News from April 2020
By Interior Newswire | Apr 3, 2020
News Release: Murfreesboro, TN - Stones River National Battlefield is announcing additional modifications to operations to support the Governor of Tennessee’s Executive Order 23. The health and safety of our visitors, employees, volunteers, and partners is our number one priority. The National Park Service (NPS) is working servicewide with federal, state, and local authorities to closely monitor the COVID-19 pandemic.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 3, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, House and Senate Democratic health leaders strongly urged the Trump Administration to put American families first and establish a general Special Enrollment Period (SEP) so that people affected by the coronavirus pandemic can sign up for health coverage. House Ways and Means Chairman...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 3, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Chair Raúl M. Grijalva released the following statement on President Trump’s meeting at the White House today with fossil fuel industry executives.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 3, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A Dominical national was arrested and charged today with one count of unlawful re-entry of a deported alien.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 3, 2020
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 567,000 metric tons of corn for delivery to China. Of the total, 63,000 metric tons is for delivery during the 2019/2020 marketing year and 504,000 metric tons is for delivery during the 2020/2021 marketing year.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 3, 2020
Release: Washington, DC, April 3, 2020 -The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced the launch of an online tool - the “Meals for Kids" Site Finder - to help families find meals for children while schools are closed during the coronavirus pandemic. This is the latest in a series of swift actions USDA has taken to keep children and low-income individuals fed during the ongoing health crisis.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 3, 2020
News Release: EVANSTON, IL - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited three employers - Northwestern University, Hill Mechanical Corp. and National Heat & Power Corp. - for exposing workers to permit-required confined space hazards associated with underground steam vaults. Proposed penalties for the three companies total $235,962.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 3, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Ways and Means Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA), House Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), House Education and Labor Chairman Bobby Scott (D-VA), Senate HELP Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-WA) and Senate Finance Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-OR) released a joint...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 3, 2020
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Union County, New Jersey, man has been arrested for his role in a drug trafficking conspiracy in which he allegedly set up a drug mill in his apartment, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced today.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 3, 2020
News Release: House Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), House Ways and Means Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA), House Education and Labor Chairman Bobby Scott (D-VA), Senate HELP Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-WA) and Senate Finance Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-OR) released a joint statement today calling for additional Congressional action to ensure that COVID-19 treatment is free of cost for everyone and that people have the opportunity to sign up for health insurance...
By EPA Newswire | Apr 3, 2020
News Release: Today, House and Senate Democratic health leaders strongly urged the Trump Administration to put American families first and establish a general Special Enrollment Period (SEP) so that people affected by the coronavirus pandemic can sign up for health coverage. House Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 3, 2020
News Release: Fort Frederica National Monument Is Modifying Operations ToImplement Local Health Guidance.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 3, 2020
News Release: The National Park Service (NPS) is currently developing a Second Century Campground Strategy. As part of this process, the Service contracted with two industry experts to develop campground industry analysis reports. The reports include an assessment of how market factors and trends may affect NPS campground markets and approaches to consider in the Service-wide campground strategy. You can find the full reports on the NPS Advisory Board website.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 3, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Four bipartisan Energy and Commerce Committee leaders wrote to Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chairman Joseph Simons today urging increased vigilance and enforcement actions against scams as the recently signed Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act is implemented.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 3, 2020
News Release: Glen Canyon National Recreation Area in response to guidance from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), Navajo Nation, States of Arizona and Utah, and county and community health departments, 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 3, 2020
News Release: Washington, DC - Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Republican Leader Bob Latta (R-OH) released the following statement on the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) decision to adopt a $200 million telehealth program to support health care providers and patients during the COVID-19 pandemic. The funds were appropriated as part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 3, 2020
News Release: The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced that the following persons were arraigned or appeared this week before U.S. Magistrate judges on indictments handed down by the Grand Jury or on criminal complaints. The charging documents are merely accusations and defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 3, 2020
News Release: FAIRBANKS - Bureau of Land Management Alaska Fire Service (BLM AFS) Smokejumpers will take to the sky starting April 8 in preparation for the upcoming fire season. The required refresher and training jumps will occur in April and May, primarily between 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 3, 2020
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Maryland U.S. Attorney Robert K. Hur and Special Agent in Charge Kelly R. Jackson of the Internal Revenue Service - Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI) today warned taxpayers to be alert about possible scams relating to COVID-19, especially in connection with economic impact payments. The announcement is an effort to prevent taxpayers in need from being victimized by criminals using the recently approved payments as an opportunity to commit a crime.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 3, 2020
News Release: Has Prior Convictions for Drug Offenses and Violent Crime in Iowa and California.
