News from May 2022
By DOJ Newswire | May 10, 2022
News Release: Two Florida men were sentenced Friday for leading a nationwide scheme to defraud the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) for millions of dollars in loans guaranteed by the Small Business Administration (SBA) under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act.
By Commerce Newswire | May 10, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $3 million grant to the South Eastern Economic Development Corporation (SEED), Taunton, Massachusetts, to capitalize and administer a revolving loan fund. This grant is funded by the American Rescue Plan.
By Press release submission | May 10, 2022
Carper, Climate Advocates, and Education Leaders Call on EPA to Protect Delawareans from Cross-State Pollution
By Commerce Newswire | May 10, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $1.5 million grant to Indiana Tech, Fort Wayne, Indiana, to purchase technical equipment to support 11 engineering- and manufacturing-related certification programs. This grant is funded by the American Rescue Plan.
By DOE Newswire | May 10, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Communications and Technology Subcommittee Ranking Member Bob Latta (R-OH), and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Mike Doyle (D-PA) wrote to President Biden today in support of Doreen Bogdan-Martin’s nomination to be Secretary-General of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) of the United Nations (UN).
By Commerce Newswire | May 10, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C.--Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden (D-Oregon) and Finance Committee Member Bob Menendez (D-New Jersey) today called on the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) to dramatically improve transparency and consultation with Congress on pending trade negotiations, in a letter sent today with Senators Charles Grassley (R-Iowa), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nevada) and Ben Sasse (R-Nebraska).
By Commerce Newswire | May 10, 2022
The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on May 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Timothy Stuckey | May 10, 2022
U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm released a statement in response to the U.S. Senate's 80-11 bipartisan vote to confirm Dr. Kathryn Huff as assistant secretary for nuclear energy at the U.S. Department of Energy.
By Commerce Newswire | May 10, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $1.1 million CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant to the Gulf Coast Economic Development District, Inc., Houston, Texas, to capitalize and administer a revolving loan fund.
By DOJ Newswire | May 10, 2022
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A woman from California and a woman from Arkansas today admitted their roles in a multi-state patient brokering scheme in which they paid referral fees from their rehabilitation centers in exchange for patient referrals, Attorney for the United States Vikas Khanna announced.
By Interior Newswire | May 10, 2022
News Release: The Summit Level Visitor Center at Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site is open following repairs from a burst water pipe. The Visitor Center, as well as Engine House 6 Exhibit Shelter and the Lemon House are open daily from 9 am- 5 pm.
By State Newswire | May 10, 2022
Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
By Fed Newswire | May 10, 2022
The US Federal Reserve System published a one page notice on May 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | May 10, 2022
News Release: LAS VEGAS - A Las Vegas woman was sentenced today to 45 months in prison for using at least 40 stolen identities to fraudulently collect approximately $175,622 in unemployment insurance benefits from the California Employment Development Department (EDD).
By Interior Newswire | May 10, 2022
News Release: LAS VEGAS, NEV. - The Southern Nevada District Office has issued the Decision and Final Herd Management Area Plan for the Spring Mountains Wild Horse and Burro Complex. The 10-year Wild Horse and Burro Herd Management Area Plan will occur in the Spring Mountains Wild Horse and Burro Joint Management Areas, located in Clark and Nye Counties, Nevada. A 30-day public review period was held from Sept. 29, 2021 to Oct. 29, 2021.
By DOJ Newswire | May 10, 2022
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A federal jury in Corpus Christi has convicted a 39-year-old local man for possessing with the intent to distribute narcotics, being a felon in possession of a firearm and possessing firearms in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.
By DOE Newswire | May 10, 2022
The US Energy Department published a two page notice on May 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | May 10, 2022
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that GREGORY JOHNSON, JR., age 43, of Baton Rouge, and KEITH BOURGEOIS, age 51, of New Orleans, were indicted on May 5, 2022 by a federal grand jury for violations of the Controlled Substances Act and the Gun Control Act. JOHNSON and BOURGEOIS were...
By Commerce Newswire | May 10, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $1.6 million grant to the town of Goldsby, Oklahoma, to build a wastewater infrastructure system.
By Press release submission | May 10, 2022
U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm issued the following statement on yesterday’s U.S. Senate confirmation of Dr. Asmeret Berhe with a bipartisan vote to serve as Director of the Office of Science at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)
