News published on Federal Newswire in March 2021

News from March 2021


Release: MS BALFOUR: Good morning. Good morning from Brussels, NATO’s Headquarters. My name is Rosa Balfour. I’m the director of Carnegie Europe and I’m absolutely delighted to be moderating this conversation between Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and Secretary of State Antony Blinken on strengthening the ...


Murray, Scott Act to Undo Unfair, Anti-Worker Rule Favoring Employers in Workplace Discrimination Cases; Restore Fair Process for Workers to Enforce Their Rights

News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and Congressman Bobby Scott (VA-03), Chair of the House Committee on Education and Labor, filed resolutions of disapproval against the Equal Employment Opportunity...


News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Jacob Gorman, age 39, of Waverly, New York, was sentenced today to serve 124 months in federal prison for attempted online enticement of a minor, announced Acting United States Attorney Antoinette T. Bacon and Thomas F. Relford, Special Agent in Charge of the Albany Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).


Moab Site, National Park Service Partner to Improve Environment

News Release: MOAB, Utah - EM ’s Moab Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action (UMTRA) Project and the National Park Service continue to find ways to help each other in a growing partnership that has improved local revegetation efforts.


Release: Two years ago, the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS, together with our local partners, liberated all territory controlled by ISIS in Iraq and Syria, a major milestone in the effort to ensure the terrorist group’s enduring defeat. We commend the bravery and sacrifice of the Iraqi Security Forces, the Iraqi...


News Release: GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA - A federal grand jury returned a four-count indictment this afternoon against Jeremie Saintvil of Delray Beach, Florida, for fraudulently obtaining or attempting to obtain over $1,500,000 in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans. Saintvil, 46, is charged with bank fraud, making...


Five Guys shooter sent to federal prison

News Release: HOUSTON - A 25-year-old Houston resident has been handed a lengthy federal prison sentence after robbing a Five Guys restaurant and shooting an off-duty law enforcement officer, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.


Philadelphia Man Sentenced to 14 Years in Prison for Gun Trafficking

News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Mario Ramirez, 33, of Philadelphia, PA, was sentenced to 14 years in prison, and three years of supervised release by United States District Judge Gene E.K. Pratter for trafficking weapons, conspiracy, and being a ...


Release: SECRETARY GENERAL STOLTENBERG: Secretary Blinken, dear Tony, welcome to NATO headquarters.


Five Guys Shooter Sent to Federal Prison

News Release: HOUSTON - A 25-year-old Houston resident has been handed a lengthy federal prison sentence after robbing a Five Guys restaurant and shooting an off-duty law enforcement officer, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.


Queens Man Indicted for $1.7 Million Paycheck Protection Program Fraud

News Release: Defendant Falsely Claimed 62 Employees Were Working Out of a New York City Housing Authority Apartment in Long Island City.


Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.


News Release: Major events in any community are a massive planning effort-like the Presidential Inauguration, for instance. For public safety, they mean planning to stay connected over open airways, which is achieved over public safety spectrum bandwidth (often referred to as the 700 and 800 MHz public safety band).


News Release: Acting United States Attorney Bob Murray announced today that Paul Edman, age 53 and a Certified Public Accountant, of Rock Springs, Wyoming, pled guilty before U.S. District Court Judge Alan B. Johnson to aiding or assisting in the preparation of a false document filed with the Internal Revenue Service.


News Release: Cedar Rapids, IA and Des Moines, IA - Since October 2020, the U.S. Marshals in Iowa have been partnering with federal, state and local agencies in a joint operation dubbed Operation Homecoming, focused on recovering vulnerable, critically missing children across the state, and as of March 23, U.S. Marshals have located 21 juveniles and have directly recovered seven children.


Lawsuit Seeks to Stop Pelosi’s Path to Higher State Taxes

News Release: Lawsuit Seeks to Stop Pelosi’s Path to Higher State Taxes.


Defense Waste Processing Facility Reaches 25 Years of Successful Operations at SRS

News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - Twenty-five years ago this month, the Defense Waste Processing Facility (DWPF) at the Savannah River Site (SRS) began radioactive operations.


News Release: US Park Rangers of Yosemite National Park and Special Agents with the National Park Service Investigative Services Branch (ISB) are investigating a sexual assault that occurred in April 2020 within the park.


News Release: SAVANNAH, GA: A Chatham County man who admitted to distributing cocaine and marijuana faces up to 20 years in federal prison.


Indian Cancer Drug Manufacturer To Pay $50 Million For Concealing And Destroying Records In Advance Of FDA Inspection

News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - Indian drug manufacturer Fresenius Kabi Oncology Limited (FKOL) was sentenced to pay $50 million in fines and forfeiture after pleading guilty to concealing and destroying records prior to a 2013 U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) plant inspection.