News published on Federal Newswire in April 2020

News from April 2020


The US Commerce Department published a three page rule on April 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on April 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Agriculture Department published a one page notice on April 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on April 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on April 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on April 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a four page proposed rule on April 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a three page proposed rule on April 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Stephen F. Lynch, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on National Security, and Committee Member Mark Green issued the following statements after the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) confirmed it will conduct a new health study to examine whether U.S. servicemembers and veterans who deployed to Karshi-Khanabad (K2) Air Base in Uzbekistan after Sept. 11, 2001, are more likely to experience adverse health effects.


Shiloh Cancels All Memorial Day Weekend Events

News Release: Shiloh National Military Park and the National Park Service are taking extraordinary steps to implement the latest guidance from the White House, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the state of Tennessee, on the process for Opening Up America Again.


News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Patrick M. Kain, age 33, of Norwich, New York, was arrested and charged today with sexually exploiting a child, announced United States Attorney Grant C. Jaquith and Susan Ferensic, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Albany Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).


Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area Visitor Site Use Management Plan Comment Period Opens May 1st

News Release: Beginning May 1, 2020, the National Park Service (NPS) at Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area will formally begin a Visitor Site Use Management Plan and Environmental Analysis. This process will examine the nine major visitor use areas of the park, including Evans, Marcus Island, Kettle Falls, Gifford, Hunters, Porcupine Bay, Fort Spokane, Keller Ferry, and Spring Canyon.


Hartford Man Admits Selling Crack and Fentanyl

News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that KENDALL FAIR, 20, of Hartford, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Jeffrey A. Meyer to distributing crack cocaine.


S&T Finding Ways to Fight COVID-19

News Release: In the wake of the global Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, countless social gatherings and special events have been postponed or cancelled. It feels a bit like life is on hold. But the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) mission never stops and neither does the Science and Technology Directorate...


USDA Settles a Packers and Stockyards Case Against Travis Broocke

News Release: Washington - As part of its commitment to ensuring fair and competitive markets for the livestock, meat and poultry industries, on April 10, 2020, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) entered into a stipulation agreement with Travis Broocke (Broocke), for alleged violations of the Packers and Stockyards (P&S) Act. Under the terms of the stipulation agreement, Broocke waived his right to a hearing and paid a penalty of $750.


News Release: A criminal complaint was unsealed today in federal court in Brooklyn charging Donald Allen and Manuel Revolorio with conspiracy to commit wire fraud by seeking more than $4 million from a purported purchaser of personal protective equipment (“PPE") that the defendants did not own nor otherwise have authorization...


Readout of Neal, Ways and Means Democrats’ Call with USTR on the USMCA

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement after convening a conference call with Democratic members of the Ways and Means Trade Subcommittee and U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer to discuss the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA)...


News Release: DAYTON - Kenneth J. Musgrave, 55, of Greenville, Ohio, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 120 months in prison and 20 years of supervised release for possessing child pornography on his phone.


News Release: WASHINGTON - The National Park Service is pleased to announce more than $3.1 million in Japanese American Confinement Sites grants that will fund preservation, restoration and education projects throughout the country. The 22 projects funded will help tell the stories of the more than 120,000 Japanese Americans, two-thirds of whom were U.S. citizens, imprisoned by the U.S. government during World War II following the attack on Pearl Harbor by the nation of Japan in 1941.


News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. -U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. and U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan announced that that Darryl M. Greene, 48, of Buffalo, New York, who was convicted by a federal jury of conspiring to possess with intent to distribute, and distributing, 500...