News from December 2020
By State Newswire | Dec 7, 2020
Release: United States Department of State. Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL). Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO): DRL FY2020: Supporting Human Rights Defenders in Libya. This is the announcement of funding opportunity number SFOP0007466. Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number: 19.345...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 7, 2020
News Release: Voyageurs National Park (VNP), Voyageurs Conservancy (VC), and the International Dark-Sky Association (IDA) are pleased to announce the certification of Voyageurs National Park as an International Dark Sky Park. This certification recognizes Voyageurs National Park for the exceptional quality of its dark night skies and for the park’s commitment to preserving darkness and educating the public about this outstanding resource.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2020
News Release: Justice Department Sues Town of Wolcott, Connecticut, for Discrimination Against Persons with Disabilities.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2020
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - Nisha Brathwaite, age 39, and Darleen Thompson, age 38, both of St. Croix, Virgin Islands were sentenced last Thursday and Friday, respectively for conspiracy to defraud the United States, U.S. Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced. Brathwaite was sentenced to 21 months in prison...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2020
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - A Springfield, Ill., man, Omar Hernandez-Lopez, 36, who was indicted last week for allegedly submitting false bank statements when seeking online loans, is scheduled to make his initial appearance in federal court on Jan. 5, 2021. Hernandez-Lopez owns El Tapatio De Jalisco Inc., a company doing business as La Fiesta Grande, a restaurant in Springfield.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 7, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC- Today, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA), Social Security Subcommittee Chairman John B. Larson (D-CT), and Worker and Family Support Subcommittee Chairman Danny K. Davis (D-IL) released the following statement regarding news that a draft proposed rule that...
By EPA Newswire | Dec 7, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today after President-elect Joe Biden announced several key nominations and appointments of his incoming health care team, which includes Xavier Becerra, Secretary of Health and Human Services; Dr. Vivek...
By USDA Newswire | Dec 7, 2020
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated five Connecticut counties as primary natural disaster areas. Producers in Hartford, Middlesex, New Haven, New London and Windham counties who suffered losses caused by Tropical Storm Isaias and high winds that occurred Aug. 4 through Aug. 5, 2020, may be eligible for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) emergency loans.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2020
News Release: RIVERSIDE, California - An Inland Empire man was sentenced this afternoon to 300 months in federal prison for producing dozens of sexually explicit images and videos of children, including videos that were recorded on his Snapchat and Facebook social media accounts.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 7, 2020
News Release: National Park Service (NPS) acting Area Director Lisa Mendelson-Ielmini has named Andrew Banasik as the superintendent of Monocacy National Battlefield, Md. Banasik began his NPS career as a seasonal employee at the battlefield and has 23 years of NPS experience. He begins his new assignment this week.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 7, 2020
Release: DOE Programs Support Cross-Cutting Research WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced a plan to provide up to $12 million for new research on nuclear data. The aim is to expand and improve the quality of data needed for a wide range of nuclear-related activities from basic ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2020
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - Randy Lamar Anderson, 46, of Conehatta, a former elected member of the Tribal Council for the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, entered a plea of guilty Thursday before Chief U.S. District Judge Daniel P. Jordan III to federal wire fraud, announced United States Attorney Mike Hurst and Special Agent in Charge Michelle A. Sutphin of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Mississippi.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 7, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today after President-elect Joe Biden announced several key nominations and appointments of his incoming health care team, which includes Xavier Becerra, Secretary of Health and Human Services; Dr. Vivek...
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 7, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and the top Republican on the House Ways and Means Committee Kevin Brady (R-Texas) today sent a letter to the Chief Actuary of the Social Security Administration Stephen Goss asking the Actuary to correct a misleading statement he made to Congress in a recent congressional hearing.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Brandon J. Fremin announced that U.S. Chief Judge Shelly D. Dick sentenced Ismael Ochoa, age 34, to 90 months in federal prison following his convictions for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute cocaine, heroin, marijuana, and methamphetamine, and unlawful travel in aid of a racketeering enterprise.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 7, 2020
News Release: RIVERSIDE, Calif. - An Inland Empire man was sentenced this afternoon to 300 months in federal prison for producing dozens of sexually explicit images and videos of children, including videos that were recorded on his Snapchat and Facebook social media accounts.
By State Newswire | Dec 7, 2020
Release: More information about Guinea-Bissau is available on the Guinea-Bissau Page and from other Department of State publications and other sources listed at the end of this fact sheet.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2020
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, La. - Acting United States Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced that Joe Louis Anderson, 53, of Winnfield, Louisiana was sentenced in federal court for stealing firearms from a local store.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2020
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Robert J. Chaires, age 40, of Schenectady, New York, was sentenced today to 120 months in prison for twice distributing crack cocaine in 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2020
News Release: Jackson, TN - Jeffery Garvin Townsend, 60, of Paris, Tennessee, has been sentenced to 78 months in federal prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm. D. Michael Dunavant, U.S. Attorney, announced the sentence today.
