News from April 2020
By Interior Newswire | Apr 3, 2020
News Release: Bridgeport, AL - Russell Cave National Monument is announcing additional modifications to operations in response to guidance from the State of Alabama Health Department. 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 USDA Newswire | Apr 3, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Chairman Pat Roberts, R-Kan., and Ranking Member Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., urged the Small Business Administration to ensure farmers and ranchers can access new loan programs created in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 3, 2020
News Release: $14,728,125 available to Louisiana. SHREVEPORT/LAFAYETTE/ALEXANDRIA/LAKE CHARLES/MONROE, La. - U.S. Attorney David C. Joseph announced today that the Department of Justice is making $850 million available to help public safety agencies respond to the challenges posed by the outbreak of COVID-19. The...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 3, 2020
News Release: COLUMBIA, South Carolina --- United States Attorney Peter M. McCoy, Jr., announced today that in its continued efforts to support the commitments in the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the U.S. Attorney’s Office participated in Advocacy Day for Access and Independence.
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: BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK, TX - The National Park Service (NPS) announced today that effective 8:30 a.m., April 3, Big Bend National Park and Rio Grande Wild & Scenic River will be closed to all visitors until further notice in response to letters from the Brewster County and Texas State Health Services...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 3, 2020
News Release: $11,090,030 available to Indiana. Indianapolis - The Department of Justice announced that it is making $850 million available to help public safety agencies respond to the challenges posed by the outbreak of COVID-19. The Coronavirus Emergency Supplemental Funding program, authorized by the recent stimulus...
By DOE 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 US DOT Newswire | Apr 3, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration proposes a $110,000 civil penalty against Blue Hawaiian Helicopters of Kahului, Hawaii, for allegedly violating drug and alcohol testing regulations.
By Commerce 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 USDA Newswire | Apr 3, 2020
News Release: Washington - U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Deputy Under Secretary for Rural Development Bette Brand today announced that USDA is opening a second application window for funding under the Distance Learning and Telemedicine (DLT) grant program.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 3, 2020
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced today that $5,382,711 in grant funding has been made available to Alaska public safety agencies to help them address the COVID-19 pandemic.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 3, 2020
News Release: A Dubuque man who unlawfully possessed a loaded gun while a drug user was sentenced today to five years in prison.
By DOE 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 DOJ Newswire | Apr 3, 2020
News Release: BILLINGS-U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme today urged the public to report potential stockpiling or price gouging of medical supplies needed to respond to the coronavirus pandemic.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 3, 2020
News Release: (BILLINGS, Mont.) - The health and safety of our staff and visitors remains the number one priority of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Montana/Dakotas. But there are still opportunities for many of us to enjoy the outdoors, as long as we heed orders, guidance, and advice of local and state officials and the Centers for Disease Control.
By Commerce 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 Homeland Newswire | Apr 3, 2020
Release: GREEN BAY, WI - Transportation Security Administration officers at Green Bay-Austin Straubel International Airport (GRB) are lending a helping hand to airport employees through a voluntary program they have dubbed “TSA Gives Back."
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 3, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Leaders from the House Ways and Means and Veterans’ Affairs Committees today called on U.S. Department of Treasury (Treasury) Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner Charles Rettig to automatically provide the economic impact payments authorized by the...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 3, 2020
News Release: The public is invited to comment on a preliminary proposal for repair and reroute of a portion of the lower Thunder Creek Trail, relocation of a hiker camp, and creation of an administrative camp along the trail. The entire project is proposed within the Stephen Mather Wilderness.
