News from August 2020
By DOT News Wire | Aug 21, 2020
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Aug. 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Aug 21, 2020
The US Labor Department published a one page rule on Aug. 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 21, 2020
The US Interior Department published a four page rule on Aug. 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 21, 2020
News Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Transportation is acting on requests from Spirit Airlines and United Airlines for exemption from the CARES Act airline service obligations announced in Order 2020-4-2. Spirit Airlines requests that the Department grant it an exemption to temporarily suspend service from ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 21, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation today released its July 2020 Air Travel Consumer Report (ATCR) on reporting marketing and operating air carrier data compiled for the month of May 2020. The full consumer report and other aviation consumer matters of interest to the public can be found at http://www.transportation.gov/airconsumer.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 21, 2020
Release: The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal Plant and Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is announcing the availability of a draft environmental assessment for the Asian longhorned beetle (ALB) eradication program in Charleston, Dorchester, and Colleton counties in South Carolina. The document addresses ...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 21, 2020
News Release: Hawaii National Park, HAWAI‘I - Celebrate the 104th birthday of America’s Best Idea - our national parks - for free! Entrance fees are waived at Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park and all fee-charging national parks in the U.S. on Founder's Day, Tuesday, August 25.
By State Newswire | Aug 21, 2020
News Release: Bronx, NY-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today released the following statement on the apparent poisoning of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny who is now going to seek treatment in Germany...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 21, 2020
News Release: PRICE, Utah -The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is seeking nominations for two positions on the San Rafael Swell Recreation Area Advisory Council (Council). This action is a result of President Donald Trump signing into law the John D. Dingell Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act (P.L. 116-9)...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 21, 2020
News Release: BRUNSWICK, GA: A Brunswick, Ga. chiropractor and her medical practice have been ordered to pay more than $5 million to resolve a civil fraud complaint filed by the federal government.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 21, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin Peterson of Minnesota sent a letter Friday urging Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue to clarify how USDA determined the eligibility of different crops and livestock and poultry species for payments under the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program,...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 21, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A federal grand jury in Pittsburgh has returned two separate, but related, Indictments following a five-month Title III wiretap investigation into drug trafficking and violence in and around Wilkinsburg and the East Hills neighborhood in Pittsburgh, United States Attorney Scott Brady announced today. The Indictments charge 26 residents of western Pennsylvania with narcotics trafficking and firearms violations.
By State Newswire | Aug 21, 2020
News Release: Bronx, NY-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following statement regarding Voice of America (VOA) journalists who must urgently depart the United States because United States Agency for Global Media (USAGM) CEO Michael Pack has failed to seek extensions of their visas...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 21, 2020
News Release: Led police on high speed chase with sawed off shotgun in the vehicle.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 21, 2020
News Release: The Defendant Allegedly Defrauded the U.S. Small Business Administration and Others of more than $800,000.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 21, 2020
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation’s California Great-Basin Region announced the selection of Melinda Jones as the Region’s Information Technology Program Manager. She will manage the Information Management and Technology Resources and Cyber Security Program, supporting region-wide computing and telecommunications services.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 21, 2020
News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - On Aug. 20, 2020, Elvin O. Cruz-Verges, a/k/a “Mellao," was arrested in a joint law enforcement operation by the FBI, Police of Puerto Rico San Juan Strike Force, and the U.S. Marshals, in the municipality of Aguas Buenas, PR. Defendant Cruz-Verges was a fugitive since February of 2019, announced W. Stephen Muldrow, United States Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 21, 2020
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) reaffirmed its August 14 decision regarding President Donald Trump’s illegal appointments of Chad Wolf as the Acting Secretary of Homeland Security and Ken Cuccinelli as the Senior Official Performing the Duties of Deputy Secretary.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 21, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced a felony information charging ALEXANDER STEVEN HEIL, 24, with one count of conspiracy to commit arson. HEIL will make his initial appearance in U.S. District Court at a later date.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 21, 2020
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - United States Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced today the Indictment of RODERICK HICKMAN (“HICKMAN"), age 49, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana; LOIS RUSSELL (“RUSSELL"), age 61, of Gibson, Louisiana; JAMES WILLIAMS (“WILLIAMS"), age 65, of Gibson, Louisiana; TANYA GIVENS (“GIVENS")...
