News from June 2021
By State Newswire | Jun 15, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C.- Tomorrow, Presidents Biden and Putin are set to meet in Geneva, Switzerland. To date, the administration’s strong rhetoric condemning Putin’s aggression and malign activity has not been backed up by equally strong action. House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul outlined some areas where the administration’s Russia policy has missed the mark...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 15, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON-Today, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) and House Committee on Education and Labor Ranking Member Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.) wrote Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Acting Director Shalanda Young and Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Acting Director Kathleen McGettigan regarding the Biden Administration’s use of ethics waivers to bring union influence into the federal bureaucracy.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2021
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Devron Brown, 50, formerly of Philadelphia, PA, was arrested and charged by Indictment with two counts of bank fraud and nine counts of money laundering in connection with an alleged scheme to unlawfully obtain and misuse loan proceeds offered through the federal Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP").
By DOL Newswire | Jun 15, 2021
News Release: SAN MARCOS, TX - Previous inspections by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration have given the operators of a family owned tortilla factory south of Austin every opportunity to resolve its safety issues. Yet, OSHA has found the company still exposing workers to the risks of amputation and other serious injuries.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2021
News Release: LOS ANGELES - The United States has filed a complaint under the False Claims Act against a Vacaville company alleging one of its owners and seven skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) “systematically paid money to referring physicians…to induce those physicians to make patient referrals, in knowing and willful violation" of the federal Anti-Kickback Statute.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2021
News Release: Leonard C Boyle, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JOAQUIN VERAS, 47, of Stamford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley in Bridgeport to 78 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for trafficking heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2021
News Release: DENVER -- Peter Trujillo, 33, of Aurora, Colorado, was sentenced today to 138 months in federal prison by U.S. District Judge Raymond P. Moore. Trujillo previously pleaded guilty to one count of distribution of methamphetamine and one count of possession of a firearm by a prohibited person. The prison sentence will be followed by a five-year term of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2021
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Camden man was sentenced today to 12 months in prison for his role today in a scheme to steal hundreds of thousands of dollars in government funds using fraudulently procured electronic benefits transfer (EBT) cards, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2021
News Release: Hattiesburg, Miss. - A Hattiesburg man pleaded guilty today to possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Darren J. LaMarca and Brad L. Byerley, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 15, 2021
News Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), in partnership with the Clean Energy Smart Manufacturing Innovation Institute (CESMII), announced a $4.8 million request for proposals (RFP) to develop emerging technologies for the manufacturing sector, including advanced sensors, cloud-based computing, advanced...
By DOE Newswire | Jun 15, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (ENR), issued the following statement in response to the U.S. District Judge’s decision to block President Biden’s ban on new oil and gas leases on federal lands and waters.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 15, 2021
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the following statement on the U.S. Government Accountability Office releasing a decision determining that President Biden’s order to pause border wall construction was legal...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2021
News Release: Audrey Strauss, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, John B. DeVito, the Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Division of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (“ATF"), Dermot Shea, the Commissioner of the New York City Police Department (“NYPD")...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 15, 2021
News Release: THOUSAND OAKS, Calif.- The public is invited to provide comments on the redevelopment of sites within Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area that were burned in the 2018 Woolsey Fire. The National Park Service (NPS) is initiating a public scoping phase to kick off the preparation of an environmental assessment under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).
By Interior Newswire | Jun 15, 2021
News Release: EMINENCE, Mo. - Calling artists, one and all! Ozark National Scenic Riverways will host an “Art in the Park" evening at Alley Spring on Saturday, June 26, from 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. This event is free and open to the public.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 15, 2021
News Release: REDDING, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation, NOAA Fisheries, and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced their plan today for an emergency pulse flow release from Whiskeytown Dam into Clear Creek to benefit spring-run Chinook salmon.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2021
News Release: AUGUSTA, GA: A woman who admitted to submitting loan applications containing knowingly false representations in an effort to secure COVID-19 relief loans has been sentenced in U.S. District Court and ordered to pay restitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2021
News Release: A Tulsa woman was sentenced in federal court for attacking a man with a knife during a domestic violence situation, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2021
News Release: ATLANTA - Acting U.S. Attorney Kurt R. Erskine joins the entire Department of Justice to observe the 16th Annual World Elder Abuse Awareness Day. The Department echoes voices around the world condemning elder abuse, neglect and exploitation.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 15, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) andSubcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Ranking Member Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.)sent a letter to U.S. Bureau of Land Management(BLM) deputy director of policies and programs Nada Culverand U.S. Department...
