News from April 2022
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2022
News Release: TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA - Mark Robert Clow, 54, of Tallahassee, Florida, pled guilty to receiving material constituting child pornography. The plea was announced by Jason R. Coody, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 22, 2022
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Energy Subcommittee Chairman Bobby Rush (D-IL) announced today that the Energy Subcommittee will hold a hearing on Thursday, April 28, at 10 a.m. (EDT) with Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Jennifer Granholm on the fiscal year 2023 budget request for DOE. The hearing is entitled, “The Fiscal Year 2023 DOE Budget."
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2022
News Release: BOSTON - A Springfield man with known ties to organized crime was sentenced yesterday for being a felon in possession of ammunition.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2022
News Release: BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - An Athens-based businessman has been charged with health care fraud, announced U.S. Attorney Prim F. Escalona, Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge Johnnie Sharp, Jr., and TVA-OIG Special Agent in Charge Meagan Sands.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2022
News Release: PEORIA, Ill. - Todd C. Smith, Assistant Special Agent in Charge at Drug Enforcement Administration-Chicago Division, and U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Harris of the Central District of Illinois announced that Justin W. Collins, 42, of Galva, Illinois, was sentenced on April 18, 2022, to 15 years' imprisonment...
By State Newswire | Apr 22, 2022
Release: Background: The Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS) was established by the UN General Assembly in 1959 to govern the exploration and use of space for the benefit of all humanity: for peace, security and development. The Committee was tasked with reviewing international cooperation...
By State Newswire | Apr 22, 2022
Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Well, good afternoon, everyone. It’s a pleasure to welcome Ukraine’s prime minister here to the State Department after a couple of days in Washington, most notably with President Biden. I had a chance to visit with the prime minister before Russia’s aggression against Ukraine and I’m ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2022
News Release: AUGUSTA, GA: Seven people have been indicted on charges related to a major methamphetamine-trafficking organization blamed for at least one overdose death.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 22, 2022
News Release: Secretary Gina M. Raimondo has issued the following statement regarding the announcement today by Canada, Japan, the Republic of Korea, the Philippines, Singapore, Chinese Taipei, and the United States of America, on the establishment of the Global CBPR Forum: “The establishment of the Global CBPR Forum ...
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 22, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced that it will extend temporary Title 19 requirements and continue to require non-U.S. travelers entering the United States via land ports of entry and ferry terminals at the U.S.-Mexico and U.S.-Canada borders to be fully vaccinated...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2022
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge George J. Hazel sentenced Brandon Ross, a/k/a “Shaba X", age 33, of Los Angeles, California to 18 months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for a large-scale money laundering conspiracy. As part of his guilty plea, Ross will be required to pay at least $1,500,000 in restitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2022
News Release: United States Attorney Jan W. Sharp announced the federal Grand Jury for the District of Nebraska has returned 14 unsealed Indictments charging 17 defendants. Indictments are charging documents that contain one or more individual counts that are merely accusations, and every defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.
By Zachary Richter | Apr 22, 2022
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security announces its first-ever Equity Action Plan.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2022
News Release: WILMINGTON, N.C. - A Jacksonville man pleaded guilty yesterday to using identities of family members, drug addicts and homeless people to steal over a quarter of a million dollars in federal student aid funds, as well as possessing a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 22, 2022
The US Environmental Protection Agency published a two page notice on April 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 22, 2022
This bill is sponsored by Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 22, 2022
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has imposed sanctions on five produce businesses for failing to meet contractual obligations to the sellers of produce they purchased and failing to pay reparation awards issued under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA). These sanctions...
By State Newswire | Apr 22, 2022
Release: Topic: Investment Opportunities in Andorra. Host: Consul General Katie Stana. Date and Time: Recorded March 2022. Brief Description of Call: The Direct Line Webinar program is proud to present “Investment Opportunities in Andorra," the first of many upcoming, pre-recorded “Direct Line On Demand" programs...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, President Joe Biden sent his Administration’s inaugural National Drug Control Strategy to Congress at a time when drug overdoses have reached a record high. The Strategy delivers on the call to action in President Biden’s Unity Agenda through a whole-of-government approach to...
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 22, 2022
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on April 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
