News from March 2021
By USDA Newswire | Mar 2, 2021
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 175,000 metric tons of corn for delivery to Japan during the 2021/2022 marketing year.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 2, 2021
News Release: Washington - In a complaint filed on March 16, 2020, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) alleged that Enson Group LLC, doing business as Eternal Food Service (Enson Group), Cincinnati, Ohio, failed to make full payment promptly in the total amount of $707,592 to 12 sellers for multiple lots of produce in violation of the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA). In this case, Enson Group paid sellers for produce, but not promptly pursuant to the PACA.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 2, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - This afternoon, the Director of the Government Accountability Office (GAO), Mr. Gene Dodaro, agreed with U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH), the Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, during the 2021 GAO High-Risk Report hearing that there needs...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2021
News Release: ABINGDON, Va. - Michael Dube, who formerly owned and operated American Toxicology Labs, was sentenced was today in U.S. District Court in Abingdon, Virginia to 36 months in federal prison. Jarod Forget, Special Agent in Charge of the DEA Washington Division, Acting United States Attorney Daniel P. Bubar, and Virginia Attorney General Mark G. Herring announced today.
By State Newswire | Mar 2, 2021
Release: SECRETARY CLINTON: So, Secretary Blinken, welcome. I cannot express how pleased I am to have this chance to talk with you.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Sincere Howard (“Howard"), 20, and Garrett Hawkins (“Hawkins"), 21, both of Washington, D.C., have been indicted by a federal grand jury in the District of Columbia for conspiracy to commit kidnapping, kidnapping, and cyber stalking. The indictment was announced by Acting U.S. Attorney Michael...
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 2, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - In the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is putting social distancing and other safety measures into place at airport TSA checkpoints. Today, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) Silicon Valley Innovation...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 2, 2021
News Release: Brecksville, Ohio - The National Park Service (NPS) announced today that the cleanup of the Krejci Dump site in Cuyahoga Valley National Park is complete and the site is fully restored.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 2, 2021
Release: WASHINGTON - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has substantial efforts underway in preparation for spring break travelers, who typically travel late February through April. Those efforts include technology upgrades across airport checkpoints that reduce or eliminate physical contact, recruitment...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2021
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Michael Moore, 38, a Liberian national residing in Darby, Pennsylvania, has been arrested on federal charges for his involvement in an online romance scam that targeted older adults, announced William T. Stetzer, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. The criminal indictment was unsealed following Moore’s initial appearance in federal court in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
By State Newswire | Mar 2, 2021
Release: SECRETARY CLINTON: So, Secretary Blinken, welcome. I cannot express how pleased I am to have this chance to talk with you.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 2, 2021
News Release: WEST VALLEY, N.Y. - EM and cleanup contractor CH2M HILL BWXT West Valley (CHBWV) recently installed a long-reach arm on an excavator for ease of access in the demolition of the Main Plant Process Building at the West Valley Demonstration Project (WVDP).
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2021
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Denzel Robinson a/k/a Sparks, 27, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge John L. Sinatra, Jr. to being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition. The charge carries carry a minimum penalty of 10 years in prison, and a $250,000 fine.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 2, 2021
News Release: An Environmental Assessment (EA) is being prepared for the Shivwits Plateau Landscape Restoration Project (DOI-BLM-AZ-A030-2021-0005-EA/ PEPC-98370). The purpose of this notice is to inform the public and interested parties of the project. Comments received in response to this solicitation will be used...
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 2, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued Emergency Directive (ED) 21-02 today requiring federal civilian departments and agencies running Microsoft Exchange on-premises products to update or disconnect the products from their networks until updated with the Microsoft...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 2, 2021
News Release: CAÑON CITY, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management Royal Gorge Field Office will begin accepting reservations for the 2021 camping season at The Bank and Sand Gulch campgrounds north of Cañon City to improve campers’ experiences at these sites. Reservations can be made through Recreation.gov beginning March 8, 2021.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2021
News Release: Leonard C Boyle, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that YACOV OCASIO, also known as “C-Low," 24, of Hartford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer in New Haven to 66 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for distributing fentanyl while on federal supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2021
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Manison Largo, 41, of Church Rock, New Mexico, and an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation, made an appearance on March 1 in federal court where he is charged with sexually abusing a child younger than 16. Pending trial, Largo will be released to a halfway house when space is available.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2021
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Eight defendants have been indicted by a federal grand jury for their roles in a $4.1 million conspiracy to distribute more than 520 kilograms of methamphetamine.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 2, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON-Today, the House Committee on Oversight and Reform held a hearing on the GAO’s High Risk List with U.S. Comptroller General Gene Dodaro. The list is released at the start of each Congress and is comprised of federal programs and agencies deemed to be vulnerable to waste, fraud, abuse, and mismanagement. It provides a roadmap to the Committee in its mission to ensure government accountability.
