News from July 2020
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 1, 2020
News Release: DENVER - A Colorado man pleaded guilty earlier this week to smuggling gun parts out of the United States and possessing unregistered firearms.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2020
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Bergen County, New Jersey, man was arrested today for his alleged role in an investment scheme that fraudulently obtained $1.525 million from at least three families from 2017 through 2019, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2020
News Release: HOUSTON - Advanced Cardiovascular Care Center P.A. and its owner and administrator have agreed to pay $400,000 to resolve allegations they violated the False Claims Act (FCA), announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 1, 2020
News Release: WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Salt Lake Field Office is considering the development of non-motorized trails on public lands near growing communities to increase recreation opportunities and improve access to public lands. Trails are being considered in the Lake Mountains in Utah County, the North Oquirrh Management Area (NOMA) in Tooele County, and Rose and Yellow Fork Canyons in Salt Lake County.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Brandon J. Fremin announced that U.S. District Judge John W. deGravelles sentenced John Butler, age 31, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, to 78 months in federal prison following his convictions for possession with the intent to distribute heroin and possession of a firearm in furtherance...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 1, 2020
News Release: “Thank you, Mr. Doggett. “Today, we meet to learn more about the impact of COVID-19 on nursing homes. According to data from CMS, nearly 30,000 nursing home residents have lost their lives to COVID-19. That’s 1 in 4 of the total deaths in this country. Other analysis has found as many as 43 percent...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 1, 2020
News Release: “Thank you, Chairman Davis. “I appreciate you holding this hearing today on child care and the coronavirus crisis. I share your interest in this topic and believe child care is key to making America’s recovery stronger. “I want to thank all the witnesses for taking the time to join us. “Millions of...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 1, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - The top Republican on the House Ways and Means Committee Kevin Brady (R-TX) released the following statement marking the U.S.-Mexico-Canada (USMCA) Agreement’s entry into force...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 1, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $5 million CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant to the Mahoning Valley Economic Development Corporation, Youngstown, Ohio, to capitalize and administer a Revolving Loan Fund (RLF) that will provide critical gap financing to small businesses and entrepreneurs adversely affected by the coronavirus pandemic.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2020
News Release: LOUISVILLE, Ky. - United States Attorney Russell Coleman today announced an $8.25 million settlement with Agendia, Inc., a molecular diagnostics testing company based in Irvine, California, for an alleged nationwide scheme to bill Medicare for Agendia’s flagship genetic test, MammaPrint. The MammaPrint test analyzes the activity of certain genes within a breast cancer tumor to predict the risk of breast cancer recurrence in patients.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A Rockland man was charged yesterday with being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 1, 2020
News Release: The Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) issued a Notice of Opportunity (NOO) that provides small businesses and other industry partners with more affordable access to ORNL’s Building Technologies Research and Integration Center (BTRIC), where they can undertake collaborative, short-term research projects...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 1, 2020
News Release: While the seashore’s visitor center buildings remain closed, rangers are providing information services outdoors on the grounds of the Salt Pond and Province Lands visitor centers. From mid-morning to late afternoon each day, weather permitting, rangers are offering orientation talks, question and answer sessions, maps, brochures, and junior ranger booklets and awards. Specific hours will be determined once visitation patterns become clear.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 1, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senator Gary Peters (MI), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, applauded Senate passage of bipartisan legislation he introduced to prevent the federal government from wasting taxpayer dollars on wrongful payments to deceased Americans.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2020
News Release: ST. PAUL, Minn. - After a month since the Twin Cities unrest, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, in coordination with its many partners, is providing a case update and continues to seek the public’s assistance in identifying individuals who were involved in setting fires throughout the Twin Cities.
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 1, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, the U.S. House of Representatives voted 233-188 to pass H.R. 2, the Moving Forward Act, comprehensive legislation that invests more than $1.5 trillion in our Nation’s roads, bridges, transit, rail, ports and harbors, schools, housing, broadband, drinking and wastewater systems, ...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 1, 2020
News Release: HINES, Ore. - Each year, when wildfire season comes around, some activities on public land are temporarily prohibited or restricted to help prevent human-caused fires. On Saturday, June 27, the Burns Interagency Fire Zone implemented such restrictions on the east side of Steens Mountain, including the Pueblo Mountains, Alvord Desert, and a portion of the Trout Creek Mountains, through a regulated fire closure.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2020
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A resident of Camden, New Jersey, has been sentenced in federal court to 15 years in prison and four years’ supervised release on his conviction of violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 1, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced the new members of the Electricity Advisory Committee (EAC), an important component of DOE’s strategy to improve its research and development portfolio and program activities. Each member is appointed by U.S. Secretary of Energy...
By State Newswire | Jul 1, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today released the following statement after the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) adopted a national security law for Hong Kong:
