News from January 2022
By DOE Newswire | Jan 18, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) approved a fifth exchange of 400,000 barrels of crude oil for release to Atlantic Trading and Marketing, Inc. from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR). This release falls under the authorization published in the DOE announcement on Nov. 23, 2021.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2022
News Release: CAPE GIRARDEAU-The United States Attorney's Office announced that JOSHUA J. DAMON, age 35, was sentenced today to serve 148 months in federal prison following his guilty plea to attempted enticement of a minor. The sentence was imposed by United States District Judge Stephen R. Clark at the federal courthouse in Cape Girardeau, Missouri.
By Press release submission | Jan 18, 2022
For months, 11 employees at a Somerset home healthcare agency faced costly medical bills, unaware their employer had failed to remit contributions withheld from their wages to their healthcare plans, leading to a lapse in their medical insurance.An investigation at Cumberland Behavior Group LLC by the U.S.
By State Newswire | Jan 18, 2022
Notice of Funding Opportunity &- Julia Taft Fund (PGO) grant opened on Jan. 18.
By Emily Bevard | Jan 18, 2022
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) recently emphasized the importance of seeking safety and support regardless of immigration status following recent wildfires in Colorado, stating that those fearing deportation are protected during the emergency effort.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2022
News Release: A man who intentionally shot through a neighbor’s door during a domestic violence incident involving a child was sentenced in federal court, announced U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 18, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today continued his investigation into Big Pharma’s tax practices, and how loopholes in the tax code have allowed multinational companies to further abuse tax havens and avoid paying U.S. taxes on prescription drug sales. Wyden wrote...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2022
News Release: Used company credit cards to pay for $480,000 in personal expenses.
By Bob Martin | Jan 18, 2022
Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas praised officers who risk their lives to protect and serve the community in a statement released on Law Enforcement Appreciation Day.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2022
News Release: NASHVILLE - A Sparta, Tennessee, woman pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court today to concealing material support and resources intended to be provided to a Foreign Terrorist Organization, announced U.S. Attorney Mark H. Wildasin for the Middle District of Tennessee.
By State Newswire | Jan 18, 2022
Release: The United States is designating three Hizballah-linked financial facilitators and their Lebanon-based travel company. We are taking this action in solidarity with the Lebanese people, whose security and sovereignty remains threatened by Hizballah’s corrupt and destabilizing activities.
By DOL Newswire | Jan 18, 2022
News Release: Join House Republicans Tuesday evening at 5:00 pm ET for a live roundtable conversation with guests about children’s education. Every student deserves to achieve their full potential. But three years of disrupted learning has exposed deep flaws in our education system: abrupt and seemingly endless school ...
By State Newswire | Jan 18, 2022
Release: More information about Guinea is available on the Guinea Page and from other Department of State publications and other sources listed at the end of this fact sheet.
By State Newswire | Jan 18, 2022
Ukraine: USG Exchange Alumni Small Grants Program grant opened on Jan. 18.
By State Newswire | Jan 18, 2022
Release: The following is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
By State Newswire | Jan 18, 2022
Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 18, 2022
News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - Savannah River Remediation (SRR), EM’s liquid waste contractor at the Savannah River Site (SRS), sponsored four University of South Carolina Aiken (USCA) engineering students for their science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) capstone project.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 18, 2022
News Release: CARLSBAD, N.M. - EM’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) laboratories were recently notified by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) that their latest round of sample testing data meets stringent criteria established to operate under the DOE Laboratory Accreditation Program (DOELAP).
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2022
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - The Honorable Jay C. Zainey sentenced RONALD JACOBS, age 38, of New Orleans, Louisiana, today to serve 101 months in the Bureau of Prisons for violating the Federal Controlled Substances Act and the Federal Gun Control Act, announced U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 18, 2022
Release: Passengers bringing guns to Transportation Security Administration (TSA) checkpoints reached record levels across Florida in 2021. A total of 666 guns were intercepted by the TSA across the state, a 26 percent increase from the highest previous totals of 529 and 528 in 2018 and 2019, respectively.
