News from January 2021
By State Newswire | Jan 20, 2021
Release: More information about Bangladesh is available on the Bangladesh Page, U.S. Department of State publications, and other sources listed at the end of this fact sheet.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 20, 2021
Release: Washington, D.C. – The Department of Energy announced the recipients of the Secretary’s Honor Awards today, which recognize DOE employees and contractors for their service and contributions to the Department’s mission and the benefit of the Nation.
By State Newswire | Jan 20, 2021
News Release: Dr. Jung H. Pak is a Deputy Assistant Secretary for Multilateral Affairs and Global China issues and she also serves as Deputy Special Representative for the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK). Prior to arriving at State, she was a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, where she focused...
By State Newswire | Jan 20, 2021
Release: This is a set of recommendations for companies to strengthen respect for women’s rights while addressing adverse risks to businesses in their supply chains. Empowering women and girls is the best way to achieve positive economic and inclusive social development outcomes. Companies have important roles in addressing the unique risks and challenges women face within complex supply chains.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 20, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - A Lawrence man and a Methuen man were indicted yesterday by a federal grand jury in connection with a scheme involving the use of stolen identities to fraudulently obtain Economic Injury Disaster Loans from the Small Business Administration (SBA) and to launder the funds.
By State Newswire | Jan 20, 2021
Release: The United States is committed to strengthening allies and partners worldwide to meet their sovereign self-defense needs and to improve their capabilities to operate with U.S. forces to address shared security challenges. The U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Political-Military Affairs oversees most...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 20, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - A Braintree man was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for conspiracy to distribute fentanyl and carfentanil.
By State Newswire | Jan 20, 2021
Release: More information about Kazakhstan is available on the Kazakhstan Page and from other Department of State publications and other sources listed at the end of this fact sheet.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 19, 2021
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A former California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitations (CDCR) correctional officer pleaded guilty today to submitting a false report in connection with a federal civil rights investigation, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 19, 2021
News Release: Contact: Jeff Olson. Edit: a new, in-depth Resist-Accept-Direct page with additional resources has been created. The National Park Service and several federal land management agency partners recently published a report titled Resist-Accept-Direct (RAD)-A Decision Framework for the 21st-century Natural...
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 19, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $1.18 million CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant to the city of West Wendover, Nevada, to develop infrastructure to diversify and strengthen the local economy...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 19, 2021
News Release: U.S. Army Private First Class Cole James Bridges Provided Tactical Guidance in Attempt to Help ISIS to Attack U.S. Forces in the Middle East.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 19, 2021
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - On Jan. 11, the United States received a $1 million payment as part of a settlement reached in a fraudulent transfer action brought by the Department of Justice, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 19, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - As emergency communications technologies adapt to an increasingly interconnected nation, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) today announced it awarded more than $1.5 million to develop an Alerts, Warnings, and Notifications (AWN) Guidance Tool.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 19, 2021
News Release: EM joined other government organizations and stakeholders from the United States, the United Kingdom, and Canada to discuss different types of in situ decommissioning (ISD) and “ISD-like" remediation and decommissioning strategies, and to better define how these approaches relate to one another, to relevant regulations, and to international frameworks.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 19, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $3.4 million grant to the Chippewa County Economic Development Corporation, Kincheloe, Michigan, to build a manufacturing facility at Chippewa County Air/Industrial Park and expand an existing railroad spur to serve the facility. The EDA grant will be matched with $842,310 in local funds.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 19, 2021
News Release: (Washington, D.C., Jan. 19, 2021) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue issued the following statement after signing a Memorandum of Understanding with the Assistant Secretary for Health and Head of the Public Health Service Admiral Brett Giroir, M.D., establishing a regulatory environment ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 19, 2021
News Release: Click to view video. Tomorrow, the Nation and the world will witness an orderly and peaceful transfer of power in the United States, as the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court swears in President-Elect Biden. Throughout our Nation’s proud history, this ceremony has served as a beacon of democracy and a testament to the enduring strength of our Constitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 19, 2021
News Release: A criminal complaint was unsealed today in federal court in Brooklyn charging Kaveh Lotfolah Afrasiabi, also known as Lotfolah Kaveh Afrasiabi, with acting and conspiring to act as an unregistered agent of the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran, in violation of the Foreign Agents Registration ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 19, 2021
News Release: On Jan. 15, 2021, a federal court issued a preliminary injunction in favor of the United States and against Jeffrey and Lauren Lowe, Greater Wynnewood Exotic Animal Park LLC, and Tiger King LLC based on claimed violations of the Endangered Species Act and the Animal Welfare Act. U.S. District Court Judge ...
