News from March 2021

By Commerce News Now | Mar 8, 2021
The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on March 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By DOT News Wire | Mar 8, 2021
The US Transportation Department published a four page rule on March 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By DOT News Wire | Mar 8, 2021
The US Transportation Department published a two page rule on March 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By DOT News Wire | Mar 8, 2021
The US Transportation Department published a four page rule on March 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By DOT News Wire | Mar 8, 2021
The US Transportation Department published a four page rule on March 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By DOT News Wire | Mar 8, 2021
The US Transportation Department published a three page rule on March 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 8, 2021
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Kenneth Gene Morgan a/k/a Kenny Morgan, age 44, of Muskogee, Oklahoma was sentenced to 18 months’ imprisonment and 3 years’ supervised release for Mail Fraud, in violation of Title 18, United...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 8, 2021
News Release: Great Smoky Mountains National Park and the Appalachian-Piedmont-Coastal Zone fire management staff have postponed the 175-acre prescribed burn along the park boundary in Wears Valley due to low relative humidity conditions in the area. Weather permitting, crews will conduct the burn on Tuesday, March 9. Crews may additionally conduct a 90-acre burn in Cades Cove along Sparks Lane later this week.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 8, 2021
News Release: LOS ANGELES - The second defendant named in a federal grand jury indictment surrendered today to face charges stemming from a scheme that used bogus transcripts, ghostwritten admissions essays, and imposters who took standardized tests to help foreigners gain admission to colleges, allowing them to fraudulently obtain student visas to enter or remain in the United States.

By US DOT Newswire | Mar 8, 2021
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, bipartisan leaders of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation called on the Federal Maritime Commission to ensure that ocean carriers are abiding by U.S. law and are not engaging in unjust and unreasonable shipping practices resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic.

By Homeland Newswire | Mar 8, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has awarded the Center for Infrastructure Assurance and Security (CIAS) at The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) a $1.2 million grant to conduct a pilot program to help state, local, tribal and territorial governments identify...

By Interior Newswire | Mar 8, 2021
News Release: Idaho Falls, Idaho - Members of the public who report illegal off-road travel or illegal dumping on public land in eastern Idaho may receive a $500 reward for their efforts to help protect natural and cultural resources through the Backcountry Hunters & Anglers Citizen Reward program, established in partnership with the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). The BLM Idaho Falls District manages nearly 3.7 million acres of public land in the 19 eastern Idaho counties.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 8, 2021
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Anthony L. Turner, of Toledo, Ohio, has admitted to a drug charge, Acting United States Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced.

By DOL Newswire | Mar 8, 2021
News Release: Today, Republican Leader of the House Education and Labor Committee, Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), issued the following statement after President Biden signed an Executive Order demanding the Department of Education reevaluate Trump Administration Title IX rules...

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 8, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Chair of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security along with House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) and Representative Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), introduced the bipartisan Violence Against ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 8, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - A Leicester man was arrested on Friday, March 5, 2021 in connection with allegedly using a stolen identity to fraudulently claim unemployment benefits from the State of Nevada.

By Homeland Newswire | Mar 8, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) announced today it will begin overseeing the.gov top-level domain (TLD) in April 2021. CISA is working closely with the U.S. General Services Administration, who currently oversees the TLD, to ensure a seamless transition of daily operations for.gov customers.

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 8, 2021
News Release: Suit Alleges Defendants Sell Product Designed to Remove Emissions Controls from Cars and Trucks; Government Seeks Civil Penalties and an Injunction Barring Future Sales.

By Commerce Newswire | Mar 8, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC- Today, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) and Oversight Subcommittee Chairman Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ) called on the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to extend the 2021 tax filing season, as the pandemic continues to impose titanic strain on the agency and on...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 8, 2021
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina --- Acting United States Attorney for the District of South Carolina M. Rhett DeHart announced today that the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit has affirmed a $114 million judgment against Floyd Calhoun “Cal" Dent, III, of Lexington, and his two co-conspirators, all of whom a South Carolina jury found liable for defrauding the federal healthcare programs Medicare and Tricare.