News from June 2021

By Interior Newswire | Jun 9, 2021
News Release: CASPER, Wyo. - The Bureau of Land Management held a two-day adoption event and ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate the newly opened Wheatland Off-Range Corral last Friday and Saturday.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 9, 2021
News Release: Gettysburg National Military Park is pleased to announce Ranger walks, talks, and hikes will resume beginning Saturday, June 12. These interpretive programs will offer visitors a chance to learn about the people and places that made history during the Battle of Gettysburg. Hike the fields of Pickett’s...

By Homeland Newswire | Jun 9, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - A provision authored by U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI) and Rob Portman (R-OH), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, to increase our government’s ability to quickly respond to cyber-attacks passed the Senate as part of a larger package...

By Homeland Newswire | Jun 9, 2021
Release: RICHMOND, Va. - Passenger volume has increased with the start of the summer travel season and the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is prepared to handle an increase in the number of travelers who will be flying out of Richmond International Airport.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 9, 2021
News Release: FORT SMITH - A Fort Smith physician, Donald E. Hinderliter, was sentenced today to 4 years in federal prison followed by 1 year of supervised release on one count of Distribution of a Controlled Substance without an Effective Prescription. The Honorable Judge P. K. Holmes III presided over the sentencing hearing in the U.S. District Court in Fort Smith.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 9, 2021
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of New Castle, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of violating federal narcotics laws, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced today.

By USDA Newswire | Jun 9, 2021
News Release: USDA Has Deployed 1,579 Disaster, Public Health Specialists to Assist with Federal Response WASHINGTON, June 9, 2021 — In January 2021, President Biden released the National Strategy for the COVID-19 Response and Pandemic Preparedness. The plan is driven by science, data, and public health to improve the effectiveness of our nation’s fight against COVID-19 and to restore trust, accountability and a sense of common purpose in our response to the pandemic.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 9, 2021
News Release: An Arizona man and a Texas woman have pleaded guilty to major fraud against the United States, and conspiracy to commit wire fraud, respectively, for their roles in a scheme to defraud the U.S. Air Force in connection with privatized military housing contracts between approximately 2013 and 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 9, 2021
News Release: Today, Mohamed Haji, 28, of Lansing, Michigan, pleaded guilty to conspiring to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization, namely the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham, aka ISIS. In January 2020, his co-defendants Muse Muse and Mohamud Muse pleaded guilty to the same offense.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 9, 2021
News Release: A federal grand jury sitting in Atlanta, Georgia, returned an indictment today charging an Atlanta certified public accountant with one count of conspiracy to defraud the United States; 24 counts of wire fraud; 32 counts of aiding or assisting in the preparation of false federal tax returns; and five ...
By State Newswire | Jun 9, 2021
News Release: The text of the following statement was released by the Governments of the United States of America and the United Arab Emirates. Begin Text: The Eighth U.S.-UAE Economic Policy Dialogue on June 8 was co-chaired by the UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation’s Assistant Minister ...
By State Newswire | Jun 9, 2021
News Release: We condemn today’s decision by a Moscow court to designate as “extremist” three organizations affiliated with imprisoned opposition figure Aleksey Navalny. This designation puts staff members, volunteers, and thousands of supporters across Russia at risk of criminal prosecution and imprisonment for exercising ...
By State Newswire | Jun 9, 2021
News Release: The United States calls on President Ortega and the Nicaraguan government to immediately release presidential candidates Cristiana Chamorro, Arturo Cruz, Félix Maradiaga, Juan Sebastian Chamorro and other civil society and opposition leaders arrested in the past week, including in last night’s crackdown, ...
By State Newswire | Jun 9, 2021
News Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Today, Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman met Republic of Korea Vice Foreign Minister Choi Jong Kun in Washington. The Deputy Secretary and the Vice Foreign Minister reaffirmed the U.S.-ROK Alliance as the linchpin of peace, security, and prosperity ...
By Commerce News Now | Jun 9, 2021
News Release: Following the 68-32 bipartisan passage of the U.S. Innovation and Competition Act of 2021 in the Senate, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo released the following statement: “Over the past three months, I have heard from dozens of stakeholders at every level of the semiconductor supply chain and customer base that we need smart, strategic investments to shore up our domestic supply chain and bolster U.S. leadership — and we need them now.
By State News Post | Jun 9, 2021
The US State Department published a two page notice on June 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By Interior Newswire | Jun 9, 2021
The US Interior Department published a six page rule on June 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By DOT News Wire | Jun 9, 2021
The US Transportation Department published a three page notice on June 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By DOT News Wire | Jun 9, 2021
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on June 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By DOT News Wire | Jun 9, 2021
The US Transportation Department published a four page notice on June 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.