JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, New Jersey, Jan. 12 -- The U.S. Air Force's 514th Air Mobility Wing issued the following news: Despite the challenges of 2020, for many Citizen Airmen the events of last year created opportunities to serve in unique duty assignments that normally would not be available to them. For one Reserve Citizen Airman with the 514th Air Mobility Wing, Lt. Col. (Dr.) Daniel Toocheck, the year ended with a thrilling and chilling TDY to Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, where  more

NEW YORK, Jan. 14 -- The Acting U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Audrey Strauss, issued the following news release on Jan. 12: Audrey Strauss, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Timothy J. Shea, the Acting Administrator of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration ("DEA"), and Susan A. Gibson, the Special Agent in Charge of the New Jersey Division of the DEA, announced today that the United States has settled a civil forfeiture action aga  more

NEW YORK, Jan. 14 -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - New York-New Jersey Regional Information Office issued the following report on Jan. 13 on the Consumer Price Index, New York-Newark-Jersey City for December 2020: Prices in the New York-Newark-Jersey City area, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), rose 0.4 percent in December, following a 0.3-percent decline in November, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Chief   more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Jan. 13 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services issued the following news release on Jan. 12: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the final weekly enrollment snapshot that shows approximately 8.3 million people selected individual market plans through the Marketplaces using the federal platform during the 2021 Open Enrollment Period. This total enrollment is nearly the same as enrollments during  more

NEWARK, New Jersey, Jan. 15 -- The Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, Rachael A. Honig, issued the following news release: The Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division and the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of New Jersey today announced that they believe the Cumberland County Jail failed to take measures to prevent inmate suicides and provide adequate mental health care. The Department concluded that there is reasonable cause to believe that the facility failed   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 -- The Corporation for National and Community Service issued the following news release on Jan. 12: AmeriCorps, the federal agency for volunteering and service, today announced the opening of its new Mid-Atlantic Region office in Philadelphia. The agency celebrated the opening virtually via Zoom, jointly with the staff from the South Central Region office which is also marking its new opening. AmeriCorps CEO Barbara Stewart and Mid-Atlantic Regional Administrator Adrienne Na  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Jan. 13: The Justice Department announced today that it reached a settlement with Collabera, Inc., a Basking Ridge, New Jersey-based information technology (IT) staffing agency. The settlement resolves the department's claims that Collabera violated the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) when it discriminated against work-authorized non-U.S. citizens. "IT staffing companies and their end clients must  more

NEWARK, New Jersey, Jan. 13 -- The Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, Rachael A. Honig, issued the following news release on Jan. 12: The former secretary treasurer of Local 2254 of the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees Union (AFSCME) today admitted embezzling $40,455 from the union's checking and savings accounts, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael Honig announced. Linda Rogers, 71, of Jersey City, pleaded guilty by videoconference before U.S. District   more

TRENTON, New Jersey, Jan. 15 -- The Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, Rachael A. Honig, issued the following news release on Jan. 14: The son of a former a co-owner of a Union City, New Jersey, pharmacy today admitted his role in multimillion-dollar conspiracies to pay kickbacks and bribes to health care professionals and to defraud the IRS, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced. Alex Fleyshmakher, 34, of Morganville, New Jersey, pleaded guilty by videoconference b  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 (TNSPer) -- The National Council on Disability issued the following news on Jan. 12: The National Council on Disability (NCD) - an independent federal agency - welcomes the appointment of Munr Kazmir, M.D., of Closter, New Jersey, to the Council. He was appointed to NCD by President Donald J. Trump, took the oath of office on January 11 and began his term as an NCD Council Member at that time. He joins Chairman Neil Romano, Vice Chairman Jim Brett, and Council Members Jim   more

SILVER SPRING, Maryland, Jan. 16 -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued the following feature story: In what has become an increasingly common occurrence, bottlenose dolphins have taken up seasonal residence in New Jersey's Shrewsbury River. Dolphins were observed in the river throughout this past summer. Since November 2020, sightings of three dolphins, which are small and possibly juveniles, have been reported to our Marine Mammal Stranding Network partner for New Jerse  more

NEWARK, New Jersey, Jan. 15 -- The Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, Rachael A. Honig, issued the following news release on Jan. 13: A former director of medical and scientific affairs at a New Jersey pharmaceutical company was arrested today on charges of stealing and illegally transmitting trade secrets, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced. Shafat A. Quadri, 57, of North Potomac, Maryland, is charged by complaint with one count of theft of trade secrets and one  more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, Jan. 14 -- The U.S. Department of Labor issued the following news release: In 2020, the U.S. Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) reports there were 29 mining fatalities, making it the sixth consecutive year that mining fatalities were below 30. Among those fatalities, five occurred in coal mines, a historic low. MSHA reports that three deaths occurred in Kentucky and Louisiana; two each in Arizona, California, Georgia, Iowa, Texas and West Vi  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 12 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration issued the following news release on Jan. 11: The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (FTA) today announced a $766.5 million Capital Investment Grant (CIG) agreement with New Jersey Transit Corporation (New Jersey Transit) for the Portal North Bridge Project in Hudson County, New Jersey. The project will improve the reliability of commuter rail service between New Jersey   more