Month: February 2022

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Security News in Brief: Rhode Island Man Sentenced in COVID-19 Related Fraud Scheme

Source: United States Department of Justice News

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – A Warwick man charged with executing a scheme to defraud the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), an element of the CARES Act passed by Congress on March 29, 2020, in response to the national crisis brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic, was sentenced in federal court in Providence today to three years of supervised release, the first six months of which are to be served in home confinement with electronic monitoring, announced United States Attorney Zachary A. Cunha.

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FBI Washington Field Office Statement on Bomb Threats to D.C. High Schools

Source: Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI Crime News

The FBI Washington Field Office is aware of bomb threats that were made to several Washington, D.C., high schools on Wednesday, February 9, and is working with the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department and ATF Washington Field Division to investigate them. The FBI takes these and all threats seriously and asks that anyone with information about them contact the FBI at 1-800-CALL-FBI or submit it online to tips.fbi.gov.

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Defense News in Brief: NAVWAR Outreach Team Wins STEM Advocate of the Quarter Award

Source: United States Navy

The Naval Information Warfare Systems Command (NAVWAR) Enterprise Virtual Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Outreach Team has been selected to receive the Department of Defense (DoD) STEM Advocate of the Quarter award for their innovative outreach efforts and continued leadership amid the COVID-19 pandemic, positively impacting thousands of students and educators nationwide.