News from July 2021
By DOE Newswire | Jul 13, 2021
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - Brian Vance, manager of the EM Office of River Protection and Richland Operations Office, recently hosted a roundtable discussion with tribal nations located near the Hanford Site to review the Department’s tribal government policy site implementation plans and discuss opportunities for strengthening tribal consultation.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 13, 2021
News Release: 13 members have been convicted and sentenced.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 13, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member of Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ), Dan Sullivan (R-AK), and Joe Manchin (D-WV) introduced the Federal Permitting Reform and Jobs Act, a bill to improve the federal permitting process for some of the largest infrastructure projects and build on efforts to update this process in 2015.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 13, 2021
News Release: DENVER - Fort Pierre, S.D. will be placed on probationary status by the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) on Oct. 14, 2021, due to deficiencies and violations with the city’s floodplain management program unless the city can either remediate all outstanding violations or prepare a compliance plan approved by FEMA.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 13, 2021
News Release: A father and son duo dealing methamphetamine and heroin around Mason City were convicted by a jury on July 9, 2021 after a three-day trial in federal court in Cedar Rapids.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 13, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - The Senate Finance Committee today voted to approve the nominations of Dr. Melanie Egorin to be the Assistant Secretary for Legislation at Health and Human Services (HHS) and Sarah Bianchi and Jayme White to be Deputy U.S. Trade Representatives. The nominations will head to the Senate floor for final confirmation.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 13, 2021
News Release: A Tulsa man pleaded guilty to two counts of child neglect in Indian Country after he left his two children unsupervised for more than four hours, at which time the children gained access to his parked vehicle and died due to extreme heat exposure, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 13, 2021
News Release: Earlier today, at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn, Joseph Miner was sentenced by United States District Judge William F. Kuntz, II, to 57 months’ imprisonment for purchasing an illegally defaced firearm in May 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 13, 2021
News Release: Audrey Strauss, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that PEDRO VICIOSO DE LIMA, a/k/a “Pep," a/k/a “Pepo," was sentenced today in Manhattan federal court to 180 months in prison for leading a drug trafficking organization (the “DTO") that was responsible for dealing...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 13, 2021
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Pennsylvania man who worked as a tax preparer in Newark was sentenced today to 18 months in prison for helping his clients file falsified tax returns that generated larger refunds, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 13, 2021
News Release: Audrey Strauss, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that STEPHEN M. CALK was convicted of financial institution bribery and conspiracy to commit financial institution bribery, for corruptly using his position as the head of a federally-insured bank to issue...
By DOE Newswire | Jul 13, 2021
News Release: PIKE COUNTY, Ohio - EM Acting Assistant Secretary William “Ike" White visited the Portsmouth Site last month to get a firsthand look at demolition and disposal progress as part of the ongoing decontamination and decommissioning of the site.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 13, 2021
News Release: FRANKFORT, Ky. - Kentucky homeowners, renters and business owners who had property damage or loss caused by the severe storms from Feb. 27 to March 14 may be eligible for federal disaster assistance. Less than two weeks remain to apply until the July 23 registration deadline.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 13, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C.--U.S. Senator Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Finance Committee, delivered the following remarks at an executive session to vote on nominations for Deputy U.S. Trade Representatives (USTR) and the Assistant Secretary for Legislation at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
By State Newswire | Jul 13, 2021
News Release: Remarks as delivered: In his address to the Joint Session of Congress in April, President Biden argued that the question of our time is whether democracy rather than autocracy is best poised to deliver for its citizens and to meet the major challenges of our time. And President Biden believes deeply,...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 13, 2021
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Passaic County man was sentenced today to 95 months in prison for coercion and enticement of a minor and for illegally re-entering the United States, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 13, 2021
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Louisiana announced today that defendant MARTHA BUEZO MARTINEZ (“MARTINEZ"), age 51, of Kenner, LA, was sentenced to four (4) years probation by the Honorable Susie Morgan for one count of failing to account for and pay over...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 13, 2021
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A former physician pleaded guilty today in federal court to drug diversion, health care fraud and money laundering charges associated with his suburban Pittsburgh holistic medical practice, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 13, 2021
News Release: CHEYENNE, Wyo. - The Bureau of Land Management will hold two Wyoming wild horse and burro adoption events in August featuring both untrained and trained horses.
By State Newswire | Jul 13, 2021
Release: Today, the United States of America and Republic of Ghana signed a Memorandum of Understanding Concerning Strategic Civil Nuclear Cooperation (NCMOU), which improves our cooperation on nuclear energy and strengthens our diplomatic and economic relationship.
