News from March 2021
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 1, 2021
News Release: Washington, DC - The bipartisan leadership of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee and the Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Subcommittee stressed to the U.S. Coast Guard the importance of an updated analysis of its fleet capabilities. Congress required the Service to provide an updated analysis, given the most recent version is outdated and no longer reflects current threats, missions, or recent experiences involving construction of new cutters.
By State Newswire | Mar 1, 2021
Release: United States Department of State. Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL). Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO): DRL FY20 IRF: Expanding Religious Tolerance in Mozambique. This is the announcement of funding opportunity number SFOP0007718. Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number: 19.345...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2021
News Release: OXFORD, Miss. - After nearly 30 years of service to the United States Department of Justice and the U.S. Attorney’s Office, William C. Lamar, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Mississippi, announced today that he has tendered his resignation effective Feb. 27, 2021. Lamar’s resignation was submitted at the request of the President of the United States and the Acting Attorney General, who have requested the resignation of all U.S. Attorneys.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2021
News Release: A man who was convicted of sexually abusing a child for more than 2 years was sentenced in federal court, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2021
News Release: BRUNSWICK, GA: A Charlton County man who admitted trafficking methamphetamine in south Georgia has been sentenced to more than 20 years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2021
News Release: For Conspiracy to Distribute Crack Cocaine and Possession of a Firearm in Furtherance of a Drug Trafficking Crime.
By State Newswire | Mar 1, 2021
News Release: Akunna Cook serves as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs in the Biden-Harris Administration. In this role, Ms. Cook oversees the development of U.S. foreign policy for Southern Africa, as well as economic and regional issues including trade, investment, climate, health, multilateral...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2021
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - Acting United States Attorney Karin Hoppmann announces the return of an indictment charging Samuel Christopher Templeman (46, Jacksonville) and Deborah Lynn Templeman (50, Jacksonville), a married couple, with conspiring to sex traffic a child. Samuel Templeman is also charged...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2021
News Release: With opioid overdose deaths increasing during the pandemic, the Drug Enforcement Administration announced its 20th Take Back Day scheduled for April 24. At its last Take Back Day in October, DEA collected a record-high amount of expired, unused prescription medications, with the public turning in close...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2021
News Release: Ellison C. Travis has been appointed and sworn in as the Acting United States Attorney for the Middle District of Louisiana following the resignation of Brandon J. Fremin who had served as the United States Attorney since 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2021
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Randolph J. Bernard will serve as Acting United States Attorney beginning on March 1, 2021.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2021
News Release: Today, Clint Johnson assumed the role of Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Oklahoma.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 1, 2021
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO MARITIME NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK IS BEGINNINGTO INCREASE ACCESS TO HYDE STREET PIER - Update March 2020.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 1, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.), who has for many years highlighted the need for federal tribal consultation before moving forward with the Resolution Copper mining project in central Arizona, today hailed the news that the U.S. Forest Service is withdrawing its final environmental...
By DOL Newswire | Mar 1, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced today that it has scheduled the eighth annual National Stand-Down to Prevent Falls in Construction for May 3-7, 2021. OSHA encourages construction employers and other stakeholders to join the event to promote awareness and training to address one of the industry’s most serious dangers.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2021
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Zachary James Parsons, of Wheeling, West Virginia, has admitted to his role in a drug trafficking conspiracy, Acting United States Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 1, 2021
News Release: MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WY - Roads in Yellowstone National Park will begin to close to oversnow travel March 7. Spring plowing will start as road segments close. All oversnow travel will end for the season March 15 at 9 p.m. Weather-permitting, some park roads will reopen to automobile travel April 16 at 8 a.m.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - A federal grand jury in Worcester brought additional charges against a Clinton man and Fitchburg man in connection with their involvement in an employment tax and mail fraud scheme.
By State Newswire | Mar 1, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, recently welcomed four new committee interns for the spring term.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2021
News Release: A man who possessed handguns and an assault rifle was sentenced today to seven years in federal prison.
