News from November 2021
By State Newswire | Nov 22, 2021
Release: Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry will travel to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Monday, Nov. 22, to attend the signing ceremony for Project Prosperity, a new regional clean energy and water cooperation effort. This agreement will further efforts of partner nations Jordan, Israel, and the UAE to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement, reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the region, and provide a new source of fresh water.
By David Beasley | Nov 22, 2021
A Ukranian and a Russian have been indicted by a federal grand jury for using ransomware in cyber attacks on U.S. companies.
By Tamara Browning | Nov 22, 2021
A new personnel system that will help the Department of Homeland Security recruit, develop and retain top cybersecurity professionals was launched on Nov. 15.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2021
News Release: ATLANTA - Hakim Amal Archible has been sentenced for filing false liens against federal government officials, including former IRS Commissioner John Koskinen and former U.S. Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew.
By State Newswire | Nov 22, 2021
Release: The following is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
By State Newswire | Nov 22, 2021
News Release: BOISE, Idaho - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today released the following statement after a political agreement was reached between Sudan’s leaders in Khartoum:
By DOL Newswire | Nov 22, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement after the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced its final rule to increase the minimum wage for federal contract workers to $15 an hour...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2021
News Release: A Cedar Rapids man who possessed methamphetamine and a revolver was sentenced on Nov. 19, 2021, to more than five years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc. (Draper), a Cambridge-based non-profit research company and defense contractor, has agreed to pay nearly $3.5 million to resolve allegations that it improperly overcharged U.S. Navy contracts. Draper, among other things, helps develop weapons systems for the U.S. Navy.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2021
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky.- A Harrodsburg, Ky., man, John Michael Essex, 58,was sentenced to 408 months in federal prison on Friday, by Chief U.S. District Judge Danny C. Reeves, after being convicted of possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine, possession with intent to distribute heroin, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
By Glenn Minnis | Nov 22, 2021
A group of 23 military veterans are part of the latest Human Exploitation Rescue Operative (HERO) internship program graduating class, U.S.
By State Newswire | Nov 22, 2021
Release: The Department of State has submitted a report to Congress pursuant to the Protecting Europe’s Energy Security Act of 2019 (PEESA), as amended. The report lists two vessels and one Russia-linked entity, Transadria Ltd., involved in the Nord Stream 2 pipeline. Transadria Ltd. will be sanctioned under PEESA, and its vessel, the Marlin, will be identified as blocked property.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 22, 2021
News Release: HOUSTON - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), in conjunction with the U.S. Department of State, repatriated a trove of stolen artifacts to the Republic of Mali Nov. 22. The artifacts were transferred from HSI to Ambassador Issa Konfourou, permanent representative of Mali to the United Nations.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2021
News Release: RIVERSIDE, California - A San Bernardino County man has been found guilty of criminal charges for paying a teenager he met on the internet to have sex with him on two occasions, the Justice Department announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2021
News Release: Apprehended on the Roof of O’Reilly Auto Parts After Fleeing from Police, Stealing Thousands of Tablets of Prescription Drugs.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2021
News Release: WAYCROSS, GA: Two dozen defendants have been indicted on federal conspiracy charges after a transnational, multi-year investigation into a human smuggling and labor trafficking operation that illegally imported Mexican and Central American workers into brutal conditions on South Georgia farms.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 22, 2021
News Release: BATON ROUGE, La. - Survivors of Hurricane Ida still have one week left to apply for assistance from FEMA. The final deadline to apply is Monday, Nov. 29.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 22, 2021
News Release: Nashville, Tenn. - The majority owner of the New China Buffet and Grill in Clarksville, Tennessee, used as an employment site for undocumented workers, was sentenced to serve 20 months in federal prison.
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 22, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) proposes $161,823 in civil penalties against eight airline passengers for alleged unruly behavior involving alcohol. Since Jan. 1, 2021, the FAA has received nearly 300 reports of passenger disturbances due to alcohol and intoxication.
By Glenn Minnis | Nov 22, 2021
With several religious holidays on the horizon, the Secretary of Homeland Security has issued an updated National Terrorism Advisory System (NTAS) Bulletin reflecting the heightened threat environment the country currently faces.
