News from April 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 21, 2020
News Release: DENVER - With families encouraged to stay at home due to the nationwide health crisis, the Drug Enforcement Administration is asking Americans to keep prescription medications safe and secure until they can properly dispose of them.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 21, 2020
News Release: CHICAGO - With families encouraged to stay at home due to the nationwide health crisis, the Drug Enforcement Administration is asking Americans to keep prescription medications safe and secure until they can properly dispose of them.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 21, 2020
News Release: DENVER - The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado announced today that a federal court has ordered the state of Colorado to turn over information from its Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP) to the Drug Enforcement Administration. The information will aid in the ongoing investigations of two Colorado pharmacies that dispense opioids and other controlled substances.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 21, 2020
News Release: Brady Selected for President’s Task Force on Reopening the Economy.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 21, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - In response to the state of California and Attorney General Xavier Becerra filing a motion for a preliminary injunction and other pleadings today regarding the Central Valley Project, Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Brenda Burman issues the following statement...
By USDA Newswire | Apr 21, 2020
Release: Washington, DC, April 21, 2020 - U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced approval of requests from Kentucky, Missouri, and Texas to provide online purchasing of food to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) households. This approval will allow the states to expedite the implementation of online purchasing with currently authorized SNAP online retailers with a target start date to be announced at a later time.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 21, 2020
News Release: CEDAR RAPIDS, IA - The Department of Justice’s Office for Victims of Crime (“OVC") and the United States Attorney Offices for the Northern and Southern Districts of Iowa will join communities nationwide in observing National Crime Victims’ Rights Week and celebrating victims’ rights, protections and services. This year’s observance takes place April 19-25 and features the theme, “Seek Justice| Ensure Victims' Rights | Inspire Hope.".
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 21, 2020
News Release: Butler County, Iowa - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) issued the following statement after the Senate unanimously approved additional COVID-19 response funding, including for the Paycheck Protection Program established under the CARES Act. Senate Democrats blockaded this additional funding for two weeks, even as that program ran out of money last Thursday and unemployment rolls eclipsed 20 million Americans.
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 21, 2020
News Release: Barrasso and Carper release drafts of America's Water Infrastructure Act of 2020 and the Drinking Water Infrastructure Act.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 21, 2020
News Release: Hopkins, SC - Congaree National Park has canceled the 2020 Fireflies Festival, which had been scheduled for May 11-24. Superintendent K. Lynn Berry said, “It was only after careful consideration and out of concern for the health and safety of our visitors, employees, volunteers, and partners, that we...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 21, 2020
News Release: SIOUX FALLS, SD - United States Attorney Ron Parsons joined the Department of Justice and communities nationwide in observing National Crime Victims’ Rights Week and announced that nine individuals in the District of South Dakota are being honored by the U.S. Attorney’s Office in recognition of their...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 21, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Transportation and Infrastructure Chairman Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and Appropriations Subcommittee on the Interior and Environment Chairwoman Betty McCollum (D-MN) sent a letter today to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 21, 2020
News Release: CONCORD - Shiva Chandan Reddy Thudi, 26, of Irving, Texas pleaded guilty in federal court to wire fraud, United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 21, 2020
News Release: Copper TRACES Education Event Update. The fourth annual Copper TRACES educational event at Keweenaw National Historical Park has been cancelled due to Michigan Executive Order No. 2020-42, and the transition of physical school attendance to remote learning. After reviewing all other options, park staff...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 21, 2020
News Release: PROVIDENCE - U.S. Attorney Aaron L. Weisman joins the Department of Justice and communities nationwide in observing National Crime Victims’ Rights Week, celebrating victims’ rights, protections and services throughout the week. This year’s observance takes place April 19-25 and features the theme, “Seek Justice| Ensure Victims' Rights | Inspire Hope.".
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 21, 2020
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Cumberland County, New Jersey-based attorney today admitted evading more than $250,000 in federal taxes on income generated from his law firm, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 21, 2020
News Release: HAMMOND - U.S. Attorney Thomas L. Kirsch II joins the Department of Justice and communities nationwide in observing National Crime Victims’ Rights Week, celebrating victims’ rights, protections and services throughout the week. This year’s observance takes place April 19-25 and features the theme, “Seek Justice| Ensure Victims' Rights | Inspire Hope.".
By DOL Newswire | Apr 21, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) will hold a teleconference meeting May 12, 2020, in Washington, D.C., to solicit public comments and suggestions on key issues facing OSHA’s whistleblower protection program.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 21, 2020
News Release: RALEIGH - Robert J. Higdon, Jr., United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, announces that a federal grand jury in Raleigh has returned an indictment charging LESLIE MCCRAE DOWLESS JR., age 64, of Bladen County, with one count of theft of government property, two counts of social security fraud, and one count of false statements.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 21, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) issued the following statement on the bipartisan agreement reached on funding the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP).
