News from February 2023
By Interior Newswire | Feb 28, 2023
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Feb. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2023
News Release: Des Moines, IA - A West Des Moines man was sentenced today to 60 years in prison for multiple child exploitation offenses.
By State Newswire | Feb 28, 2023
Release: Belgium. Overview: Belgium had an active counterterrorism policy that included robust domestic security efforts, international information sharing, and support for multilateral efforts. The country’s greatest terrorism threat remained homegrown terrorism carried out by lone actors, whether inspired by...
By State Newswire | Feb 28, 2023
Release: Germany. Overview: Germany continued its counterterrorism cooperation with the United States and the international community as a member of the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS (and co-leader of the coalition’s Stabilization Working Group) and the Global Counterterrorism Forum and in multilateral CT operations ...
By State Newswire | Feb 28, 2023
Release: Chad. Overview: In 2021, Chadian President Déby was killed during a battlefield engagement with rebels; the Transitional Military Council that assumed control after the longtime president’s death has maintained Chad’s prior commitments to regional counterterrorism efforts. Chad has experienced persistent...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2023
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Dennis Daniels, 73, of Romulus, NY, who was convicted of mail fraud and willful failure to file an income tax return, was sentenced to serve two years’ probation, and pay restitution, including $22,440 to the U.S. Coast Guard and students, and $115,757 to the Internal Revenue Service, by U.S. District Judge John L. Sinatra, Jr.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 28, 2023
News Release: Quick Facts. Significance: Landscape Architect. Place of Birth: Florence, Italy. Date of Birth: February 5, 1875. Place of Death: Manhattan, New York. Date of Death: Feb. 26, 1933. Place of Burial: Bourne, Massachusetts. Cemetery Name: Cataumet. As chief designer for the planting plan, and later as a member...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2023
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Jennifer Campbell, 48, of Niagara Falls, NY, who was convicted of wire fraud, was sentenced to serve 36 months in prison and pay restitution totaling $371,332.11 by U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2023
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - George Michael Thayer, 52, of St. Albans, pleaded guilty today to possession with intent to distribute a quantity of oxycodone.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 28, 2023
The US Environmental Protection Agency published a two page notice on Feb. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 28, 2023
News Release: WINNEMUCCA, Nev.- The Humboldt River Field Office of the BLM has finalized the Water Canyon Recreation Area Environmental Assessment and has signed a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) and Decision Record (DR) for the project. The Water Canyon Nature Trail has been closed since the recreation area bridges were removed in 2016 and 2020.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 28, 2023
The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Feb. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 28, 2023
The US Energy Department published an eight page proposed rule on Feb. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State Newswire | Feb 28, 2023
Release: Mali. Overview: The transition government, installed following the 2020 coup d’état, undertook another extraconstitutional change in government on May 24, when military forces arrested transition President Bah N’Daw and transition Prime Minister Moctar Ouane. Assimi Goita, who led the 2020 coup and had...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2023
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that on Monday, Feb. 27, 2023, TYRESE HARRIS, age 19, a resident of Orleans Parish, pled guilty to a five-count superseding indictment for conspiracy, carjacking, and weapons violations. Count 1 charged HARRIS with conspiracy to commit...
By EPA Newswire | Feb 28, 2023
News Release: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently proposed removing the radiation portion of the Aircraft Components, Inc. (D&L Sales) Superfund site in Benton Harbor, Michigan from the National Priorities List (NPL). EPA deletes sites- or parts of sites- from the NPL only when no further cleanup is required. ...
By EPA Newswire | Feb 28, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Committee Committee Chair Cathy Rodgers (R-WA) and House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) issued the following statement today in advance of the World Health Organization’s Intergovernmental Negotiating Body meeting this week...
By State Newswire | Feb 28, 2023
Release: Norway. Overview: Norway’s Police Security Service’s annual threat assessment stated that the terror threat level remains moderate with an “even chance" - the third on its five-tier threat scale - that right-wing or Islamist extremists will carry out an attack in 2022. Lone-actor attacks continue to ...
By State Newswire | Feb 28, 2023
Release: Djibouti. Overview: The Republic of Djibouti remained a critical partner for the United States and the region in the fight against terrorism, and no terrorist incidents were reported in Djibouti in 2021. Since 2002, Djibouti has hosted Camp Lemonnier, the headquarters of AFRICOM’s Combined Joint Task...
By DOE Newswire | Feb 28, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Committee Committee Chair Cathy Rodgers (R-WA) and House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) issued the following statement today in advance of the World Health Organization’s Intergovernmental Negotiating Body meeting this week...
