News from April 2020
By Interior Newswire | Apr 17, 2020
News Release: Harkers Island, NC - The annual findings report on the Shackleford Banks horses has been released by Cape Lookout National Seashore and the Foundation for Shackleford Horses. This report, covering the calendar year 2019, is available on the park’s website at.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2020
News Release: LOUISVILLE, Ky. - U.S. Attorney Russell Coleman joined U. S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky Rob Duncan and Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron to release a joint public service announcement (PSA) regarding fraudulent COVID-19 testing sites.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2020
News Release: The United States Attorney's Office for the District of South Dakota and Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigations (IRS-CI), St. Louis Field Office, are warning taxpayers to be on the lookout for scam artists trying to use the COVID-19 economic impact payments as cover for schemes to steal personal information and money.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 17, 2020
News Release: Washington - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today wrote to Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Seema Verma regarding several issues related to the outbreak of COVID-19 at long-term...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2020
News Release: Court Orders Defendants to Stop Operating Website Selling Unlawful Bleach Product for Coronavirus Treatment.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 17, 2020
News Release: PHOENIX - The Bureau of Reclamation and the New Mexico Interstate Stream Commission have made available for public review and comment the potential environmental impacts of a proposed project that would divert Gila River and/or San Francisco River water and convey this water for storage in off-river...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 17, 2020
News Release: ST. LOUIS, MO - Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site will celebrate National Park Week April 18-26, 2020. We encourage you to participate in one of our virtual activities to help you celebrate National Park Week while social distancing at home.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 17, 2020
News Release: SILT, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management is seeking public comment on its environmental assessment of American Gypsum Company’s proposal to expand its Eagle-Gypsum Mine in Eagle County. The Eagle-Gypsum Mine currently has a surface disturbance of about 191 acres, which would increase by about 100 acres under the proposal.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2020
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - Robert M. Duncan, Jr., U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky, and Russell M. Coleman, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Kentucky, along with Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron on Friday jointly released a public service announcement (PSA) regarding fraudulent COVID-19 testing sites.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 17, 2020
News Release: House Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), House Oversight and Reform Chairwoman Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY) and Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-WA) sent a letter to Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar urging the Administration to immediately reverse its fetal tissue restrictions for any current or future federally supported COVID-19-related research.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 17, 2020
News Release: President Donald J. Trump. The White House. 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW. Washington, DC 20500. Dear President Trump, I write to express my serious concerns about your recent decision to unilaterally halt the United States’ funding for the World Health Organization (WHO). Cutting off funding at this...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2020
News Release: SANTA ANA, California - The pastor of the Westminster-based Church of the Healthy Self has agreed to plead guilty to federal criminal charges that he orchestrated a church-based investment scam that took in more than $33 million, United States Attorney Nick Hanna announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 17, 2020
News Release: The National Park Service has updated park compendiums. A compendium - one for each NPS area in Alaska - is a compilation of designations, closures and restrictions adopted under the discretionary authority within the regulations covering national parks. This regulatory tool helps manage Alaska's national park areas for the public’s enjoyment, use and protection.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2020
News Release: DENVER - U.S. Attorney Jason Dunn announced today that the City and County of Denver received $1.359 million in Department of Justice grants to respond to the public safety challenges posed by the outbreak of COVID-19. The money will be used by the Denver Police Department for items such as personal protective equipment (PPE) and sanitizing devices.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2020
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - An Assumption, Ill., man, Randall R. Burrus, 50, made his initial appearance in federal court via teleconference on April 16, following his arrest on April 15, 2020. Burrus is charged in a criminal complaint with possession of a firearm by a felon and with possession of a firearm after conviction for misdemeanor domestic violence.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2020
News Release: NEWS RELEASE SUMMARY - April 17, 2020.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 17, 2020
News Release: Nome, AK - Bering Land Bridge National Preserve, in response to guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the State of Alaska, is announcing additional modifications to operations to support federal, state, and local efforts to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2020
News Release: BILLINGS-A Billings man suspected of trafficking methamphetamine for distribution in the community appeared on charges today after law enforcement officers intercepted a package containing about eight pounds of the drug that was sent through the U.S. Postal Service, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2020
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Mubashar Choudry, M.D., and related medical practices Washington Cardiovascular Institute, Advanced Vascular Resources, and Washington Vascular Institute, have agreed to pay the United States $750,000 to resolve federal False Claims Act allegations that they knowingly billed Medicare...
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 17, 2020
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the following statement after members of the Committee were briefed by Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Peter Gaynor and Department of Health and Human Services Director of the Office of Infectious Disease and HIV/AIDS Policy Dr. Tammy Beckham on the Federal government's coronavirus response efforts...
