News from June 2021
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 3, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark), Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Ranking Member Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.) and U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) sent a letter to U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) senior counselor to the...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2021
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Rashaad Samuel, 30, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara to escape. The charge carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2021
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Bergen County, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 18 months in prison for his role in a multi-year scheme to defraud financial institutions and others, Rahul Agarwal, Attorney for the United States in this matter, announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 3, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding $8 million in CARES Act Recovery Assistance grants to help the state of Texas prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 3, 2021
News Release: PONCE, Puerto Rico - FEMA allocated nearly $22,000 to the municipality of Ponce to repair the cracks in the theater, foyer, and hallways of the iconic Castillo Serrallés. This architectural jewel dates back to 1930, and today represents one of the main tourist attractions of the city. FEMA Photo/Eduardo Martínez.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 3, 2021
News Release: Sedro Woolley, WA-Four projects are planned during the 2021 summer season in the Stephen Mather Wilderness to resupply a remote fire lookout tower, deliver supplies for trail/revegetation projects, deliver materials for a bat gate for a historic mine entrance, and remove steel beams from a washed-out...
By State Newswire | Jun 3, 2021
Release: More information about Burma is available on the Burma page and from other Department of State publications and other sources listed at the end of this fact sheet.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 3, 2021
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Homeland Security Committee Chairman Bennie G. Thompson, Oversight and Reform Committee Chairwoman Carolyn B. Maloney, Homeland Security Committee Ranking Member John Katko, and Oversight and Reform Committee Ranking Member James Comer announced the release of a U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) report they requested on systemic management problems at the Department of Homeland Security Office of the Inspector General (DHS OIG).
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2021
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - Eddie “Macho" Martinez-Marquez (32, Kissimmee) has pleaded guilty to conspiring to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine. Martinez-Marquez faces a mandatory minimum penalty of 10 years, and up to life, in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 3, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Republicans on the House Energy and Commerce Committee, led by Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Subcommittee on Health Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY), and Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Republican Leader Morgan Griffith (R-VA), sent a letter to the Comptroller General of the U.S. Gene Dodaro requesting a Government Accountability Office (GAO) technology assessment to prevent future pandemics and identify its origins.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 3, 2021
News Release: Organizations representing job creators, system users, and the builders of the Nation’s roads, bridges, and surface transportation system are offering their support for H.R. 3341, the Surface Transportation Advanced through Reform, Technology, & Efficient Review (STARTER) Act 2.0, Transportation and...
By State Newswire | Jun 3, 2021
Release: The United States is the world’s leading donor for humanitarian demining, having contributed more than $4 billion globally to conventional weapons destruction efforts since 1993. This includes $228.5 million in 2020 alone provided to support programs in over 40 countries. Given the amount of funding...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 3, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON-Today, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.), House Committee on Oversight and Reform Chairwoman Carolyn B. Maloney (D-N.Y.), House Committee on Homeland Security Ranking Member John Katko (R-N.Y.), and House Committee on Homeland Security Chairman Bennie...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2021
News Release: GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA - A federal jury in Gainesville has convicted John Ernst Tennant, Jr., 70, of Gainesville, on charges of production, receipt, and possession of child pornography. The guilty verdict, reached by the jury today at the conclusion of a 3-day trial, was announced by Jason R. Coody, Acting United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 3, 2021
News Release: People are writing more than ever with their keyboards and phones, but handwritten notes have become rare. Even signatures are going out of style. Most credit card purchases no longer require them, and if they do, you can usually just scratch one out with your fingernail. The age-old art of handwriting is in decline.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 3, 2021
News Release: SEQUOIA AND KINGS CANYON NATIONAL PARKS, Calif. June 3, 2021- Fire restrictions will be in effect starting June 4 at 12:00 p.m. in the lower-elevation areas of Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks to reduce the risk of unwanted human-caused wildfires in order to protect people, resources, and facilities during the peak of the fire year.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - A Chelsea man was arraigned today on an indictment for federal firearms offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2021
News Release: BAKERSFIELD, Calif. - After a one-day bench trial, U.S. Magistrate Judge Jennifer L. Thurston found Jason E. Murchison, 37, of Huntington Beach, guilty today of one count of operating an unpermitted business on National Forest land, Acting U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 3, 2021
News Release: NOAA scientists are forecasting this summer’s Gulf of Mexico hypoxic area or “dead zone" - an area of low to no oxygen that can kill fish and other marine life - to be approximately 4,880 square miles. The 2021 forecasted area is smaller than, but close to the five-year average measured size of 5,400 square miles.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2021
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. B A Camden man was sentenced today to 110 months in prison for conspiring to distribute approximately 900 grams of heroin in Camden, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
