WASHINGTON, July 17 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news release: NAVY Charles Stark Draper Laboratories Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts, is awarded a $111,015,771 fixed-price-incentive-fee and cost-plus-incentive-fee modification (P00003) under contract N0003023C6008 to exercise optional line items for design analysis, testing, procurement, and manufacturing of Interferometric fiber optic gyros repairs and associated material. This modification also benefits a foreign mi  more

WASHINGTON, July 17 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on July 16, 2024: NEW YORK - Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the selection of six recipients across Region 2 that together will receive approximately $20,463,059 in grants to support efforts to report and reduce climate pollution from the manufacturing of construction materials. EPA estimates that the construction materials used in buildings and other built infrastructure accou  more

WASHINGTON, July 18 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on July 17, 2024: A federal court in the Eastern District of New York issued a permanent injunction yesterday against a Brooklyn, New York, tax return preparer. Melinda Jacob, individually and on behalf of her business Melinda Jacob Tax Services LLC, consented to the injunction, which permanently bars her and her business from preparing federal tax returns for others. On Feb. 5, Jacob pleaded guilty to ai  more

WASHINGTON, July 17 -- The Federal Maritime Commission issued the following notice of appearance (Docket No. 23-02) on July 16, 2024: * * * 20230930-DK-BUTTERFLY-1, Inc. f/k/a BED BATH & BEYOND INC. v. ORIENT OVERSEAS CONTAINER LINE LIMITED AND OOCL (EUROPE) LIMITED NOTICE OF APPEARANCE Please enter my appearance in this proceeding as counsel for Complainant 20230930DK-BUTTERFLY-1, Inc. f/k/a Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. I am an attorney admitted to practice and in good standing before the courts  more

WASHINGTON, July 18 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on July 17, 2024: * * * Sue Mi Terry Provided South Korean Intelligence Officers Access, Information and Advocacy in Exchange for Luxury Goods and Funding * * * Sue Mi Terry, 54, of New York, New York, was arrested yesterday and presented on criminal charges related to offenses under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA). According to court documents, after leaving U.S. government service and for mo  more

WASHINGTON, July 17 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on July 16, 2024: A dual citizen of the United States and Ghana will make his initial appearance today in the Eastern District of New York to face charges related to his participation in a scheme to bribe Ghanaian officials to obtain and retain business from the Republic of Ghana. Asante Kwaku Berko, 50, was extradited yesterday from the United Kingdom to the United States. According to court documents, be  more

NEW YORK, July 18 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York issued the following news release on July 17, 2024: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Christie M. Curtis, the Acting Assistant Director in Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation ("FBI"), announced the unsealing of an Indictment yesterday charging SUE MI TERRY with offenses under the Foreign Agents Registration Act ("F  more

NEW YORK, July 18 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York issued the following news release on July 17, 2024: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York; Matthew G. Olsen, the Assistant Attorney General of the Justice Department's National Security Division; Matthew S. Axelrod, the Assistant Secretary of Export Enforcement for Department of Commerce's the Bureau of Industry and Security ("BIS"); and Robert Wells, the Execut  more

NEW YORK, July 17 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following welcome remarks on July 16, 2024, by Rachel Rossi, director for the Office for Access to Justice, at the United Nations High-Level Political Forum: * * * As Prepared for Delivery On behalf of the United States, I am thrilled to welcome you to this official High-Level Political Forum side event, "Turning the Tide: Scaling SDG 16 for the Future, Reinforcing Access to Justice, and Advancing Democracy." My name is Rachel R  more

NEW YORK, July 18 -- The U.S. Agency for International Development issued the following remarks on July 17, 2024, by Deputy Administrator Isobel Coleman at the Global AI leadership summit: * * * DEPUTY ADMINISTRATOR ISOBEL COLEMAN: Thank you, Eric [Loeb]. It's so wonderful to be here today to talk about the potential of AI in development, specifically in the Global South. I'd like to start by sharing a story. Back in 2019, health officials in India urgently wanted to find new, better approac  more

WEST POINT, New York, July 18 -- The Military Academy issued the following news release: As the battlefield continues to rapidly evolve, the U.S. Military Academy at West Point has launched two transformations to prepare graduates to lead now and through the next evolution of warfare. First, West Point established the Department of English and World Languages. How we communicate--in any language and across any culture--significantly impacts strategic relationships and the military's ability to  more