News from February 2020
By Interior Newswire | Feb 4, 2020
News Release: RIDGECREST, Calif. - In a move that will improve the nation's energy infrastructure, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has approved the Eland Gen-Tie Project in Kern County, northeast of Mojave.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2020
News Release: Scott C. Blader and Matthew D. Krueger, United States Attorneys for the Western and Eastern Districts of Wisconsin, respectively, announced today that their offices have observed a substantial decrease in opioid prescribing among medical providers who received warning letters as part of last year’s opioid initiative.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 4, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee Chairman Paul Tonko (D-NY) announced today that the Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee will hold a hearing on Tuesday, Feb. 11, at 10:30 am in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2020
News Release: A man who sexually exploited children in the Philippines pled guilty today in federal court in Cedar Rapids.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 4, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) released the following statement in reaction to President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address. Walden specifically addressed the President’s leadership on lowering health care costs and promoting America’s energy independence.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 3, 2020
Release: The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) will continue accepting comments until Feb. 24, 2020, on data sheets regarding certain taxa of plants for planting that are quarantine pests or hosts of quarantine pests. Based on the scientific evidence outlined ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2020
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By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2020
News Release: Memphis, TN - Quinton Yates, 50, has been sentenced to 188 months in federal prison for being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm and for Possession of an Unregistered Shotgun with a Barrel Less Than 18 Inches. U.S. Attorney D. Michael Dunavant announced the sentence today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2020
News Release: BALTIMORE - Roger Taylor, aka “Milk", age 28, of Baltimore, pleaded guilty today to the federal charges of conspiring to participate in a violent racketeering enterprise known as Trained To Go, and to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute controlled substances. Taylor, a fugitive since July...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2020
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Juan David Moreno, of Miramar, Florida, has admitted to wire fraud and identity theft through use of a computer, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 3, 2020
News Release: Seneca Falls, NY- In honor of Black History Month, and as part of a series of special programs commemorating the 100th anniversary of the 19th amendment, Women’s Rights National Historical Park will host two speakers in February to talk about the intersection of gender and race in the women’s suffrage movement. Both programs are free to the public and will take place at the park’s visitor center, located at 136 Fall Street in downtown Seneca Falls.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2020
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A former tax and estate-planning lawyer who set up shell companies to evade the payment of more than $1.4 million he owed to the IRS was sentenced today to 60 months in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced the sentencing of RYAN THOMAS FEINE, 35, to 456 months in prison for production and attempted production of child pornography, followed by 20 years of supervised release. FEINE, who pleaded guilty on October 7, 2019, was sentenced today before...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 3, 2020
News Release: Hawaii National Park, HAWAI‘I - Kīlauea Visitor Center in Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park is scheduled for a major air conditioning system installation that will improve the comfort and safety of visitors and employees inside the busiest facility in the park.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 3, 2020
News Release: (Washington, D.C., Feb. 3, 2020) – At the direction of President Donald J. Trump, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced the third and final tranche of 2019 Market Facilitation Program (MFP) payments aimed at assisting farmers suffering from damage due to unjustified trade retaliation by foreign nations. The payments will begin to show up in farmers’ bank accounts by the end of this week.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 3, 2020
News Release: PENN YAN, N.Y., Feb. 3, 2020 – Today, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development State Director for New York Richard Mayfield announced USDA has invested $10.3 million in high-speed broadband infrastructure that will create or improve rural e-Connectivity for 2,875 rural households, 10 pre-subscribed ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2020
News Release: The Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission today announced two public workshops, on Mar. 11, 2020 and Mar. 18, 2020, to solicit public dialogue on the draft vertical merger guidelines released on Jan. 10, 2020. The two half-day workshops will allow for a dynamic discussion about the proposed ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2020
News Release: The Justice Department entered into two settlement agreements today to resolve allegations that two child care providers violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) by failing to reasonably modify its program to accommodate the needs of young children with Type 1 diabetes and disenrolling them ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2020
News Release: The Department of Justice, on behalf of the U.S. government, has executed a trilateral agreement with the governments of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (Nigeria) and the Bailiwick of Jersey (Jersey) to repatriate to Nigeria approximately $308 million traceable to the kleptocracy of former Nigerian dictator ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2020
News Release: Attorney General William P. Barr today appointed Bobak (Bobby) Talebian as Director of the Office of Information Policy (OIP). He has served as Acting Director since October 2019, and replaces Melanie Ann Pustay as Director.
