News from February 2023
By Press release submission | Feb 9, 2023
In an effort to better serve the traveling public and improve transparency, U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP) Trusted Traveler Programs (TTP) will release interview appointment slots for enrollment centers on the first Monday of every month by 9 a.m. local time.
By Press release submission | Feb 9, 2023
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) today announced a proposal that will strengthen international air travel security by expanding existing advance data requirements for travelers on commercial flights to and from the United States.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 9, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Chair Morgan Griffith (R-VA) delivered the following opening remarks at today’s joint Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee and Health Subcommittee hearing titled “The Federal Response to COVID-19."
By Interior Newswire | Feb 9, 2023
News Release: LAKEWOOD, Colo. - BLM Colorado State Director Doug Vilsack announced the selection of Gordon Toevs as the new Associate State Director. Toevs, a 17-year BLM veteran, has been acting in the position since October. He officially joins BLM Colorado from the BLM National Operations Center where he was the Division Chief for Resource Services since 2019.
By State Newswire | Feb 9, 2023
Release: Deputy Secretary Wendy R. Sherman will meet with Japanese Vice Minister Mori Takeo and Republic of Korea (ROK) First Vice Minister Cho Hyundong on February 13 in Washington, D.C. The Deputy Secretary and Vice Ministers will discuss plans to enhance trilateral security cooperation in the region and the...
By DOE Newswire | Feb 9, 2023
News Release: DOE and industry representatives are collaborating with Waste Management Symposia to conduct a job fair at the Phoenix Convention Center on Tuesday, Feb. 28 and Wednesday, March 1.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 9, 2023
The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on Feb. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Press release submission | Feb 9, 2023
Tobias Penner Peters pleaded guilty Feb. 2 to transporting undocumented noncitizens causing serious bodily injury.
By Press release submission | Feb 9, 2023
An investigation conducted by Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Baltimore, the U.S. Postal Inspection Service’s Washington Division, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Inspector General, and the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Inspector General led to a Hyattsville, Maryland man pleading guilty to his part in a scheme to fraudulently obtain at least $1.3 million in COVID-19 emergency relief benefits.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 9, 2023
The US Labor Department published a five page notice on Feb. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Press release submission | Feb 9, 2023
A Houston-area man was convicted Feb. 8 for his role in a scheme to fraudulently obtain and launder millions of dollars in forgivable Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans guaranteed by the Small Business Administration (SBA) under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act.
By Press release submission | Feb 9, 2023
A federal judge sentenced a Columbia couple Feb. 8, following a joint Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and U.S. Department of Agriculture investigation into a scheme to smuggle counterfeit Disney DVDs into the United States and sell them on eBay.
By Press release submission | Feb 9, 2023
Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) El Paso deportation officers removed a repeat immigration offender on Feb. 1 who is wanted in his home country for fraud.
By Press release submission | Feb 9, 2023
The National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center (IPR Center) announced the seizure of approximately 180,000 counterfeit sports-related items, worth an estimated $22.7 million during a joint press conference with the National Football League (NFL).
By Press release submission | Feb 9, 2023
Fugitive operations officers with Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Boston arrested Diogo De-Sales Gomes, a 34-year-old unlawfully present Brazilian citizen convicted and sentenced to prison in Brazil for drug trafficking, in Somerville on Feb. 3.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 9, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Last week, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, led all 48 of her Senate Republican colleagues in introducing a formal challenge to the Biden administration’s Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule ...
By EPA Newswire | Feb 9, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Chair Morgan Griffith (R-VA) delivered the following opening remarks at today’s joint Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee and Health Subcommittee hearing titled “The Federal Response to COVID-19."
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 9, 2023
News Release: A federal grand jury returned a four-count indictment charging a former Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) lieutenant with use of excessive force and two obstruction offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 9, 2023
News Release: DENVER - The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado announces Russell Bryant Lester, age 41, of Boulder, was sentenced to 30 months in prison for taking money from pandemic relief funds by filing false applications. Lester was also ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $584,851.75.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 9, 2023
The US Environmental Protection Agency published an eight page rule on Feb. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
