News from October 2021
By EPA Newswire | Oct 7, 2021
News Release: House Committee leaders wrote to Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra, Labor Secretary Martin J. Walsh, and Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen to request that their Departments work together to ensure that the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) requirements to provide individuals with coverage for the full range of contraceptives approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) continue to be protected and enforced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2021
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Timothy M. O’Shea, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Tonyiel Partee, 29, Janesville, Wisconsin, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to 36 months in federal prison for conspiracy to commit sex trafficking. This prison term will be followed by 5 years of supervised release. Partee pleaded guilty to this charge on July 8, 2021.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 7, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Chair Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) announced today that the Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee will hold a fully remote legislative hearing on Thursday, Oct. 14, at 12 p.m. (EDT). The hearing is entitled, “Investing in American Jobs: Legislation to Strengthen Manufacturing and Competitiveness."
By DOE Newswire | Oct 7, 2021
Release: Strategic Plan Supports President Biden’s Executive Order Calling on a Comprehensive Federal Response to Combating Climate Change
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2021
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) Director Ronald L. Davis signed the interim policy for the USMS to begin use of body-worn cameras (BWC) in law enforcement operations as part of Phase One of BWC implementation by U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) law enforcement personnel. USMS is...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2021
News Release: Defendants were indicted as part of Operation Stranded Bandit
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2021
News Release: Currier had prior convictions for Forgery and Domestic Abuse Assault.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2021
News Release: A Texas man was sentenced today to 87 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for his role in directing subordinate Aryan Circle (AC) gang members to assault and inflict serious bodily injury on a victim.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2021
News Release: ST. LOUIS - Najee Neal, 30, of St. Louis, Missouri, appeared before United States District Court Judge Sarah E. Pitlyk on today’s date for sentencing. Neal previously pleaded guilty in July and was sentenced to 156 months in federal prison for carjacking, brandishing a firearm in furtherance of that crime, and two counts of being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 6, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, Oct. 6, 2021 – U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack announced today an investment of more than $146 million in sustainable agricultural research projects aimed at improving a robust, resilient, climate-smart food and agricultural system.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2021
News Release: A Texas man was sentenced today to 87 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for his role in directing subordinate Aryan Circle (AC) gang members to assault and inflict serious bodily injury on a victim.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2021
News Release: The Department of Justice’s Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) today announced over $33 million in funding to advance the practice of community policing in law enforcement. Community Policing Development (CPD) program funds are used to support promising practices through the ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2021
News Release: Crane Company (Crane) has agreed to pay to the United States over $4.5 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by failing to comply with Military Specification (Mil Spec) Mil-V 24624 for certain high performance butterfly valves and requirements for inclusion on the Qualified Products List (QPL) where the valves appeared. The valves were supplied for use in U.S. Navy ships.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2021
News Release: Deputy Attorney General Lisa O. Monaco announced today the launch of the department’s Civil Cyber-Fraud Initiative, which will combine the department’s expertise in civil fraud enforcement, government procurement and cybersecurity to combat new and emerging cyber threats to the security of sensitive information and critical systems.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2021
News Release: A Virginia man was sentenced today to 20 years in prison for the production and receipt of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2021
News Release: Yesterday, Attorney General Merrick B. Garland and Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra co-hosted a listening session with stakeholders on the bipartisan COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act, which was signed into law by President Biden on May 20. Under the legislation, the Department of Justice ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2021
News Release: A Chinese citizen was sentenced today to 38 months in prison and one year of supervised release on a federal money laundering conviction.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2021
News Release: Deputy Attorney General Lisa O. Monaco announced today the creation of a National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team (NCET), to tackle complex investigations and prosecutions of criminal misuses of cryptocurrency, particularly crimes committed by virtual currency exchanges, mixing and tumbling services, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2021
News Release: Attorney General Merrick B. Garland tonight issued the following statement regarding the U.S. District Court’s decision to issue a preliminary injunction blocking enforcement of Texas Senate Bill 8. On Sept. 9, the Justice Department filed a lawsuit to prevent the State of Texas from enforcing the law, which effectively bans most abortions in the state.
By State Newswire | Oct 6, 2021
News Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Well, good morning, everyone. Just a special pleasure to be with my good friend and colleague, Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio. We have been working very, very closely together these past nine months, and in particular, besides our work here at the OECD, Luigi, very much looking forward ...
