News from February 2021
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 18, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, today announced the following Republican staff hires for the committee...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 18, 2021
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.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 18, 2021
News Release: To commemorate Black History Month, Gettysburg National Military Park and Eisenhower National Historic Site are highlighting history associated with the African American experience in Gettysburg.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 18, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Mike Doyle (D-PA), and Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Chair Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) announced today that the Communications and Technology Subcommittee and the Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee will hold a fully remote joint hearing on Thursday, March 25, on misinformation and disinformation plaguing online platforms.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 18, 2021
News Release: ELY, Nev. - The Bureau of Land Management’s Caliente and Cedar City field offices concluded the Eagle Complex wild horse gather on Feb. 16, 2021. The BLM gathered 1,074 excess wild horses from in and around the Chokecherry, Eagle, and Mt. Elinore Herd Management Areas (HMAs) located in Lincoln County, Nevada, and Beaver and Iron counties, Utah. The BLM treated 50 mares with the fertility control vaccine GonaCon-Equine and released them back into the Eagle HMA.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 18, 2021
News Release: Washington, DC - Rep. Michael Burgess (R-TX) delivered opening remarks at today’s Energy Subcommittee hearing entitled, “A Smarter Investment: Pathways to a Clean Energy Future."
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 18, 2021
Release: Thank you. It’s a pleasure to join you. I do want to recognize Chairman Ryan and Ranking Member Herrera- Beutler. Looking at what you’ve done in the past, it didn’t take the chaos of January 6 or an insurrection for you to understand the needs of, whether it is Members, or Capitol Hill police, or employees...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 18, 2021
News Release: A Tulsa woman pleaded guilty today in federal court for her role in robbing a man at gunpoint at a local hotel, announced U.S. Attorney Trent Shores.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 17, 2021
News Release: Mount Rainier National Park will offer online trip planning and reservations on Recreation.gov for the June 1 through Sept. 20, 2021 peak hiking season. Visitors will have the opportunity to see real-time site availability and secure definitive backcountry trips for the popular Wonderland Trail and...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 17, 2021
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Arthur Gibson, age 48, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on Feb. 16, 2021, to 18 months’ imprisonment followed by three years of supervised release, by Chief U.S. District Court Judge John E. Jones III, for stealing government property.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, Feb. 17, 2021 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) reminds rural communities, farmers and ranchers, families and small businesses affected by the recent winter storms that USDA has programs that provide assistance. USDA staff in the regional, state and county offices are prepared with a variety of program flexibilities and other assistance to residents, agricultural producers and impacted communities.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 17, 2021
News Release: USDA Deploys 301 Disaster, Public Health Specialists to Assist with Federal Response WASHINGTON, Feb. 17, 2021 — In January 2021, President Biden released the National Strategy for the COVID-19 Response and Pandemic Preparedness. The plan is driven by science, data, and public health to improve the effectiveness of our nation’s fight against COVID-19 and to restore trust, accountability and a sense of common purpose in our response to the pandemic.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 17, 2021
News Release: ------------------------------- Note: Audio and Transcript of the Feb. 17, 2021 press call is available on our videos page.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 17, 2021
News Release: Today, the Justice Department is announcing charges following a significant national security cyber investigation first disclosed publicly more than two years ago.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 17, 2021
News Release: Three Japanese nationals, including the president and chief executive officer of Yokohama, Japan-based Kanto Kosan Co. Ltd. (Kanto Kosan) were indicted by a federal grand jury Tuesday in connection with an alleged long-running scheme to defraud the U.S. Navy and pollute Japanese waters by dumping contaminated water removed from U.S. Navy ships into the ocean.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 17, 2021
News Release: A former subcontractor for the U.S. Marines Corps was sentenced today to 18 months in prison for destroying records in connection with a federal investigation of bribery and procurement fraud at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune (MCBCL), located in Jacksonville, North Carolina, announced Acting Assistant ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 17, 2021
News Release: COLAS Djibouti SARL (Colas Djibouti) has agreed to resolve for $3.9 million civil allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by selling substandard concrete used to construct U.S. Navy airfields in the Republic of Djibouti, the Department of Justice announced today. Colas Djibouti, a French limited ...
By Fed Newswire | Feb 17, 2021
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board and the Federal Open Market Committee on Wednesday released the attached minutes of the Committee meeting held on January 26-27, 2021.
By State Newswire | Feb 17, 2021
News Release: On behalf of the Government of the United States of America, I congratulate Kosovo as it celebrates its thirteenth anniversary as a sovereign, independent state.
By State Newswire | Feb 17, 2021
News Release: FOREIGN SECRETARY RAAB: Thank you, Your Excellency Mr. Jerandi, for your contribution. And I now give the floor to His Excellency Mr. Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State for the United States. Over to you, sir.
