News from March 2021
By State Newswire | Mar 12, 2021
Release: The text of the following statement was released by the G7 foreign ministers of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States of America and the High Representative of the European Union.
By State Newswire | Mar 12, 2021
Release: The Department of State, on behalf of the American people, offers its sincere condolences to South Africa and the Zulu people on the passing of His Majesty King Goodwill Zwelithini kaBhekuzulu today.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 12, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - In response to President Biden's executive order on protecting worker health and safety, the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has launched a national emphasis program focusing enforcement efforts on companies that put the largest number of workers...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2021
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Philip M. Close, 43, of Rochester, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Charles A. Siragusa to a 74-count indictment, including 61 counts of production of child pornography and 13 counts of possession of material containing...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2021
News Release: SAN DIEGO - A federal grand jury today returned an indictment against the Chief Executive Officer and an associate of the Canada-based firm Sky Global on charges that they knowingly and intentionally participated in a criminal enterprise that facilitated the transnational importation and distribution of narcotics through the sale and service of encrypted communications devices.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2021
News Release: LOS ANGELES - Expanding a case in which four people were indicted last year, federal authorities have charged four new defendants with participating in a scheme that allegedly submitted more than 150 fraudulent loan applications seeking nearly $22 million in COVID-19 relief funds authorized under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, the Justice Department announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2021
News Release: SAN DIEGO - A federal grand jury today returned an indictment against the Chief Executive Officer and an associate of the Canada-based firm Sky Global on charges that they knowingly and intentionally participated in a criminal enterprise that facilitated the transnational importation and distribution of narcotics through the sale and service of encrypted communications devices.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 12, 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 Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Dina Titus (D-NV) announced the Subcommittee will hold a hearing titled, “Building Smarter: ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2021
News Release: CONCORD - Lorenzo Vasquez, 29, of New York, pleaded guilty in federal court to aiding and abetting the possession of controlled substances with intent to distribute, Acting United States Attorney John J. Farley announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2021
News Release: A U.S. citizen who formerly resided in the Dominican Republic has been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for his role in a scheme to steal debit cards from bank customers, announced Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Prerak Shah.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2021
News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorney Jaclyn Stahl (619) 546-8456.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 12, 2021
News Release: (MISSOULA, Mont.) - In order to protect natural resources and local communities, the Bureau of Land Management’s Missoula Field Office is monitoring conditions for potential prescribed burning in the Blackfoot corridor area this spring.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 12, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC-Following instructions from Speaker Pelosi to begin working on an infrastructure and jobs package, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement on the Committee’s role...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 12, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $4.2 million CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant to the city of North Richland Hills, Texas, to improve Iron Horse Boulevard in support of the growth and...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2021
News Release: MACON, Ga. - The Department of Justice’s National Unemployment Insurance Fraud Task Force (NUIFTF) is warning that criminals are creating websites mimicking unemployment benefit websites, including state workforce agency (SWA) websites, to steal personal information and file fraudulent unemployment insurance (UI) benefits provided as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic, said Peter D. Leary, the Acting U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia.
By State Newswire | Mar 12, 2021
Release: On behalf of the Government of the United States of America, I congratulate you on the 53rd anniversary of independence.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 12, 2021
News Release: MILWAUKEE-Wild horses and burros from public rangelands in Western states will be available for adoption or sale at an event managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), on April 16-17, 2021, at the Civil War Arena, 11838 Civil War Road, Carthage, Missouri.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 12, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $500,000 CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant to OneRedmond, Redmond, Washington, to provide technical assistance needed to help coronavirus-impacted small businesses reopen safely and successfully. This EDA grant, to be matched with $160,000 in local investment, is expected to create or retain 2,000 jobs.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2021
News Release: MADISON, Wis. - Special Agent in Charge Robert J. Bell, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) - Chicago Division and Acting United States Attorney Timothy M. O’Shea announced that David E. Eckerle, M.D., a Madison, Wisconsin physician, entered into a settlement agreement to pay $110,000 to resolve civil allegations that he violated the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) related to the manner in which he was prescribing opioids and other controlled substances.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2021
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - Tyra Latrice Clark, 22, of Clarksville, Tennessee, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Kristi H. Johnson to serve a total of 108 months in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for sex trafficking of a minor, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Darren J. LaMarca and Michelle A. Sutphin, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Mississippi.
