News published on Federal Newswire in April 2020

News from April 2020


Man from Zuni, New Mexico sentenced to federal prison for methamphetamine possession with intent to distribute

News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Cody Laweka, 29, of Zuni, New Mexico was sentenced in federal court in Albuquerque today to four years in prison for possession with the intent to distribute 10 pounds of methamphetamine.


News Release: Tampa, Florida - Logan Laboratories Inc. (Logan Labs), a reference laboratory in Tampa, Florida; Tampa Pain Relief Centers Inc. (Tampa Pain), a pain clinic also based in Tampa Florida, and; two of their former executives, Michael T. Doyle and Christopher Utz Toepke (collectively, Defendants) have agreed...


Ayudando Guardians Susan and William Harris Apprehended

News Release: Albuquerque, NM - On April 15, 2020 in Shawnee, Oklahoma, Susan and William Harris were arrested by the United States Marshals Service; District of New Mexico and the Western District of Oklahoma with the assistance of the Bernalillo County Sheriff's Department. The United States Marshals Service and...


News Release: FBI and Secret Service Working Against COVID-19 Threats.


News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) announced Wednesday the launch of Operation Stolen Promise to combat COVID-19 related fraud and other criminal activity. The operation intensifies collaboration with multiple federal departments and agencies, ...


Release: More information about the Democratic Republic of the Congo is available on the Democratic Republic of the Congo Page and from other Department of State publications and other sources listed at the end of this fact sheet.


News Release: WASHINGTON - Despite multiple reports in 2017 warning that claims in an anti-Trump dossier were “false" and “part of a Russian disinformation campaign," the FBI continued to rely on the Democrat-funded opposition research to spy on a Trump campaign aide. The once-classified details contained in footnotes...


Artículo De Opinion: El Fiscal Federal Exhorta Al Publico A Denunciar Fraudes Relacionados Con La Covid-19

News Release: La Oficina del Fiscal Federal de los Estados Unidos para el Distrito de Puerto Rico y todos los oficiales de ley y orden federal están coordinando sus esfuerzos para evitar que los ciudadanos de Puerto Rico sean víctimas de fraudes y otros actos ilegales durante la pandemia de coronavirus, e investigarán...


Pallone Urges Verma to Immediately Release CMS Data on Health Disparities Among COVID-19 Patients

News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) wrote to Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Seema Verma today urging the agency to immediately release demographic data on the health outcomes of COVID-19 based on race, ethnicity and gender.


Jamestown Man Indicted On Drug Conspiracy Charge

News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that a federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging Rocco A. Beardsley, 34, of Jamestown, NY, with narcotics conspiracy. The charge carries a mandatory minimum penalty of 10 years in prison, a maximum of life, and a $10,000,000 fine.


Bureau of Land Management launches new electronic system to help accelerate development of broadband infrastructure across the West

News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) launched a new electronic filing system that will streamline applications for communications use rights-of-way on public lands. The system, called eSF-299, will facilitate development of broadband infrastructure to underserved rural communities across the West.


Experts Warn That Census Bureau Must Work With Congress to Ensure Complete and Accurate Census in Wake of Coronavirus Crisis

News Release: Washington, D.C. -This week, leading experts provided a telephone briefing to Members of the Committee on Oversight and Reform on the impact of the coronavirus crisis on the 2020 Census and the Trump Administration’s recent request for Congress to delay statutory deadlines by 120 days.


Pallone Urges Verma to Immediately Release CMS Data on Health Disparities Among COVID-19 Patients

News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) wrote to Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Seema Verma today urging the agency to immediately release demographic data on the health outcomes of COVID-19 based on race, ethnicity and gender.


News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that Joshua Brissette, 35, of Burlington, Vermont, was charged this morning by criminal complaint with being a felon in possession of a firearm and possessing a firearm after having been convicted of a misdemeanor crime of ...


News Release: “In keeping with its highest traditions and revered reputation, by tracking and apprehending these fugitives the United States Marshals service has demonstrated once again that any attempt to flee from justice is a fool’s errand," said U.S. Attorney Anderson. “Thanks to the dedication of the Marshals...


S&T information sharing technology COVID-19 response

News Release: The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic continues to present daunting challenges as the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), its component agencies, and its partners intensify their efforts to control the spread and to protect the health and safety of our citizens.


News Release: DENVER - National Park Service Regional Director Mike Reynolds announced the selection of Brandon Flint as superintendent of Golden Spike National Historical Park in Utah. Flint currently serves as the Chief of Administration at Cape Cod National Seashore in Massachusetts. He will assume his new role on April 26, 2020.



Bent's Old Fort NHS Closure Order #20-001

News Release: Closures, restrictions and public use limits.


ICYMI: CNCS & AmeriCorps Donate 14,000 N95 Masks

News Release: In response to the shortage of medical supplies, Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) and its AmeriCorps NCCC program announced last week that they will be donating more than 14,000 N95 masks throughout the state of Louisiana to help slow the spread of the coronavirus.