News from July 2021
By State Newswire | Jul 13, 2021
Release: Today the U.S. Department of State, alongside the U.S. Department of the Treasury, the U.S. Department of Commerce, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, and the U.S. Department of Labor issued an updated Xinjiang Supply Chain Business Advisory to highlight...
By DOE Newswire | Jul 13, 2021
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - The EM Hanford Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant team recently finished startup testing for the Low-Activity Waste (LAW) Facility 's uninterruptable electrical power system (UPS), one of the plant's vital safeguards in the unlikely event of a temporary power loss.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 13, 2021
News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa. - A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, was sentenced in federal court today for one count of conspiracy to pay unlawful kickbacks, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 13, 2021
News Release: By order of BLM Arizona State Director Raymond Suazo and effective immediately until sunset Wednesday, July 14, 2021, flags at BLM facilities in the State of Arizona are to be lowered to half-staff in honor of Matthew Miller and Jeff Piechura. Matthew and Jeff lost their lives on Saturday, July 10, 2021...
By USDA Newswire | Jul 13, 2021
News Release: Washington - Livestock and poultry producers who suffered losses during the pandemic due to insufficient access to processing can apply for assistance for those losses and the cost of depopulation and disposal of the animals. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Vilsack announced the Pandemic...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 13, 2021
News Release: Defendant on probation for aggravated assault and kidnapping at time of offense.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 13, 2021
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Sergey Tkachuk, 28, of North Highlands, California was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Kimberly J. Mueller to five years in prison for distribution of fentanyl, Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Wade R. Shannon and Acting U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 13, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO) announced today that the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee will hold a hearing on the rise of ransomware attacks on Tuesday, July 20, at 10:30 a.m. (EDT) in the John D. Dingell Room, 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Stopping Digital Thieves: The Growing Threat of Ransomware."
By DOE Newswire | Jul 13, 2021
News Release: IDAHO FALLS, Idaho - Almost a year after shutting off three vapor treatment units at a former radioactive and hazardous waste landfill at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Site, analytical data from thousands of vapor samples indicate that cleanup objectives have been achieved and the units will likely remain off in perpetuity.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 13, 2021
News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - A Port Arthur man has pleaded guilty to hurricane-related fraud in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei today.
By State Newswire | Jul 13, 2021
Release: The U.S. Department of State, alongside the U.S. Department of the Treasury, the U.S. Department of Commerce, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, and the U.S. Department of Labor, issued an updated Xinjiang Supply Chain Business Advisory in response...
By EPA Newswire | Jul 13, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at the Full Committee Member Day...
By DOE Newswire | Jul 13, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO) announced today that the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee will hold a hearing on the rise of ransomware attacks on Tuesday, July 20, at 10:30 a.m. (EDT) in the John D. Dingell Room, 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Stopping Digital Thieves: The Growing Threat of Ransomware."
By DOE Newswire | Jul 13, 2021
News Release: PADUCAH, Ky. - For the first time, workers at EM ’s Paducah Site are able to closely examine the primary source of off-site groundwater contamination directly underneath the C-400 Cleaning Building.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 13, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Statistics today released Alcohol and Drug Use and Treatment Reported by Prisoners. This report presents data about alcohol and drug use, use disorder and treatment experienced by state and federal prisoners, based on the self-reported data from...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 13, 2021
News Release: OCALA, Fla. - An indictment was unsealed today charging Devonne L. Walker, 35, of Lady Lake, Florida, Tymane D. Hamilton, 29, of Phoenix, Arizona, and Kanisha D. Savage, 28, of Phoenix, Arizona with conspiracy to distribute controlled substances. If convicted, each faces a maximum penalty of life in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 13, 2021
News Release: Charleston, South Carolina---- Acting United States Attorney M. Rhett DeHart stated today that Zachary Scott Fasola, 33, of Mount Pleasant, was sentenced to more than ten years in federal prison for possession of child pornography, marking the second federal conviction and sentence for possession of child pornography for Fasola, with his first being in 2016.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 13, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA) announced today that the Health Subcommittee will hold a markup on Thursday, July 15, at 11 a.m. (EDT) in the John D. Dingell Room, 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 13, 2021
News Release: Drug Trafficking Organization Operated a “Drug Shop" Near the 2600 Block of Greenmount Avenue and the 400 Block of East Lorraine Avenue.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 13, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Justice Department announced yesterday that it has entered into a proposed consent decree to settle a voting rights lawsuit with the Board of Elections of Oneida County, New York.
