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Federal Tipoffs Involving Louisiana Newsletter for Sunday February 05, 2023 ( 8 items )  

Air Force Global Strike Command Leadership Visits Barksdale AFB
BARKSDALE AFB, Louisiana, Jan. 31 -- The U.S. Air Force Barksdale Air Force Base issued the following news: By Airman 1st Class Nicole Ledbetter, 2BW/PA The Air Force Global Strike Command leadership team visited the base, Jan 26 and 27. Air Force Global Strike Command commander, Gen. Thomas Bussiere and his spouse, Barbara, along with AFGSC command chief, Chief Master Sgt. Melvina Smith and her spouse, Derek, spent two days meeting the people and learning the processes that make Barksdale go  more

Air Force Global Strike Command Leadership Visits Barksdale AFB
BARKSDALE AFB, Louisiana, Feb. 2 -- The U.S. Air Force Global Strike Command issued the following news: By Airman 1st Class Nicole Ledbetter, 2BW/PA The Air Force Global Strike Command leadership team visited the base, Jan 26 and 27. Air Force Global Strike Command commander, Gen. Thomas Bussiere and his spouse, Barbara, along with AFGSC command chief, Chief Master Sgt. Melvina Smith and her spouse, Derek, spent two days meeting the people and learning the processes that make Barksdale go. B  more

Air Force Global Strike Commander Pledges Transparency as Service Addresses Missile Base Health Concerns
BARKSDALE AFB, Louisiana, Feb. 4 -- The U.S. Air Force Global Strike Command issued the following news: By Col. Brus Vidal, Air Force Global Strike Command Public Affairs The Commander and Command Chief, Air Force Global Strike Command, held two virtual town halls Jan. 30 with AFGSC leadership teams and Airmen from the nuclear enterprise to discuss concerns from Airmen about the "Malmstrom Initiative Slide Deck," which discussed a potential link to increased cases of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in   more

BLS - Southwest Region Issues Report Entitled "Union Members in Louisiana - 2022"
DALLAS, Texas, Jan. 31 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Southwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on Jan. 30, 2023, entitled "Union Members in Louisiana - 2022": In 2022, union members accounted for 4.2 percent of wage and salary workers in Louisiana, compared with 4.7 percent in 2021, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Assistant Commissioner for Regional Operations Michael Hirniak noted that the union membership ra  more

Immigration & Customs Enforcement: ERO Houston Removes Foreign Fugitive Wanted In Honduras For Murder
HOUSTON, Texas, Jan. 30 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Houston, with assistance from ERO Tegucigalpa and the Security Alliance for Fugitive Enforcement (SAFE) Task Force in Honduras, removed a foreign fugitive from the U.S. Jan. 27 who is wanted in Honduras for murder. Edgar Omar Guzman Ferrera, a 25-year-old unlawfully present Honduran fugitive, was flown from Alexan  more

La. U.S. Attorney: Former Bank Teller Sentenced for Federal Fraud Charges
NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Feb. 4 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana, Duane A. Evans, posted the following news release on Feb. 3, 2023: U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced today that on February 1, 2023 United States District Judge Sarah S. Vance sentenced KAREN FARRELL TIGLER, age 40, of Marrero, Louisiana, to twenty-seven (27) months imprisonment followed by two (2) years of supervised release for violating Title 18, United States Code, Section 1344 (Bank Fraud), and   more

La. U.S. Attorney: New Orleans Woman Charged With Theft of Government Funds
NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Feb. 4 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana, Duane A. Evans, posted the following news release on Feb. 3, 2023: United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that DEDRA BRIGHT ("BRIGHT"), age 64, of New Orleans, Louisiana, was charged on February 2, 2023 by an indictment for Theft of Government Funds, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 641. According to the indictment, from November 2008 to November 2020, BRIGHT knowingly acces  more

Wireline Competition Bureau Copper Retirement Network Change Notification Filed By Bellsouth Telecommunications, LLC d/b/a At&T Louisiana
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 -- The Federal Communications Commission's Wireline Competition Bureau issued the following public notice (Docket No. 23-42): Re: COPPER RETIREMENT NETWORK CHANGE CERTIFICATION RECEIVED BellSouth Telecommunications, LLC d/b/a AT&T Louisiana (AT&T), an incumbent local exchange carrier (LEC), has filed certification that public notice of network change(s) involving the retirement of copper has been provided through its publicly accessible Internet site, as required by section   more