NEWARK, New Jersey, Feb. 6 -- The Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, Rachael A. Honig, issued the following news release on Feb. 4, 2021: The owner of a Georgia consulting company and a Texas man were charged today in connection with their roles in a conspiracy to pay kickbacks and bribes in exchange for referrals of patient DNA samples and genetic tests to a laboratory, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced. John Berberian, 46, of Atlanta, Georgia, and Christopher   more

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH, Texas, Feb. 4 -- The U.S. Air Force Air Education and Training Command issued the following news: The commitment to valuing instructors in the First Command continues with an Instagram Stories Takeover by on of Air Education and Training Command's force generators. Once a month, an instructor from across AETC will take over the AETC Instagram account for a behind-the-scenes look into the day and the life of a force generator at one of AETC's installations. The   more

FORT HOOD, Texas, Feb. 4 -- The U.S. Army Reserve Command issued the following news: For the past 18-years thousands upon thousands of Army Reserve and National Guard Soldiers have walked across the grounds here on their way to being mobilized to nearly every imaginable place on earth, conducting countless missions across the globe and then returning here to complete the demobilization process on their way back to their families and their homes. On January 29, responsibility for that monumenta  more

DALLAS, Texas, Feb. 2 -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Southwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on Feb. 1, 2021, on the Union Members in Louisiana for 2020: In 2020, union members accounted for 5.9 percent of wage and salary workers in Louisiana compared with 5.3 percent in 2019, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Michael Hirniak noted that the union membership rate for the state was at its peak in 199  more

DALLAS, Texas, Feb. 2 -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Southwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on Feb. 1, 2021, on the Union Members in Oklahoma for 2020: In 2020, union members accounted for 6.0 percent of wage and salary workers in Oklahoma, compared with 6.2 percent in 2019, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Michael Hirniak noted that the union membership rate for the state was at its peak in 1990  more

DALLAS, Texas, Feb. 2 -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Southwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on Feb. 1, 2021, on the Union Members in Texas for 2020: In 2020, union members accounted for 4.9 percent of wage and salary workers in Texas, compared with 4.0 percent in 2019, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Michael Hirniak noted that the state's union membership rate was at its peak in 1993, when it av  more

NORTH FORT HOOD, Texas, Feb. 2 -- The U.S. Army Reserve Command issued the following news: After nine months of having to task the COVID-19 quarantine mission here to active-duty units on post, the Hood Mobilization Brigade was able to pass the mission over from elements of the 36th Engineer Brigade to the 227th Inland Cargo Transportation Company, an Army Reserve unit based out of Sacramento, California. Reserve units deploying in support of pandemic efforts is not a common occurrence, but fo  more

LACKLAND AFB, Texas, Feb. 6 -- The U.S. Air Force Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland (16th Air Force) issued the following news: Almost six weeks after the Food and Drug Administration issued emergency use authorization for the first two COVID-19 vaccines, many questions have arisen concerning their efficacy in attacking the SARS-CoV-2 virus and deadly COVID-19 disease. To better understand how COVID-19 vaccines work, MHS Communications spoke to two medical experts who have been intimately involv  more

DYESS AFB, Texas, Feb. 6 -- The U.S. Air Force Dyess Air Force Base (7th Bomb Wing) issued the following news: It's no secret that the 317th Maintenance Group's Virtual Reality Lab at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, has hit the ground running when it comes to getting their Airmen trained faster and smarter virtually. The lab consists of 16 separate virtual C-130J Super Hercules aircraft with no limiting factors with an average of 40% time saving trainings. With the progressions being made, the un  more

HOUSTON, Texas, Feb. 5 -- The Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas, a district bank in the Federal Home Loan Bank System, issued the following news release: Wells Fargo Bank and the Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas (FHLB Dallas) have joined together to provide a $750,000 Affordable Housing Program (AHP) subsidy to New Hope Housing Inc. to help fund a $34.9 million supportive housing development near downtown Houston, Texas. Called New Hope Housing Avenue J (NHH Avenue J), the 100-unit, transit-ori  more

RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany, Feb. 3 -- The U.S. Air Forces in Europe issued the following news: U.S. bombers are set to deploy to Norway for the first time. In preparation for that deployment, U.S. Air Force personnel from Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, arrived today at Orland Air Base, Norway. The Airmen are part of the advance team for scheduled missions that will execute in the coming weeks for a limited time. Training for the U.S. Air Force personnel will include a variety of areas ranging fr  more

OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Nebraska, Feb. 4 -- The U.S. Strategic Command issued the following news: U.S. bombers are set to deploy to Norway for the first time. In preparation for that deployment, U.S. Air Force personnel from Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, arrived today at Orland Air Base, Norway. The Airmen are part of the advance team for scheduled missions that will execute in the coming weeks for a limited time. Training for the U.S. Air Force personnel will include a variety of areas ranging   more

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH AFB, Texas, Feb. 3 -- The U.S. Air Force Personnel Center issued the following news: Four Department of the Air Force installation Airman and Family Readiness Center Exceptional Family Member programs have been selected to host virtual Specialized Training of Military Parents (STOMP) workshops in fiscal 2021. STOMP is a program that empowers military parents, individuals with disabilities, and service providers with knowledge, skills, and resources, while creati  more

GOODFELLOW AFB, Texas, Feb. 2 -- The U.S. Air Force Goodfellow Air Force Base (17th Training Wing) issued the following news: Maj. Gen. Leah Lauderback, director of Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance, U.S. Space Force, visited Goodfellow on Jan. 26. Lauderback toured the installation and was shown how members are transforming during COVID-19. Col. Andres Nazario, 17th Training Wing commander, and other leadership showed her the new temporary dormitories site. The new dormitories w  more

SAN BENITO, Texas, Feb. 5 -- The Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas, a district bank in the Federal Home Loan Bank System, issued the following news release: Home Federal Bank and the Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas (FHLB Dallas) have awarded a $750,000 Affordable Housing Program (AHP) subsidy to San Benito Housing Authority for a major rehabilitation of an aging public housing complex. The subsidy will go toward an $18.2 million "to the studs" renovation and reconfiguration of Palmville Homes,  more

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas, Feb. 3 -- The U.S. Army Mission and Installation Contracting Command issued the following news: Two members of the 676th Contracting Team from Joint Base Lewis-McChord virtually took part in the 2021 Disaster Training Exercise providing humanitarian assistance and disaster relief in support of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command response to notional landslides in southern Thailand. Maj. Laura Houck and Sgt. 1st Class Alan Farr's participation in the 41  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 -- The Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation issued the following order (MDL No. 2983): IN RE: DICKEY'S BARBECUE RESTAURANTS, INC., CUSTOMER DATA SECURITY BREACH LITIGATION ORDER DENYING CENTRALIZATION Before the Panel:/* Plaintiffs in the Southern District of California Diczhazy action move under 28 U.S.C. Sec. 1407 to centralize this litigation in the Southern District of California. This litigation consists of three actions--two pending in the Southern District of C  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 -- The Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation issued the following order (MDL No. 2979): IN RE: NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION BUSINESS EXPENDITURES LITIGATION ORDER DENYING TRANSFER Before the Panel:/* The National Rifle Association (NRA)--plaintiff in two actions and defendant in a third--moves under 28 U.S.C. Sec. 1407 to centralize this litigation in the Northern District of Texas or, alternatively, states in its reply brief that it is unopposed to centralization in the  more

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH, Texas, Feb. 2 -- The U.S. Air Force Air Education and Training Command issued the following news: Mentors and mentees virtually attending the two-day Air Education and Training Command Leadership Mentoring Symposium Jan. 26-27 were given tools needed to inspire and advance the force through mentoring. "Everyone needs mentors, and my advice is to find mentors within and outside of your career field, as well as mentors who look like you and don't look like you,"   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following event notification (No. 55087) involving Mistras Group, Texas City: AGREEMENT STATE REPORT - DISCONNECTED RADIOGRAPHY SOURCE The following was received from the Texas Department of State Health Services (the Agency) via email: "On January 29, 2021, the Agency was notified by the licensee's radiation safety officer (RSO) that on January 28, 2021, at 1730 [CST], one of their crews had experienced a source disconnect. T  more

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH, Texas, Feb. 2 -- The U.S. Air Force issued the following news: The Air Force Reserve and Air National Guard to benefit from active-duty Air Force force-shaping actions made necessary by record Air Force retention levels. Amidst concerns during the ongoing pandemic, many active-duty Airmen who planned on retiring or separating in 2020 withdrew or delayed their plans. This resulted in the Air Force having its highest retention levels in 20 years. It also caused p  more

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, Feb. 3 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Sandia National Laboratories issued the following news release: Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories have a new tool that allows them to study wind power and see whether it can be efficiently used to provide power to people living in remote and rural places or even off the grid, through distributed energy. A new, custom-built wind turbine emulator has been installed at Sandia's Distributed Energy Technologies Laboratory.  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the following trading suspension order on Feb. 3, 2021: The Securities and Exchange Commission announced the temporary suspension, pursuant to Section 12(k) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, of trading in the securities of ERF Wireless, Inc. ("ERFB") (CIK No. 0001020646), of Dallas, Texas at 9:30 a.m. EDT on February 4, 2021, and terminating at 11:59 p.m. EDT on February 18, 2021. The Commission temporarily suspended tra  more

MCALLEN, Texas, Feb. 4 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Texas issued the following news release on Feb. 3, 2021: A 50-year-old executive is headed to prison for falsely telling patients they had mere months to live and increasing revenue by enrolling them in hospice programs for which they were not qualified nor needed. A federal jury in Brownsville convicted Henry McInnis, 50, Harlingen, in November 2019 of one count each of conspiracy to commit health care frau  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 -- The Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, Michael R. Sherwin, issued the following news release on Feb. 3, 2021: A federal grand jury in the District of Columbia has returned an indictment charging a Hawaii man who purports to have founded the Honolulu chapter of the Proud Boys and a Texas man with conspiring to obstruct the United States Congress' certification of the results of the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election, as well as other crimes they committed to ac  more

HOUSTON, Texas, Feb. 6 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Texas, Ryan. K. Patrick, issued the following news release on Feb. 4, 2021: A 46-year-old Katy man has been ordered to federal prison after he admitted to embezzling over $2 million from a local oil services company, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan. K. Patrick. Robert Andrew Bishop pleaded guilty Oct. 14, 2020. Today, U.S. District Judge Keith Ellison ordered him to serve a 41-month sentence to be immediately followed by t  more

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH, Texas, Feb. 4 -- The U.S. Air Force issued the following news: Four Chaplains Day Remembrance 2021 As chaplains, we want you to know that we care. No matter what it is you are facing, we are here as a resource and offer you 100% confidentiality. A chaplain's ear is the safest space in the Defense Department for privileged communication, no matter your faith, background or beliefs. Dedication to the service of others has been the foundation of the Chaplain Corp  more

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, Feb. 2 -- The U.S. Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center issued the following news: During the past decade, Scott McClure, Master Sgt. Luke Rogan and Capt. Nathanael Kohl have seen the costs of relying on Cold War technologies and techniques to combat near-peer adversaries. "Change is the only constant," McClure said. "Our nation deserves the best possible value for their investment of their trust and faith in their Air Force. As do our Airme  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's European Command issued the following press: For the first time in Norway, more than 200 U.S. Air Force personnel from Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, with an expeditionary B-1 Lancer bomber squadron, will arrive to support upcoming Bomber Task Force (BTF) missions out of Orland Air Base, Norway. The Airman will be a part of the advance team for scheduled missions in the coming weeks which will occur for a limited time. "Operational readiness  more

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Feb. 5 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Texas, Gregg N. Sofer, issued the following news release on Feb. 4, 2021: Operation Undaunted, a program designed to apprehend dangerous criminals, interrupt violence, protect innocent life and restore peace to local neighborhoods, is underway in San Antonio, announced U.S. Attorney Gregg N. Sofer. "We simply cannot, and will not, stand idly by and watch as violent criminals take over the streets of our communities and  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration issued the following news release on Feb. 4, 2021: The U.S. Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $3 million CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant to Victoria County Navigation District, Victoria, Texas, to make railway infrastructure improvements needed to spur business and job growth at the Port of Victoria. The EDA grant, to be matched with more than $3 million  more