News from February 2021
By Commerce News Now | Feb 11, 2021
The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Feb. 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State Newswire | Feb 11, 2021
Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price:.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2021
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A resident of Erie, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 51 months of incarceration, two years supervised release, a $5,000 fine and ordered to make restitution in the amount of $1,696,210.63 on his conviction of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2021
News Release: Kansas City, Kansas - The Internal Revenue Service’s Criminal Investigation Division (IRS-CI) and the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Kansas reminded taxpayers today to file accurate tax returns and choose a tax preparer wisely. The nation’s tax season starts on Friday, Feb. 12, 2021, when the agency begins accepting and processing 2020 tax year returns.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2021
News Release: United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced the guilty plea and sentencing of GARRETT PATRICK ZIEGLER, 25, to 60 months in prison for aiding and abetting arson. ZIEGLER who also plead guilty today, was sentenced by Judge Susan Richard Nelson, in U.S. District Court, in St. Paul, Minnesota.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 11, 2021
News Release: St. John, USVI--- The National Park Service (NPS) today initiated the next phase of environmental site assessments at Caneel Bay Resort within Virgin Islands National Park. The assessment will identify the nature and extent of possible environmental contamination on the property, an important next step in determining the future of the resort.
By State Newswire | Feb 11, 2021
Release: United States Department of State. Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL). Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO): DRL Balkans Media and Civil Society. This is the announcement of funding opportunity number SFOP0007595. Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number: 19.345. Type of Solicitation:...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2021
News Release: By way of the Vacancy Reform Act Harrington begins service on March 1, 2021.
By State Newswire | Feb 11, 2021
Release: On Feb. 1, prior to the scheduled seating of Burma’s newly elected Parliament, the Burmese military detained a broad cross-section of civilian government leadership, including State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi and President Win Myint, civil society leaders, journalists, and human right activists.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2021
News Release: United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced the guilty plea and sentencing of GARRETT PATRICK ZIEGLER, 25, to 60 months in prison for aiding and abetting arson. ZIEGLER who also plead guilty today, was sentenced by Judge Susan Richard Nelson, in U.S. District Court, in St. Paul, Minnesota.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2021
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Columbus, Ohio, has plead guilty to one count in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on a charge of violating the federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2021
News Release: ABINGDON, Va.- A federal grand jury sitting in U.S. District Court in Abingdon, Virginia indicted five inmates incarcerated at United States Penitentiary- Lee County (USP Lee) for conspiring to murder a fellow inmate at the prison, Acting United States Attorney Daniel P. Bubar announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2021
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - A Ukrainian man was sentenced today to 87 months in prison and ordered to pay $98,751.64 in restitution after pleading guilty to committing wire fraud, stemming from his participation in a scheme to launder funds for Eastern European cybercriminals who hacked into and stole funds from online bank accounts of U.S. businesses.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 11, 2021
News Release: Did you know that women make up more than 20 percent of the cybersecurity workforce? While men still outnumber women in cybersecurity by three to one, more women are joining the field - and they’re pursuing top leadership roles.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 11, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $1.76 million CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant to Southwestern Intermediary Finance Team, Inc. (SWIFT), Weatherford, Oklahoma, to capitalize and administer a Revolving Loan Fund (RLF) that...
By DOE Newswire | Feb 11, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - In support of the Biden Administration’s climate innovation agenda, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced up to $100 million in funding for transformative clean energy technology research and development via its Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy’s (ARPA-E) OPEN...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2021
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Clairton, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of violating federal narcotics and health care laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2021
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and David Sundberg, Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, announced that CATHERINE FINKLE, 58, of East Haven, waived her right to be indicted and pleaded guilty today to one count of wire fraud related to her theft of more than $38,000 from East Haven’s Board of Education child care program.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2021
News Release: New Haven, CT - The U.S. Marshals are now offering a reward of up to $10,000 for information leading to the location and arrest of a Massachusetts man named as a-person-of-interest in the murder of a Yale student.
By State Newswire | Feb 11, 2021
Release: More information about Seychelles is available on the Seychelles Page and from other Department of State publications and other sources listed at the end of this fact sheet.
