News from May 2021
By Homeland Newswire | May 18, 2021
News Release: MONTGOMERY, Ala -- FEMA and the State of Alabama have approved $6,681,233 to reimburse the City of Orange Beach for debris removal after Hurricane Sally.
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) delivered the following opening remarks, as prepared, during the markup of H.R. 3239, To make improvements in the enactment of title 41, United States Code, into a positive law title and to improve the Code...
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2021
News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - On May 13, 2021, a federal grand jury returned a three-count indictment charging brothers Jonathan Amill Peña and Yosef Ricardo Cruz Peña with an attempted carjacking of an off-duty police officer, announced W. Stephen Muldrow, United States Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico.
By EPA Newswire | May 18, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - In a Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee hearing on automated vehicles, Subcommittee Republican Leader Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) said that, while full autonomy is still years away, we need to set the industry on the path to a fully autonomous vehicle future today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2021
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Tiana Matias, 28, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. Magistrate Judge Jeremiah J. McCarthy to Hobbs Act Robbery. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine. In addition, Philip Purdue, 42...
By Commerce Newswire | May 18, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered the following remarks in today’s Consumer protection and Commerce Subcommittee hearing on advancing America’s automated vehicle industry.
By Homeland Newswire | May 18, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON D.C. -The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T), in collaboration with the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), invite innovators to submit solutions for a large capacity floating device to keep survivors out of the water during mass rescue operations. A virtual...
By Commerce Newswire | May 18, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee Chairman Paul Tonko (D-NY) announced today that the Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee will hold a fully remote legislative hearing on Tuesday, May 25, at 11:30 a.m. (EDT) entitled, “The CLEAN Future Act and Drinking Water: Legislation to Ensure Drinking Water is Safe and Clean."
By DOE Newswire | May 18, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO) announced today that the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee will hold a fully remote hearing on Wednesday, May 26, at 11:00 a.m. (EDT) on building confidence in COVID-19 vaccines in order to vaccinate more Americans. The hearing is entitled, “A Shot at Normalcy: Building COVID-19 Vaccine Confidence."
By DOE Newswire | May 18, 2021
News Release: OAK RIDGE, Tenn. - Land at the East Tennessee Technology Park (ETTP) is already being put to beneficial reuse and providing new economic opportunities for the community after the Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) and its contractor UCOR became the first in the world to remove a former enrichment site there last year.
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2021
News Release: SAN ANTONIO - U.S. District Judge Fred Biery today sentenced 23-year-old Felipe Jesus Duron of Atascosa to 29 years in federal prison followed by 11 years of supervised release for coercing minors into engaging in sexually explicit conduct.
By USDA Newswire | May 18, 2021
Release: FOR INFORMATION AND ACTION. DA-2021-08. May 17, 2021 To: State and Territory Agricultural Regulatory Officials Effective immediately, the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is adding Eau Claire and Richland Counties in Wisconsin to the list of quarantine areas for gypsy moth (GM). The GM ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2021
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Erick Lamont Stanback Singleton, of Cleveland, Ohio, was sentenced today to 41 months of incarceration for a drug charge, Acting U.S. Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Damon M. Joseph, aka Abdullah Ali Yusuf, 23, of Holland, Ohio, pleaded guilty today to attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham, aka ISIS, and attempting to commit a hate crime, for planning an attack on a synagogue in the Toledo, Ohio area.
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2021
News Release: BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - A Childersburg woman was sentenced today for engaging in a wire fraud scheme, announced U.S. Attorney Prim F. Escalona, and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge Johnnie Sharp, Jr.
By Homeland Newswire | May 18, 2021
Release: SALT LAKE CITY - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is hiring Transportation Security Officers (TSOs) to work at Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC). There are 20 full- and five part-time positions currently available at SLC. Starting salary is $16.51 per hour.
By US DOT Newswire | May 18, 2021
News Release: Washington, DC- Today, Chair of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and Chair of the Subcommittee on Aviation Rick Larsen (D-WA) announced they are seeking records from The Boeing Company and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) regarding continued issues with the manufacture and production of Boeing commercial aircraft at facilities in both Washington state and South Carolina.
By DOE Newswire | May 18, 2021
News Release: The digital age is coming to a building near you.
By Interior Newswire | May 18, 2021
News Release: Fruita, CO - The yellow and white striping on Rim Rock Drive will be repainted the week of May 18 - 21, 2021. MRM Construction Services will start the painting operation at the west entrance on Tuesday morning, May 18, 2021. Work on the east (Grand Junction) side of the monument is expected to happen...
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2021
News Release: Braymer Man Indicted Today for $215,000 Fraud Scheme.
