News from January 2022

By Press release submission | Jan 13, 2022
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today selected four new projects to receive up to $8.4 million to establish new geothermal energy and heat production from abandoned oil and gas wells.

By Press release submission | Jan 13, 2022
The U.S. Department of Energy today announced the release of a report that outlines regional and national strategies to accelerate U.S. offshore wind deployment and operation.

By Press release submission | Jan 13, 2022
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) today announced that the Energy Transitions Initiative Partnership Project (ETIPP) is accepting applications from remote, island, and islanded communities for technical assistance to transform their energy systems and increase energy resilience.

By Commerce Newswire | Jan 13, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, and Committee Members Rep. Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez and Rep. Katie Porter, sent a letter to the Food and Drug Administration...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2022
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that on Jan. 12, 2022, Christopher Capozza, age 40, of Newington, Connecticut, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Court Judge Robert D. Mariani to one count of online enticement of a minor to engage in illegal sexual activity and one count of production of child pornography.

By DOL Newswire | Jan 13, 2022
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Jan. 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 13, 2022
The US Interior Department published a three page proposed rule on Jan. 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By Press release submission | Jan 13, 2022
The U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) today released its report concerning the effect of imports on the U.S. seasonal cucumber market, with a focus on the U.S. Southeast region.

By EPA Newswire | Jan 13, 2022
The US Environmental Protection Agency published a four page proposed rule on Jan. 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By Commerce Newswire | Jan 13, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, Chairwoman of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, along with Committee Members Rep. Rashida Tlaib and Rep. Brenda Lawrence, sent a letter to Census Bureau Director...

By Commerce Newswire | Jan 13, 2022
The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Jan. 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By DOE Newswire | Jan 13, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Committee on Energy and Commerce Lead Republican Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul (R-TX), and House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology Lead Republican Frank Lucas (R-OK) sent a letter to President Biden on the administration’s lack of response to requests from Congress on COVID-19.

By Press release submission | Jan 13, 2022
The U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) today released its report concerning the effect of imports on the U.S. seasonal squash market, with a focus on the U.S. Southeast region.

By State Newswire | Jan 13, 2022
PDS Belgrade University Partnership Program grant opened on Jan. 13.

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2022
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Brian Larry, age 60, of Clarks Summit, Pennsylvania, was sentenced to 94 months’ imprisonment by United States District Court Judge Malachy E. Mannion for fraud, aggravated identity theft, and false statement offenses. A federal jury previously convicted Larry of all 13 charges in his indictment on May 10, 2021.

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2022
News Release: Approximately $860,000 Recovered in First CARES ACT Case to be Sentenced in the District of South Carolina.

By EPA Newswire | Jan 13, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C.- Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers released the following statement after the Supreme Court issued opinions on President Joe Biden’s vaccine mandates.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2022
News Release: BOSTON - A Waltham man was arrested and charged on Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2022 in federal court on charges of receipt of child pornography.

By Press release submission | Jan 13, 2022
The U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) has voted to institute an investigation of certain knitted footwear.

By Press release submission | Jan 13, 2022
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced $13.4 million in funding for next generation plastics technologies that reduce the energy consumption and carbon emissions of single-use plastics.