News from April 2020
By Interior Newswire | Apr 6, 2020
News Release: Mississippi - The Natchez Trace Parkway (Parkway), in response to guidance from the Mississippi Governors Executive Order 1466, is announcing additional modifications to operations to support federal, state, and local efforts to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).
By DOE Newswire | Apr 6, 2020
Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $4.5 million in funding for training programs for professionals who interact with distributed energy resources, including solar energy systems, storage systems, “smart” building technologies, and electric vehicles. These professionals include those that lead the nation’s emergency response and resilience planning, including firefighters, first responders, and safety officials.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 6, 2020
News Release: Black Power in 20th Century Washington, DC: A Context Study.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 6, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-Mass.) called for an expedited investigation to identify the products that may be needed to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. In a letter to U.S. International Trade...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald and Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison today jointly announced the formation of the Minnesota COVID-19 Action Team (MCAT), a coordinated statewide effort focused on investigating and prosecuting unlawful activity associated with the COVID-19 pandemic and...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Box Elder, South Dakota, man was charged in federal district court with Enticement of a Minor Using the Internet.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 6, 2020
News Release: GLENNALLEN, Alaska - The Bureau of Land Management has opened a 15-day public scoping period seeking input on a proposed amendment of Copper Valley Telecom’s right of way between Milepost 45 and Milepost 72 of the Richardson Highway. The company seeks to install a new fiber optic cable underground to improve telecommunication services in the Copper River Basin.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 6, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $3 million grant to the town of Hardwick, Vermont, to restore the historic Yellow Barn Accelerator facility and construct a new building for the local agricultural...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2020
News Release: Former Executives from U.S. Broadcasting Company 21st Century Fox and Spanish Sports Media Company Imagina Media Audiovisual SL, along with Argentina-Based Sports Marketing Company Full Play Group S.A., Charged with Bribing Soccer Officials.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 6, 2020
News Release: St John, US Virgin Islands - VIRGIN ISLANDS NATIONAL PARK is announcing additional modifications to operations to support federal, territory, and local efforts to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2020
News Release: FBI Warns of Money Mule Schemes Exploiting the COVID-19 Pandemic.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 6, 2020
News Release: * Yakima River Canyon (Umtanum, Big Pines, Lmuma, and Roza)
By Interior Newswire | Apr 6, 2020
News Release: DEATH VALLEY, CA. April 6, 2020 - On April 4, in the afternoon, Inyo County Sheriff’s Dispatch was notified of a possible deceased person found by a hiking party of three near the base of Manly Beacon out of the Zabriskie Point trailhead, Death Valley National Park.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 6, 2020
News Release: Interior, SD - Badlands National Park is announcing modifications to operations to implement the latest guidance from the White House, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), and local and state authorities to promote social distancing. As of April 6, 2020, the Ben Reifel Visitor Center, park...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 6, 2020
News Release: What: The Bureau of Land Management Colorado State Office will hold the Dunn Ranch coal lease-by-application sale on Friday, April 10 at 10 a.m. at the State Office. The public is invited to participate in the reading of the bids by the sales official on Zoom. The announcement of the lease sale bids by live-streaming ensures the safety and protection of BLM employees and the public following local, state and federal guidance on Covid-19.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Rapid City, South Dakota, man convicted of Discharging a Firearm During the Commission of a Crime of Violence was sentenced by Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Judge.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Hahira, Georgia, man was charged in federal district court with Enticement of a Minor Using the Internet, Sexual Exploitation of a Minor, and Transfer of Obscene Material to a Minor.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 6, 2020
News Release: Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued the following statement on the Department of Labor’s guidance to states to implement the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance Program...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2020
News Release: Boston - A Dominican national formerly residing in Methuen was sentenced today for falsely representing a Social Security number as his own.
By Labor Gazette | Apr 5, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced the publication of Unemployment Insurance Program Letter (UIPL) 16-20 providing guidance to states for implementation of the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) program. Under PUA, individuals who do not qualify for regular unemployment ...
