News from June 2021
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 16, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON -- Today, FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell delivered a speech on hurricane and disaster preparedness at the National Hurricane Conference in New Orleans. Other speakers were Ken Graham, Director, National Hurricane Center, Miami; James Waskom, Director, Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness, Baton Rouge, La.; and Kevin Guthrie, Director, Florida Division of Emergency Management, Tallahassee, Fla.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 16, 2021
News Release: This morning the Finance Committee welcomes Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen to discuss the president’s 2022 budget proposal.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - A former leader of the New Bedford Chapter of the Massachusetts Almighty Latin King and Queen Nation (Latin Kings) pleaded guilty yesterday to racketeering and drug charges. In December 2019, a federal grand jury returned an indictment alleging racketeering conspiracy, drug conspiracy and firearms charges against 62 leaders, members and associates of the Latin Kings. Rodriguez is the 45th defendant to plead guilty in the case.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 16, 2021
News Release: CRAIG, Colo. - Stage 1 fire restrictions begin Wednesday, June 16 for Bureau of Land Management (BLM) administered lands in Grand, Jackson, Eagle, Summit, Larimer, Moffat, and Rio Blanco counties along with the lands in Kremmling, White River and Little Snake Field Offices.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 16, 2021
News Release: FRANKFORT, Ky. - At the request of Gov. Beshear, FEMA has extended the deadline for severe-storm survivors to register for help. The deadline to apply is now July 8.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 16, 2021
News Release: MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WY - Yellowstone National Park will continue issuing free day permits to individuals who ride or lead stock such as horses and mules on park trails this summer.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2021
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Darren L. Fryson, of Verona, Pennsylvania, was sentenced today to three years of probation for distributing methamphetamine, Acting U.S. Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 16, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Education and Labor Committee Ranking Member Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and the leader of the Republican Study Committee Chairman Jim Banks (R-IN) are urging the U.S. Department of Education Secretary Miguel Cardona to show progress in fighting the China threat on college and university campuses.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2021
News Release: William Schaffer amassed more than 2,000 images and videos of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2021
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - John Palmer, of Lore City, Ohio, has admitted to drug and firearms charge, Acting U.S. Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 16, 2021
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO-In 2020, the 13.6 million park visitors to Golden Gate National Recreation Area, Muir Woods National Monument and Fort Point National Historic Site spent $775 million in gateway communities which supported 7,850 local jobs, according to a recent National Park Service report.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 16, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers circulated a memo on Big Tech to Energy and Commerce Committee Republican members and staff. The memo outlines the third pillar of her Big Tech Accountability Platform, which addresses concerns regarding the relationship Big Tech has with China, in particular their potential access to the personal information of Americans.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 16, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers issued the following statement on Commissioner Lina Khan’s appointment to lead the Federal Trade Commission.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2021
News Release: PAVEL TSURKAN, 33, of Estonia, pleaded guilty today in the District of Connecticut to a federal charge related to his role in operating a “crypting" service used to conceal “Kelihos" malware from antivirus software, enabling hackers to systematically infect victim computers around the world with malicious software, including ransomware.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 16, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), voted with a bipartisan majority in the Senate to confirm Radhika Fox to be Assistant Administrator for Water of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) by a vote of 55-43. Before the vote, Senator Carper spoke in support of Fox's confirmation on the Senate floor and urged his colleagues to support her nomination.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2021
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - Cody Dillon Hogan (26, Leachville, Arkansas) has pleaded guilty to using the internet to solicit and pay an individual to molest a 9-year-old child and to creating a video recording depicting this sexual abuse. Hogan faces a mandatory minimum penalty of 15 years, and up to 30...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2021
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Maryland man was arrested today on charges of fraudulently obtaining more than $500,000 in COVID-19 relief funds, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 16, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers circulated a memo on Big Tech to Energy and Commerce Committee Republican members and staff. The memo outlines the third pillar of her Big Tech Accountability Platform, which addresses concerns regarding the relationship Big Tech has with China, in particular their potential access to the personal information of Americans.
By State Newswire | Jun 16, 2021
Release: Today marks the tenth anniversary of the unanimous endorsement by the UN Human Rights Council of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs). These principles recognize a three-pronged approach to protecting human rights in the context of business activity: States have the duty to...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2021
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that GREAT LAKES DREDGE & DOCK COMPANY, LLC (“GREAT LAKES"), a Texas company, pled guilty on June 15, 2021 to violating the Clean Water Act in connection with an oil spill in 2016, and agreed to pay a $1 million fine and additional restitution to be determined by the court.
