News from June 2021
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 25, 2021
News Release: CHARLESTON - In the wake of the severe spring flooding that impacted West Virginia residents from Feb. 27 - March 4, 2021, FEMA’s Disaster Survivor Assistance (DSA) teams are out in the affected communities to help educate flood survivors about FEMA’s programs and help them apply for FEMA disaster assistance.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 25, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following remarks on the House Floor today during consideration of S.J. Res 14, a joint resolution of disapproval reinstating methane pollution standards...
By State Newswire | Jun 25, 2021
Release: Government-by-Government Assessments: Suriname. During the review period, the government made its executive budget proposal and the enacted budget easily accessible to the general public, including online. Its end-of-year budget report was not, however, publicly available. Information on debt obligations...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 25, 2021
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland- U.S. District Judge Catherine C. Blake sentenced Delonte Wheeler, age 28, of Baltimore, Maryland to seven years in federal prison, followed by four years of supervised release, for possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking and possession with intent to distribute marijuana.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 25, 2021
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Level 3 Communications, LLC (Level 3), a multinational telecommunications and Internet service provider company with offices throughout the world, including in McLean, agreed to pay $12,772,843 to settle allegations involving: kickbacks paid to former Level 3 officials in return for...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 25, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Dennis Holmes announced that a Rosebud, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Conspiracy to Distribute Cocaine and Marijuana and Prohibited Person in Possession of Firearm.
By State Newswire | Jun 25, 2021
Release: Government-by-Government Assessments: Vietnam. During the review period, the government made its executive budget proposal and enacted budget accessible to the public, including online, but the government did not publish its end-of-year report within a reasonable period of time. Information on debt...
By EPA Newswire | Jun 25, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following remarks on the House Floor today during consideration of S.J. Res 14, a joint resolution of disapproval reinstating methane pollution standards...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 25, 2021
News Release: Audrey Strauss, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that JOSEPH MELI was sentenced today to 37 months in prison in connection with MELI’s participation in a fraudulent Broadway ticket investment scheme wherein MELI purported to use investor funds to purchase tickets...
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 25, 2021
News Release: The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies today approved by voice vote its fiscal year 2022 bill.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 25, 2021
News Release: Montgomery, Alabama - On Thursday, June 17, 2021, Richard Herbert Smith, 44, from Wetumpka, Alabama, was convicted by a federal jury for conspiracy to distribute cocaine, possession of cocaine with intent to distribute, possession of a firearm in connection with a drug trafficking crime, and using a...
By State Newswire | Jun 25, 2021
Release: Government-by-Government Assessments: Djibouti. During the review period, the government published summaries of most budget documents online but did not make all budget documents easily accessible to the public nor did it publish an end-of-year report within a reasonable period of time. Limited information...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 25, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Dennis Holmes announced that a Rosebud, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Conspiracy to Distribute Cocaine and Marijuana and Prohibited Person in Possession of Firearm.
By State Newswire | Jun 25, 2021
News Release: Government-by-Government Assessments: Zambia. During the review period, the government made its executive budget proposal, enacted budget, and end-of-year report accessible to the general public, including online. However, in-year expenditure reports, while completed, are not available to the public.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 25, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Dennis Holmes announced that a Sulfur Springs, Arkansas, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Failure to Register as a Sex Offender.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 25, 2021
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that CHASITY DOTEY a/k/a “CHASITY PINES", age 27, of Slidell, Louisiana, pleaded guilty on June 24, 2021 to one count of conspiracy to alter U.S. Postal Money Orders before United States District Court Judge Mary Ann Vial Lemmon today.
By State Newswire | Jun 25, 2021
Release: Government-by-Government Assessments: Palestinian Authority. During the review period, the Palestinian Authority made its enacted budget public, but not within a reasonable period of time, and the data was incomplete. The budget was not approved by the legislature. The Palestinian Authority published...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 25, 2021
News Release: Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and Wavsens LLC have developed a method for using radio signals to create real-time images and videos of hidden and moving objects, which could help firefighters find escape routes or victims inside buildings filled with fire and smoke. The technique could also help track hypersonic objects such as missiles and space debris.
By State Newswire | Jun 25, 2021
Release: Government-by-Government Assessments: Equatorial Guinea. During the review period, the government made significant progress by preparing budget documents according to internationally accepted principles. Furthermore, the government expanded the public version of the military budget and subjected it...
By USDA Newswire | Jun 25, 2021
Release: The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has finalized the environmental assessment (EA) for importing plants in approved growing media and issued a record of decision with a finding of no significant impact. The EA considered the potential environmental ...
