News from April 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2020
News Release: OMAHA, NE-FBI Omaha Field Office Special Agent in Charge Kristi K. Johnson is encouraging parents, students, and teachers to take advantage of the FBI’s Safe Online Surfing program; a free, fun, and educational program for children.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 9, 2020
News Release: National Park Service officials announced today the northernmost 13 miles of the Blue Ridge Parkway, from Milepost 0 to 13, will close effective immediately in a continuing effort to support federal, state, and local efforts to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) and in coordination with closures now in place at Shenandoah National Park. This closure will remain in effect until further notice.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 9, 2020
News Release: U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Legacy Management (LM) staff and LM Support (LMS) contractors travelled to the Dena'ina Center in Anchorage, Alaska, where they operated a booth and delivered a presentation at the 22nd annual Alaska Forum on the Environment (AFE) in February.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2020
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney William M. McSwain warned the public today about potential scams relating to the upcoming coronavirus economic impact payments, commonly referred to as stimulus checks.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 9, 2020
News Release: Natchez Trace Parkway (Parkway) staff recently rehabilitated and opened 4.3 miles of Old Natchez Trace in Tennessee, the segments are located between mileposts 393 and 401.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 9, 2020
News Release: Washington - Agricultural producers now have more time to repay Marketing Assistance Loans (MAL) as part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s implementation of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act of 2020. The loans now mature at 12 months rather than nine, and this flexibility is available for most commodities.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 9, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Department of Energy announced up to $38 million in funding for a new Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) program, Submarine Hydrokinetic And Riverine Kilo-megawatt Systems (SHARKS). The program seeks to design economically attractive Hydrokinetic Turbines (HKT) for tidal and riverine currents.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 9, 2020
News Release: DETROIT, MI - U.S. Senator Gary Peters and U.S. Representative Rashida Tlaib (MI-13) led the Michigan Congressional Delegation in urging the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to waive cost-sharing requirements for local communities that rely on federal grant programs to keep their communities...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2020
News Release: ATLANTA - Rong Sun, a/k/a Vicky Sun made her initial appearance on federal charges of illegally selling an unregistered pesticide, illegally importing the unregistered pesticide, and mailing a prohibited article. Sun was charged with a criminal complaint filed by the U.S. Attorney’s Office on April 8, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2020
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina --- United States Attorney Peter M. McCoy, Jr., announced today that Justin Chavis, of Williston, South Carolina, was arrested on a federal criminal complaint and charged with child exploitation, child pornography, and distribution of child pornography.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 9, 2020
News Release: Yesterday, a bicameral group of Democratic Members of Congress submitted an amicus curiae brief to the Supreme Court in support of Pennsylvania’s lawsuit challenging a Trump Administration rule that would undermine access to birth control for women across the country. Since the Affordable Care Act’s...
By DOE Newswire | Apr 9, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today blasting the Trump Administration’s unilateral decision to end federal support for Community-Based Testing Sites (CBTS) for COVID-19. According to an advisory issued by FEMA earlier today, states were required to petition the federal government to maintain support for their CBTS facilities by 5 pm tonight...
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 9, 2020
Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Transportation Security Administration employees at Washington Dulles International Airport have established a food pantry to assist employees in the airport community who may have been laid off or seen their work hours cut due to the dramatic drop in passengers as a result of the coronavirus.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Pierre, South Dakota, woman convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine was sentenced on April 6, 2020, by Chief Judge Roberto A. Lange, U.S. District Court.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 9, 2020
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is encouraging visitors to recreate close to home as expressed by Governor of Utah Gary R. Herbert’s “Stay Safe, Stay Home" directive and to consider this guidance before traveling to their favorite spots on public lands. The BLM strives to be a good...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2020
News Release: PHOENIX, Ariz. - On March 9, Consuelo Stephanee Pena, 29, and on March 16, Dulce Avilene Gonzalez-Rosillo, 24, both of Phoenix, Ariz., were sentenced by U.S. District Judge Diane J. Humetewa and U.S. District Judge Douglas L. Rayes, respectively, for their participation in multiple drug and money laundering offenses.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 9, 2020
News Release: CARSON CITY, NEV. The Bureau of Land Management, Carson City District, Stillwater Field Office has approved the Bell Mountain Exploration Corporation’s (BMEC) “Bell Mountain Mine Project". BLM previously held a 30-day public comment period beginning Jan. 31, 2020.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 9, 2020
News Release: Cincinnati - Today, the U.S Department of Energy, Office of Environmental Management (EM) has extended CH2M Hill BWXT West Valley, LLC’s (CHBWV) cleanup contract at the West Valley Demonstration Project in New York State by an additional 39 months, to June 29, 2023. The purpose of this extension is to...
By EPA Newswire | Apr 9, 2020
News Release: House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), House Armed Services Committee Chairman Adam Smith (D-WA) and House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS) today sent a letter to President Donald J. Trump to express their concern about the lack of a clear, coordinated strategy to produce and acquire the medical supplies necessary to respond to the ongoing COVID-19 health crisis.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 9, 2020
News Release: Munising, Mich - Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, in response to guidance from the State of Michigan and Luce, Alger, Mackinac, Schoolcraft District Health Department, is announcing additional modifications to operations to support federal, state, and local efforts to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).
