News published on Federal Newswire in June 2020

News from June 2020


News Release: TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA - Lawrence Keefe, the United States Attorney for the Northern District of.


News Release: As a gentle breeze rustles the grass, a perky black-eyed Susan stretches toward the sun, hoping to attract the attention of industrious bees in search of pollen. Growing near a Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act (UMTRCA) disposal cell, the very presence of this small wildflower is a testament to the care the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Legacy Management (LM) provides at managed sites across the country.


Brady’s Return to Work Bonus Proposal Gains Steam

News Release: Brady’s Return to Work Bonus Proposal Gains Steam.


APHIS Reopens Comment Period on Amendments to Pale Cyst Nematode Regulations

Release: The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has again reopened the comment period on the protocols for regulating and deregulating pale cyst nematode (PCN)-infested and associated areas. APHIS initially accepted comments on the protocols March 1, 2019, and ...


Bryce Canyon National Park Begins Modified Shuttle Operations

News Release: Following guidance from the White House, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and state and local public health authorities, Bryce Canyon National Park has begun modified shuttle services.


BLM to conduct Humboldt House Medusahead control project

News Release: WINNEMUCCA, Nev. The Bureau of Land Management is conducting the Medusahead control project to restore of rangeland invaded by annual grasses (Medusahead rye and Cheatgrass). The project goals are to reduce susceptibility to wildfire and promote healthy landscapes adjacent to Greater Sage Grouse Habitat in the Humboldt Range.


Three Chinese Nationals Sentenced to Prison for Illegal Photography of U.S. Naval Installation in Key West, Florida

News Release: Key West, Fl. -- Ariana Fajardo Orshan, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida and George L. Piro, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Miami Field Office announced that three People’s Republic of China (PRC) foreign nationals were sentenced today to prison terms for illegal photography of military installations at the U.S. Naval Air Station in Key West, Florida (NAS Key West).


Select Subcommittee recap: For the sake of America’s minority communities, we need to get our country back to work

News Release: At Thursday’s virtual briefing of the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis - which dealt with the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on America’s minority communities - Republican members of the committee took a hard look at the effect that prolonged lockdowns around the country have had on minorities and emphasized the need to reopen our economy.


Release: Washington, DC, June 5, 2020 - U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced approval of a request from South Dakota to provide online purchasing of food to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) households. This approval will allow South Dakota to expedite the implementation of...


FBI Announces Arrest of Ten Most Wanted Fugitive Santiago Villalba Mederos

News Release: FBI Announces Arrest of Ten Most Wanted Fugitive Santiago Villalba Mederos.


News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today issued a formal Record of Decision (ROD) for the safe shipment and disposal of depleted uranium oxide from former gaseous diffusion plants in Portsmouth, Ohio and Paducah, Kentucky.


News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - Scott T. Singstock, D.D.S., has agreed to pay $200,000 to resolve allegations that he violated the Controlled Substances Act by writing illegitimate prescriptions for controlled substances, U.S. Attorney Andrew B. Birge announced today. Dr. Singstock, who during the course of...


North Dartmouth Woman Sentenced for Obtaining Cocaine from Puerto Rico Through the U.S. Mail

News Release: BOSTON - A North Dartmouth woman was sentenced today in connection with her role in obtaining cocaine from Puerto Rico through the mail.


News Release: Defendant involved in shootout in downtown Denver.


Department of Energy Innovation Hub Announces $4 Million for Critical Materials Projects

News Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Critical Materials Institute (CMI) announced up to $4 million in funding to address challenges in establishing domestic supply chains for critical materials with specific emphasis on industrial relevance, participation, and adoption.


News Release: SHERMAN, Texas - A 57-year-old former bank president has pleaded guilty to federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Stephen J. Cox today.


Gia Wagner Named Superintendent of Andersonville National Historic Site.

News Release: National Park Service News Release. Contacts:. Deborah Coble, NPS South Atlantic-Gulf Region, 907-280-8739. Jody Mays, Andersonville National Historic Site, 229-924-0343. Gia Wagner Named Superintendent of. Andersonville National Historic Site. ATLANTA - Today, National Park Service (NPS) South Atlantic-Gulf...


Man from Mescalero, New Mexico, Sentenced to 10 Months in Federal Prison for Assaulting Federal Officers

News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Shawn J. Forte, 28, of Mescalero, New Mexico was sentenced in federal court in Las Cruces, New Mexico on June 4 to 10 months in prison for assaulting federal officers in the performance of their official duties.


Front Royal Man Sentenced For Role  In Baltimore-Front Royal Heroin Pipeline Distribution Conspiracy

News Release: ROANOKE, Va. - Nikolai Hall-Andujar, of Front Royal, Virginia, was sentenced yesterday to 46 months in prison for his role in a heroin distribution conspiracy that brought hundreds of grams of the drug from Baltimore to Front Royal between 2015 and 2018. United States Attorney Thomas T. Cullen and Jesse R. Fong, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s Washington Field Division made the announcement today.


News Release: Washington-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today condemned the Trump Administration’s efforts to advance its radical agenda against women’s reproductive health under the guise of the United Nation’s humanitarian response to the COVID-19 pandemic. In...