News from January 2022

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 21, 2022
News Release: BOSTON - A Weymouth man pleaded guilty yesterday to his involvement in a scheme to defraud a financial institution and to obtain money from its customers using fraudulent identification documents.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 21, 2022
News Release: ATLANTA - The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Georgia has entered into an agreement with Sentinel Real Estate Inc., Tina Brooks, and John's Creek, LLC (“Respondents"), a property owner and management company, to resolve allegations of discrimination concerning a Complainant who requested a reasonable accommodation for an emotional support and service animal.

By Press release submission | Jan 21, 2022
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is required by law to publicly release summary sales data obtained from U.S. exporters of many agricultural commodities.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 21, 2022
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that MERVIN BAILEY, age 19, of New Orleans, was indicted by a federal grand jury for carjacking and violations of the Federal Gun Control Act on November 4, 2021. The indictment was unsealed on Jan. 11, 2022. Specifically, BAILEY was charged with...
By Art Benavidez | Jan 21, 2022
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration recently announced that an Ohio-based auto parts supplier did not enforce its own policy or federal guidelines on social distancing and mask wearing after several employees got sick.

By Emily Bevard | Jan 21, 2022
The FY2023-FY2027 Strategic Science Plan has been released, outlining the Alaska Fisheries Science Center’s goals and objectives for the coming five years.

By Press release submission | Jan 21, 2022
United States Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack and Trade Representative Katherine Tai today announced that the government of India has agreed to allow imports of U.S. pork and pork products into India, removing a longstanding barrier to U.S. agricultural trade.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 21, 2022
News Release: ATLANTA - Chad Stark has been arrested in Travis County, Texas for allegedly sending threatening election-related communications to government officials on Jan. 5, 2021.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 21, 2022
The US Agriculture Department published a one page notice on Jan. 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 21, 2022
The US Justice Department published a two page notice on Jan. 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By USDA Newswire | Jan 21, 2022
Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is celebrating the agency’s many successful efforts to protect American agriculture and natural resources over the past year. “APHIS has worked hard this last year to address vulnerabilities in our food ...

By State Newswire | Jan 21, 2022
The US State Department published a two page notice on Jan. 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 21, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - In a new letter, House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) asks Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Xavier Becerra to take immediate action on the lack of reliable prenatal testing. Recent reporting from the New York Times raised serious concerns about extremely unreliable prenatal testing services, which have caused some women to end their pregnancies.

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 21, 2022
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Raymond Hardy, 30, of Greenville, Mississippi, who was convicted of dealing firearms without a license, was sentenced to serve 24 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Charles J. Siragusa.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 21, 2022
The US Justice Department published a one page rule on Jan. 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By Press release submission | Jan 21, 2022
Private exporters reported sales of 132,000 metric tons of corn for delivery to Mexico.

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 21, 2022
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that WARREN PICARD, age 26, of New Orleans, was indicted by a federal grand jury for violations of the Federal Gun Control Act on Aug. 12, 2021. The indictment was unsealed on Jan. 12, 2022. Specifically, PICARD was charged with one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1).

By Press release submission | Jan 21, 2022
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is required by law to publicly release summary sales data obtained from U.S. exporters of many agricultural commodities.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 21, 2022
The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Jan. 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 21, 2022
News Release: ABINGDON, Va. - A Marion, Virginia man was sentenced this week to 36 months in prison for attempted possession with the intent to distribute more than 40 grams of fentanyl.