News from February 2021
By USDA Newswire | Feb 4, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, Feb. 4, 2021 — The U.S. Department of Agriculture today announced the names of individuals who will hold senior staff positions in Washington, D.C.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2021
News Release: A Louisiana tax return preparer was sentenced to 24 months in prison today for conspiring to defraud the United States, announced Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Louisiana.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2021
News Release: A Pennsylvania man was sentenced today to over 15 years in prison plus a lifetime of supervised release, and ordered to pay $16,000 in restitution for engaging in illicit sexual conduct in a foreign place.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2021
News Release: The Justice Department today announced that it reached a settlement agreement with Service Minds Inc., dba Mister Sparky (Service Minds), a company that provides contract electrical services to residential customers in Florida and Alabama. The settlement resolves a claim that the company retaliated against ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2021
News Release: An Iowa woman pleaded guilty today for unlawfully using a former Department of Justice contractor’s government computer to access government records and to obtain sensitive, non-public law enforcement information, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Nicholas L. McQuaid of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2021
News Release: A Florida businesswoman has agreed to resolve criminal charges and civil claims arising out of false claims to the United States for braces and other durable medical equipment (DME), the Justice Department announced today. Kelly Wolfe, of Indian Rocks Beach, Florida, has pleaded guilty to conspiracy ...
By Fed Newswire | Feb 4, 2021
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday announced the termination of the enforcement action listed below: Santander Holdings USA, Inc., Boston, Massachusetts and Santander Consumer USA, Inc., Dallas, Texas Written Agreement dated March 21, 2017 (PDF) Terminated Feb. 2, 2021 Additional enforcement actions can be searched for here.
By State Newswire | Feb 4, 2021
News Release: The text of the following statement was released by United States Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken and French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian on the occasion of the six-month anniversary of the Port of Beirut incident.
By State Newswire | Feb 4, 2021
News Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken spoke today with Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and emphasized the importance of the U.S.-Ethiopia bilateral relationship. Secretary Blinken expressed our grave concern about the humanitarian crisis in the ...
By State Newswire | Feb 4, 2021
News Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken spoke with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov today. Secretary Blinken and Minister Lavrov discussed the New START extension and the need for new arms control that addresses all of Russia’s nuclear weapons and ...
By State Newswire | Feb 4, 2021
News Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Thank you. Good afternoon. It is my great pleasure to welcome to the State Department for the very first time President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris. This is a particularly proud day for me. I know it’s a proud day for everyone here at State.
By State Newswire | Feb 4, 2021
News Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good afternoon. Today I get to say something that brings me tremendous happiness: President Biden, Vice President Harris, welcome to the State Department.
By State Newswire | Feb 4, 2021
News Release: The United States condemns the heinous assassination of prominent Lebanese activist Lokman Slim in Southern Lebanon. We join the international community in calling for his killers to be brought to swift justice. Mr. Slim devoted his life to bringing about positive change in Lebanon and bravely pushed ...
By State Newswire | Feb 4, 2021
News Release: The United States welcomes the verdict in the case against former Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) commander, Dominic Ongwen, for war crimes and crimes against humanity by the International Criminal Court (ICC). This is a significant step for justice and accountability for atrocities committed by the LRA. We hope that this verdict brings some measure of peace to the many victims.
By State Newswire | Feb 4, 2021
News Release: The United States had no involvement in the 2016 attempted coup in Turkey and promptly condemned it. Recent assertions to the contrary made by senior Turkish officials are wholly false.
By State Newswire | Feb 4, 2021
News Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken spoke today with Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh. Secretary Blinken and DPM/FM Minh celebrated the remarkable progress in the bilateral relationship over the past 25 years of ...
By State Newswire | Feb 4, 2021
News Release: President Biden’s Executive Order sends a message loud and clear: refugees are welcome in the United States of America. Today, the United States is recommitting to treating all individuals applying for U.S. refugee programs with dignity and respect, and free from discrimination. I look forward to implementing ...
By State Newswire | Feb 4, 2021
News Release: Today, President Biden signed a Presidential Memorandum directing all U.S. government departments and agencies engaged abroad to ensure that U.S. diplomacy and foreign assistance promote and protect the human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and intersex (LGBTQI+) persons around the world.
By DOE Gazette | Feb 4, 2021
The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Feb. 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | Feb 4, 2021
The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Feb. 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.