News published on Federal Newswire in March 2021

News from March 2021


Maryland U.S. Attorney’s Office Seizes Fourth Domain Name Purporting to be the Website of a Company Producing a Treatment for COVID-19

News Release: Fourth Domain Name Seized In Less Than Three Months That Used Similar Names, Trademarked Logos, and Graphics of Actual Companies to Create Fraudulent Websites in Order to Obtain Personal Information of Victims and Illegally Profit from the Pandemic.


Holyoke Businessman Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Distribute More than One Kilogram of Heroin and Cocaine

News Release: Agents seized over 40 kilograms of cocaine, 14 kilograms of heroin and more than $1 million in cash.


TSA seeks to hire airport security screening officers throughout Maine

Release: PORTLAND, Maine. - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is launching recruitment efforts across the state of Maine to fill Transportation Security Officer (TSO) positions by summer in, ,, and and at.


Apprehended Fugitive Charged In Second Fraud Scheme

News Release: Defendant, Arrested As A Fugitive In A Pending Fraud Prosecution, Is Indicted Again For A Different Fraud Scheme Involving Medical Device Loans.


DEA Announces 20th Take Back Day

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - 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...


High-Speed Chase Results in Federal Firearms Sentence

News Release: A Cedar Falls, Iowa, man who led Waterloo police officers on a high-speed chase on March 6, 2020, was sentenced today to seven years in federal prison.


TSA seeks to hire more than 100 airport security screening officers in Massachusetts

Release: BOSTON - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is launching recruitment efforts across Massachusetts to fill Transportation Security Officer (TSO) positions at and Nantucket Memorial Airport by summer.


Using Social Media To Protect Civilians from Landmines and Other Explosive Hazards

Release: Around the world, landmines, improvised explosive devices (IEDs), unexploded ordnance (UXO), and other explosive hazards remain a persistent threat to life, limb, and livelihood. These explosive hazards also hinder post-conflict stabilization efforts and the safe delivery of humanitarian assistance.


The Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs Celebrates the Diverse Workforce #RepresentingAmerica

Release: In March 2021, the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs will highlight women in our bureau advancing U.S. foreign policy and national security efforts in the United States and across Europe. Since 1995, U.S. presidents have issued an annual proclamation designating the month of March as “Women’s History ...


DRL FY20 IRF: Expanding Religious Tolerance in Mozambique

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...


ICYMI: Productivity, Not Partisanship, Protects Natural Resources

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Productivity, Not Partisanship, Protects Natural Resources.


Stephen R. Kaufman to Serve as Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania

News Release: PITTSBURGH - Stephen R. Kaufman, First Assistant to former United States Attorney Scott W. Brady, has been named Acting U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania effective today.


Bucksport Man Pleads Guilty to Possessing Child Pornography

News Release: BANGOR, Maine: A Bucksport man pleaded guilty today in federal court to possessing child pornography, Acting U.S. Attorney Donald E. Clark announced.


Thompson Man Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison for Kidnapping and Sexually Assaulting Massachusetts Girl

News Release: Leonard C Boyle, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JOSHUA BESAW, 37, of Thompson, Connecticut, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to 240 months of imprisonment, followed by 20 years of supervised release, for kidnapping and sexually assaulting a 12-year-old girl.


South Florida Pediatrician Detained on Federal Child Pornography Possession Charge

News Release: Miami, Florida - Today, a federal magistrate judge in Ft. Lauderdale ordered South Florida pediatrician Michael Mizrachy, 49, of Parkland, Florida, held without bond pending trial on a federal charge of possession of child pornography.


DEA Announces 20th Take Back Day

News Release: OMAHA, Neb. - Recognizing an increase in opioid overdose deaths during the pandemic, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) announced its 20th Take Back Day scheduled for Saturday, April 24. DEA collected a record-high amount of expired, unwanted and unused prescription medications during the last...


Crapo, Grassley Request Information from IRS on Proposed CTC Redesign

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC -U.S. Senator Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, and Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Ranking Member of the Judiciary Committee, requested information from the Internal Revenue Service regarding implementation of the House Democrats’ proposed child tax...


Spring 2021 Annual Wildlife Protection Closures

News Release: POINT REYES STATION, CA - Each year, Point Reyes National Seashore protects its harbor seal, western snowy plover, and seabird populations by instituting closures during their pupping or nesting seasons. This is year is no exception.


BLM to conduct prescribed burning in Butte County

News Release: REDDING, Calif. - Fire crews from the Bureau of Land Management will conduct prescribed burning to create fuel breaks on BLM-managed public lands along Garland and Doe Mill roads in Butte County, on March 3 and 4, as part of the ongoing Butte Forest Thin Project. The project area, roughly 220 acres...


Secretary Blinken’s Call with Nigerian Foreign Minister Onyeama

Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.