News from December 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2021
News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Michael J. Driscoll, Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), announced the arrest today of NICKOLAS SHARP for secretly stealing gigabytes of confidential...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2021
News Release: Conspired to Conceal Income and Evade Employment Tax Obligations.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 1, 2021
News Release: HONOLULU - The National Park Service (NPS), Navy Region Hawaii, with the support of Pacific Historic Parks are hosting a series of events December 5 through December 9 as part of the 80th National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day Commemoration to honor the 2,390 American lives lost during the attack on Pearl Harbor and the island of O`ahu on December 7, 1941.
By State Newswire | Dec 1, 2021
There were 42 press releases or notices published by the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs in November 2021.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 1, 2021
Release: The Government of Colombia has asked USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) to authorize importation of yellow dragon fruit (Selenicereus megalanthus) for consumption into the United States. APHIS has drafted a pest risk assessment that describes potential pests associated with the ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) led the House of Representatives in passing H.R. 5720, the Courthouse Ethics and Transparency Act of 2021, legislation introduced by Representative Deborah Ross (D-NC) that addresses an alarming lack of transparency in ...
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 1, 2021
There were 10 press releases published by the U.S. Economic Development Administration in November 2021.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2021
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A Pennsylvania man was sentenced today to 18 months in prison for securing a federal guarantee on certain loans by making false statements to the Small Business Administration (SBA) about the creditworthiness of those loans while serving as the chief lending officer of a New Jersey bank, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Statistics today released Mortality in State and Federal Prisons, 2001-2019 - Statistical Tables and Mortality in Local Jails, 2000-2019 - Statistical Tables. These two reports present detailed statistical tables on mortality in state and federal...
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 1, 2021
News Release: Hartford, Conn.- A FEMA Disaster Recovery Center (DRC) in Darien (Fairfield County) will open at 8 a.m. Dec. 2, to help Connecticut residents affected by the remnants of Hurricane Ida.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 1, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, Dec. 1, 2021 - United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists and collaborators confirmed the presence of a newly described Eriophyid mite, a potential biological control agent for the invasive tree-of-heaven, in France.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 1, 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), and ENR Chairman Joe Manchin (D-WV) introduced the Outdoor Recreation Act. This bipartisan legislation will increase and improve outdoor recreation opportunities in Wyoming and across the nation, while improving infrastructure and driving economic growth in rural communities.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2021
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that on Nov. 30, 2021, Luis Mercado, age 44, of Lebanon, Pennsylvania, pled guilty before U.S. District Court Judge Sylvia H. Rambo, to wire fraud for fraudulently claiming pandemic unemployment assistance funds.
By State Newswire | Dec 1, 2021
News Release: On behalf of the United States of America, I congratulate the Romanian people as you celebrate Great Union Day, the anniversary of the unification of your country.
By Fed Newswire | Dec 1, 2021
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Friday announced the termination of the enforcement action listed below: UBS AG, Zurich, Switzerland and UBS AG Stamford Branch, Stamford, Connecticut Cease and Desist Order, dated May 20, 2015 (PDF) Terminated Sept. 23, 2021 Additional enforcement actions can be searched for here.
By Karen Kidd | Dec 1, 2021
The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee is scheduled to meet Thursday, Dec. 2, to consider two U.S. Department of Labor nominees
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2021
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that a federal jury has convicted George H. Moses, 52, of Rochester, NY, on 28 of 29 counts for his role in defrauding three nonprofit organizations; Rochester Housing Charities (RHC), which provides housing to the elderly and disabled; the...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2021
News Release: DENVER - Today, the Drug Enforcement Administration’s Denver Field Division, alongside Rocky Mountain HIDTA and the 18th Judicial District, announced the indictment of 19 individuals and arrest of 10 individuals as a part of an investigation into a poly-drug trafficking organization operating in the greater Denver area of Colorado.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 1, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) sent a letter to President Joe Biden, U.S. Department of State Secretary Antony Blinken, and U.S. Department of Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin demanding the Administration preserve all documents and communications...
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 1, 2021
Release: SYRACUSE, N.Y. - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is offering a $2,000 hiring bonus to individuals who become TSA officers at Syracuse Hancock International Airport. The new hires will receive $1,000 upon starting and another $1,000 at their one-year anniversary. Due to the tight employment market in the Syracuse area, new hires also are currently receiving a 10 percent retention incentive on top of their hourly pay.
