News from January 2022
By USDA Newswire | Jan 6, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, Nov. 17, 2021 — Next week, Americans will enjoy Thanksgiving with family and friends. While the COVID-19 pandemic is still top-of-mind, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) reminds us all that it’s also important to keep family and friends safe from foodborne illness this Thanksgiving.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 6, 2022
News Release: PITTSBURGH - Diquan Crowder was sentenced to 100 months in prison for possessing a firearm after a prior felony conviction, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 6, 2022
News Release: Investments Will Help More Than 425,000 People in Some of the Nation’s Most Disadvantaged Areas
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 6, 2022
News Release: GREAT FALLS - A Great Falls man who admitted to traveling outside of Montana to obtain large quantities of heroin for resale throughout the state was sentenced today to 78 months in prison to be followed by four years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Leif M. Johnson said.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 6, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, Nov. 24, 2021 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is helping to ensure that underserved farmers, ranchers, and foresters have the tools, programs and support they need to succeed in agriculture. Today, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced USDA will provide approximately $75 ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 6, 2022
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.-This week, in separate criminal cases, two Portland gang members were sentenced to federal prison for illegally possessing firearms as convicted felons.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 6, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, Nov. 22, 2021 – U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced the investment of $32 million in grants awarded to 167 meat and poultry slaughter and processing facilities to support expanded capacity and efficiency through the Meat and Poultry Inspection Readiness Grant (MPIRG) program.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 6, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, Dec. 17, 2021 — The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Department of the Interior (DOI) and Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) today announced the establishment of a Wildland Fire Mitigation and Management Commission. Establishing this Commission ...
By Press release submission | Jan 6, 2022
Marisa Lago, President Joseph R. Biden’s nominee for Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade, was officially sworn in yesterday.
By Press release submission | Jan 6, 2022
The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has selected Joannie Chin to lead its Engineering Laboratory. Chin has been at NIST for 26 years, most recently serving as acting director of the Engineering Lab.
By Press release submission | Jan 6, 2022
Sneezes, rain clouds, and ink jet printers: They all produce or contain liquid droplets so tiny it would take several billion of them to fill a liter bottle.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 6, 2022
Topical Collaborations in Nuclear Theory grant opened on Jan. 6.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 6, 2022
News Release: HOMESTEAD, Fla. - A new art exhibit, “The BIG Picture: BIG Art on BIG Topics," is now on display at the Biscayne National Park Dante Fascell Visitor Center Gallery. The artworks from artists DaveL, Sarah Ernst, Kelsy Patnaude and Pete Wintersteen share artistic interpretations and representations on park issues like endangered species, ocean acidification and sea level rise.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 6, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, Nov. 15, 2021 – During today’s historic White House Tribal Leaders Summit, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced several new initiatives that expand USDA’s commitment to serving Indian Country through equitable policies and programs.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 6, 2022
News Release: Defendant sold drugs to undercover agent on five separate occasions.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 6, 2022
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A third Houston-area gang member was ordered to federal prison Wednesday for his role in a string of ATM robberies at truck stops in Texas and Louisiana and for a related assault of a good Samaritan who tried to intervene in one of the robberies.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 6, 2022
News Release: Defendants allegedly used material nonpublic information for stock trading that generated at least $4 million in profits.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 6, 2022
News Release: A Georgia woman was sentenced today to 41 months in prison for her scheme to fraudulently obtain more than $7.9 million in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans guaranteed by the Small Business Administration (SBA) under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 6, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, Dec. 2, 2021 — The U.S. Department of Agriculture will begin issuing final pandemic assistance payments to timber harvesters and timber hauling businesses through the Pandemic Assistance for Timber Harvesters and Haulers (PATHH) program starting next week. In total, $200 million will be provided ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 6, 2022
News Release: A North Carolina man pleaded guilty yesterday to conspiring to defraud the United States by promoting a nationwide tax fraud scheme and assisting in the preparation and filing of false tax returns for the scheme’s participants.
