Feb 2, 2022
Darraill Davis has been sentenced to 188 months in federal prison for being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm. Joseph C. Murphy Jr., United States Attorney, announced the sentence today.
By Press release submission | Feb 2, 2022
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack selected 12 members to serve on the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) inaugural Secretary’s Advisory Committee for Urban Agriculture to provide input on policy development and to help identify barriers to urban agriculture as USDA works to promote urban farming and the economic opportunities it provides in cities across the country.
By Press release submission | Feb 2, 2022
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced loan interest rates for February 2022, which are effective Feb. 1.
By Press release submission | Feb 2, 2022
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has extended the comment period deadline contained in the proposed rule for the Apple Crop Provisions through April 15, 2022.
By Press release submission | Feb 2, 2022
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack selected 12 members to serve on the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) inaugural Secretary’s Advisory Committee for Urban Agriculture to provide input on policy development and to help identify barriers to urban agriculture as USDA works to promote urban farming and the economic opportunities it provides in cities across the country.
By Press release submission | Feb 2, 2022
Agricultural producers and landowners can sign up soon for the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), a cornerstone conservation program offered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and a key tool in the Biden-Harris Administration effort to address climate change and achieve other natural resource benefits.
