News from May 2022
By DOE Newswire | May 3, 2022
News Release: AUGUSTA, Ga. - Scientists, engineers and technical experts from DOE programs learned of progress in technology development during a workshop held April 25-27 in Augusta, Georgia.
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2022
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Cumberland County, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 168 months in prison for conspiring to commit wire and money laundering, and tax evasion, in connection with a romance fraud scheme, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.
By David Beasley | May 3, 2022
The U.S. Department of Energy has adopted two new energy rules for light bulbs, also called general service lamps.
By Bob Pepalis | May 3, 2022
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hours Division recovered $731,492 in back wages for sanitation workers in rural southeast Texas communities who were paid a straight daily rate despite often working more than 40 hours per week.
By John Kelly | May 3, 2022
A U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service report shines a light on a potential marine debris threat to Gulf of Maine birds.
By John Kelly | May 3, 2022
An National Basketball Association player's personal assistant was sentenced to 70 months in prison for the theft of $4.7 million.
By Trina Thomas | May 3, 2022
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the 25th anniversary of the Recycle City Educational Initiative.
By Bob Pepalis | May 3, 2022
The National Institute of Standards and Technology created a new draft document designed to help network operators with the demands of cybersecurity while delivering the new features 5G promised.
By USDA Newswire | May 3, 2022
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is accepting more than 2 million acres in offers from agricultural producers and landowners through the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) General signup, the first of the program’s multiple signups occurring...
By DOE Newswire | May 3, 2022
The US Energy Department published a two page notice on May 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By EPA Newswire | May 3, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C.-Republican leaders of the Senate and House Committees with oversight of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) are raising concerns with a recent decision to severely restrict coverage of a U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved Alzheimer’s treatment and any similar future treatments, in a disturbing break with precedent.
By Interior Newswire | May 3, 2022
Bureau of Land Management New Mexico Youth Conservation Opportunities on Public Lands grant opened on May 3.
By Interior Newswire | May 3, 2022
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on May 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2022
News Release: BOSTON - A New Bedford man was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for illegally possessing a firearm and selling cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2022
News Release: The Justice Department announced today the appointment of August E. Flentje as the interim Special Master of the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund (VCF). Rupa Bhattacharyya resigned as Special Master on April 29. The VCF was created by Congress to compensate those who suffered personal injuries or died as a result of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, and the rescue, recovery, and debris removal efforts undertaken in the aftermath of the attacks.
By Homeland Newswire | May 3, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON – Today, Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas met with Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard to discuss the shared challenge of migration throughout the region and the opportunities to advance economic development. They met in Washington, DC. and were joined by fellow officials ...
By Press Release | May 3, 2022
U.S. Senators Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Jeff Merkley (D-OR) led colleagues in sending a letter to António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations (UN), regarding the release of the UN’s long-delayed report on the human rights situation in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR).
By Commerce Newswire | May 3, 2022
There were 10 press releases published by the National Institute of Standards and Technology in March.
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2022
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Today a federal jury convicted a Dutch woman on charges for her participation in a terrorist financing ring in support of the Somalia-based terrorist group al-Shabaab.
By Press release submission | May 3, 2022
Commerce Committee Report Underscores Need for Congress to Restore FTC Authority to Return Billions to Consumers Ripped off by Scams, Fraud, Deception
