News published on Federal Newswire in June 2021

News from June 2021


News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Representatives Michael McCaul (R-TX) and Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY), Ranking Member and Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, along with Representatives Christopher Smith (R-NJ) and Karen Bass (D-CA), Ranking Member and Chairwoman of the Subcommittee on Africa, Global...


News Release: You may recall that we told you a few weeks ago about a new research and development partnership with the Republic of Korea (ROK)-a joint effort to test the Common Viewer Air System, technology that will allow international airports to more readily share pre-screening information and secure the international...


News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A Las Vegas man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for distributing fentanyl that caused the death of another person.


DOE Awards New Contract for Environmental Remediation Services at the DOE/National Nuclear Security Administration Naval Reactors Knolls Site

News Release: Cincinnati -Today, the Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Environmental Management (EM) awarded a new contract to North Wind Site Services, LLC (Morgantown, WV) an 8(a) certified small business and Alaska Native Corporation, for cleanup services at the DOE/National Nuclear Security Administration Naval Reactors Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory (KAPL) located in Niskayuna, NY.


10 new resources added to the African American Civil Rights Network

News Release: WASHINGTON - National parks, historic homes, websites, songs, oral histories and more can be discovered on the National Park Service’s African American Civil Rights Network, which welcomed 10 new resources this week. The network makes connections across public and private organizations to honor and preserve the people and stories of the civil rights movement and educate the public about its diverse and complex stories.


Release: The text of the following statement was released by the Governments of the United States, Italy, Canada, Egypt, France, Germany, Greece, Iraq, Ireland, Japan, Jordan, Lebanon, the Netherlands, Norway, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom, and representatives of the League of Arab States and European Union, which met today to discuss the crisis in Syria.


News Release: RENO, Nev. - A Reno resident was sentenced on Friday to 14 years and one month in federal prison for robbing a liquor store and a convenience store at gunpoint in July 2019.


Man Who Tried to Breach Cockpit, then Opened Emergency Exit and Jumped from Departing Plane at LAX Faces Federal Charge

News Release: LOS ANGELES - A Mexican national, who was aboard a SkyWest Airlines flight taxiing to the runway at Los Angeles International Airport Friday evening, allegedly approached the cockpit - banging on the cockpit door and trying to enter the restricted space - before opening an emergency exit and jumping to the tarmac, according to a federal criminal complaint made public today.


E&C Republicans Seek Information From USAID on 2020 Grant on COVID-19 Origins

News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee 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) are continuing their investigation into the...


DOE Invests $93 Million for New Discoveries in High Energy Physics

Release: 71 University-Led Projects Will Explore the Fundamental Physics that Fuels Modern Innovations


News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - David Wellington, 62, of Albuquerque, and Jerry Shrock, 46, of Meadowview, Virginia, were indicted on June 23 by a federal grand jury charging them with conspiracy to defraud the United States. Wellington faces an additional count of operation of an unlicensed money transmitting business. Shrock is scheduled for an arraignment on July 15, while Wellington is scheduled to make an initial appearance on July 7.


Reno Man Sentenced For Robbing Two Stores At Gunpoint

News Release: RENO, Nev. - A Reno resident was sentenced on Friday to 14 years and one month in federal prison for robbing a liquor store and a convenience store at gunpoint in July 2019.


Joint Statement on the Ministerial Meeting on Syria

Release: The text of the following statement was released by the Governments of the United States, Italy, Canada, Egypt, France, Germany, Greece, Iraq, Ireland, Japan, Jordan, Lebanon, the Netherlands, Norway, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom, and representatives of the League of Arab States and European Union, which met today to discuss the crisis in Syria.


News Release: DENVER - Michael Lain, 56, of Queen Creek, Arizona, pleaded guilty today to wire fraud in front of U.S. District Judge William J. Martinez. His sentencing hearing has been set for Dec. 3, 2021.


Tulsa Man Found Guilty of Voluntary Manslaughter

News Release: A federal jury found a Tulsa man guilty of voluntary manslaughter in Indian Country after killing an Indian man with a knife, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson.


Cedar Rapids Man Pleads Guilty to Being a Prohibited Person in Possession of Ammunition

News Release: A man who possessed ammunition after having prior convictions for felonies and domestic abuse assaults, and who was subject to no contact orders, pled guilty today in federal court in Cedar Rapids.


USDA Reopens Public Comment Period on Notice of Intent to Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for Deregulation of Maize Developed Using Genetic Engineering

Release: The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is reopening the public comment period on a Notice of Intent (NOI) to prepare an environmental impact statement to examine the potential environmental impacts that may result from approving a petition from ...


News Release: For those familiar with the Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Legacy Management’s (LM) post-closure responsibilities at former nuclear sites across the country, the image of scientists working in the field to, conduct surveillance, and monitor sites is what immediately springs to mind.


News Release: VALE, Ore. - The Bureau of Land Management’s Vale District Office announced today additional fire restrictions will take effect Thursday, July 1.


News Release: CONCORD - David Keene, 38, of North Berwick, Maine pleaded guilty in federal court to wire fraud, Acting United States Attorney John J. Farley announced today.