News from June 2021
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 9, 2021
News Release: Dear Commissioner Rettig: We write to express serious concern about what appears to be an egregious and illegal breach of taxpayer privacy stemming from the apparent leak of confidential taxpayer information to the media outlet ProPublica. Confidential taxpayer information was allegedly published on...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 9, 2021
News Release: The pair stole more than $65,000 at gunpoint from cash advance businesses in Lansing and Battle Creek, Michigan.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 9, 2021
News Release: Washington - The National Park Service (NPS) is undertaking a number of projects over the next year to improve accessibility and safety and create seamless connections across the National Mall. This work will rehabilitate trails and roads, and it will feature new and enhanced infrastructure for park visitors walking and bicycling.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 9, 2021
News Release: Today, House Committee on Education and Labor Ranking Member Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.), House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.), House Committee on Ways and Means Ranking Member Kevin Brady (R-Texas), and House Committee on the Budget Ranking Member Jason Smith (R-Mo.) ...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 9, 2021
News Release: June 9, 2021 - The National Park Service and the International Dark Sky Association are pleased to announce Florissant Fossil Beds as an International Dark Sky Park. This certification recognizes the exceptional quality of the park’s night skies and provides added opportunities to enhance visitor experiences...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 9, 2021
News Release: PORTLAND, ME - The New England Field Division’s (NEFD) DEA 360 Maine program in partnership with Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America (CADCA), DEA 360 Strategy released the FREE On-Demand Training in its efforts to educate youth in healthy lifestyles and drug free life.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 9, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - A Lawrence resident was sentenced today for sexually exploiting two children under four years of age.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 9, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - The following are opening remarks, as prepared for delivery, from Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) during today’s committee markup to consider the H.R. 1915, the Water Quality Protection and Job Creation Act of 2021. Video of his opening statement can be found here. More information on the markup can be found here, and additional information on the legislation can be found here.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 9, 2021
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Mathias Neal, 21, from Sheep Springs, New Mexico, and an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation, pleaded guilty in federal court on June 3 to an information charging him with second degree murder in Indian Country.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 9, 2021
News Release: CASPER, Wyo. - It is Fur Trade Weekend at the National Historic Trails Interpretive Center June 12-13 when reenactors demonstrate what life was like for the average fur trader in North America. Now is the perfect time to experience our nation’s fur trade history.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 9, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - The following are opening remarks, as prepared for delivery, from Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) during today’s committee markup. Video of his opening statement is here. More information on the markup can be found here, and additional information on the INVEST in America Act can be found here.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 9, 2021
News Release: SCRANTON- The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Robert Semenza, Jr., age 47, of Old Forge, Pennsylvania, was charged in a criminal information with federal program bribery.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 9, 2021
News Release: Summer programs are back! In partnership with Friends of Canaveral, FWC Florida Youth Conservation Centers Network and a grant from National Park Foundation, Canaveral National Seashore will host an amazing, free summer Jr. Angler program through June and July.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 9, 2021
News Release: Audrey Strauss, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Peter C. Fitzhugh, the Special Agent-in-Charge of Homeland Security Investigations (“HSI") in New York, announced today that GUILLERMO PEREZ was arrested this morning for defrauding businesses and individuals of more...
By DOE Newswire | Jun 9, 2021
News Release: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is releasing a request for information (RFI) to understand the current barriers and actions needed to make its funding opportunities and innovation and entrepreneurship activities more inclusive, just, and equitable, in line with the Administration’s climate goals.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 9, 2021
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Camden man was sentenced today to 120 months in prison for conspiring to distribute more than one kilogram of heroin, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 9, 2021
News Release: Memphis, TN - After a four-day federal jury trial, Antonio Johnson 44, Travis Jackson 37, and Shalundra Johnson, 39 have been found guilty of kidnapping and multiple bank robberies. Acting U.S. Attorney Joseph C. Murphy Jr., announced the conviction today.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 9, 2021
News Release: Yosemite National Park is proposing a fee increase for overnight camping to enable the park to keep up with the rising costs of campground operations. Increased revenue from campground fees will enable the park to better maintain facilities, enhance visitor services, and provide for better resource protection. These proposed fee increases are consistent with other public and private campgrounds within the greater Sierra Nevada region.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 9, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - A former member of the Massachusetts Department of Correction Chapter of the Massachusetts Almighty Latin King and Queen Nation (Latin Kings) was sentenced today on racketeering charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 9, 2021
News Release: GREAT FALLS - An Arizona man accused of coercing minor girls to send him sexually explicit images of themselves through the internet and of receiving child pornography pleaded guilty to charges today, Acting U.S. Attorney Leif M. Johnson said.
