News from June 2021
By State Newswire | Jun 25, 2021
Release: Government-by-Government Assessments: Niger. During the review period, the government made its executive budget proposal, enacted budget, and end-of-year report accessible to the public, including online. Information on debt obligations was publicly available. Niger published state-owned enterprise...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 25, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Dennis Holmes announced that Frank Sanchez, age 66, of Wagner, South Dakota, was found guilty of one count of Abusive Sexual Contact, and was acquitted of one count of Aggravated Sexual Abuse and one count of Abusive Sexual Contact as a result of a federal jury trial in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 25, 2021
News Release: This is the third such federal conviction in as many weeks.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 25, 2021
News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States District Judge Charlene Honeywell has sentenced Jorge Ramirez (41, Clearwater) to 15 years and 8 months in prison for conspiring to distribute methamphetamine, heroin, and cocaine. Ramirez had pleaded guilty on Aug. 25, 2020.
By State Newswire | Jun 25, 2021
Release: Government-by-Government Assessments: Republic of the Congo.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 25, 2021
News Release: Insider Trading Charges Are Also Unsealed Against a Second Israeli Trader for Participating in the Same Multimillion-Dollar Scheme.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 25, 2021
News Release: * A visitor reported Yellowstone’s first wildland fire of the year on the evening of June 24.
By State Newswire | Jun 25, 2021
Release: We are appalled and deeply saddened to learn about the horrific killings of three Doctors Without Borders staff members in Ethiopia’s Tigray region today. Attacks on humanitarian workers are indefensible and must end immediately. We call for an independent investigation and for the perpetrators to be...
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 25, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), and Cory Booker (D-N.J.) introduced the Zero-Emission Nuclear Power Production Credit Act of 2021 , legislation that would make existing merchant nuclear power owners/operators ...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 25, 2021
News Release: Washington D.C. -Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr., Chairman of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, issued the following statement announcing the Committees will examine the approval and pricing of Biogen Inc.’s Alzheimer’s drug, Aduhelm...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 25, 2021
News Release: United States Attorney Sean P. Costello of the Southern District of Alabama announced that Francisco Jesus Ramirez, 26, of Brownsville, Texas, was sentenced today for his participation in a conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 30 kilograms of methamphetamine and five kilograms of heroin. Ramirez pled guilty to the charges in March of 2021.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 25, 2021
Release: Dear Stakeholder,APHIS Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ) is excited to expand your permitting options starting today, June 25, 2021, in APHIS eFile to include plant and plant products that are not for propagation or planting. The new application is a simple and easy way to apply for and receive permits. Some permits may even be issued within the same day!Why should I use it?
By State Newswire | Jun 25, 2021
Release: Government-by-Government Assessments: Haiti. During the review period, the government returned to publishing its enacted budget online within a reasonable period of time, after failing to do so during the last review period. However, the executive budget proposal was not published online within a reasonable period...
By USDA Newswire | Jun 25, 2021
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 122,200 metric tons of soybean cake and meal for delivery to Mexico. Of the total, 84,150 metric tons is for delivery during the 2021/2022 marketing year and 28,050 metric tons is for delivery during the 2022/2023 marketing year.
By State Newswire | Jun 25, 2021
Release: Government-by-Government Assessments: Gabon. During the review period, the government made significant progress by publishing its executive proposal and end-of-year report online within a reasonable period of time. It also published substantive reports by the supreme audit institution and made its debt...
By State Newswire | Jun 25, 2021
Release: Government-by-Government Assessments: Libya. Internal political and civil conflict has prevented the Libyan government from fully implementing its budget processes, which has adversely affected fiscal transparency and the country’s operations. An end-of-year budget report was available online. Only...
By State Newswire | Jun 25, 2021
Release: Government-by-Government Assessments: Yemen. During the review period, the government did not pass a budget, and did not produce an executive budget proposal, end-of-year report, or publish its enacted budget within a reasonable period of time. The government published limited information on debt obligations. It...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 25, 2021
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Catherine C. Blake sentenced Bernard Carolina, age 41, of Baltimore, to 12 years in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for possession of firearms in furtherance of drug trafficking. Judge Blake also ordered that Carolina forfeit the ...
By State Newswire | Jun 25, 2021
Release: Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland will travel to Asuncion, Paraguay; Panama City, Panama; and San Salvador, El Salvador, June 27-June 30 with an interagency delegation to engage with senior leaders, government officials, and civil society throughout the region. Other senior...
By State Newswire | Jun 25, 2021
Release: Government-by-Government Assessments: Laos. During the review period, the government did not make its executive budget proposal or end-of-year report publicly available, online or otherwise. It did publish its enacted budget, though not within a reasonable period of time, and published a quarterly budget...
