News from July 2020
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 1, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, three U.S. Department of Commerce agencies, the Economic Development Administration (EDA), the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet Authority), announced the awardee of the Accelerate R2 Network (R2 Network) Challenge.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that Daniel Chona-Romero, 34, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Robert F. Rossiter, Jr. to 60 months’ imprisonment for distributing methamphetamine. Chona-Romero was also sentenced to a 3-year term of supervised release following his release from the Bureau of Prisons. There is no parole in the federal prison system. Chona-Romero will be deported from the United States to Mexico after serving his prison term.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 1, 2020
News Release: Despite TCJA Critics, Charitable Giving Reached Near All-Time High in 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2020
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - Daniel Lee Rippy, 29, of Livermore, California pleaded guilty today to threatening a shooting at The Ohio State University and vowing to hurt football players. He sent the online threat during the 2018 football game between Ohio State and Michigan, which was played in Columbus.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2020
News Release: BINGHAMTON, NEW YORK - Justin Hobbie, age 42, of Springfield Center, New York, was sentenced today to 200 months in prison for persuading three girls between the ages of 14 and 17 to engage in sexual activity and transmit live depictions of that activity to him.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 1, 2020
News Release: MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WY - Recreate responsibly and safely this Independence Day at Yellowstone by following these tips.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 1, 2020
Release: CHARLOTTE, NC - With the holiday weekend approaching, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is providing travel tips and a description of changes made to help prevent the spread of COVID-19.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 1, 2020
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released the following statement in response to the Supreme Court’s decision in the case of Espinoza v. Montana Department of Revenue.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 1, 2020
News Release: Cincinnati -- Today, the Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management (EM) awarded a set of Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity contracts to provide nationwide Deactivation, Decommissioning and Removal (DD&R) services to help address excess facilities. The contracts will utilize Firm-Fixed...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2020
News Release: St. Louis - Gary Dewayne Willard, 48, of St. Louis, MO, was charged by a federal complaint on Tuesday. Willard was charged with possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance, felon in possession of one or more firearms, and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 1, 2020
News Release: King Salmon, AK - Katmai National Park and Preserve (Katmai NP&P) Following guidance from the White House, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and State and local public health authorities, Katmai NP&P is glad to announce the partial reopening of the Brooks Camp Developed Area (BCDA) to...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 1, 2020
News Release: On Wednesday, Ranking Members Kevin Brady (R-Texas) and Greg Walden (R-Ore.) joined Republican Whip and Ranking Member of the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis Steve Scalise (R-La.) to set the record straight in response to the release of Senate Democrats’ report blaming the Trump Administration for America’s nursing home crisis in clear ignorance of the facts...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 1, 2020
News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau has resumed conducting in-person interviews associated with its ongoing household surveys in 21 states, including those associated with the Current Population Survey and the American Community Survey. Some states will be fully open, while others will have only certain areas where...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2020
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - A Richmond man was sentenced today to over 10 years in prison for his execution of a $7 million investment fraud scheme he operated for nearly a decade.
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 $5.4 million CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant to the Northwest Pennsylvania Regional Planning & Development Commission, Oil City, Pennsylvania, 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 Commerce Newswire | Jul 1, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Ways and Means Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) and Oversight Subcommittee Chairman John Lewis (D-GA) received a response from the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) regarding the balance due notices that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) recently mailed...
By USDA Newswire | Jul 1, 2020
Release: PPQ is pleased to announce that on July 1, 2020, the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) opened consultation (review and commenting) on draft standards and specifications. The IPPC has made several draft International Standards for Phytosanitary Measures (ISPMs), draft specifications, and ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2020
News Release: FBI Media Alert: 18 Years After Laverda Sorrell's Disappearance, FBI, Navajo Nation, and Family Appeal to Public for Answers.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2020
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - First Assistant United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Scott Korn, 57, of Villanova, Pennsylvania, was sentenced to one year and one day in prison, three years of supervised release and a $50,000 fine by United States District Judge Eduardo C. Robreno for false statements and financial fraud.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 1, 2020
News Release: Spokane, WA -The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Spokane District has issued a fire restrictions order on public lands administered by the BLM and the Bureau of Reclamation (BOR) in eastern Washington. The order is effective July 3, 2020 at 12:01 a.m. in the following counties: Adams, Asotin, Benton, Chelan, Columbia, Douglas, Ferry, Franklin, Garfield, Grant, Kittitas, Klickitat, Lincoln, Okanogan, Pend Oreille, Spokane, Stevens, Walla Walla, Whitman, and Yakima.
