News from August 2021
By US DOT Newswire | Aug 10, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) and Representative David McKinley (R-W.Va.) received a response from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on their request for the EPA to address the elevated levels of lead found in the drinking water of homes served by the Clarksburg Water System.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2021
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A Corpus Christi federal jury has convicted a 44-year-old man from Missouri City for smuggling illegal aliens in the tractor and cab of his truck, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 10, 2021
News Release: In compliance with a court order and consistent with its announcement in May, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) today indicated that it is reinitiating consideration of whether a proposed withdrawal of federal land from location and entry under the mining law to conserve priority greater sage-grouse...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2021
News Release: Seattle - A Washington State man was sentenced today to two years in prison for perpetrating a scheme to fraudulently obtain COVID-19 disaster relief loans guaranteed by the Small Business Administration (SBA) through the Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) and the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 10, 2021
News Release: Pea Ridge National Military Park Construction, Entrance Road and Parking Lot.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 10, 2021
News Release: ORLANDO, Fla. - FEMA has approved a grant of $1,362,920 for the City of Pinellas Park to provide emergency backup power for the Barbara S. Ponce Public Library and protection from wind at 16 of its public facilities during future storms.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 10, 2021
News Release: Middle Class Families Brace for President Biden’s Tax Hikes.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2021
News Release: Baltimore, MD - A 16-month investigation by the Baltimore OCDETF Strike Force into drug dealing in Baltimore has led to eleven alleged wholesale drug suppliers being charged in a federal indictment for conspiracy, drug distribution, and firearms charges. The indictment was returned under seal on July 29, 2021, and was unsealed upon the arrests of the defendants. Charged in the indictment are...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2021
News Release: Georgia Man Pleads Guilty in New York Federal Court on Charges Related to Ponzi and COVID-19 Fraud Schemes.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2021
News Release: McALLEN, Texas - A 31-year-old San Antonio resident has been ordered to federal prison for his role in a meth conspiracy, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 10, 2021
News Release: New Study Disproves Biden’s Claims on Tax Reform, Shows Tax Cuts Across the Board.
By US DOT Newswire | Aug 10, 2021
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By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2021
News Release: BUFFALO, NY--Christopher A. Parris, 41, formerly of Rochester, NY, and currently of Lawrenceville, Georgia, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to commit mail fraud related to a Ponzi scheme, as well as to wire fraud involving the fraudulent sale of purported N95 masks during the pandemic.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 10, 2021
News Release: Rohnert Park, Calif. and Point Reyes Station, Calif. - On Monday, August 9, 2021, a (235 KB PDF) was signed between the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria (Tribe) and the U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service (NPS), Interior Regions 8, 9, 10, and 12, which specifically includes the Point Reyes National Seashore and those sections of Marin County which are administrated by the Superintendent of Point Reyes National Seashore (PRNS).
By DOE Newswire | Aug 10, 2021
News Release: IDAHO FALLS, Idaho - An EM program at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Site has taken the “reduce, reuse, and recycle" concept to the next level by sending a legacy radioactive source to another DOE site for reuse.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2021
News Release: BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - A federal judge today sentenced a convicted felon on drug and gun charges, announced U.S. Attorney Prim F. Escalona and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Special Agent in Charge Mickey French.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 10, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C.--U.S. Senator Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, and U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Ranking Member of the Judiciary Committee, asked Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner Charles Rettig for an update on the recent major potential data leak at the IRS, questioning whether the IRS has fulfilled its legal requirements under the Federal Information Security Modernization Act (FISMA) of 2014.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 10, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Republican Leader Morgan Griffith (R-VA) sent a letter Monday to National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Francis Collins regarding the agency’s handling of sexual harassment complaints about an oncologist who served in leadership roles on NIH committees.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 10, 2021
News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - In just one month alone this year, EM ’s cleanup contractor at the Savannah River Site (SRS) provided education outreach to more than 25,000 students and 410 educators.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2021
News Release: MINNEAPOLIS - A Minneapolis man pleaded guilty today to seven violent armed robberies of Twin Cities businesses, announced Acting U.S. Attorney W. Anders Folk.
