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Federal Tipoffs Involving New Jersey Newsletter for Sunday March 01, 2020 ( 8 items )  

Black History Month: A Legacy of Honor
JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, New Jersey, Feb. 27 -- The U.S. Air Force Air Mobility Command issued the following news: States, installations, and individuals all celebrate Black History Month in their own way which honors what it means to them. Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, Airmen came together to celebrate and honor BHM by organizing a heritage air-refueling flight with Airmen from Dover Air Force Base, Delaware over the east coast, Feb. 13. The KC-10 Extender assigned t  more

Court Sentences Former New Jersey Pension Fund Trustee for Employee Benefits Plan Embezzlement After Labor Department Investigation
NEW YORK, Feb. 28 -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Employee Benefits Security Administration issued the following news release: The U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey has sentenced Howard Preschel of Teaneck, New Jersey, to 30 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release and ordered him to pay $462,049 in restitution for embezzling funds from an employee pension benefits plan sponsored by CMG Vending Inc. in Union City, New Jersey. The court also fined Presch  more

FCC Commissioner Rosenworcel Issues Statement on Network Outage Reporting System
WASHINGTON, Feb. 29 -- The Federal Communications Commission issued the following statement on Feb. 28 by Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel: Re: Amendments to Part 4 of the Commission's Rules Concerning Disruptions to Communications, PS Docket No. 15-80; Petition of California Public Utilities Commission and the people of the State of California for Rulemaking on States' Access to the Network Outage Reporting System ("NORS") and a Ruling Granting California Access to NORS, RM No. 11588 (terminat  more

Friday Is the Last Day to Schedule an Appointment With Your FSA Office to Compete in CRP General Signup
HAMILTON SQUARE, New Jersey, Feb. 26 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Farm Service Agency - New Jersey Field Office issued the following news release: Agricultural producers and private landowners interested in the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) 2020 general signup must make an offer of acres or schedule an appointment to do so with their local U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) service center by Friday, February 28. The general signup - which opened in December - is available to  more

Innovation Spurs New Energy Project for Power Generators
TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE, California, Feb. 25 -- The U.S. Air Force Air Mobility Command issued the following news: On Feb. 3, Airmen from the U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, and the 821st Contingency Response Support Squadron, met at Scaled Power's test facility in San Francisco, California, for a turbo generator demonstration which is in line with and completes phase-one of a three-phase Research, Development, Test and Evaluation project. In   more

Litigation: SEC Vs. John D. Fierro, JDF Capital
WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the following litigation release (No. 3:20-cv-2104; D.N.J. Feb. 26, 2020): On February 26, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission charged John D. Fierro, a New Jersey resident, and his company, JDF Capital, Inc., with failing to register as dealers with the SEC. Fierro and JDF bought and sold billions of newly issued shares of penny stock, generating millions of dollars in profits. The SEC's complaint, filed in federal   more

Mist Opportunities: Lakehurst's Environmental Test Lab Simulates Great Outdoors to Keep Equipment Shipshape
NAVAL AIR WARFARE CENTER AIRCRAFT DIVISION-LAKEHURST, New Jersey, Feb. 28 -- The U.S. Naval Air Systems Command issued the following news release: Jonathan Myers goes to work every day and tries to break Stuff. Deck lights, pulley systems and network switch racks are all items that have seen his wrath. On this particular day, it's a deck edge light for USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000) that is getting the business - it's being heated to 104 degrees Fahrenheit and submerged in a tank of 55-degree water, a  more

U.S. Air Force: Military Working Dogs Retires at Age 9
JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, New Jersey, Feb. 27 -- The U.S. Air Force Air Mobility Command issued the following news: Earlier this year, the Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst K-9 team retired one of their military working dogs, Kira, during a barbecue after six years of service. Whelped in Feb. 2011, the 9-year-old deployed several times along with multiple U.S. Secret Service missions during her six years stationed at Joint Base MDL. Kira worked as a duel MWD with the titles Patrol dog a  more