News from June 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2020
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. -Diana Baker, 53, of Louisville and a former employee of the Kentucky Commission (now Office) for Children with Special Care Needs, was sentenced to 30 months on Thursday, by U.S. District Judge Greg Van Tatenhove, for mail fraud, aggravated identity theft, and four counts of theft from the state agency.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 11, 2020
News Release: Today, House Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) issued the following statement after the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released guidance addressing concerns the Chairmen recently raised with the agency regarding the seizure of nursing home residents’ economic impact payments...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 11, 2020
News Release: INDEPENDENCE-Manzanar National Historic Site will join other National Park Service (NPS) sites and Japanese American Memorial Pilgrimages (JAMP) as part of Tadaima: A Community Virtual Pilgrimage from June 13, 2020 to Aug. 16, 2020. This pilgrimage will run continuously for nine weeks, with new content provided daily. It is free and open to the public and will be available online at www.jampilgrimages.com.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 11, 2020
News Release: Following guidance from the White House, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and state and local public health authorities, Blue Ridge Parkway is increasing recreational access at many park picnic areas and restrooms. 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 EPA Newswire | Jun 11, 2020
News Release: Washington, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) and Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) wrote to Zoom Video Communications, Inc. Founder and CEO Eric Yuan asking questions regarding the company’s data privacy practices and potential coordination with the People’s Republic of China and the Chinese Communist Party.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 11, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Transportation and Infrastructure Chairman Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and Appropriations Subcommittee on the Interior and Environment Chairwoman Betty McCollum (D-MN) sent a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator...
By DOE Newswire | Jun 11, 2020
News Release: Washington, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) and Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) wrote to Zoom Video Communications, Inc. Founder and CEO Eric Yuan asking questions regarding the company’s data privacy practices and potential coordination with the People’s Republic of China and the Chinese Communist Party.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 11, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Mike Doyle (D-PA) and Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Chair Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) announced today that the Communications and Technology and Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittees will hold a joint remote hearing on Wednesday, June 24, on disinformation online.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 11, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - In response to the delegated acts published Thursday by the European Commission as part of the European Market Infrastructure Regulations (EMIR 2.2), which would clarify European Union (EU) regulations relating to U.S.-based central counterparty clearing houses (CCPs) operating in the EU,...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2020
News Release: MEMPHIS, TN -Marcus Christian, 33, has been sentenced to 130 months imprisonment for possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. U.S. Attorney D. Michael Dunavant announced the sentencing today.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 11, 2020
News Release: St John, US Virgin Islands- VIRGIN ISLANDS NATIONAL PARK - The park is pleased to again offer special use permits for weddings, picnics, and other activities at a variety of locations in the park. Weddings may be held at Peace Hill and Annaberg (40 persons maximum), and at Trunk Bay and other park beaches and pavilions (50 persons maximum). Picnics, BBQs, and other gatherings may also be held at these beach locations.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 11, 2020
News Release: NEW YORK - A 29 year-old Middletown, New York, man was arrested Thursday for the sexual exploitation of minors following an investigation by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) New York.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2020
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - Steven Ray Williams, 58, of Hope, Kentucky, was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison on Thursday, by U.S. District Court Judge Karen K. Caldwell, after previously pleading guilty to bank fraud and aggravated identity theft, involving fraudulent representations to a financial institution.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 11, 2020
News Release: Washington, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) and Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) wrote to Zoom Video Communications, Inc. Founder and CEO Eric Yuan asking questions regarding the company’s data privacy practices and potential coordination with the People’s Republic of China and the Chinese Communist Party.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2020
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - The FBI is offering a $100,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of anyone responsible for the death of Alonzo Brooks. Brooks’ body was found in a creek in La Cygne, Kan., on May 1, 2004.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2020
News Release: SAVANNAH, GA: A Florida man who supplied Medicare patient information to his co-conspirators to ultimately bill Medicare for durable medical equipment claims has been charged for his alleged participation in a kickback and telemedicine fraud scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2020
News Release: SOUTH BEND - Harry Kinds, age 37, of South Bend, Indiana was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Jon E. DeGuilio for conspiracy to distribute more than 50 grams of methamphetamine, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 11, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Mike Doyle (D-PA) and Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Chair Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) announced today that the Communications and Technology and Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittees will hold a joint remote hearing on Wednesday, June 24, on disinformation online.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 11, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Solicitor of Labor Kate O'Scannlain and Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Loren Sweatt issued the following statement regarding today's D.C. Circuit Court ruling in re: "American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, No. 20-1158:"
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 11, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) and House Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) issued the following statement after the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released guidance addressing concerns the Chairmen recently raised with the agency regarding the seizure of nursing home residents’ economic impact payments...
