News from February 2021
By DOE Newswire | Feb 23, 2021
News Release: OAK RIDGE, Tenn. - DOE’s Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) and contractor UCOR have begun removing the two remaining structures at the former Radioisotope Development Lab at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL).
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2021
News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Richard G. Frohling of the Eastern District of Wisconsin joined Acting Assistant Attorney General Nicholas L. McQuaid of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and other federal officials in announcing that on Feb. 23, 2021, Thomas Smith (age: 46) of Pewaukee, Wisconsin...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2021
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ELIAS GUZMAN, also known as “Bebo" and “Fat Boy," 29, of Hartford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to 60 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for distributing fentanyl and crack cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2021
News Release: Audrey Strauss, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that PARKER H. PETIT, the former chief executive officer of MiMedx Group, Inc. (“MiMedx"), a publicly traded biopharmaceutical company, was sentenced today in Manhattan federal court to one year in prison for...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2021
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Ashley Nichole Bennett, of Buckhannon, West Virginia, has admitted today to a drug charge, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By State Newswire | Feb 23, 2021
Release: Around the world, corruption threatens security and stability, hinders economic growth, undermines democracy and human rights, destroys trust in public institutions, facilitates transnational crime, and siphons away public and private resources. The Biden Administration recognizes that we will only be...
By State Newswire | Feb 23, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Representatives Gregory W. Meeks, Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Michael McCaul, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Gerry Connolly and Adam Kinzinger, Co-Chairmen of the House of Representatives Georgia Caucus, issued the following joint statement in response to developments in the Republic of Georgia...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 23, 2021
News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau was presented the 2021 Making a Difference Award today at the Esri Federal GIS Conference.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2021
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - United States Attorney Mike Stuart announced that Robert Von Wilson, 24, of Ohio, was sentenced to 87 months in federal prison for possession with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine. Wilson participated in a conspiracy that saw large quantities of methamphetamine shipped from Akron, Ohio, and sold in Huntington.
By State Newswire | Feb 23, 2021
Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: I do indeed. And I just want to start, Director, by saying that was a remarkable tour and you got to do all the hard work since I got to actually sit here and watch you. But I can’t, first of all, believe the - all the ground you covered literally and figuratively. That was an extraordinary...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2021
News Release: Assailant Attacked Law Enforcement with Pole Displaying Marine Corps Flag In Effort To Halt Certification of Presidential Election.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 23, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Finance Committee, delivered the following remarks at a hearing to consider the nomination of Wally Adeyemo to serve as the Deputy Secretary of the Treasury.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2021
News Release: PIKEVILLE, Ky. - Two Lovely, Kentucky men, Sherman Jude, 73, and Johnathon Jude, 40, were sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Robert Wier, for violations of the Lacey Act, regarding ginseng purchases and required record keeping. Sherman Jude received two years of probation with a $30,000 fine. Johnathan Jude received one-year probation with a $1,500.00 fine.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 23, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY) delivered the following remarks at a hearing entitled, “Hearing to Consider the Nomination of the Honorable Debra Haaland to be the Secretary of the Interior."
By Interior Newswire | Feb 23, 2021
News Release: FALLS CHURCH, Va.-The Bureau of Land Management-Eastern States General Land Office will present at the upcoming Esri FedGIS and RootsTech conferences. The Esri FedGIS Conference is scheduled for Feb. 22-24 and RootsTech is scheduled for Feb. 25-27.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2021
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Melanie Thompson, 46, of Cattaraugus, NY, pleaded guilty to distribution of child pornography before U.S. District Judge John L. Sinatra, Jr. The charge carries a mandatory minimum penalty of five years in prison, a maximum of 20 years, and a $250,000 fine.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 23, 2021
News Release: In case you missed it, this op-ed by Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO) was published by the Washington Times. In it, Graves argues that Congress’ path to improving America’s infrastructure is through partnership - not partisanship - in stark contrast to the Majority’s highly partisan budget reconciliation process.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 23, 2021
News Release: Dear President Biden: We write to urge you to implement the proposed rule requiring that educational institutions participating in the Student and Exchange Visitor Program report on their contracts with Confucius Institutes. We also stand in support of our colleagues in the House, who have similarly...
By State Newswire | Feb 23, 2021
News Release: Washington, DC - House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul and Chairman Gregory W. Meeks, and Co-Chairmen of the House of Representatives Georgia Caucus Gerry Connolly and Adam Kinzinger released the following statement in response to developments in the Republic of Georgia.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2021
News Release: TYLER, Texas - A Tyler, Texas man has pleaded guilty to a federal firearms violation in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Acting United States Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei today.
