News from July 2020
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 29, 2020
News Release: Washington, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) delivered remarks at Health Subcommittee legislative hearing entitled, “Improving Access to Care: Legislation to Reauthorize Key Public Health Programs."
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 29, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee held a hearing “Lessons Learned from Remote Working during COVID-19: Can the Government Save Money Through Maximizing Efficient Use of Leased Space?" Below is the opening statement of Ranking Member Tom Carper (D-Del.), as prepared for delivery...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 29, 2020
News Release: MONTROSE, Colo. - Current Stage I Fire Restrictions will be lifted on public lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in the Tres Rios and Uncompahgre field offices effective at 12:01 a.m. on Thursday, July 30, 2020. This decision comes after southwest Colorado received several days of persistent...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2020
News Release: BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - A former Birmingham area psychology clinic that defrauded the Alabama Medicaid Agency of at least $1.5 million by billing for counseling services that were never provided pled guilty today, announced U.S. Attorney Prim Escalona, Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services -OIG Special Agent in Charge Derrick Jackson.
By State Newswire | Jul 29, 2020
Release: Overview. Belgium officially recognized Judaism as a religion after the country became independent in 1830, with the Consistoire Israélite de Belgique as the official interlocutor of the public authorities. At the start of the Nazi occupation in May 1940, there were between 65,000 and 70,000 Jews in ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2020
News Release: DETROIT - United States Attorney Matthew Schneider announced today the expansion of Operation Legend to Detroit. Schneider was joined at a press conference at ATF Headquarters with the heads of Michigan’s federal law enforcement, including ATF Special Agent in Charge James Deir, DEA Assistant Special Agent in Charge Kent Kleinschmidt, FBI Special Agent in Charge Steve D’Antuono, and United States Marshal Owen Cypher.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 28, 2020
Release: The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is inviting public comment on a request from J.R. Simplot Company (Simplot) to extend deregulation to a potato variety, designated as Snowden Z6 (Z6 potato), which is genetically engineered for late blight ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 28, 2020
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - James Keener, of Fairmont, West Virginia, has admitted to a child pornography charge, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 28, 2020
News Release: Partisan obstructionists who would rather seize political advantage than enact bipartisan drug pricing reform are bottom feeders of the swamp.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 28, 2020
News Release: Transportation of Minor with Intent to Engage In Criminal Sexual Activity.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 28, 2020
News Release: LOUISVILLE, Ky. - A multi-year, multi-agency effort targeting violent crime in Louisville has resulted in a significant number of arrests and federal charges for the armed distribution of deadly drugs including fentanyl in the city, announced United States Attorney Russell Coleman.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 28, 2020
News Release: Former BBG Contracting Officer Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Commit Bribery and Honest Services Wire Fraud.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 28, 2020
News Release: SEATTLE - Fifteen people were arrested today throughout the Puget Sound region and in California following an 18-month investigation of a drug-trafficking organization tied to the CJNG cartel in Mexico, announced U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigation (HSI) acting...
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 28, 2020
News Release: Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Chad F. Wolf announced that in response to the Supreme Court’s decision, the Department of Homeland Security will take action to thoughtfully consider the future of the DACA policy, including whether to fully rescind the program.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 28, 2020
News Release: Bottom line: The situation witnessed in Portland for the past eight weeks continues with violent anarchists rioting in the streets and assaulting federal law enforcement officers and federal property on a nightly basis.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 28, 2020
News Release: Justice Department today announced that it has reached a settlement with Brevard County, Florida, resolving its race discrimination lawsuit against the county.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 28, 2020
News Release: Assistant Attorney General Makan Delrahim of the Justice Department's Antitrust Division today announced that Taylor Owings will serve as Acting Chief of Staff and Senior Counsel of the Antitrust Division. Owings, who has served as Counsel to the Assistant Attorney General since February 2018, will replace outgoing Chief of Staff William Rinner. Rinner will continue to serve as Senior Counsel until his planned departure from the Department in the coming months.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 28, 2020
News Release: The Department of Justice and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Ohio announced today that the owners, developers and builders of 82 multi-family housing complexes have agreed to make extensive modifications to their properties and pay $475,000 to resolve claims that they violated the Fair Housing Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act by designing and constructing apartment complexes that are inaccessible to persons with disabilities.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 28, 2020
News Release: A federal grand jury returned an indictment today charging four officers at the Alabama Department of Corrections with federal civil rights and obstruction of justice offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 28, 2020
News Release: A former contracting officer with the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) (now known as the U.S. Agency for Global Media) pleaded guilty today to conspiring to engage in a bribery scheme.
