News from April 2020
By Labor Gazette | Apr 19, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC –The U.S. Department of Labor took a range of actions last week to aid American workers and employers as our nation combats the coronavirus pandemic.
By Labor Gazette | Apr 19, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC –The U.S. Department of Labor took a range of actions last week to aid American workers and employers as our nation combats the coronavirus pandemic.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2020
News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY, OK - A quarter century ago, the deadliest act of domestic terrorism occurred in our Nation’s heartland - the bombing of the Alred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City. On April 19, 1995, our Nation lost 168 loved ones in an attack that specifically targeted the federal government.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2020
News Release: Scranton, PA - Today, U.S. Marshal Martin J. Pane announced the arrest of Quiton Marquel McCleese - a 26-year old man with no known address.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 19, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) Director Christopher Krebs released the following statement today on the 25th anniversary of the bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City.
By State Newswire | Apr 19, 2020
News Release: BOISE, Idaho - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, along with Senators Cory Gardner (R-Colo.) and Ed Markey (D-Mass.), chairman and ranking member of the Subcommittee on East Asia, the Pacific, and International Cybersecurity Policy, and Senators Marco ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2020
News Release: SAN JUAN, P.R. - Puerto Rico U.S. Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow and the Elder Justice Task Force (EJTF) announced today the launch of an island-wide COVID-19 testing initiative for all residents and employees in Puerto Rico’s long-term care facilities. This multi-agency, multi-sectoral initiative will...
By USDA Newswire | Apr 18, 2020
News Release: USDA is expanding access to innovative online food purchase program (Washington, D.C., April 18, 2020) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced approval of West Virginia’s requests to provide online purchasing of food to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Households. ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 18, 2020
News Release: Attorney General William P. Barr issued the following statement: "I condemn the latest assault on the rule of law and the liberty of the people of Hong Kong. These events show how antithetical the values of the Chinese Communist Party are to those we share in Western liberal democracies. These actions — along with its malign influence activity and industrial espionage here in the United States — demonstrate once again that the Chinese Communist Party cannot be trusted."
By Interior Newswire | Apr 18, 2020
News Release: In response to the COVID-19 pandemic and in alignment with Iowa Governor’s April 16 Public Health Emergency Proclamation requiring additional protective measures in Iowa’s RMCC Region 6, Effigy Mounds National Monument is temporarily closed, effective at sunset on Saturday, April 18. The closure includes...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 18, 2020
News Release: Saturday morning, a woman and dog were attacked by a coatimundi within the Coronado National Memorial. The coati was killed and the remains will be tested Monday for rabies by the Arizona Department of Game and Fish. The injured person and dog are being treated for injuries.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 18, 2020
Release: Washington, DC, April 18, 2020 - U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced approval of West Virginia’s requests to provide online purchasing of food to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Households. This approval will allow the state to expedite the implementation of online...
By USDA Newswire | Apr 17, 2020
News Release: (Washington, D.C., April 17, 2020) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP). This new U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) program will take several actions to assist farmers, ranchers, and consumers in response to the COVID-19 national ...
By USDA Newswire | Apr 17, 2020
News Release: Pandemic EBT to Feed Children during COVID-19 National Emergency (Washington, D.C., April 17, 2020) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced North Carolina and Massachusetts have been approved to operate Pandemic Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT), a new program authorized by the Families ...
By USDA Newswire | Apr 17, 2020
News Release: USDA is expanding access to innovative online food purchase program (Washington, D.C., April 17, 2020) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced approval of the District of Columbia (DC) and North Carolina’s requests to provide online purchasing of food to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2020
News Release: This week, the President’s Commission on Law Enforcement and the Administration of Justice continued to hold hearings on crime reduction, with panelists speaking about domestic violence and sexual assault, technology issues encountered by law enforcement, and leveraging technology to reduce crime. The ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2020
News Release: The United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida has entered a temporary injunction halting the sale of an unapproved, unproven, and potentially dangerous coronavirus (COVID-19) treatment product, the Department of Justice announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2020
News Release: Mubashar Choudry, M.D., and three medical practices with which he is associated, Washington Cardiovascular Institute, Advanced Vascular Resources, and Washington Vascular Institute, have agreed to pay the United States $750,000 to resolve False Claims Act allegations that they knowingly billed Medicare ...
By Fed Newswire | Apr 17, 2020
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Friday announced a rule change to bolster the effectiveness of the Small Business Administration's (SBA) Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). The change will temporarily modify the Board's rules so that certain bank directors and shareholders can apply for PPP loans for their small businesses.
By Fed Newswire | Apr 17, 2020
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Friday released the minutes of its interest rate meetings from February 10 through March 15, 2020.
