News from February 2022
By Interior Newswire | Feb 10, 2022
News Release: McLean, Va. - On Feb. 14, the National Park Service (NPS), in partnership with the Federal Highway Administration and Virginia Department of Transportation, will begin a project to replace Bridge 12 and realign the Mount Vernon Trail to improve safety near Fort Hunt Park. During the project, trail users will be detoured around the construction area.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2022
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Two people were arrested today for their roles in a scheme to steal and alter checks from the mail by using stolen U.S. Postal Service keys that access mail receptacles and to fraudulently obtain funds from banks by depositing the stolen and altered checks, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2022
News Release: DETROIT - A federal inmate at Milan Correctional Institution in Milan, Michigan, has pleaded guilty to Second Degree Murder in the death of a fellow inmate, announced United States Attorney Dawn N. Ison.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2022
News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that KEVIN TAYLOR was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Jed S. Rakoff to 28 years in prison for his role in the Oct. 31, 2011, murder of Joshua Rubin in Brooklyn, New York. Judge Rakoff previously sentenced co-defendants GARY ROBLES and MICHAEL MAZUR to 28 and 18 years in prison, respectively, for their roles in Rubin’s murder.
By State Newswire | Feb 10, 2022
Release: The Department of State welcomes the issuance today of a report by a committee of the International Labor Organization (ILO) calling on the government of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) to review, repeal, and revise its laws and practices of employment discrimination against racial and religious minorities in Xinjiang.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2022
News Release: United States Attorney Jan Sharp announced that Cody J. Behrens, 40, of Lincoln, Nebraska, was sentenced on February 9, 2022, in Lincoln by United States District Judge John M. Gerrard for receipt of child pornography. Behrens was sentenced to 60 months in prison and will also serve 5 years on supervised release. There is no parole in the federal system. After serving his prison sentence, Behrens will also be required to register as a sex offender.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 10, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - House Agriculture Committee Chairman David Scott issued the following statement on today's announcement regarding membership of the newly formed Equity Commission by USDA.
By State Newswire | Feb 10, 2022
Release: The following is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
By State Newswire | Feb 10, 2022
Release: Introduction. It’s wonderful to be here among so many extraordinary women leaders in this space. Thank you to Marie-Noelle and Wista France for hosting this important discussion. Our panelists are leaders and tremendous examples of how women are catalysts for ocean solutions - women - we get the job...
By DOE Newswire | Feb 10, 2022
News Release: In January, the Office of Legacy Management (LM) conducted baseline aerial surveys to collect photogrammetry, lidar, and thermal data at the Shiprock, New Mexico, Disposal Site in a routine inspection for future monitoring of site conditions. Although the disposal site is in good condition, LM’s approach toward prudent site management is to establish an accurate baseline against which to monitor conditions as they change.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2022
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A Webb City, Missouri, man was sentenced in federal court today for the sexual exploitation of two victims, an 8-year old and a 16-year old.
By David Hutton | Feb 10, 2022
A Chicago woman who worked as an administrative assistant at a medical practice in a city suburb is headed to jail after pleading guilty last year for writing fraudulent opioid prescriptions.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2022
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A former resident of Clearfield, PA pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of production of material depicting the sexual exploitation of a minor, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 10, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON -Republican Whip and Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis Ranking Member Steve Scalise (R-La.) and House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) today launched a probe into GoFundMe’s selective discrimination to cancel the Canadian truckers’ campaign and...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 10, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C.--Senate Republicans, led by Finance Committee Ranking Member Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), are urging the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to do everything it can to support taxpayers during the current tax filing season. In a letter to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and IRS Commissioner Chuck...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2022
News Release: Allegedly failed to pay IRS more than $1 million in taxes withheld from employee paychecks.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 10, 2022
Release: Private exporters reported sales of 299,700 metric tons of soybeans received during the reporting period for delivery to unknown destinations. Of the total, 233,700 metric tons is for delivery during the 2021/2022 marketing year and 66,000 metric tons during the 2022/2023 marketing year.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2022
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Christopher Kenneth Guy, age 30, of Tampa, Florida, pleaded guilty today to federal charges of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and mail fraud, and aggravated identity theft.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2022
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of New York, NY, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of possession with intent to distribute 400 grams or more of fentanyl United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 10, 2022
Conservation Innovation Grants Ohio Program grant opened on Feb. 10.
