News from April 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 2, 2020
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - The U.S. 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 legislation signed by...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 2, 2020
News Release: $9,688,333 Available to Louisiana. NEW ORLEANS - The Department of Justice announced on April 1, 2020 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 DOJ Newswire | Apr 2, 2020
News Release: ATLANTA - The Department of Justice has 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 legislation signed by President...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 2, 2020
News Release: Boise, Idaho- The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Boise District Office will offer the first virtual wild horse adoption in Idaho on April 11 from noon to 4 p.m. Both phone and text bids will be accepted. Because of coronavirus concerns, the BLM is working closely with its western Idaho 4-H Club partners to find adopters for these young wild horses.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 2, 2020
News Release: Bangor, Maine: A Ghanaian national pleaded guilty and was sentenced today in federal court in Bangor for identity theft, U.S. Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 2, 2020
News Release: Glen Jean, WV - Need more natural beauty in your day? A new online nature exhibit can be viewed at.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 2, 2020
News Release: Coronavirus Pandemic Requires Aggressive Initial Attack Strategy
By USDA Newswire | Apr 2, 2020
News Release: Washington - As part of its efforts to enforce the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA) and ensure fair trading practices within the U.S. produce industry, the Department of Agriculture (USDA) has imposed sanctions on five produce businesses for failing to meet their contractual obligations...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 2, 2020
News Release: Soldier’s cousin also charged for scheme that triggered massive search and rescue effort.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 2, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Florida has been sentenced in federal court to three years and five months (41 months) in prison, to be followed by a two-year term of supervised release, and ordered to pay $962,840.47 on conviction of conspiracy to pass counterfeit checks and possession of stolen mail, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 2, 2020
News Release: Little Rock, AR - Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site, in response to guidance from the Arkansas Department of Health, announces additional modifications to operations to support federal, state, and local efforts to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 2, 2020
News Release: ANCHORAGE - Acting Special Agent in Charge of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Seattle Eben Roberts and U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced today that Jay Osmond Gardner, 55, of Wasilla, has been charged with identify theft and false statements, after...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 2, 2020
News Release: Former Veterans Affairs Doctor Charged with Civil Rights Offense.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 2, 2020
News Release: More than $9 Million In Formula Grant Funds Allocated for New Mexico.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 2, 2020
News Release: In response to orders issued by Pennsylvania’s Governor Wolf and New Jersey’s Governor Murphy and guidance from the CDC and local, county, and state public health officials, Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area is announcing additional modifications to operations to support federal, state, and local efforts to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).
By Interior Newswire | Apr 2, 2020
News Release: CRAIG, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management is seeking public comments on an environmental assessment of its proposal to offer an historic cabin on the Yampa River south of Steamboat Springs for public rental.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 2, 2020
News Release: House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin C. Peterson announced the hiring of Chu-Yuan Hwang as Senior Counsel for the Committee.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 2, 2020
News Release: The pandemic outbreak of COVID-19 poses an unprecedented threat to the public health and economic security of the District of Columbia and this country. Unfortunately, some have chosen to profit from public panic by exploiting vulnerable citizens-like the sick and elderly-and to take advantage of vital...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 2, 2020
News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - Kenyata O’Keefe Thomas, 42, of Oklahoma City, entered a guilty plea today to intentionally conveying false and misleading information by making a hoax bomb threat to the University of Central Oklahoma (UCO), announced U.S. Attorney Timothy J. Downing.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 2, 2020
News Release: In Midland today, a federal judge sentenced former Andrews Middle School Choir Director Gary Lynn Ragland to 97 months in federal prison on a child pornography charge, announced U.S. Attorney John F. Bash.
