News from April 2020
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 15, 2020
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The number of travelers choosing to fly has plummeted during the course of the last few months as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. However, if you must fly, here are some tips from the Transportation Security Administration for traveling during the pandemic.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 15, 2020
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.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 15, 2020
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - National Park Service (NPS) Regional Director Gay Vietzke has named William “Eric" Breitkreutz as the new superintendent of Roger Williams National Memorial and the Blackstone River Valley National Historical Park. He will begin his new assignment in late May to early June.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 15, 2020
News Release: KINDERHOOK, NEW YORK - National Park Week is going virtual at Martin Van Buren National Historic Site! Join us for a variety of special programs and activities from Saturday, April 18 through Sunday, April 26.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 15, 2020
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Larry Mitchell Hopkins, who is also known as Johnny Horton Jr., 70, of Flora Vista, New Mexico, was sentenced in federal court in Albuquerque today to 21 months in prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 15, 2020
News Release: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today released the following statement after the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced it will allow timber operators to request up to two years’ extension on certain timber harvest contracts with the Forest Service. In Alaska, the USDA will allow contractors to request up to three years’ extension in light of the impacts of China’s retaliatory tariffs on Alaska spruce exports.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 15, 2020
News Release: Celebrate National Park Week from April 18 through 26 with fun and innovative digital experiences. While parked at home, journey to Cane River Creole and other national parks through a variety of online activities including virtual tours, scavenger hunts, trivia contests and junior ranger programs.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 15, 2020
News Release: Birmingham, Ala. - U.S. Jay E. Town sent a letter to hospital executives in Northern Alabama today, encouraging employees and medical professionals to report individuals and companies that may be acquiring or selling medical supplies for the purpose of hoarding and/or price-gouging.
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 15, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), issued the following statement in support of granting America's refineries relief during this national emergency. Letters signed by five state governors were sent to Andrew Wheeler, administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), calling for relief on account of the severe economic hardship facing refineries.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 14, 2020
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that today the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit ordered the reinstatement of a jury’s convictions of Willie Tyler, age 68, formerly of Carlisle, Pennsylvania, of witness tampering by murder and witness tampering by intimidation.
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 14, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao announced today the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will award $309,729,391 in airport aid to 47 airports in Virginia to help respond to the COVID-19 public health emergency. This historic grant ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 14, 2020
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert for the District of the Virgin Islands announced that a complaint has been filed against Sheldon Stuart Isles for attempting to smuggle marijuana into St. Thomas. Isles made his initial appearance in federal court Monday in St. Thomas.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 14, 2020
News Release: Attorney General William P. Barr issued the following statement: "In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, the President has issued guidelines calling on all Americans to do their part to slow the spread of a dangerous and highly contagious virus. Those measures are important because the virus is transmitted ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 14, 2020
News Release: Saber Healthcare Group LLC, and related entities, (Saber) have agreed to pay $10 million to resolve allegations that Saber violated the False Claims Act by knowingly causing certain of its skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) to submit false claims to Medicare for rehabilitation therapy services that were not reasonable, necessary, or skilled, the Department of Justice announced today. Saber Healthcare, based in Bedford Heights, Ohio, owns and operates SNFs in seven states.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 14, 2020
News Release: The Department of Justice announced today that it has repatriated to Malaysia approximately $300 million (RM 1.292 billion) in additional funds misappropriated from 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB), Malaysia’s investment development fund, and laundered through financial institutions in several jurisdictions, ...
By Fed Newswire | Apr 14, 2020
News Release: The federal banking agencies today issued an interim final rule to temporarily defer real estate-related appraisals and evaluations under the agencies' interagency appraisal regulations. The Federal Reserve Board, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency ...
By Fed Newswire | Apr 14, 2020
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday announced the termination of the enforcement action listed below: SunSouth Bancshares, Inc., Dothan, Alabama Written Agreement, dated Sept. 20, 2013 (PDF) Terminated April 7, 2020 Additional enforcement actions can be searched for here.
By Labor Gazette | Apr 14, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor today awarded $2,429,090 in additional National Dislocated Worker Grant funding to Workforce West Virginia to continue providing employment and training services to workers affected by coal industry layoffs in the state. The department first awarded $1,800,000 ...
By Labor Gazette | Apr 14, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced the availability of up to $91.8 million in grant funding to support the economic stability of farmworkers through the National Farmworker Jobs Program (NFJP). Overseen by the department’s Employment and Training Administration (ETA), the NFJP ...
By Labor Gazette | Apr 14, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced the availability of up to $91.8 million in grant funding to support the economic stability of farmworkers through the National Farmworker Jobs Program (NFJP). Overseen by the department’s Employment and Training Administration (ETA), the NFJP ...
