News from April 2020
By USDA Newswire | Apr 27, 2020
Release: Washington, DC, April 27, 2020 - U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced Kansas and Virginia have been approved to operate Pandemic Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT), a new program authorized by the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA), signed by President Trump, which provides assistance to families of children eligible for free or reduced-price meals dealing with school closures.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 27, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $2.75 million grant to the Regents of the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, Colorado, to expand and renovate the University of Colorado cybersecurity...
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 27, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON – As the Nation transitions from a period of crisis to economic recovery, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will continue to leverage every social, medical, logistical and security tool at its disposal to defend the homeland from COVID-19. Thanks to a wide range of strategic initiatives, ...
By USDA Newswire | Apr 27, 2020
News Release: Pandemic EBT to Feed Children during COVID-19 National Emergency (Washington, D.C., April 27, 2020) - U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced Kansas and Virginia have been approved to operate Pandemic Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT), a new program authorized by the Families First ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2020
News Release: This week, the U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division celebrates the 20th anniversary of World Intellectual Property Day. The division marks the occasion by remembering the revolutionary ideal that our nation’s founding fathers embedded in the U.S. Constitution: that “securing... to Authors and ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2020
News Release: Genova Diagnostics Inc., a clinical laboratory services company based in Asheville, North Carolina, has agreed to pay up to approximately $43 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act, including claims that it billed for medically unnecessary lab tests, the Department of Justice announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2020
News Release: Last week, the President’s Commission on Law Enforcement and the Administration of Justice completed its hearings on crime reduction, with a panel on technology tools for law enforcement, specifically “drones,” facial recognition technology, and body worn cameras, and a panel featuring survivors of sexual ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON – The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a precedential opinion on Friday, Apr. 24, 2020, affirming a district court decision that a transaction designed to generate massive foreign tax credits (referred to as the STARS tax shelter) lacked economic substance and business purpose and was ...
By Fed Newswire | Apr 27, 2020
News Release: The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and the Federal Reserve Board today announced that they will extend, by 30 days, the comment period for the agencies' proposed guidance for resolution plans submitted by certain large foreign banks. The extension will allow interested parties additional time to analyze the issues and to prepare comments through June 4, 2020.
By Fed Newswire | Apr 27, 2020
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Monday announced an expansion of the scope and duration of the Municipal Liquidity Facility (MLF). The facility, which was announced on April 9 as part of an initiative to provide up to $2.3 trillion in loans to support U.S. households, businesses, and communities, will offer up to $500 billion in lending to states and municipalities to help manage cash flow stresses caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
By Commerce News Now | Apr 27, 2020
News Release: The Department of Commerce announced today new export control actions to prevent efforts by entities in China, Russia, and Venezuela to acquire U.S. technology that could be used in development of weapons, military aircraft, or surveillance technology through civilian supply chains, or under civilian-use pretenses, for military end uses and military end-users.
By Labor Gazette | Apr 27, 2020
News Release: CLEVELAND, OH – The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a consent order and judgment to remove plan fiduciaries – Attila E. Nagy and Cynthia Nagy – from the Assembly Specialty Products Inc. 401(k) Plan after an investigation by the department’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) found that the fiduciaries violated the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA).
By Labor Gazette | Apr 27, 2020
News Release: CLEVELAND, OH – The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a consent order and judgment to remove plan fiduciaries – Attila E. Nagy and Cynthia Nagy – from the Assembly Specialty Products Inc. 401(k) Plan after an investigation by the department’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) found that the fiduciaries violated the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA).
By USDA Wire | Apr 27, 2020
The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on April 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Apr 27, 2020
The US Transportation Department published a three page proposed rule on April 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Apr 27, 2020
The US Commerce Department published a one page rule on April 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | Apr 27, 2020
The US Agriculture Department published a three page proposed rule on April 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | Apr 27, 2020
The US Agriculture Department published a three page proposed rule on April 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Apr 27, 2020
The US Transportation Department published a three page proposed rule on April 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Apr 27, 2020
The US Transportation Department published a three page proposed rule on April 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
