News from April 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2020
News Release: $4.4 Million available to West Virginia.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2020
News Release: COLUMBIA, South Carolina --- U.S. Attorney Peter M. McCoy, Jr., of the District of South Carolina, announced today that the U.S. Attorney's Office is extending until April 10, 2020, the deadline for submissions for the 17th Annual Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) Logo Contest. This statewide contest...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 1, 2020
News Release: Hot Springs, AR - Hot Springs National Park, in response to guidance from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and state health authorities is announcing additional modifications to operations to support federal, state, and local efforts to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 1, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, the Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and Rep. Jamie Raskin, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, sent a letter to the Census Bureau recognizing “Census Day," pledging their support for ongoing Census operations, and pressing the Census Bureau to comply with outstanding oversight requests regarding delays caused by the coronavirus crisis.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 1, 2020
News Release: PHOENIX, Ariz. - A State Grand Jury indicted nine Arizona men in January accused of soliciting illegal sex acts from undercover agents who were posing as minors on various social media websites and applications.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2020
News Release: $3.37 Million Available to Kentucky. LOUISVILLE, Ky. - The Department of Justice today 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...
By DOE Newswire | Apr 1, 2020
News Release: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today announced that $8.8 million will be distributed to Alaska communities located near or in national forests. The money, which Murkowski secured in the fiscal year 2020 budget process, will fund schools and local budget priorities.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2020
News Release: Roanoke, VIRGINIA - United States Attorney Thomas T. Cullen and Assistant Secretary of Labor for the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) David G. Zatezalo, announced today a settlement between the United States and a group of 24 coal companies operating in Virginia, West Virginia, Tennessee, Alabama, and Kentucky to satisfy more than $5 million in unpaid penalties for violations of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2020
News Release: Georgia Man Pleads Guilty to Attempting to Attack the White House with Explosives.
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 1, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Fourteen House Committee Chairs sent a letter to Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Acting Director Russell Vought today requesting an immediate extension of public comment periods, hearings and meetings due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The Committee leaders asked that OMB direct agencies to extend public comment periods by at least 45 days beyond the end of the declared national emergency.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Rapid City, South Dakota, man convicted of Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person was sentenced by Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Judge.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2020
News Release: ATLANTA - Jaiswinkumar Jagdishbhai Patel, who submitted fraudulent travel reimbursement vouchers to his employer over a period of several years, has pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Rapid City, South Dakota, man convicted of Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person was sentenced by Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Judge.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 1, 2020
News Release: In March, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) awarded the Office of Legacy Management (LM) support contract to RSI EnTech, LLC, in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. This is an Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract under which firm-fixed-price, time and materials, and/or cost reimbursement task orders may be issued for performance nationwide.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Mark A. Klaassen announced today that Jessica Lynn Dierking, age 34, a resident of Sheridan, Wyoming, was indicted by a federal grand jury on March 18, 2020, for receipt of child pornography, distribution of child pornography, and two counts of production of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2020
News Release: St. Louis - Markquis Bryant, aka “Two", 48, of Saint Louis, MO, was indicted by a federal grand jury with charges of being a felon in possession of one or more firearms; possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance; and, possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. Bryant was previously charged by federal complaint and appeared in court on March 27, 2020 for his initial appearance in front of U.S. Magistrate Judge Nannette A. Baker.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2020
News Release: $3.75 Million Available for Kentucky. LEXINGTON, Ky-The Department of Justice today 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...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, April 1, is the first day of both Sexual Assault Awareness Month and Sexual Assault and Child Abuse Awareness and Prevention Month (SAAM). Started in 2001, SAAM is a national and local campaign to raise public awareness of the very serious issue of sexual assault. “As the U.S. Attorney’s...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 1, 2020
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, MA - Today, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) called on the Trump Administration to provide Congress and the public with detailed information on how they are addressing the shortages of personal protective equipment (PPE) that many states and health care providers...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2020
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Ill.-Twenty jurisdictions in Central Illinois are eligible to apply for $1.73 million in emergency funding announced today by the Department of Justice. The Coronavirus Emergency Supplemental Funding program, authorized by the recent stimulus legislation signed by President Trump, makes...
