News from August 2021
By John Kelly | Aug 24, 2021
In an August 18 press release from the Department of Interior, the White House announced its intention to nominate Charles F. “Chuck” Sams III as director of the National Park Service
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2021
News Release: SAVANNAH, GA: An Effingham County resident has been sentenced to federal prison after admitting he aimed a powerful laser at commercial aircraft.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 24, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON-U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, released the following statement after the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) published its long-awaited final rule making contract producers of livestock and poultry eligible for assistance under the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP) 2.
By Karla Florez | Aug 24, 2021
The Bureau of Land Management has organized a meeting to discuss Magic Energy LLC’s business plan to construct, operate, maintain and decommission its Lava Ridge Wind Project.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2021
News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa. - A resident of Fort Mill, South Carolina, was sentenced in federal court for conspiracy to defraud the Pennsylvania Medicaid program and health care fraud, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced today.
By Bree Gonzales | Aug 24, 2021
The National Park Services (NPS) is celebrating its 105th birthday on Aug. 25, and admission to the national parks on Wednesday is free.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 24, 2021
Release: MILWAUKEE - Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers prevented another handgun from making its way onboard an airplane at Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport (MKE) Sunday.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2021
News Release: Leonard C Boyle, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JOVON GAMBLE, 40, of East Haven, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to three years of probation, the first three months of which Gamble must spend in home confinement, for stealing Social Security benefits.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 24, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (ENR), along with Sens. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Steve Daines (R-MT), John Hoeven (R-ND), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS), and James Lankford (R-OK) sent a letter to President Joe Biden demanding to know why his administration is favoring foreign sources of oil over American oil.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 24, 2021
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture the follow activity.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 24, 2021
News Release: Experience National Parks Through the Lens of Youth, a photography exhibit by local high school students, is on view at the White House Visitor Center Aug. 28 through Sept. 13. The National Park Service (NPS) at President’s Park invites you to see DC-area national parks through the eyes of 20 high school...
By USDA Newswire | Aug 24, 2021
News Release: Washington -The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is updating the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 2 (CFAP 2) for contract producers of eligible livestock and poultry and producers of specialty crops and other sales-based commodities. CFAP 2, which assists producers who faced market disruptions...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2021
News Release: Spokane - Joseph H. Harrington, Acting United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that Bruce Warren Sampson, Jr., age 38, of Toppenish, Washington, was sentenced today after having been found guilty on May 6, 2021, of assault with a dangerous weapon and assault resulting...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2021
News Release: McALLEN, Texas - A 26-year-old local man has been ordered to federal prison for bank robbery, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 24, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following remarks on the House Floor today in support of passing the budget resolution that will allow congressional committees to begin work on the Build Back Better Act...
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 24, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI) and Rob Portman (R-OH), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, applauded the House passage of their bipartisan bill, the Congressional Budget Justification Transparency Act, to help make information about...
By EPA Newswire | Aug 24, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released the following statement about the budget resolution that passed the House today...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2021
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - A federal jury convicted a former Norfolk City Sheriff today on eleven counts, including conspiracy to commit honest services mail fraud, honest services mail fraud, conspiracy to obtain property under color of official right, obtaining property under color of official right, and conspiracy to commit money laundering.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 24, 2021
News Release: The 2021 World War II Weekend at Eisenhower National Historic Site will be a hybrid event that will include in-person and virtual programming. These programs will take place from Friday, September 17 through Sunday, September 19.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2021
News Release: Greeneville, Tenn. - On Aug. 23, 2021, Harold Vernon Smith, currently of Bulls Gap, Tennessee, was sentenced to serve 235 months in prison by the Honorable J. Ronnie Greer in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee at Greeneville. In March of 2021, Smith was convicted after a jury trial of being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition in violation of U.S.C. §92(g)(1).
