WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation issued the following news release: Reclamation is awarding $11 million in federal funding to 15 projects to support the advancement of the use of snow monitoring technologies for water supply forecasting. Reclamation's Research and Development Office sought proposals for projects that demonstrate and/or deploy technologies in emerging snow monitoring, deploy existing snow monitoring technologies in underserved   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued the following enforcement news release on Sept. 28, 2023: The Commodity Futures Trading Commission today filed a civil enforcement action in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan against Darren Robinson, a former resident of Miami, Florida, and his firm The QYU Holdings Inc. (QYUHI), a Wyoming corporation with a purported principal place of business in Dallas, Texas. The complaint charges Robinson an  more

GRAND FORKS AFB, North Dakota, Sept. 28 -- The U.S. Air Force Grand Forks Air Force Base (319th Air Base Wing) issued the following news: By Master Sgt. BreeAnn Sachs, 319th Reconnaissance Wing Generation of airpower requires consistent and reliable airfield operations services. Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. CQ Brown, Jr. has clearly outlined his prediction in Accelerate, Change or Lose that future conflict will likely occur in contested, congested and austere environments. These future confli  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Sept. 29 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory issued the following news: An NETL researcher gathered invaluable knowledge and experience by participating in the annual Research Experience in Carbon Sequestration (RECS) program - a carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) education program designed to help graduate students and early career professionals expand their knowledge and grow a collaborative network. Gail Cho  more

CHEYENNE, Wyoming, Sept. 29 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Wyoming issued the following news release on Sept. 28, 2023: Lorna Roxanne Green, age 22, of Casper, Wyoming, was sentenced to 60 months in prison with three years of supervised release, to follow her prison term, for arson of the Wellspring Health Access Clinic located in Casper. U.S. District Court Judge Alan B. Johnson imposed the sentence on September 28, 2023. According to court documents, on May 25, 2022,   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration issued the following news release on Sept. 28, 2023: Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced the grantees of the U.S. Economic Development Administration's (EDA) 2023 University Center Economic Development Program Competition. EDA is providing a total of $16.5 million in grants to 23 colleges and universities in 14 states to administer programs to leverage their assets, promote innova  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 -- The White House issued the following news release: With just one day before the end of the fiscal year, extreme House Republicans are playing partisan games with peoples' lives and livelihoods and marching our country toward a government shutdown that would have devastating consequences for small businesses and needlessly undermine America's economic progress. Their partisan approach stands in stark contrast to the Senate's bipartisan action toward keeping the government  more