News from January 2023
By DOE Newswire | Jan 28, 2023
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - The EM Office of River Protection (ORP ) recently took another step in reducing environmental risk at the Hanford Site, as workers began retrieving radioactive and chemical waste from the fourth and final underground single-shell storage tank in the AX Farm.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 28, 2023
News Release: FRANKFORT, Ky - Six months after disastrous floods swept through Eastern Kentucky leaving a path of devastation across 13 counties, FEMA, its federal partners and the Kentucky Division of Emergency Management (KYEM) are still hard at work collaborating to help Kentucky communities and survivors jump-start their recovery.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2023
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - A Chesapeake and a Suffolk man pleaded guilty today and earlier this week to their roles in a series of armed robberies of 7-Eleven establishments in the Cities of Newport News, Norfolk, and Virginia Beach.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2023
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Justin Kuchta, age 39, of Annapolis, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to a federal charge for threatening to murder a United States Member of Congress.
By DOL Newswire Report | Jan 28, 2023
The owner of a Vail, Colo. construction company has turned himself in to local law enforcement following the issuance of an arrest warrant from the Summit County Sheriff's Office in Breckenridge.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 28, 2023
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) announced today the issuance of the first edition of the new. The free and publicly available National Hemp Report provides unbiased, timely, and accurate data to help industry stakeholders make business decisions.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 28, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) applauded the House passing H.R. 21, the Strategic Production Response Act, which would help ensure the Strategic Petroleum Reserve is available during a true energy emergency and not abused for non-emergency, political purposes.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2023
News Release: Defendant Shouted at Officers and Used Flagpole to Assault Police Sergeant.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 28, 2023
News Release: IDAHO FALLS, Idaho - As crews ready a liquid waste treatment facility at the DOE Idaho National Laboratory Site for sodium-bearing waste processing, EM is preparing to construct a new building to provide additional capacity for the safe storage of treated waste material.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 28, 2023
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Jan. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 28, 2023
The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Jan. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 28, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON - On Jan. 25, the Department of Homeland Security’s Center for Prevention Programs and Partnerships (CP3), in collaboration with EdVenture Partners and the McCain Institute for International Leadership, hosted the finalists of Invent2Prevent, a program that empowers university and high...
By EPA Newswire | Jan 28, 2023
The US Environmental Protection Agency published a three page notice on Jan. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2023
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Monessen, PA, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of federal narcotic and firearm violations, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2023
News Release: Davenport, IA - A Davenport man, Juan Dontae Shelton, age 39, was sentenced on Monday, Jan. 23, 2023, to 330 months in federal prison for production of child pornography, possession of child pornography, and felon in possession of a firearm. Shelton was found guilty of these offenses following jury trials on August 8th and August 15th, 2022. Following his prison term, Shelton was ordered to serve a seven-year term of supervised release.
By State Newswire | Jan 28, 2023
News Release: The United States strongly supports the candidacy of Ian Saunders to become the next Secretary General of the World Customs Organization (WCO). Mr. Saunders has more than 30 years of experience in customs and international trade. In addition to having served at U.S. Customs and Border Protection, he ...
By DOE Newswire | Jan 28, 2023
News Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Indian Energy Policy and Programs (Office of Indian Energy) issued a Notice of Intent (NOI) to release a $50 million Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) this spring to support clean energy technology deployment on tribal lands. Awards from this planned FOA are anticipated to range from $100,000 to $2.5 million or from $250,000 to $5 million, depending on the Area of Interest.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2023
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A St. Charles, Missouri, couple pleaded guilty today after unlawfully obtaining $26,917 in unemployment benefits provided for by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act and the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) program.
By DOL Newswire | Jan 28, 2023
News Release: Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) sent letters yesterday to the Departments of Labor, Education, and Health and Human Services asking whether the Biden administration’s policy of making committee chairmen’s inquiries a priority will change now with the Republican majority...
By DOE Newswire | Jan 28, 2023
News Release: President Joe Biden has named U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Legacy Management (LM) Director Carmelo Melendez a Presidential Rank Award of Meritorious Service winner, which is considered the highest honor career civil servants can receive.
