News from July 2020

By DOJ Newswire | Jul 7, 2020
News Release: Local Law Enforcement and Communities Working Together to Stop Violent Crime and Make Their Neighborhoods Safer.

By Homeland Newswire | Jul 7, 2020
Release: BOSTON - Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Administrator David Pekoske visited Boston Logan International Airport Tuesday to praise employees for their continued vigilance during the pandemic. TSA officers are required to wear gloves, masks and socially distance whenever possible in an effort to protect each other and airline travelers.

By Interior Newswire | Jul 7, 2020
News Release: Following guidance from the White House, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and state and local public health authorities, Gateway Arch National Park will delay Phase II access originally scheduled to begin Wednesday, July 8 due to an increase in confirmed COVID-19 cases in the State of...

By USDA Newswire | Jul 7, 2020
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated four Nevada counties as primary natural disaster areas. Producers in Elko, Eureka, Lander, and White Pine counties who suffered losses due to recent drought, may be eligible for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) emergency loans.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 7, 2020
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.-U.S. Attorney Billy J. Williams announced today that seven people have been arrested and face federal charges for their roles in weekend riots at the Mark O. Hatfield U.S. Courthouse in Portland.

By Interior Newswire | Jul 6, 2020
News Release: ELY, Nev. - The Bureau of Land Management Basin and Range National Monument Manager has issued a decision for the Mount Irish Cultural Resource Protection and Visitor Improvements Project. The BLM will construct four primitive campsites with picnic tables and fire rings and install a vault toilet in the vicinity of Paiute Rocks and Shaman Knob.

By USDA Newswire | Jul 6, 2020
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated three Texas counties as primary natural disaster areas. Producers in Hansford, Hartley, and Ochiltree counties who suffered losses due to recent drought may be eligible for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) emergency loans.

By Homeland Newswire | Jul 6, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - The House Appropriations Committee today released the draft fiscal year 2021 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies funding bill, which will be considered in subcommittee tomorrow. The legislation includes funding for programs within the Department of the Interior, the Environmental Protection Agency, and other related agencies, including the Indian Health Service.

By DOJ Newswire | Jul 6, 2020
News Release: CHICAGO - A Chicago man who fired a gun into the grave of a murder victim during his burial service has been sentenced to 15 years in federal prison.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 6, 2020
News Release: (BILLINGS, Mont.) - The Bureau of Land Management Billings Field Office is accepting public comment on a proposal to treat vegetation on approximately 500 acres in Carbon County.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 6, 2020
News Release: FBI Sees Spike in Fraudulent Unemployment Insurance Claims Filed Using Stolen Identities.

By DOJ Newswire | Jul 6, 2020
News Release: The FBI Rocky Mountain Safe Streets Task Force and Aurora Police Department Need Your Help Identifying the 'Double Dipper' Bandit.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 6, 2020
News Release: The Department of Homeland Security and its committed workforce cross more than a dozen offices. Components have been working in concert with the White House to execute an aggressive response to the COVID -19 pandemic. We continue to remain focused on security and safety for the American people as we reopen the American Economy and accelerate our economic recovery.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 6, 2020
News Release: Four former supervisory correctional officers at Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola, Louisiana — Daniel Davis (43), Scotty Kennedy (52), John Sanders (34), and James Savoy Jr. (42) — were sentenced on July 2, for their roles in assaulting an inmate who was handcuffed, shackled, and not resisting, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 6, 2020
News Release: The Justice Department announced today that it reached a settlement with Bel USA LLC (Bel USA), an online distributor and retailer of customized promotional products located in Miami-Dade County, Florida. The settlement resolves claims that Bel USA discriminated against work-authorized non-U.S. citizens ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 6, 2020
News Release: Elizabeth Jo Shirley, of Hedgesville, West Virginia, has admitted to unlawfully retaining a document containing national defense information and committing international parental kidnapping, the Department of Justice announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 6, 2020
News Release: A criminal complaint was unsealed today in federal court in Brooklyn, New York, charging Luis Enrique Martinelli Linares (Luis Martinelli Linares) and Ricardo Alberto Martinelli Linares (Ricardo Martinelli Linares) for their roles in a massive bribery and money laundering scheme involving Odebrecht S.A. ...
By Commerce News Now | Jul 6, 2020
The US Commerce Department published a three page notice on July 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jul 6, 2020
The US Transportation Department published a three page rule on July 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Jul 6, 2020
The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on July 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.