New Jersey Dems pushing DEI mandate to all state agencies despite White House threat for funding cuts
TRENTON, NJ — A new bill introduced in the New Jersey Senate would require every state department and agency to create an Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion aimed at improving workplace…
U.S. healthcare agencies request data on COVID misinformation
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services and the Office of the Surgeon General will request input on COVID-19 misinformation online as they seek to understand the role it…
U.S. Marshals Special Operations Group and Partner Agencies Arrest Suspected Wife Murderer in Wooded Area in NW Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN – Eric Reinbold, 44, the primary suspect in the July 9 death of his wife in Oklee, Minnesota, was being sought by the U.S. Marshals Service, Pennington County and Red…
Union County Police Academy Graduates 54 New Police Officers from 13 Agencies
RAHWAY, NJ – Union County now has 54 more police officers after the 125th Class at the John H. Stamler Police Academy graduated this week. New Jersey State Police Lieutenant Colonel Fritz…
Wells Fargo says federal agencies reviewing 401(k) plan
– Wells Fargo & Co said on Tuesday U.S. government agencies, including the Department of Labor, are reviewing certain transactions in the bank’s 401(k) plan. The fourth-largest U.S. bank said in a…
Russian central bank still sees inflation returning to 4% in mid-2023 -agencies
MOSCOW – The Russian central bank still expects inflation to return to its 4% target in mid-2023, news agencies cited Deputy Governor Alexei Zabotkin as saying on Tuesday, as the rouble dived…
US Coasts To Experience 100 Years Worth Of Sea Level Rise In Coming Decades, Top Agencies Warn
The U.S. coastal sea level is projected to rise by at least one foot over the next 30 years, the same amount recorded over the last century, according to the nation’s leading…
Private contractor to scrap facial recognition requirement for U.S. agencies
By Kanishka Singh – Private contractor ID.me said it will drop the facial recognition requirement in the identity-verification software used by several U.S. states and federal agencies, after backlash over the technology’s…
Southern Arizona law enforcement agencies execute gang-related warrants
TUCSON, Ariz. – Special agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) partnered with multiple state and federal law enforcement agencies under the FBI’s Southern Arizona Violent Crime and…
Federal agencies probe migrant exploitation in Alabama chicken industry
By Joshua Schneyer, Mica Rosenberg and Kristina Cooke ENTERPRISE, Alabama – At least three federal agencies last year began investigating working conditions for migrants in this growing southern hub for the U.S.…
United States Attorney’s Office Reminds State and Local Government Agencies to Designate an Americans with Disabilities Act Coordinator
ALEXANDRIA, Va. – The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia announced today that it has issued a Dear Colleagues Letter reminding state and local government agencies that they are…
U.S. lawmakers blast agencies over 5G C-Band aviation spectrum ‘ridiculousness’
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON – U.S. lawmakers on Thursday blasted two federal agencies for failing to avoid an embarrassing last-minute standoff between the aviation and wireless industries over 5G C-Band deployment and…
Federal, State, and Local Agencies Work Together to Combat Crimes involving Guns and Violence in the Monroe Area
MONROE, La. – United States Attorney Brandon B. Brown, along with Monroe Police Chief Vic Zordan, Ouachita Parish Sheriff Jay Russell, Ouachita Parish First Assistant District Attorney Holly Jones, and agents from…
ICE HSI Dallas collaboration with federal, state and city law enforcement agencies lead to dismantlement of large-scale retail theft ring
DALLAS – Twenty-nine members of a large-scale theft ring operating from northeastern Oklahoma were charged by federal and state prosecutors for their roles in an organization whose operations crossed state lines, resulting…
Science Police: Biden Task Force Tells Agencies How To Protect ‘Scientific Integrity’ From Political Influence
Ailan Evans on January 11, 2022 The Biden administration’s scientific integrity task force drafted a report released Tuesday instructing federal agencies on how to ensure science is not influenced or interfered with,…
Maryland U.S. Attorney Erek L. Barron Announces More Than $1.8 Million in Grants from the Department of Justice to Reduce the Backlog of DNA Testing in Six Maryland Law Enforcement Agencies
Baltimore, Maryland – U.S. Attorney Erek L. Barron today announced $1,835,897 in Department of Justice grants to six Maryland law enforcement agencies to be used to reduce the backlog in DNA testing…
Jefferson County Agencies Awarded Cold Case Homicide Investigation Grant
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The District Attorney’s Office of Jefferson County (Birmingham Division) and the Jefferson County Memorial Project (JCMP) have been awarded $498,933 of funding through the Department of Justice’s Emmett Till…
Partner Agencies Assist Border Patrol in Arrest of 30
EDINBURG, Texas –Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol (RGV) agents and local law enforcement partners work together to disrupt human smuggling. On Dec. 1, at approximately 7:00 p.m., a F-350 utility truck…
Texas Man Pleads Guilty to Selling Chinese-Made Military Helmets and Body Armor to Federal Agencies
ALEXANDRIA, Va. – A Celeste, Texas, man pleaded guilty today to a wire fraud scheme involving the selling of Chinese-made military helmets, body armor, and other products to the United States Department…
Owners of Imaging Product Companies Pay $220,000 to Resolve Allegations of Fraud Against Federal Government Agencies
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Jimmy A. Meron, owner of WOW Imaging Products LLC (WOW) and part owner of Time Enterprises LLC (Time), has paid $100,000 to resolve allegations of knowingly overcharging federal agencies…
United States Reaches Agreements with New York State and Local Government Agencies to Improve Accessibility to Covid-19 Vaccination Websites for People with Vision Impairments
Jacquelyn M. Kasulis, Acting United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, today announced agreements pursuant to Title II of the Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990 (the “ADA”), with…
Leader of New Jersey criminal burglary ring indicted
TRENTON – Acting Attorney General Andrew J. Bruck today announced the indictment of a man who is charged with leading a criminal ring responsible for numerous residential burglaries across much of…
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