News from July 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 7, 2020
News Release: Salt Lake City to Receive $71,896 for Youth Engagement Project.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 7, 2020
News Release: Scranton, Pa. - Following guidance from the White House, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and state and local public health authorities, Steamtown National Historic Site (NHS) is increasing recreational access. The National Park Service (NPS) is working servicewide with federal, state, and local public health authorities to closely monitor the COVID-19 pandemic and using a phased approach to increase access on a park-by-park basis.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 7, 2020
News Release: The National Park Service (NPS) is pleased to announce that a renewed agreement between Pipestone National Monument in Pipestone, Minnesota, and South Dakota State University (SDSU) in Brookings, South Dakota, is in place for five more years. The Memorandum of Understanding between the two institutions was signed on March 30, 2020. The agreement supports cooperation in educational programs, research opportunities, and career development.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 7, 2020
News Release: HAMMOND - Bernard Anthony Graham, age 27, of University Park, Illinois, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Senior Judge James T. Moody upon his plea of guilty to assaulting a federal officer and for discharging a firearm during crime of violence, announced United States Attorney Thomas L. Kirsch, II.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 7, 2020
News Release: Stepson of Mexican Drug Kingpin Rafael Caro Quintero Transferred Property Into His Name to Evade Treasury Department Sanctions Program.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 7, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR), Health Subcommittee Republican Leader Dr. Michael Burgess (R-TX), and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY) released the following statement on the latest announcements from the Departments...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 7, 2020
News Release: PROVIDENCE - A Providence man deported in March 2015 to his native Dominican Republic, having entered the United States illegally in March 2013, and who is currently facing a drug trafficking charge in Massachusetts, has been ordered detained in federal custody in Rhode Island, charged with illegal re-entry into the United States and with trafficking fentanyl.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 7, 2020
News Release: Bicameral Democratic Health Committee leaders wrote to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar, Labor Secretary Eugene Scalia and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin today expressing serious concerns with guidance recently issued by the Trump Administration allowing insurance plans and group...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 7, 2020
News Release: GREENVILLE, N.C. - A Raleigh man was sentenced today to 130 months’ imprisonment for robbing the Fiddle Stix Convenience Store located on Capital Boulevard in Raleigh and for illegally possessing a firearm in furtherance of his robbery.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 7, 2020
Release: OMAHA, Neb. - Residents of the Omaha area will be able to enroll in the Transportation Security Administration’s popular TSA PreCheck™ Application Program inside Eppley Airfield from August 3 to 7, where officials will host a temporary “pop-up" enrollment center in the terminal.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 7, 2020
News Release: Helena-A Montana psychiatrist who admitted to unlawfully prescribing and abusing an opioid was sentenced today to five years of probation and ordered to pay a fine of $4,000, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said. In addition, as part of his sentence the psychiatrist cannot prescribe any controlled substance during his five years of probation.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 7, 2020
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated 10 Georgia counties as primary natural disaster areas. Producers who suffered losses due to recent natural disasters may be eligible for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) emergency loans.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 7, 2020
News Release: Kentucky Office of the Attorney General Receives $100,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 7, 2020
News Release: PROVIDENCE - A Providence man deported in March 2015 to his native Dominican Republic, having entered the United States illegally in March 2013, and who is currently facing a drug trafficking charge in Massachusetts, has been ordered detained in federal custody in Rhode Island, charged with illegal re-entry into the United States and with trafficking fentanyl.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 7, 2020
News Release: A new publication by cryptography experts at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) proposes the direction the technical agency will take to develop a more secure approach to encryption. This approach, called threshold cryptography, could overcome some of the limitations of conventional methods for protecting sensitive transactions and data.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 7, 2020
Release: Congressman Tim Ryan (D-OH), Chair of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Subcommittee, delivered the following remarks at the Subcommittee's markup of its fiscal year 2021 bill.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 7, 2020
News Release: Today, Rep. Lloyd Smucker (R-PA), Republican Leader of the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Investment, delivered the following opening statement, as prepared for delivery, at a subcommittee hearing to discuss the impact of COVID-19 on the future of higher education...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 7, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR), Health Subcommittee Republican Leader Dr. Michael Burgess (R-TX), and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY) released the following statement on the latest announcements from the Departments...
By EPA Newswire | Jul 7, 2020
News Release: Bicameral Democratic Health Committee leaders wrote to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar, Labor Secretary Eugene Scalia and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin today expressing serious concerns with guidance recently issued by the Trump Administration allowing insurance plans and group...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 7, 2020
News Release: Allegedly Falsely Certified that the Products Were Manufactured in Countries Approved Under Federal Regulations, When He Knew They Were From China, Which is Not Approved.
