News published on Federal Newswire in February 2021

News from February 2021


News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - U.S. District Court Judge Pedro A. Delgado sentenced José L. Correa-Adorno, a/k/a “Taco" to a term of 240 months (20 years) in prison, to be served consecutively with a 52-year sentence imposed in State Court for robberies he committed, announced United States Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico W. Stephen Muldrow.


Completion of Waste Transporter System Marks Progress Toward Hanford Waste Treatment

News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - The final six of 43 specially-fabricated Immobilized Low-Activity Waste (ILAW) pallets arrived on the Hanford Site earlier this month. After planning, design, fabrication, and testing by EM Office of River Protection (ORP) tank operations contractor Washington River Protection Solutions...


Chair DeFazio Applauds Biden Administration for Rescinding Artificial Financing Barrier to Major Infrastructure Projects

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC- Today, Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) released the following statement after the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) rescinded guidance the Trump administration put in place in June 2018 regarding Capital Investment Grant (CIG) ...


News Release: Thanks Coloradans for the opportunity to serve.


North Dakota Man Charged with Possession of Firearm by Prohibited Person

News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Mandan, North Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person.


DRL – Promoting Investigative Journalism and Anti-Corruption Efforts in Pacific Island Countries

Release: United States Department of State. Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL). Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO):. DRL - Promoting Investigative Journalism and Anti-Corruption Efforts in Pacific Island Countries. This is the announcement of funding opportunity number SFOP0007603. Catalog of...


Release: QUESTION: This is All Things Considered from NPR News. I’m Ari Shapiro.


News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - EM and the management and operations contractor at the Savannah River Site (SRS) have made significant progress in decommissioning legacy facilities in an area of the site known as F Area.


Secretary Blinken’s Call with Iraqi Prime Minister al-Kadhimi

Release: The following is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.


Regenerative Grazing Benefits LM Site from the Ground Up

News Release: The sprawling, 1,527-acre Shirley Basin South, Wyoming, Disposal Site sits within rolling grassland and sagebrush steppe about 60 miles south of Casper. A uranium mill at the Shirley Basin site processed uranium ore from the 1960s to the 1980s, and a disposal cell on the site now safely encapsulates the radioactive tailings produced in the milling process, as well as contaminated soils and building materials from the old mill.


News Release: Eight individuals have been charged with running a complex identity theft ring, announced Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Prerak Shah.


News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Morris County, New Jersey man who is employed by a New Jersey elementary school and helps run a youth soccer club has been charged in connection with production, possession and mailing child pornography, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced today.


News Release: BOISE - Roberto Manuel Rojas, 31, of Caldwell, Idaho, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 262 months in federal prison for distribution of methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced today. Chief U.S. District Judge David C. Nye also ordered Rojas serve ten years of supervised release following his prison sentence. Rojas pleaded guilty to the charge on Sept. 2, 2020.


Biden Administration Announces Another Foreclosure Moratorium and Mortgage Forbearance Deadline Extension That Will Bring Relief to Rural Residents

News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced an extension of eviction and foreclosure moratoriums on USDA Single Family Housing Direct and Guaranteed loans through June 30, 2021. The actions announced today will bring relief to residents in rural America who have housing loans through USDA.


DRL: Supporting Transparency and Accountability in Sudan

Release: United States Department of State. Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL). Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO): DRL: Supporting Transparency and Accountability in Sudan. This is the announcement of funding opportunity number SFOP0007585. Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number: 19.345...


Release: United States Department of State. Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL). Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO): DRL: Reducing Corruption in Angola. This is the announcement of funding opportunity number SFOP0007581. Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number: 19.345. Type of Solicitation:...


Release: United States Department of State. Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL). Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO):. DRL - Promoting Investigative Journalism and Anti-Corruption Efforts in Pacific Island Countries. This is the announcement of funding opportunity number SFOP0007603. Catalog of...


Northampton County Man Sentenced to 4 ½ Years for Bilking Family, Friends & Fraternity Brothers out of Over $1 Million in Phony Stock Scheme

News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Robert McCabe, 76, of Bangor, PA, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Jeffrey L. Schmehl to four and a half years in prison, three years of supervised release, and ordered to pay $1,111,582 in restitution to more than 50 victims for defrauding them through an extensive fraudulent investment scheme.


Minnesota Man Pleads Guilty to Defrauding the United States in Paycheck Protection Program Scheme

News Release: Received Over $1.2 million from Loans through Banks in Northwest Iowa and Minnesota.


News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Andrew Murray, United States Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina (WDNC), announced today that he will be stepping down as U.S. Attorney, effective midnight on Sunday, Feb. 28, 2021. Upon Mr. Murray’s departure, First Assistant United States Attorney William (Bill) Stetzer will serve as Acting U.S. Attorney.