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Department of Justice (DOJ) Inspector General Michael E. Horowitz announced today the release of a report on the Executive Office for Immigration Review’s (EOIR) electronic case management system (ECMS) awards. In September 2020, EOIR worked with the Justice Management Division’s Procurement Services Staff (JMD PSS) to competitively award a $35-million, 5-year Blanket Purchase Agreement (2020 BPA) to NTT DATA Federal Services, Inc.
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On November 1, 2022, a non-DOJ individual was found guilty of one count of major fraud against the United States, one count of conspiracy to commit wire and bank fraud, one count of wire fraud, one count of bank fraud, one count of aggravated identify theft, and one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering.
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On November 1, 2022, a non-DOJ individual was sentenced to three years of probation for one count of aiding and abetting the escape of two inmates incarcerated at the Federal Prison Camp Florence (FPC Florence) in Colorado.
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On October 31, 2022, a BOP Correctional Officer and student of Alliance School of Trucking (AST) in Los Angeles County, California, pleaded guilty to one count of grand theft of personal property and agreed to pay $14,408.34 restitution to the U.S. Government and a $2,265.63 fine in lieu of performing 145 hours of community service.
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On October 31, 2022, a former BOP Correctional Officer assigned to the Metropolitan Detention Center in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, was sentenced to 24 months of probation for one count of deprivation of rights under color of law.
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On September 22, 2022, a BOP inmate formerly assigned to the Metropolitan Correctional Center New York (MCC New York) in New York was sentenced to 21 years of imprisonment followed by 5 years of supervised release for one count of conspiracy to possess contraband in prison, one count of conspiracy to commit Hobbs Act robbery, one count of brandishing a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime, and one count of felon in possession of firearm.
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in Dublin, California, pleaded guilty to one count of abusive sexual contact. Enrique Chavez pleaded guilty in the Northern District of California.
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On October 26, 2022, a former BOP Correctional Officer previously assigned to the Federal Correctional Institution Estill (FCI Estill) located in South Carolina, was arrested and pleaded not guilty to one count of bribery.
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House Judiciary Committee Chair Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) and Antitrust Subcommittee Chair David N. Cicilline (D-RI) issued the following statement after a healthcare staffing company pleaded guilty and was sentenced yesterday for conspiring with another staffing company not to compete for each other’s nurses and to fix the wages of those nurses, in violation of the Sherman Act:
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Today, U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and Congressman Adam Schiff (D-CA) urged the CEOs of Alphabet and YouTube to take new, aggressive actions to limit the spread of extreme and harmful incel content on their platforms.
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U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today released the following statement in response to a new Department of Justice (DOJ) report assessing DOJ’s response to sexual misconduct by Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) employees:
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Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) joined Sens. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Mike Lee (R-Utah) and Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) on a letter to 51 law firms detailing the possible antitrust violations the law firms’ clients may commit if they pursue Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) initiatives.
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Mature forests, grassland meadows, uninterrupted sandy beaches — these could be snapshots from a national wildlife refuge in the Mid-Atlantic region.
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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is listing the sickle darter as threatened under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). With this listing, the Service will also implement a 4(d) rule that will tailor take prohibitions for the conservation of the species.
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A team of state and federal scientists have discovered an area in northern Maine that is high in critical mineral resources, highlighting for the first time the importance of this region to the U.S. mineral resource economy.
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The U.S. Geological Survey announced today it has signed a cooperative agreement with the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, or MBARI, to develop portable robotic DNA samplers capable of independently monitoring for living threats in the rivers and streams without constant support from researchers.
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The Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement will recognize Navajo Transitional Energy Company LLC, of New Mexico, and Raven Crest Contracting LLC, of West Virginia, as the winners of its 2022 Excellence in Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Awards on November 10, in Washington DC.
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The pipe dreams of the Steinaker Service Canal in eastern Utah are finally coming true.
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Earthquakes are a fact of life in California, and at the B.F. Sisk Dam and San Luis Reservoir work is underway to ensure the continued viability and durability of the key resources, even when Mother Nature decides to shake things up.
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Foresight 30 years ago is today providing an option for a new source of water in the parched American West. Water scarcity across the West has been heightened with more than 20 years of a long-term drought.