News from June 2021
By DOE Newswire | Jun 1, 2021
News Release: OAK RIDGE, Tenn. - EM ’s cleanup at the Y-12 National Security Complex continues to expand as workers ready one of the site’s largest high-risk contaminated facilities for demolition.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 1, 2021
News Release: Yosemite National Park and the Stanislaus National Forest announce the release of the inter-agency Ackerson Meadow Restoration Project Environmental Assessment for public review through July 8, 2021. The Ackerson Meadow complex spans from Yosemite into the Stanislaus National Forest and it is the largest...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 1, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - A former Boston Police Sergeant pleaded guilty today in connection with an ongoing investigation of overtime fraud at the Boston Police Department’s (BPD) evidence warehouse.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 1, 2021
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security, and Rep. Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-CA), Chairwoman of the Subcommittee on Border Security, Facilitation, & Operations, released the following statement on news the Biden Administration is formally ending the Trump Administration’s reprehensible ‘Remain in Mexico’ policy, which forced migrants to wait in inhumane conditions indefinitely before being allowed to come to the U.S.:
By State Newswire | Jun 1, 2021
News Release: Pursuant to the authorities delegated to the Secretary of State in Executive Order (E.O.) 13553, which implements Section 105 of the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010, as amended (CISADA) (Public Law 111-195), as well as in the October 9, 2012, Delegation of Certain...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 1, 2021
News Release: CONCORD - Karl Messner, 65, of Weare, was sentenced on Friday to 46 months in federal prison for possession of child pornography, Acting United States Attorney John J. Farley announced today.
By State Newswire | Jun 1, 2021
Release: PRESIDENT ALVARADO: Thanks again, Mr. Secretary, for meeting in Costa Rica and thanks also to your team. I’m really delighted in having you in our country. I believe I won’t be introducing because you have been here for a while (inaudible) already had the introductions. But just to say first that, as...
By State Newswire | Jun 1, 2021
Release: June is Pride Month, which commemorates the anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising in New York City in 1969 and celebrates the contributions of LGBTQI+ people. This month, the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs will highlight LGBTQI+ Americans serving in our bureau and advancing U.S. foreign policy and national security efforts in the United States and across Europe. This effort is a part of a broader campaign celebrating diversity and inclusion as core American values.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 1, 2021
News Release: Victims Defrauded of at Least $2.5 Million.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 1, 2021
News Release: DENVER - FEMA has approved more than $1.4 million in additional Public Assistance funding for the COVID-19 response in Utah. The assistance was made available under a major disaster declaration issued April 4, 2020. FEMA has provided a total of $94 million for the Utah COVID-19 response to date.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 1, 2021
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced today that on May 25, 2021, JIMMIE FLORES (“FLORES"), age 58, was sentenced on a one-count indictment for fraudulent use of a TWIC card in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 499. United States District Court Judge Greg Guidry sentenced FLORES to serve 30 months in federal prison. FLORES was placed on 3 years supervised release and ordered to pay a mandatory $100.00 special assessment cost.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 1, 2021
News Release: LAS VEGAS - The EM Nevada Program recently hosted its first-ever virtual field trip, highlighting for nearly 200 students its safe, secure, and successful groundwater mission at the Nevada National Security Site (NNSS).
By Interior Newswire | Jun 1, 2021
News Release: ATLANTA - Today National Park Service (NPS) South Atlantic-Gulf Regional Director Stan Austin announced Darrell Echols as the new superintendent of Gulf Islands National Seashore, effective July 18.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 1, 2021
News Release: Arrested at Sea-Tac airport as he prepared to travel to join ISIS.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 1, 2021
News Release: Washington - Today, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack kicked off National Homeownership Month, as part of a nationwide celebration to highlight U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) efforts to provide access to affordable housing for rural Americans.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 1, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - On May 28, pursuant to court orders issued in the Eastern District of Virginia, the United States seized two command-and-control (C2) and malware distribution domains used in recent spear-phishing activity that mimicked email communications from the U.S. Agency for International Development...
By State Newswire | Jun 1, 2021
Release: MODERATOR: (Via interpreter) Good afternoon. On behalf of the people of Costa Rica, we would like to give a warm welcome to our presidential home to the Secretary of State of the United States, Mr. Antony Blinken, and his distinguished delegation. We would like to greet Mr. President, Mr. Carlos Alvarado...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 1, 2021
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - For the month of June, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia (EDVA) will honor the vast contributions and important history of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer community during LGBTQ+ Pride Month.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 1, 2021
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - Two Camden County residents were arrested following their indictment by a federal grand jury for their alleged roles in attempting to bribe a witness to steal a gun from a car that was in the custody of the Camden County Police Department, pending the execution of a search warrant, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced today.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 1, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON -- FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell hosted an event this morning in partnership with the agency’s LGBTQ+ employee resource group to kick off June’s Pride Month and issued the following statement...
