News from April 2021
By State Newswire | Apr 20, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), ranking member and chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), chair of the Subcommittee on Europe and Regional Security Cooperation, today sent a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2021
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Camden County, New Jersey, man was arrested by federal agents today on charges of wire fraud, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 20, 2021
News Release: Ms. Wahleah Johns, Senior Advisor and Acting Director of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Indian Energy, and Mr. Jigar Shah, Executive Director of the DOE Loan Programs Office, will host a 2-hour virtual roundtable discussion session on funding and financing tribal energy projects on Wednesday, May 5, 2021, from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time (ET).
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2021
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of violating federal narcotics and firearms laws, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced today.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 20, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Finance Committee, delivered the following remarks at a hearing entitled, “Combatting Inequality: The Tax Code and Racial, Ethnic, and Gender Disparities.".
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2021
News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - Donald Hugh Nichols, 62, of Coolidge, Arizona, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Cindy K. Jorgenson to 41 months in prison. Nichols previously pleaded guilty to wire fraud.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 20, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced it will work with 11 remote and island communities around the United States and provide federal assistance to bolster their energy infrastructure, reduce the risk of outages, and improve their future energy and economic outlook. Due...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2021
News Release: Defendant found guilty of falsifying the vessel’s Oil Record Book and obstruction of justice.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 20, 2021
News Release: PARIS, IL - On Nov. 14, 2020, a master maintenance technician for a central Illinois lighting manufacturer suffered severe facial burns when pressurized material in a plastic molding machine exploded.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Associates, Inc., and the Foundation of the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Inc. (collectively “Massachusetts Eye and Ear") have agreed to pay $2.678 million to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2021
News Release: PITTSBURGH - Three brothers residing in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of conspiracy to commit an offense against the United States, United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced today.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 20, 2021
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - EM Richland Operations Office (RL) contractors Central Plateau Cleanup Company (CPCCo) and Hanford Mission Integration Solutions (HMIS) recently teamed up to dive into some inspection and maintenance activities that were anything but routine.
By State Newswire | Apr 20, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement on yesterday’s agreement between the Georgian government and opposition party leaders to end a political deadlock following last October’s national election:
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 20, 2021
News Release: Natural outbreaks of the Ebola virus, while severe, are typically isolated and usually affect no more than a few hundred people at a time. However, from 2014-2016, infections from this deadly virus caused more than 11,000 deaths in West Africa. During this time, several cases of Ebola virus disease were...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) delivered the following opening remarks, as prepared, during the markup of H.R. 704, the Artistic Recognition for Talented Students (ARTS) Act...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 20, 2021
News Release: BEAUFORT, NC - In consultation with the Town of Beaufort, due to park staffing limitations during the COVID-19 pandemic, the National Park Service’s Beaufort Visitor Information Center will now be open Thursdays - Sundays, from 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., beginning April 20th, 2021.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 20, 2021
News Release: In the spirit of this year’s Earth Day theme “Restore our Earth," NOAA and partners are beginning a three-year effort to outplant more than 60,000 fragments of nursery-raised coral at Eastern Dry Rocks Sanctuary Preservation Area off the coast of Key West, Florida. This is the first large-scale endeavor dedicated to Mission: Iconic Reefs, the unprecedented effort to restore seven coral reefs within Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 20, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - As part of the Biden Administration's effort to safeguard U.S. critical infrastructure from persistent and sophisticated threats, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) launched an initiative to enhance the cybersecurity of electric utilities’ industrial control systems (ICS) and secure...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 20, 2021
News Release: CAÑON CITY, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management Royal Gorge Field Office is looking to hear from the public before undertaking a planning effort to improve travel and camping on BLM-managed lands in Chaffee County. A public input period begins today and will continue through May 20.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) delivered the following opening remarks, as prepared, during the markup of H.R. 2453, the Driving for Opportunity Act of 2021...
