News from March 2022
By State Newswire | Mar 18, 2022
Release: To hear Senior Superintendent Police Commander Ruth Kithuka speak passionately about her recruitment goals for the Kenyan All-Female Special Weapons and Tactics (AFSWAT) Team, you would never guess that her first job was as a shopkeeper, or that her decision to apply to Kenya’s Administration Police...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 18, 2022
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - A Dominican national who resided in Providence is facing deportation after being convicted and sentenced in federal court for falsely representing his citizenship and Social Security number, misusing a passport, and for health care fraud, announced United States Attorney Zachary A. Cunha.
By Kaleb Brown | Mar 18, 2022
The Department of Labor and the Department of Justice's Antitrust Division signed a March 10 memorandum of understanding, strengthening the partnership between the two agencies in order to help them better protect U.S. workers.
By Savannah Howe | Mar 18, 2022
An Alabama woman admitted to her involvement in a fraud scheme that cost one Georgia county's taxpayers millions of dollars.
By State Newswire | Mar 18, 2022
News Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good afternoon, everyone. Three weeks ago, Russia launched its unprovoked war on Ukraine. With every day that passes, the numbers of civilians, including children, killed and wounded continues to climb. Russia continues to attack civilian sites, including – this week alone – a hospital, ...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 18, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Government Operations, released the following statement after the General Services Administration (GSA) announced new investments as part of the Technology Modernization Fund (TMF), including more than $2.5 million in funding...
By DOL Newswire | Mar 18, 2022
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on March 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 18, 2022
The US Transportation Department published a five page rule on March 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 18, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced a new designation of Sudan and an extension and redesignation of South Sudan for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for 18 months.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 18, 2022
News Release: Baltimore, Md. - U.S. District Judge Catherine C. Blake sentenced Khalil Shaheed, age 28, of Baltimore, Maryland, today to 106 months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for intent to distribute controlled substances, possession of firearms in furtherance of drug trafficking, and possession of a firearm by a felon.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 18, 2022
News Release: ATLANTA - Kevin Kirton has been sentenced for running an access device fraud scheme that involved stealing over $600,000 in fraudulent tax refunds from the Internal Revenue Service.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 18, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - Women in the U.S. must work until March 15 to be paid the same amount men were in the prior year. This unequal burden on women - especially on women of color - reflects the distance that remains before we achieve an inclusive economy with good jobs for everyone. Among other health, security ...
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 18, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) today applauded the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)’s decision to add Paden City, West Virginia, to its Superfund National Priorities List (NPL).
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 18, 2022
News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorney Kevin Mokhtari (619) 546-8402.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 18, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, Committee Member and Co-Chair of the Democratic Women’s Caucus Rep. Jackie Speier, and Rep. Mikie Sherrill, sent a letter to National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) President Mark Emmert urging him...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 18, 2022
News Release: A North Carolina man was sentenced today to 20 months in prison for fraudulently obtaining over $1.7 million in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans guaranteed by the Small Business Administration (SBA) under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 18, 2022
Release: Employer name: PGA Inc. Inspection site: 185 South Street, Freeland, Pennsylvania 18224 Date inspections initiated: The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration initiated two inspections on Sept. 2, 2021, after receiving a referral from the Freeland Borough’s Office ...
By State Newswire | Mar 18, 2022
Release: The U.S. Department of State is offering a reward of up to $10 million for information leading to the arrest or conviction of Eugenio Darío Molina-López (“Molina"), a Guatemalan international drug trafficker. Molina is a leader of a Transnational Criminal Organization (TCO) known as Los Huistas. Los...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 18, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and Rep. Stephen F. Lynch, Chairman of the Subcommittee on National Security, released the following statements after the Committee held a briefing with former U.S. and Ukrainian government officials about Vladimir Putin’s unprovoked and unjustified invasion of Ukraine.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 18, 2022
Technical Assistance for Specialty Crops grant opened on March 18.
