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Federal Tipoffs Involving Virginia Newsletter for Tuesday November 05, 2024 ( 6 items )  

FCC Wireline Competition Bureau Issues Public Notice: Enhanced Alternative Connect America Model Support for Telephone & Data Systems
WASHINGTON, Nov. 5 -- The Federal Communications Commission's Wireline Competition Bureau issued the following public notice (WC Docket No. 10-90) on Nov. 4, 2024: * * * The Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) re-authorizes Enhanced A-CAM support previously authorized on October 30, 2023, to Telephone & Data Systems (TDS) and Wilkes Telephone Membership Corporation (Wilkes). On September 13, 2024, the Bureau approved a transfer of control of two study areas in Virginia, Amelia Telephone Corpo  more

Fort Belvoir Begins Local Moves Under the New Global Household Goods Contract
FORT BELVOIR, Virginia, Nov. 5 -- The U.S. Army's Fort Belvoir issued the following news: By Paul Lara, Fort Belvoir Public Affairs Process improvement is never-ending, and the Department of Defense is rolling out a more efficient, centralized process for DOD and Coast Guard Family moves, according to U.S. Transportation Command's (USTRANSCOM) Defense Personal Property Management Office (DPMO), using the new Global Household Goods Contract (GHC). Robert Dawson, DPMO Director, said in an Octob  more

Justice Dept.: Virginia Company and Two Senior Executives Charged With Illegally Exporting Millions of Dollars of U.S. Technology to Russia
WASHINGTON, Nov. 5 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Nov. 4, 2024: Eleview International Inc., Oleg Nayandin, 54, of Fairfax, Virginia, and Vitaliy Borisenko, 39, of Vienna, Virginia, made their initial appearance today in the Eastern District of Virginia pursuant to a now unsealed complaint charging them with conspiracy to violate the Export Control Reform Act. "As alleged, the defendants -- a Virginia company and two of its senior executives -- conspired   more

W.Va. U.S. Attorney: Detroit Man Sentenced for Federal Drug Charges
CLARKSBURG, West Virginia, Nov. 4 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of West Virginia issued the following news release: Shakur Jones, 25, of Detroit, Michigan, was sentenced today to 151 months in federal prison and three years of supervised release for conspiracy to distribute controlled substances and possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. According to court documents and statements made in court, Jones was the supplier of methamphetamine, cocaine ba  more

W.Va. U.S. Attorney: Ohio Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Drug Crime
CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Nov. 5 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia issued the following news release on Nov. 4, 2024: Terric Zaire Williams, 25, of Akron, Ohio, pleaded guilty today to possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of a substance containing methamphetamine. According to court documents and statements made in court, on March 29, 2023, law enforcement officers executed a search warrant at a Charleston apartment where Williams w  more

W.Va. U.S. Attorney: Three Correctional Officers Admit to Violating Civil Rights
CLARKSBURG, West Virginia, Nov. 4 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of West Virginia issued the following news release: Three former correctional officers from United States Penitentiary Hazleton have admitted to their roles in the violation of civil rights involving the assault of a prisoner, announced United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld. Robert David Sims, 42, of Bruceton Mills, West Virginia, pled guilty to assault resulting in serious bodily injury. Accordin  more