News from June 2021
By DOE Newswire | Jun 8, 2021
News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - The Savannah River Site (SRS) management and operations contractor received an overall rating of “excellent" and nearly $45 million - or 96% of the available fee award - for its performance from Aug. 1, 2019 through Nov. 30, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2021
News Release: ST. THOMAS, USVI - U.S. Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced that a Nigerian national was arrested on June 4, 2021, at the Cyril E. King Airport on criminal charges related to her alleged misrepresentation that she was a United States citizen.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 8, 2021
News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - EM ’s Salt Waste Processing Facility (SWPF) has successfully processed more than 1 million gallons of radioactive waste at Savannah River Site (SRS) since the first-of-a-kind facility began processing the legacy material in October 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2021
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Jamaican man today admitted that he smuggled approximately 2.8 kilograms of cocaine into the United States, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2021
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Barbara Jean Feltner, of Martinsburg West Virginia, was sentenced today to 10 months of incarceration for her role in a drug distribution enterprise, Acting U.S. Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2021
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Scott Levy, age 58, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, was charged on June 7, 2021, in a criminal information with bank fraud, wire fraud, and money laundering in connection with federal loans he obtained on behalf of the Hershey Road Family Restaurant, a Harrisburg-area restaurant Levy owned and operated until closing the business at the end of July 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2021
News Release: NEW BERN, N.C. - A Lumberton man was sentenced today to 180 months in prison for possessing a firearm while being a prohibited person. On Jan. 20, 2021, Ledger Lynn Hammonds, Jr. pled guilty to a Criminal Information, which charged Possession of a Firearm by a Felon.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 8, 2021
News Release: House Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee Chairman John B. Larson announced today that the Subcommittee will hold a hearing on “Equity in Social Security: In Their Own Words," on Tuesday, June 15, at 2:00 PM EST.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 8, 2021
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - A wide range of employees recently contributed to the success of an emergency response exercise on the Hanford Site, reacting to a scenario that included contamination and a take-cover alert.
By State Newswire | Jun 8, 2021
Release: Our ocean covers more than 70 percent of the Earth’s surface, supports billions of livelihoods worldwide, and provides more than half the oxygen we breathe. The United States has set a goal of conserving 30 percent of our lands and waters by 2030. Efforts to expand marine protected areas are an important...
By State Newswire | Jun 8, 2021
Release: The United States is committed to ensuring the stability and security of the Western Balkans, allowing countries in the region to fulfill their potential as free and prosperous democracies. We are also committed to combatting corruption and demonstrating the advantages of transparent and accountable ...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 8, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - In honor of World Oceans Day, Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) today introduced the Ocean-Based Climate Solutions Act, an updated version of a bill he initially offered in the previous Congress to modernize federal ocean management policy to account for climate change. The bill limits...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2021
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Brandon Cody Sabol, of Martinsburg, West Virginia, was indicted by a federal Grand Jury in May 2021 on child pornography charges, Acting United States Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 8, 2021
News Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced the latest cohorts in its Lab-Embedded Entrepreneurship Program (LEEP). The 22 selected innovators will join an extensive network of mentors and experts at U.S. national laboratories to develop the next-generation technologies that will help pave the way to a clean-energy future.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 8, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON-The House Committee on Oversight and Reform today held its second hearing on the Sackler family and Purdue Pharma to review their role in the opioid epidemic. Republicans criticized Democrats for using another hearing for show rather than taking any action on the drug crisis at the southern...
By State Newswire | Jun 8, 2021
Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Thank you, very much Chairman Menendez, Ranking Member Risch, all the members of the committee here today. Very much appreciate this opportunity to talk about the proposed budget and how it will help us achieve our national security priorities and deliver results for the American people, which is our common responsibility and common cause.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2021
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - The Department of Justice today announced that it has seized 63.7 bitcoins currently valued at over $2.3 million. These funds allegedly represent a significant portion of the proceeds of a May 8 ransom payment to individuals in a group known as DarkSide, which had targeted Colonial Pipeline resulting in critical infrastructure being taken out of operation. The seizure warrant was authorized earlier today by U.S. Magistrate Judge Laurel Beeler.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2021
News Release: Leonard C Boyle, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ARASH VAKHSHOURI, 42, of Las Vegas, Nevada, pleaded guilty today to submitting false documents to a government agency.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2021
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - Jared Johnson, age 36, of Crownsville, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to possession of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2021
News Release: LOS ANGELES - Federal prosecutors today filed charges against a now-retired nun who was the principal of a Catholic elementary school in Torrance and who has agreed to plead guilty to fraud and money laundering charges for stealing more than $835,000 in school funds to pay for personal expenses, including gambling trips.
