News from April 2020
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 USDA Newswire | Apr 17, 2020
Release: Washington, DC, 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 US DOT Newswire | Apr 17, 2020
News Release: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the general aviation (GA) community’s national #FlySafe campaign helps educate GA pilots about safety, including loss of control (LOC), powerplant failure, and controlled flight into terrain.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 17, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, R-Kan., Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, today applauded an announcement from President Donald Trump and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Sonny Perdue to alleviate agriculture sector hardships caused by the COVID-19 emergency.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 17, 2020
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - U.S. Senator Patty Murray released the following statement in response to news that the Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General (HHS OIG) would audit the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s efforts to produce and distribute COVID-19 lab test kits. The announcement from the HHS OIG comes after Senator Murray pressed for such an investigation from it last month.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 17, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) issued the following statement today in response to recent reports of personnel and potential policy changes in the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR):
By Interior Newswire | Apr 17, 2020
News Release: CALAIS, ME - Saint Croix Island International Historic Site (Saint Croix Island IHS), in response to guidance from the State of Maine Department of Health and Human Services, is announcing 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: Harrisburg, PA - Today, U.S. Marshal Martin J. Pane announced the arrest of Damel Latiek Wright - a 21-year old Scranton man.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Rapid City, South Dakota, man convicted of Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person was sentenced by Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Judge.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 17, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt announced today the issuance of more than $28 million to 18 counties in western Oregon as a part of the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act extension. The funding will go directly to the counties, supporting investments in education, infrastructure, public safety, health services and other critical expenditures made by these jurisdictions.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2020
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Prosecutors from the four United States Attorney’s Offices in California, along with representatives from the FBI, will participate in a telephonic town hall to help California residents identify and avoid fraudulent schemes related to Coronavirus and COVID-19. The event is being coordinated by the American Association of Retired Persons (“AARP").
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 17, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C.-Today, leading House Democrats with oversight over federal elections and voting rights called for additional voter protections and funding to ensure safe and orderly elections in the wake of dangerous conditions during last week’s primary election in Wisconsin.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 17, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Bureau of Land Management hosted a two-day virtual conference this week with oil and gas industry technical experts to identify needed improvements to the agency’s automated system which tracks activity on public lands.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 17, 2020
News Release: OYSTER BAY, NY - The National Park Service (NPS) announced today that effective 4/17/2020, Sagamore Hill National Historic Site will be closed to all visitors until further notice in response to concerns from the local community and public health officials. No entry will be allowed into the site, except to employees, residents, and other authorized persons.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2020
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney William M. McSwain warned the community today about the potential for hackers to invade and disrupt videoconference meetings that are taking place as Americans use video-teleconferencing (VTC) platforms to conduct online meetings during the coronavirus pandemic.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 17, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) questioned officials from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) about ongoing efforts to expand COVID-19 testing capacity around the country. Walden, a member of President Trump’s bipartisan task force on reopening the economy, raised the issue with HHS officials during a teleconference this afternoon.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2020
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 Larquon Watkins, 27, of Buffalo, New York who was convicted of racketeering conspiracy and distribution of crack cocaine, was sentenced to serve 57 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo, Jr.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Rapid City, South Dakota, man convicted of Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person was sentenced by Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Judge.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2020
News Release: Knoxville, Tenn. - U.S. Attorney J. Douglas Overbey of the Eastern District of Tennessee today announced that Greene County Sheriff’s office received $32,024 in Department of Justice grants to respond to the public safety challenges posed by the outbreak of COVID-19.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 17, 2020
News Release: Salt Flat, Texas - Guadalupe Mountains National Park is announcing additional modifications to operations in response from Hudspeth and Culberson Counties and Texas Health Services. The health and safety of our visitors, employees, volunteers, and partners, is our number one priority. The National Park Service (NPS) is working service wide with federal, state, and local authorities to closely monitor the COVID-19 pandemic.
