News from March 2021
By State Newswire | Mar 18, 2021
Release: *MODERATOR:* (Via interpreter) Ladies and gentlemen, foreign and defense ministers.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 18, 2021
News Release: Russian National Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Introduce Malware into a U.S. Company’s Computer Network.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 18, 2021
News Release: Thursday, March 25, 2021-12:00PM EDT. Virtual Hearing -via Cisco Webex. Full Committee on Agriculture Hearing. RE: “A Hearing to Review the State of Black Farmers in the U.S.". A live stream of the hearing will be available on YouTube. All additional information on this hearing can be found here.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 18, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) and U.S. Rep. Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.) sent a letter to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, requesting information on the long-term environmental impacts stemming from the southern border crisis. In part, the members wrote.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 18, 2021
News Release: The Interior Department today released additional information about the upcoming virtual forum regarding the federal oil and gas program, including the public’s viewing options and ability to submit written input to inform Interior’s review.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 18, 2021
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Bergen County, New Jersey, man today admitted orchestrating a long-running bank and securities fraud scheme, which led to large-scale losses for financial institutions and investors, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 18, 2021
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Sussex County, New Jersey, man was charged for his role in fraudulently obtaining federal Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans totaling $1.9 million, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
By State Newswire | Mar 18, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, yesterday introduced the Diplomatic Support and Security Act, legislation to update the State Department’s review process for attacks on U.S. personnel or properties for the first time in 35 years.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 18, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) released the following statement blasting House passage of H.R. 6, a bill that would grant amnesty to millions of illegal immigrants.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 18, 2021
News Release: Audrey Strauss, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that codefendants HERODE CHANCY and MICHAEL ALBARELLA, who at the time of offense were employed as a managers at a Manhattan branch of a national bank (“Bank-1"), have pled guilty before United States District...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 18, 2021
News Release: Former State Department Employee Sentenced to Prison for Trafficking in Counterfeit Goods from U.S. Embassy.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 18, 2021
News Release: The Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail (Chesapeake Trail) is pleased to announce that its first cohort of interns has completed the inaugural Ancestral Lands Corps Individual Placement Program at Werowocomoco, the historic capital of the Powhatan chiefdom and a site of international...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 18, 2021
News Release: KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - On March 17, 2021, a federal jury convicted a registered sex offender, Tywan Montrease Sykes, 45, of Louisville, Tennessee, of using a minor to produce child pornography, enticement of a minor for sex, committing those offenses while being required to register as a sex offender, and...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 18, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) and Rep. A. Donald McEachin (D-Va.) reintroduced their landmark Environmental Justice for All Act today, supported by a wide array of grassroots groups and environmental advocates from across the country. The bill, available online at.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 18, 2021
News Release: Thurmont, Md. - Due to increased security measures, portions of Catoctin Mountain Park will be closed at approximately 6 p.m. on Friday, March 19, 2021. Closures are scheduled to continue through approximately 6 p.m. on Sunday, March 21, 2021.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 18, 2021
News Release: DETROIT - An Oakland County Cardiologist, Dinesh M. Shah, M.D. and his practice, Michigan Physicians Group, P.C. (MPG) have paid the United States $2 million to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by knowingly billing federal healthcare programs for diagnostic testing that was...
By State Newswire | Mar 18, 2021
Release: As the President has said, Nord Stream 2 is a bad deal - for Germany, for Ukraine, and for our Central and Eastern European allies and partners. The Department is tracking efforts to complete the Nord Stream 2 pipeline and is evaluating information regarding entities that appear to be involved.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 18, 2021
News Release: It is always nice to be honored for a job well done-even better to share the recognition with your friends. That’s just what happened when an innovative new chemical detection technology called SEDONA, or SpEctroscopic Detection of Nerve Agents, was recognized as a 2020 R&D 100 Award-winner.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 18, 2021
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Mariela Panganiban, 48, of Elk Grove, pleaded guilty today to conspiring with the owners of home health care agencies to pay and receive illegal kickbacks in exchange for Medicare beneficiary referrals, Acting U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 18, 2021
News Release: Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued a statement after the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services sent letters to Arkansas and New Hampshire withdrawing federal approval of the states’ adoption of these burdensome restrictions on Medicaid...
