News from October 2021
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 8, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Subcommittee on Government Operations Ranking Member Jody Hice (R-Ga.) and Representative Andrew Clyde (R-Ga.) wrote to Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center (AVAMC) Chief of Staff, Dr. Ivan Correa, regarding disturbing reports that the AVAMC had ten pallets of mail sitting unopened...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 8, 2021
News Release: Antietam National Battlefield seeks input on plan to improve park landscape management strategies!.
By State Newswire | Oct 8, 2021
Release: The United States condemns in the strongest terms today’s attack on worshippers at Friday prayers in Kunduz, Afghanistan. We offer our deepest condolences to the victims and their families. The Afghan people deserve a future free of terror.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 8, 2021
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - BYRON WATSON, age 32, and REGINALD LUMAR, age 30, residents of New Orleans, were sentenced this week by the Honorable Susie Morgan, announced U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans. WATSON was sentenced to 72 months of incarceration and LUMAR was sentenced to 51 months of incarceration. Both men...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 8, 2021
News Release: District Court Enters Permanent Injunction Shutting Down Fraudulent Psychic Mail Fraud Scheme.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 8, 2021
News Release: HARRISBURG, Pa. - FEMA Mobile Disaster Recovery Centers (MDRCs) will open over the coming week to help residents of Montgomery County whose homes or personal property were impacted by the remnants of Hurricane Ida. These temporary Centers will be staffed with FEMA personnel and representatives of other federal and state agencies to assist with registration and answer questions about disaster assistance programs.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 8, 2021
News Release: The Blue Ridge Parkway historically welcomes nearly 2 million visitors during the month of October, making it one of the busiest months of the year. With increased traffic on the Parkway this month, visitors are encouraged to plan ahead and be prepared for heavy traffic and full parking lots at some the parkway’s most popular attractions.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 8, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, the Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, highlighted statements of support from stakeholders praising the Committee’s section of the Build Back Better Act. The Committee provided $12 billion in critical funding to electrify General Services Administration (GSA) and United States Postal Service vehicle fleets and build the necessary charging infrastructure to support them.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 8, 2021
News Release: MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WY - An autopsy has been completed on 67-year-old Mark O’Neill whose body was found on the east shore of Shoshone Lake in Yellowstone National Park Monday, Sept. 20. The autopsy determined the cause of death of O’Neill was exposure (hypothermia).
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 8, 2021
News Release: ALBUQERQUE, N.M. - Samuel Perez, 34, of Albuquerque, was sentenced in federal court on Sept. 22 to seven years in prison for using, carrying and brandishing a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence. Perez pleaded guilty on Jan. 8.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 8, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - In a letter to President Joseph R. Biden, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Majority Leader Chuck Schumer Wednesday, House Agriculture Committee Chairman David Scott of Georgia and all of the Democratic Committee members reaffirmed support of the historic nature of the Build Back Better Act, while emphasizing the need to preserve agricultural provisions.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 8, 2021
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that Tyrish Stevenson, also known as “Skip," 47, and Christopher Rivers, also known as “Q," 27, both of Brooklyn, NY appeared today in United States District Court in Burlington for an arraignment on a two-count indictment charging them with the distribution of cocaine base.
By State Newswire | Oct 8, 2021
Release: On behalf of the United States of America, I offer my congratulations to the people of Fiji as you celebrate your independence day on October 10.
By State Newswire | Oct 8, 2021
Release: The Troika (Norway, the United Kingdom, and the United States) strongly supports the efforts of Sudan’s government to resolve protests in eastern Sudan which, as the government’s October 3 statement highlighted, risk having a serious impact on the country’s economy and the well-being of its citizens.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 8, 2021
News Release: Harrisburg, PA. - You’ve been waiting for a letter from FEMA’s Individuals and Households Program (IHP) telling you how much your disaster assistance will be, and it says you are ineligible. What next?
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 8, 2021
News Release: ST. PAUL, Minn. - A federal jury convicted a Hopkins man for tax evasion after failing to file income tax returns since 1997, announced Acting U.S. Attorney W. Anders Folk.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 8, 2021
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A Fresno man was sentenced today to 55 years in prison for sexual exploitation of a minor and distribution of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 8, 2021
News Release: SAVANNAH, GA: A gang member and leader in a major methamphetamine trafficking operation and a codefendant each have been sentenced to more than 20 years in federal prison for spreading drugs into coastal and south Georgia.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 8, 2021
News Release: FLINT - A former pastor and his associate have been sentenced for their role in a multi-year Ponzi scheme that defrauded more than 140 individuals from multiple states out of nearly $9.3 million, announced Acting United States Attorney Saima Mohsin.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 8, 2021
News Release: UPDATE: October 8, 2021 - Boaters are advised that construction activities to extend the Stateline Auxiliary Ramp will begin on Monday, Oct. 11, 2021. Please adhere to all construction signage and guidance. The ramp will be extended in one-half increments with two lanes remaining open to the launch...
