News from January 2021
By DOL Newswire | Jan 11, 2021
News Release: Dear Secretary Azar: We write to you with concerns about significant challenges in COVID-19 vaccine distribution and administration across the country and to outline key actions the Trump Administration should have taken-and must now take-to address these challenges. With our health system and economy...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2021
News Release: SCRANTON-The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Eddie Pace, age 46, of Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, was sentenced to 114 months’ imprisonment followed by eight years on supervised release on January 8, 2020, by U.S. District Court Judge Malachy E. Mannion, for drug trafficking. The sentence consists of 102 months’ imprisonment for conspiracy and 12 months’ imprisonment for violating supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2021
News Release: HAMMOND- Varnell Dixon, 24, of Gary, Indiana, was sentenced by Judge James T. Moody to 60 months imprisonment following his guilty plea to possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Bell.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 11, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) joins the nation in honoring National Human Trafficking Awareness Month to bring attention to the international crime and the work of law enforcement to deter human trafficking, bring traffickers to justice and to assist victims. Human trafficking centers on exploitation and is considered a form of modern slavery.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 11, 2021
News Release: TWIN FALLS, Idaho - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Burley Field Office will implement the annual seasonal motorized use closure in the South Hills area from Jan. 16 to March 15 to prevent resource damage and protect critical mule deer winter range and sage-grouse habitat. The closure may be extended if road or weather conditions warrant. The area is still open to the public for nonmotorized use.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 11, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Mike Doyle (D-PA), and Representative Jerry McNerney (D-CA) sent letters today to nine internet service providers (ISPs) questioning their commitment to consumers amid ISPs raising prices and imposing data caps during the COVID-19 pandemic.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2021
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.-A Beavercreek, Oregon man has been arrested and charged for discharging a firearm into the Hatfield Federal Courthouse on January 8, 2021, announced U.S. Attorney Billy J. Williams.
By State Newswire | Jan 11, 2021
Release: United States Department of State. Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL). Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO): DRL FY20 IRF: Advocacy to Preserve Cultural Heritage in Africa. This is the announcement of funding opportunity number SFOP0007534. Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number:...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 11, 2021
News Release: ST. GEORGE, Utah - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) today announced it has approved a proposal to expand visitor access to the world-famous geologic feature known as the Wave, located in the Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness on the Arizona Strip. Under the new decision, the number of hiking...
By EPA Newswire | Jan 11, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Mike Doyle (D-PA), and Representative Jerry McNerney (D-CA) sent letters today to nine internet service providers (ISPs) questioning their commitment to consumers amid ISPs raising prices and imposing data caps during the COVID-19 pandemic.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 11, 2021
News Release: TAOS, N.M. - The Bureau of Land Management Taos Field Office has temporarily closed access to the Santa Cruz Lake Recreation Area due to winter weather conditions and public safety concerns. The lake is currently covered in a sheet of ice and may be dangerous to the public if they visit the area. The BLM will continue to assess the area and will notify the public when conditions allow the reopening for public use.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 11, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Mike Doyle (D-PA), and Representative Jerry McNerney (D-CA) sent letters today to nine internet service providers (ISPs) questioning their commitment to consumers amid ISPs raising prices and imposing data caps during the COVID-19 pandemic.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 11, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON- U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow, Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, today joined leading agriculture and worker advocates to urge the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to implement the bipartisan worker protection provisions in the COVID-19 ...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 11, 2021
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M, - Beginning Jan. 11, the Bureau of Land Management plans to implement four prescribed fire projects this winter and spring. The exact timing of implementation will largely depend upon weather conditions. Details on each project follow:.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2021
News Release: Records show he sold five ventilators on eBay - more than $100,000 in equipment stolen from VA medical facilities.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 11, 2021
Release: LA CROSSE, Wis. - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has completed installation of new acrylic barriers at security checkpoints throughout La Crosse Regional Airport (LSE) in the agency’s ongoing efforts to contain the spread of COVID-19.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 11, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, the Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, sent a letter calling on acting Customs and Border Protection (CBP) head Mark Morgan to fully comply with the Committee’s subpoena for documents relating to dozens of employees who participated...
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 11, 2021
News Release: OCALA, Florida - ICE’s Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Orlando office seized an aircraft Dec. 18, 2020, as part of an investigation stemming from a fraudulent passport application that also exposed a criminal fugitive who had been on the run for 35 years.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 11, 2021
Release: Washington, D.C., Jan. 11, 2021 -- The United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Veterinary Services Laboratories (NVSL) today announced confirmation of SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes COVID-19) in three gorillas at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park in California. These are the first gorillas in the United States to be confirmed positive for SARS-CoV-2.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2021
News Release: BLUEFIELD, W.Va. - United States Attorney Mike Stuart announced today that Randall Lee Peggs, also known as “Randy Peggs," 57, of Wheeling, was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for conspiracy to produce child pornography. Upon completion of his prison sentence, the defendant will serve a 20 year...
