News from July 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2020
News Release: MEMPHIS, TN - United States Attorney D. Michael Dunavant announced today that Assistant United States Attorney (AUSA) Scott Smith will lead the efforts of his office in connection with the Justice Department’s Election Day Program for the upcoming August 6, 2020, primary election.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 17, 2020
News Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) selected three projects to receive approximately $1 million in funding to leverage the unique computational capabilities at DOE’s National Laboratories. The projects will address technical challenges in bioenergy feedstock handling and logistics, as well as catalyst design and development.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 17, 2020
News Release: Thank you to the Members and witnesses who have joined us today at the Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee hearing, The Impact of COVID-19 on Social Security and Its Beneficiaries.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 17, 2020
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $118 million in federal funding to support the Coal FIRST (Flexible, Innovative, Resilient, Small, Transformative) Initiative. Under this cost shared research and development (R&D), DOE is awarding a total of $37 million to seven projects and releasing a new funding opportunity announcement (FOA) for $81 million.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2020
News Release: A Detroit woman was charged in a criminal complaint for her alleged role in a multi-million dollar unemployment insurance fraud scheme aimed at defrauding the State of Michigan and the U.S. Government of funds earmarked for unemployment assistance during the COVID19 pandemic, announced United States Attorney Matthew Schneider.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 17, 2020
News Release: The National Park Service has received numerous questions over the past few weeks related to access to the Ok-A-Beh Marina and boat launch in the north district of Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area and is providing clarifying information. Ok-A-Beh Marina and boat launch are open. The swim beach remains closed.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 17, 2020
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, MA - In response to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit Panel’s decision in ACAP vs. Treasury, Chairman Neal released the following statement blasting the administration’s promotion of short-term health plans that are sold on the Marketplace...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2020
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.-U.S. Attorney Billy J. Williams released the following statement today on federal law enforcement’s response to ongoing protests in Portland.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that Michael Ellis, 51, of Omaha, was sentenced today in federal court in Omaha to 12 months’ imprisonment, the maximum possible sentence, for Assaulting, Resisting, Opposing, Impeding, Intimidating, and Interfering with a federal officer by United States Magistrate Judge Susan M. Bazis. There is no parole in the federal system. After his release from imprisonment, Ellis will serve a 1-year term of supervised release.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 17, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today after the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced it will begin distributing $10 billion in relief funding to hospitals in areas highly impacted by COVID-19 cases starting next week.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2020
News Release: A Detroit woman was charged in a criminal complaint for her alleged role in a multi-million dollar unemployment insurance fraud scheme aimed at defrauding the State of Michigan and the U.S. Government of funds earmarked for unemployment assistance during the COVID19 pandemic, announced United States Attorney Matthew Schneider.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2020
News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - Texas based oil and gas companies, EnerVest Operating, L.L.C., EnerVest Energy Institutional Fund XII-WIB, L.P., EnerVest Energy Institutional Fund XIII-WIB, L.P., EnerVest Energy Institutional Fund XIII-A, L.P., EnerVest Energy Institutional Fund XIII-WIC, L.P., (collectively, "EnerVest") will pay $488,491 to resolve claims related to the alleged improper drilling, extraction, and selling of federal minerals, the Justice Department announced today.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 17, 2020
News Release: THE WOODLANDS, TX - Today, Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX), the top Republican on the House Ways and Means Committee, issued the following statement...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2020
News Release: LOS ANGELES - The Justice Department has filed seven lawsuits seeking the forfeiture of real estate, a private jet, a yacht and additional assets purchased with public funds allegedly embezzled by former high-level officials in Kuwait’s Ministry of Defense (MOD), part of which were transferred to California bank accounts operated by the son of a convicted felon.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 17, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Energy Subcommittee Chairman Bobby L. Rush (D-IL) blasted the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) for its 3-1 party line vote gutting Section 210 of the Public Utilities Regulatory Policies Act (PURPA):
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2020
News Release: COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa - United States Attorney Marc Krickbaum announced that on July 16, 2020, Walter Greenwood Stokes, 34 years of age, and his wife, Brittany Leah Lynne Stokes, 34 years of age, were sentenced to prison for possession of firearms while prohibited. Walter Stokes was sentenced to 70 months...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2020
News Release: Bowers used a 9mm handgun with an extended magazine to threaten neighbors.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 17, 2020
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, July 17, 2020, U.S. Secretary of Energy Dan Brouillette and Indian Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas and Steel Dharmendra Pradhan co-chaired a virtual ministerial meeting of the U.S.-India Strategic Energy Partnership (SEP), now at the two-year mark, to review progress and prioritize new areas for cooperation.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2020
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Antwaine Parker, 27, and Michael Woods, 31, both of Buffalo, NY, were arrested and each charged by criminal complaint with being a felon in possession of a firearm. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2020
News Release: HOUSTON - Two citizens of Ukraine have admitted they conspired to smuggle and distribute counterfeit cancer and hepatitis drugs into the United States, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick and Acting Assistant Attorney General Brian C. Rabbitt.
