ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Aug. 8 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following remarks on Aug. 6, 2024, by Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco at the 25th anniversary celebration of the Women in Federal Law Enforcement Foundation: * * * As Prepared for Delivery Thank you, Director Wray, for that generous introduction - and to Acting Deputy Secretary Canegallo for your words. Federal law enforcement is fortunate to have great leaders in the two of you. You know, the Departments of Justic  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Aug. 8 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued the following remarks on Aug. 6, 2024, by Deputy Secretary Kristie Canegallo at the Women in Federal Law Enforcement's annual leadership training: * * * Well first, let me say thank you to President Bonus for that kind introduction, and for the invitation to be with you all this morning. You know, when I became Deputy Secretary of DHS last summer, my very first trip was to Dallas to meet with a group of female law  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 -- The Federal Election Commission issued the following advisory opinion document (No. AO 2024-08) on Aug. 7, 2024: * * * A principal campaign committee may ask its general election contributors to redesignate their contributions to its recount fund. Background Representative Bob Good was a candidate for the Republican nomination in the primary election for Virginia's 5th Congressional District on June 18, 2024. Based on the results of that election, a recount was schedule  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Aug. 8 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Education Activity issued the following news release: Dr. Jacob Sherwood, Pacific West District Superintendent, is pleased to announce the selection of Julie Sarich as Instructional Systems Specialist for Autism. Ms. Sarich joined DoDEA team in 2013 as a Learning Impaired Moderate to Severe teacher at Camp Zama, Japan. She later joined the special education team at Zama Middle High School as a Learning Impaired Mild to Moderate t  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Aug. 8 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia issued the following news release on Aug. 7, 2024: Travell Lamar Johnson, 45, of Big Chimney, was sentenced today to four years and three months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, for distribution of fentanyl. According to court documents and statements made in court, on June 14, 2023, Johnson sold approximately 3.5 grams of fentanyl to a confidential inf  more