News from April 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 13, 2020
News Release: A felon who ran from the scene of a traffic stop leaving behind a loaded pistol with an attached high capacity extended magazine was sentenced today to more than five years in federal prison.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 13, 2020
News Release: REDDING, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management is offering for sale approximately 1.8 million board feet of merchantable saw timber in the Camp Fire Salvage Sale in Butte County.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 13, 2020
News Release: FBI Warns of Emerging Health Care Fraud Schemes Related to COVID-19 Pandemic.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 13, 2020
News Release: The U.S Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) intends to issue a funding opportunity to strengthen energy and water infrastructure across federal agencies. Projects will improve the energy efficiency of federal operations while stimulating economic development and creating jobs in construction, building trades, and other sectors.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 13, 2020
News Release: The 2020 Census is underway and more households across America are responding every day. Over 70 million households have responded to date, representing over 48% of all households in America. In light of the COVID-19 outbreak, the U.S. Census Bureau is adjusting 2020 Census operations in order to.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 13, 2020
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - Today, U.S. Attorney Nicholas A. Trutanich and Nevada Attorney General Aaron D. Ford announced the formation of the Nevada COVID-19 Task Force. The Task Force is comprised of local, state and federal investigators and prosecutors with significant experience in handling complaints and...
By State Newswire | Apr 13, 2020
News Release: Washington D.C. - Congressman Michael McCaul (R-TX), Lead Republican of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, released the following statement on the World Health Organization finally urging China to close wildlife or ‘wet’ markets as some of the markets have begun to reopen. A wildlife market in Wuhan,...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 13, 2020
News Release: Bayfield, Wisconsin - Apostle Islands National Lakeshore, in response to guidance from Bayfield and Ashland Counties and Wisconsin Department of Health Services, is supporting federal, state, and local efforts to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). To encourage visitors to stay at home...
By DOE Newswire | Apr 12, 2020
Release: “Today, thanks to President Trump’s leadership, Russia and Saudi Arabia have finalized a historic deal, ending a price war that has caused unprecedented uncertainty in global oil markets. I commend the President for his strong leadership and all parties for coming to a consensus that will benefit nations ...
By USDA Newswire | Apr 11, 2020
News Release: USDA is expanding access to innovative online food purchase program (Washington, D.C., April 11, 2020) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced approval for Florida and Idaho’s request to provide online purchasing of food to SNAP Households in the States of Florida and Idaho. This ...
By USDA Newswire | Apr 11, 2020
Release: Washington, DC, April 11, 2020 - U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced approval for Florida and Idaho’s request to provide online purchasing of food to SNAP Households in the States of Florida and Idaho. This approval will allow the states to expedite the implementation of online...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2020
News Release: FBI Still on the Case: Norfolk Special Agent in Charge Letter to the Editor of the Virginian Pilot.
By State Newswire | Apr 11, 2020
News Release: BOISE, Idaho - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today released the following statement on the first anniversary of the removal of Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir from power and the country's ongoing transition:
By Interior Newswire | Apr 11, 2020
News Release: Mosca, CO - Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve is announcing additional modifications to operations to continue to implement the latest guidance from the White House, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), and local and state authorities to promote social distancing. On March 24, the...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2020
News Release: The Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts have opened an investigation into the Soldiers’ Home in Holyoke to examine whether the Soldiers’ Home violated the rights of residents by failing to provide them adequate medical care generally, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2020
News Release: Encore Rehabilitation Services LLC (Encore) has agreed to pay $4.03 million to resolve allegations that Encore violated the False Claims Act by knowingly causing three Michigan skilled nursing facilities to submit false claims to Medicare for rehabilitation therapy services that were not reasonable, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2020
News Release: The Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) has agreed to pay the United States $3,984,254 to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act in its administration of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), the Department ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2020
News Release: Christopher Parris, a 39-year-old Atlanta, Georgia resident, was arrested today and charged in federal court in the District of Columbia with fraud for attempting to sell millions of nonexistent respirator masks to the Department of Veterans Affairs in exchange for large upfront payments, the Justice Department announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2020
News Release: This week, the President’s Commission on Law Enforcement and the Administration of Justice held hearings on crime reduction, with panelists speaking about the national and local impact of violent crime, gun crime, and gangs. The hearings were held over three days via teleconference. Each teleconference featured a panel of expert witnesses who provided testimony and, subsequently, answered questions from the Commissioners.
By Labor Gazette | Apr 10, 2020
News Release: ATLANTA, GA – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Martin-Pinero CPM LLC – a construction contractor based in Atlanta, Georgia – for exposing employees to fall hazards after a fatal incident at a highway construction project in Atlanta. The company faces $170,020 in penalties.
