News from March 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 24, 2021
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Byron Calavaza, 33, of Zuni, New Mexico, and an enrolled member of the Pueblo of Zuni, pleaded guilty March 23 in federal court to four counts of committing sexual abuse of a minor in Indian Country.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 24, 2021
News Release: FORT WORTH - Forty-six defendants, including two doctors, a nurse practitioner, and five pharmacists, have been convicted of operating an $18 million pill mill scheme, announced DEA Dallas Field Division Special Agent in Charge, Eduardo A. Chávez.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 24, 2021
News Release: In a significant advance toward the future redefinition of the international unit of time, the second, a research team led by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has compared three of the world’s leading atomic clocks with record accuracy over both air and optical fiber links.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 24, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks as prepared for delivery today at an Energy Subcommittee legislative hearing titled, “The CLEAN Future Act: Powering a Resilient and Prosperous America:"
By State Newswire | Mar 24, 2021
Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good afternoon. A few weeks ago, not long after becoming Secretary as State, I spoke directly to the American people. I said that my number one job is to ensure that America’s foreign policy delivers for them - that it makes their lives more secure, creates opportunities for their ...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 24, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at an Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing titled, “Power Struggle: Examining the 2021 Texas Grid Failure:"
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 24, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Republican Leader for Energy Fred Upton delivered opening remarks at today’s subcommittee hearing on preserving jobs and avoiding Green New Deal-style energy and environment policies.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 24, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON -- In early April, FEMA will begin providing financial assistance for funeral expenses incurred after Jan. 20, 2020 for deaths related to coronavirus (COVID-19) to help ease some of the financial stress and burden caused by the pandemic. The policy was finalized today, and FEMA is now moving rapidly to implement this funeral assistance program nationwide.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 24, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Communications and Technology Subcommittee Republican Leader Bob Latta (R-OH), and subcommittee Chairman Mike Doyle (D-PA) wrote to nine internet service providers (ISPs) ...
By EPA Newswire | Mar 24, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks as prepared for delivery today at an Energy Subcommittee legislative hearing titled, “The CLEAN Future Act: Powering a Resilient and Prosperous America:"
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 24, 2021
News Release: ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA - Kenneth Allan Evans, of Moorefield, West Virginia, has admitted to his role in a drug distribution operation, Acting United States Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 24, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, convened a business meeting to consider the nominations of Brenda Mallory to be Chair of the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) and Janet McCabe to be Deputy ...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 24, 2021
News Release: PORT ANGELES, WA: A project is now underway to upgrade the park entrance area at Heart O' the Hills on Hurricane Ridge Road in Olympic National Park. A temporary fee booth will be in operation until this project is completed in the fall. Although traffic impacts from the entrance station project are...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 24, 2021
News Release: In Austin, a federal judge sentenced 50-year-old Nicky Osborne, a former Pflugerville trucking company Chief Financial Officer, to 46 months in federal prison and to pay more than $8 million in restitution for a fraud and tax evasion scheme, announced U.S. Attorney Ashley C. Hoff; Special Agent in Charge Richard D. Goss, Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation (IRS CI), Houston Field Office; and FBI Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs, San Antonio Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 24, 2021
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Brenda G. Walters, age 60, of Haskell, Oklahoma entered a guilty plea to Embezzlement from a Labor Organization, in violation of Title 29, United States Code, Section 501(c), punishable by not more than 5 years’ imprisonment, a fine up to $10,000.00, or both.
By State Newswire | Mar 24, 2021
Release: The following statement was released by United States Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken and the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy/Vice President of the European Commission Josep Borrell following today’s meeting.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 24, 2021
Release: National Labs Will Lead Transformation of Smart Devices, Clean Energy Technologies, and Semiconductor Manufacturing
By EPA Newswire | Mar 24, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers delivered opening remarks at Wednesday’s Energy Subcommittee hearing about the need for a diverse and reliable energy base.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 24, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Ranking Member Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Mike Doyle (D-PA), and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Ranking Member Bob Latta (R-OH) wrote to nine internet service providers...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 24, 2021
News Release: HOUSTON - A federal grand jury sitting in Houston has returned a superseding indictment against five Honduran nationals in a bank fraud conspiracy, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.
