News from October 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2021
News Release: AUSTIN - U.S. Attorney Ashley C. Hoff of the Western District of Texas announced today that Muniz Concrete and Contracting, Inc. (“Muniz Concrete") and its owner, Jose Juan Muniz, have agreed to pay $188,879.59 to resolve allegations they violated the False Claims Act by falsely certifying their compliance with certain requirements of the Department of Transportation’s Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (“DBE") program.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 29, 2021
The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Oct. 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2021
News Release: BAY CITY - A federal jury convicted a Roscommon County man on charges of possessing, receiving, and transporting child pornography, announced Acting United States Attorney Saima Mohsin.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2021
News Release: A North Carolina tax return preparer was sentenced today to 20 months in prison for conspiring to defraud the IRS.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Bob Murray announced today that DIEGO AGUILAR-VALDOVINOS, age 38 of Federal Way, Washington, was arrested and charged with possession with intent to distribute Fentanyl. Aguilar-Valdovinos appeared before U.S. District Court Chief Magistrate Judge Kelly H. Rankin on Oct. 25, 2021, for an arraignment hearing and pled not guilty to the charge.
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 29, 2021
The US Transportation Department published a three page proposed rule on Oct. 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 29, 2021
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A Chinese appliance manufacturer and two of its subsidiaries have agreed to resolve criminal charges for failing to notify the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) that millions of dehumidifiers they sold to U.S. consumers were defective and could catch fire, the Justice Department announced today.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 29, 2021
News Release: DENTON, Texas - Preliminary Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs) are available for review by residents and business owners in portions of the City of Gonzales and unincorporated areas of Gonzales County, Texas.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 29, 2021
News Release: FALLS CHURCH, Va. - Yesterday, the Bureau of Land Management Eastern States held a ceremony commemorating the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding with the Chesapeake Conservancy, and officially opening the new Lower Potomac Field Station Office at the Meadowood Special Recreation Management Area in Lorton.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Bob Murray announced today that JOSEPH ANTHONY HOOKER, age 29, of Casper, Wyoming, was sentenced by Chief Federal District Court Judge Nancy D. Freudenthal on Oct. 20, 2021 for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and possession of firearms in furtherance of a drug...
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 29, 2021
The US Commerce Department published a three page notice on Oct. 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 28, 2021
Release: Washington - Low-income New Jersey residents in seven counties (Bergen, Essex, Hunterdon, Middlesex, Passaic, Somerset and Union) recovering from Hurricane Ida could be eligible for a helping hand from the USDA’s Disaster Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (D-SNAP), announced today by the U.S Department of Agriculture (USDA).
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2021
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LA - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced today that LIONEL COOLEY, age 45, a resident of Slidell, Louisiana, pled guilty to conspiring to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine and 28 grams or more of crack and to providing an AK-47 firearm to codefendant Blake Monroe that was used to facilitate crack sales.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 28, 2021
News Release: BATON ROUGE, La. - Since Hurricane Ida barreled across Southeast Louisiana two months ago, leaving dozens of parishes with severe damage and losses, disaster survivors have received more than $889 million in federal grants and been approved for more than $816 million in low-interest loans to enhance their recovery. Another $297 million has been paid to survivors in National Flood Insurance Program claims.
By State Newswire | Oct 28, 2021
Release: On behalf of the American people and the Government of the United States of America, I congratulate the people of the Czech Republic as you celebrate the anniversary of the founding of the Czechoslovak state on Oct. 28, 1918.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2021
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Paul W. Grimm sentenced Zhiyang Yang, age 61, formerly of Silver Spring, Maryland, to 14 months in federal prison, which is time served, for making illegal payments to an immigration official. The sentence was imposed on Oct. 26, 2021.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 28, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, Oct. 28, 2021 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced today the appointment of 14 members to the National Agricultural Research, Extension, Education, and Economics (NAREEE) Advisory Board. Eight members are new appointments and six members are re-appointments.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 28, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, Oct. 28, 2021 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced an investment of more than $243 million in grants to support specialty crops, including fruits, vegetables, tree nuts and nursery crops through two USDA programs – the Specialty Crop Block Grant Program and the Specialty Crop Research Initiative grants program.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 28, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, Oct. 28, 2021 – Today, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack released the below statement following President Biden’s announcement of the framework for Build Back Better.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2021
News Release: A Rwanda native, most recently residing in Buffalo, New York, has been denaturalized by consent and departed from the United States under an order of removal following the filing of a complaint citing his suspected involvement in the Rwandan genocide in 1994.
