News from May 2021
By Commerce Newswire | May 20, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding $3.8 million in CARES Act Recovery Assistance grants to help the state of Kentucky prevent, prepare for, and respond to the coronavirus.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2021
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Kansas City, Missouri, man pleaded guilty in federal court today to his role in a drug-trafficking conspiracy in which he sold more than 14 kilograms of methamphetamine and 30 firearms to an undercover federal agent.
By State Newswire | May 20, 2021
Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
By Commerce Newswire | May 20, 2021
News Release: If you’ve been to your local beach, you may have noticed the wind tossing around litter such as an empty potato chip bag or a plastic straw. These plastics often make their way into the ocean, affecting not only marine life and the environment but also threatening food safety and human health.
By DOE Newswire | May 20, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) issued the following statement today after the Department of Energy announced it is seeking public input to initiate the rulemaking process for new lightbulb energy efficiency standards...
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2021
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that Rafael Ortiz, 44, of Ascutney, Vermont appeared today in federal court after being charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm. Ortiz was ordered detained by United States Magistrate Judge Kevin Doyle pending a detention hearing currently scheduled for Monday.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2021
News Release: Two-time previously convicted drug felon attempted to flee law enforcement in vehicle and on foot with meth in his vehicle.
By USDA Newswire | May 19, 2021
News Release: This Secretarial natural disaster designation allows the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) to extend much-needed emergency credit to producers recovering from natural disasters through emergency loans. Emergency loans can be used to meet various recovery needs including...
By State Newswire | May 19, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today released the following statement on the State Department’s impending report on the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, as mandated by the Protecting Europe’s Energy Security Act:
By Homeland Newswire | May 19, 2021
News Release: Washington- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) invites biometric technology developers to apply to participate in the 2021 Biometric Technology Rally. Started in 2018, the Biometric Technology Rally challenges industry to deliver fast, accurate, and easy-to-use biometric recognition capabilities to improve security and user facilitation at checkpoint processing.
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2021
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division Susan A. Gibson and Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey Rachael A. Honig announced a Monmouth County, New Jersey, man today admitted possessing with the intent to distribute more than 40 grams of fentanyl.
By Interior Newswire | May 19, 2021
News Release: Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site is pleased to announce the return of our annual fur trade Rendezvous June 17-20, 2021. The 2021 Rendezvous may look a little different, but it will be full of the same living history experiences visitors have enjoyed over the years. Reenactors will demonstrate...
By DOE Newswire | May 19, 2021
News Release: As part of the Biden-Harris administration’s commitment to improving the safety and environmental sustainability of offshore energy development, the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement and the U.S. Department of Energy have entered into a cooperative agreement with Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station to support the ongoing operation and maintenance of the Ocean Energy Safety Institute (OESI).
By USDA Newswire | May 19, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, May 19, 2021 — The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced today the appointment of Meryl Harrell as Deputy Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment (NRE) and the appointment of Terry Cosby as Chief of the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). They will begin their positions on Monday, May 24.
By USDA Newswire | May 19, 2021
News Release: USDA Has Deployed 1,574 Disaster, Public Health Specialists to Assist with Federal Response WASHINGTON, May 19, 2021 — In January 2021, President Biden released the National Strategy for the COVID-19 Response and Pandemic Preparedness. The plan is driven by science, data, and public health to improve the effectiveness of our nation’s fight against COVID-19 and to restore trust, accountability and a sense of common purpose in our response to the pandemic.
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2021
News Release: A federal grand jury in Cleveland, Ohio, returned a superseding indictment on May 13, 2021, that was unsealed yesterday, charging three Ohio men and one woman with conspiring to operate illegal gambling businesses and to defraud the IRS, among other criminal offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2021
News Release: Two men and a California business each pleaded guilty this week to conspiring to distribute consumer products that contained designer anabolic steroids.
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2021
News Release: Attorney General Merrick B. Garland spoke yesterday with Bill Blair, the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness of Canada. In their inaugural bilateral conversation, the leaders discussed their shared commitment to cooperating at the strategic level on a wide range of shared challenges ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2021
News Release: A Texas man pleaded guilty today to filing fraudulent loan applications seeking more than $3 million in forgivable Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans guaranteed by the Small Business Administration (SBA) under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act.
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2021
News Release: A former supervisory correctional officer at the Valdosta State Prison (VSP) in Valdosta, Georgia, pleaded guilty today to violating the civil rights of two inmates during two separate incidents.
