News from April 2021
By DOL Newswire | Apr 20, 2021
News Release: Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement after the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced the extension of school nutrition program waivers nationwide through the 2021-2022 academic year due to the COVID-19 pandemic...
By State Newswire | Apr 20, 2021
Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price:.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2021
News Release: Defendants and Co-Conspirators Allegedly Created Duplicate Keys to Steal Cash and Valuables from Safe Deposit Boxes.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2021
News Release: RIVERSIDE, California - Stronghold Engineering, Inc. (SEI) and its owners have paid the United States $2.5 million to resolve criminal and civil investigations into allegations the firm violated federal law through its involvement in federal government construction contracts obtained by a related company under a government program designated for small businesses owned by service-disabled veterans.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2021
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Timothy M. O’Shea, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Martin Curlee, 39, La Crosse, Wisconsin, was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge James Peterson to 51 months in federal prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm. Curlee pleaded guilty to this charge on January 7, 2021.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2021
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - Two defendants pleaded guilty to federal drug charges today before United States District Judge Robert C. Chambers.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 20, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the Government Operations Subcommittee held a hearing on the Federal Offices of Inspector Generals. In his opening statement, Subcommittee on Government Operations Ranking Member Jody Hice (R-Ga.) voiced concerns that the lack of appropriate staffing makes it impossible for inspectors general to serve their purpose.
By State Newswire | Apr 20, 2021
Release: On behalf of the United States, we offer the people of Chad our sincere condolences as they mourn the passing of President Idriss Deby Itno.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 20, 2021
News Release: Martinez, CA - The National Park Service is holding a virtual celebration to announce the site opening of the Strentzel/Muir gravesite following recent renovations. This event will take place virtually on Wednesday, April 21, 2021. This will mark the first time in the park's history and regular access...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 20, 2021
News Release: BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK, TEXAS - With the 1341 acre South Rim Fire at 80% containment and no longer deemed a threat to developed areas, the National Park Service (NPS) has scheduled the reopening of the park’s popular Chisos Basin on Friday, April 23rd at 11:00 AM. Visitors will once again be able to...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2021
News Release: Miami, Florida - A Palm Beach County man appeared on Thursday, April 15, 2021, before Federal Magistrate Judge William Matthewman in West Palm Beach to face an indictment charging him with two counts of filing a false individual tax return for tax years 2014 and 2015; and one count of failing to file an individual tax return for tax year 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2021
News Release: BOWLING GREEN, KY. - Chief United States District Judge Greg Stivers yesterday sentenced Kenneth S. Embry, age 34, to 120 months’ imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, announced Michael A. Bennett, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Kentucky. Embry pled guilty...
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 20, 2021
Release: Congressman Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Chair of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Subcommittee, delivered the following remarks at the Subcommittee's hearing on the USDA's Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 20, 2021
News Release: CARLSBAD, N.M. - The Waste Isolation Pilot Plant ’s (WIPP) commitment to its mission includes a move to low-emission and battery-electric vehicles in its underground repository.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2021
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Philadelphia man today admitted his role in a conspiracy to smuggle more than $200,000 worth of firearms parts out of the United States, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2021
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LA - JUDE LEBOEUF, age 24, a resident of Houma, with previous felony convictions, was charged on April 16, 2021 in a one-count indictment by a Federal Grand Jury for possessing a firearm and ammunition while being a convicted felon, announced U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2021
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Mary S. Scriven today sentenced Kris Ralf Salvi (27, Tampa) to three years and four months in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute fentanyl.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 20, 2021
News Release: Washington D.C. -Today, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Government Operations, held a hybrid hearing to examine the importance of objective and impartial inspectors general (IGs), ways to strengthen their independence, and the tools they need to provide effective oversight of both their agencies and themselves.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2021
News Release: Perez-Mercado received more than 10 pounds of meth from Mexico for redistribution in the Wright County area.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 20, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Chair Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) announced today that the Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee will hold a fully remote legislative hearing on Tuesday, April 27, at 1 p.m. (EDT). The hearing is entitled, “The Consumer Protection and Recovery Act: Returning Money to Defrauded Consumers."
