News from December 2020
By Commerce News Now | Dec 21, 2020
The US Commerce Department published a four page rule on Dec. 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Dec 21, 2020
The US Transportation Department published a three page proposed rule on Dec. 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | Dec 21, 2020
The US Energy Department published a one page proposed rule on Dec. 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Dec 21, 2020
The US Transportation Department published a four page proposed rule on Dec. 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Dec 21, 2020
The US Transportation Department published a three page proposed rule on Dec. 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Dec 21, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Department of Transportation announced that it has granted final approval of, and antitrust immunity for, the addition of Ireland-based Aer Lingus to the existing Oneworld transatlantic joint venture. The carriers requested antitrust immunity to include Aer Lingus in the ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2020
News Release: Taxes were Withheld from Employees’ Wages and Not Paid Over to the IRS.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 21, 2020
News Release: Hawaii National Park, HAWAI‘I - A spectacular new eruption at the summit of Kīlauea volcano is drawing hundreds of visitors to Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park eager to see the billowing plume of gas and steam by day and the reflection of glowing lava deep within the crater after dark. The park remains open 24 hours a day, and the public is reminded to stay safe by following these precautions.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2020
News Release: PROVIDENCE - United States Attorney Aaron L. Weisman today announced that his office recently convicted the fifth India-based telemarketing fraudster in the past three months who, like the others, was investigated and arrested by the FBI and charged by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for participating in telemarketing fraud schemes that targeted and defrauded Americans of millions of dollars, the majority of them vulnerable to fraud schemes due to age or infirmity.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2020
News Release: Defendant illegally entered the country five times.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 21, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) joined Sens. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) and Chris Coons (D-Del.) in sending a bipartisan letter to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) commending the agency for its quick...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2020
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Markhwan Berning, age 36, of Saratoga Springs, New York, was arraigned Friday on an indictment charging him with false representation of a social security number.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 21, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - On Monday, House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin C. Peterson of Minnesota announced the food and agriculture provisions of the latest COVID relief deal moving through the House and Senate this week.
By State Newswire | Dec 21, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today applauded the passage of the Belarus Democracy, Human Rights, and Sovereignty Act and the Taiwan Assurance Act within Congress’ end-of-year omnibus package. Also included in the package is a Risch-led provision creating a sanctions coordinator at the U.S. Department of State.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2020
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A Las Vegas resident has been arrested and charged for allegedly setting fire to the Foley Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, announced U.S. Attorney Nicholas A. Trutanich for the District of Nevada, Special Agent in Charge Patrick Gorman of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (San Francisco Field Division), and U.S. Marshal Gary Schofield.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 21, 2020
News Release: Beatrice, Nebraska - Homestead National Monument of America’s virtual Winter Festival Performance Series concludes with a presentation by Nancy Gillis on Sunday, Jan. 3, 2021 at 2:00 pm. Gillis’s program will cover the impact the Homestead Act had on the many tribes who inhabited the immense tract...
By USDA Newswire | Dec 21, 2020
Release: (Washington, D.C., Dec. 21, 2020) - Today, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced a significant step in modernizing regulations of agricultural animals modified or produced by genetic engineering. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will be moving forward with an Advanced Notice ...
By USDA Newswire | Dec 21, 2020
Release: FOR INFORMATION AND ACTION. DA-2020-19. Sept. 15, 2020To: State and Territory Agricultural Regulatory OfficialsEffective immediately, the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is implementing restrictions on all commercial consignments of fresh fig fruits (Ficus carica) imported into the ...
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 21, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - House Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Nita M. Lowey (D-NY) today delivered the following remarks to the House Rules Committee in support of an appropriate rule for the House to consider, an omnibus spending bill consisting of all 12 fiscal year 2021 appropriations bills, coronavirus relief, and authorizations.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 21, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON-Today, Republican Whip and Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis Ranking Member Steve Scalise (R-La.) issued the following statement on the Democrats’ subpoenas issued to Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Robert Redfield.
