News from March 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 19, 2021
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - Venkatesh Rao, age 67, of Bethesda, Maryland, pleaded guilty on March 18, 2021 to theft of government property from his former employer, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Federal Reserve Board or FRB).
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 19, 2021
News Release: Washington, DC- Today, Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and Chair of the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment Grace F. Napolitano (D-CA) announced the Subcommittee will hold a hearing titled, “The Water Resources Development Act of 2020: ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 19, 2021
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A resident of Erie, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of violating federal firearms laws, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 19, 2021
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Ramion Burt, age 44, of Albany, and Marion Frampton, aka “Marion Framton III," age 41, of the Bronx, New York, were charged yesterday with conspiring to distribute and possessing with intent to distribute fentanyl and cocaine.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 19, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The following op-ed by U.S. Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) appeared in The Hill.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 19, 2021
News Release: ATLANTA - Eleven defendants have pleaded guilty to conspiracy to defraud the United States in a mortgage fraud scheme spanning more than four years and resulting in the approval of more than 100 mortgages based on fabricated documents and false information. Many of the loans are insured by the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) resulting in claims being paid for mortgages that have defaulted.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 19, 2021
News Release: The CEO of a local hospice agency has pleaded guilty to defrauding Medicare and Medicaid, announced Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Prerak Shah.
By State Newswire | Mar 19, 2021
Release: Let me start by joining others in expressing condolences for the loss of life in the recent horrific attacks in Mali and Niger.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 19, 2021
News Release: Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) made the following statement in response to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) announcement that schools can reopen safely with only three feet of social distancing, clearing the way for students to resume in-person learning...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 19, 2021
News Release: Man Sentenced to Prison for Sextorting Numerous Children Around the Country.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 19, 2021
News Release: Denali National Park and Preserve (Denali) will be implementing an opportunity for private vehicles to access usually restricted portions of the Denali Park Road (Park Road) during the 2021 summer season, via a reservation system. This opportunity is in response to the continuing impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 19, 2021
Release: Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Can Boost Clean Energy Technologies, Energy Efficiency, and Climate Modeling
By State Newswire | Mar 19, 2021
Release: Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs David Hale announced more than $80 million in humanitarian assistance to respond to the crisis in the Sahel on behalf of the American people. This funding, which was announced at the March 19 meeting of the Coalition for the Sahel, will respond to the crisis...
By State Newswire | Mar 19, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - U. S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Ben Cardin (D-Md.), and Ed Markey (D-Mass.) led a bipartisan group of senators in introducing a bipartisan resolution condemning the Chinese government’s ongoing crackdown ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 19, 2021
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A Warrenton man was sentenced today to 31 years in prison for a years-long “sextortion" scheme running from 2016 to 2020 in which he coerced numerous preteen and teenage victims to create and send him electronic images of themselves engaged in sexually explicit conduct.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 19, 2021
News Release: LITTLE ROCK-A Russellville woman was sentenced today for her role in two kidnappings carried out on behalf of a white supremacist gang. Amanda Rapp, 40, was sentenced to 262 months, or 21.8 years, in federal prison by United States District Judge Brian S. Miller.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 19, 2021
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the following statement on the announcement that the Biden Administration has overseen the administration of 100 million vaccines to the American people in just 58 days - 42 days ahead of the...
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 19, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI) and Rob Portman (R-OH), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and Chris Murphy (D-CT) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security,...
By State Newswire | Mar 19, 2021
Release: The United States is deeply concerned by the electoral impasse in Somalia, which is creating political uncertainty that threatens security, stability, and development in the country. We call on Somalia’s federal and member state leaders to set aside narrow political objectives, uphold their responsibilities to the people of Somalia, and agree to immediately hold transparent and inclusive elections.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 19, 2021
News Release: LAPWAI - The National Park Service (NPS) has selected Stephen Thede to serve as the superintendent of Nez Perce National Historical Park and oversee operations at Big Hole National Battlefield and Whitman Mission National Historic Site. He will report on May 9, 2021. .
