News from March 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2020
News Release: TULSA, Okla. - U.S. Attorney Trent Shores of the Northern District of Oklahoma today announced that more than $163 million in Department of Justice grants are available to help communities address America’s addiction crisis.
By State Newswire | Mar 30, 2020
News Release: Washington-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today issued the following statement regarding legislation that passed through Parliament in Hungary giving the Prime Minister sweeping new emergency authority under the guise of measures to combat the COVID-19 pandemic...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 30, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representative Greg Walden (R-OR) joined U.S. Senators John Barrasso (R-WY) and Tom Carper (D-DE) to send a letter to Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Chairman Kristine Svinicki asking the agency use its authority to temporarily defer the collection of fees and charges from NRC licensees.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 30, 2020
News Release: POMPANO BEACH, FL - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Assura Windows and Doors LLC for exposing employees to amputation, noise, struck-by and other safety and health hazards at the Pompano Beach, Florida, manufacturing facility. The window and door manufacturer faces $162,688 in penalties.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2020
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced that more than $83 million in Department of Justice grant funds is available to help communities improve school security and protect students, teachers, and staff from threats of violence.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2020
News Release: Jeffrey S. Sallet Named Executive Assistant Director of the Human Resources Branch.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2020
News Release: Regarding COVID-19 and Fraudulent Activity. WILMINGTON, Del. - “In the midst of this unprecedented national pandemic, I would like to offer some measure of certainty to our community. First, the U.S. Attorney’s Office is still open for business. Federal, state, and local law enforcement are still open...
By DOE Newswire | Mar 30, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representative Greg Walden (R-OR) joined U.S. Senators John Barrasso (R-WY) and Tom Carper (D-DE) to send a letter to Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Chairman Kristine Svinicki asking the agency use its authority to temporarily defer the collection of fees and charges from NRC licensees.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2020
News Release: GREAT FALLS - The former chairman of the Blackfeet Tribe today was sentenced to 10 months in prison and two years of supervised release along with being ordered to pay $174,000 restitution for his role in an overtime pay scheme that stole federal funds from the tribe’s Head Start child assistance program, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2020
News Release: Knoxville, Tenn. - U.S. Attorney J. Douglas Overbey of the Eastern District of Tennessee today announced that more than $65 million in Department of Justice grants is available to help communities combat human trafficking and serve adults and children who are victimized in trafficking operations.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 30, 2020
News Release: The National Park Service (NPS) Units of Western Pennsylvania which include Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site, Flight 93 National Memorial, Fort Necessity National Battlefield, Friendship Hill National Historic Site and Johnstown Flood National Memorial are offering weekly Facebook Live videos featuring each park unit starting March 31.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2020
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Georgia man will appear in court today for his alleged role in a conspiracy to defraud federally funded and private health care benefit programs by submitting fraudulent testing claims for COVID-19 and genetic cancer screenings, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2020
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - Amid the Presidential directive to comply with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommendations on social distancing and the State of Oklahoma’s similar requirements, the United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma remains open. As the chief...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2020
News Release: TAMPA. Fla. - Jack Bradley Rice (35, Pinellas Park) has been charged with possessing with the intent to distribute a substance containing a detectable amount of fentanyl, cocaine, and methamphetamine and for possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. If convicted, Rice faces a maximum penalty of life imprisonment.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2020
News Release: COLUMBIA, South Carolina --- Attorney General William P. Barr announced today the appointment and swearing in of Peter M. McCoy, Jr. as Interim U.S. Attorney for the District of South Carolina, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 546.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 30, 2020
News Release: RENO, Nev. - The health and safety of our visitors and staff remains the number one priority of the Bureau of Land Management. In accordance with guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the state of Nevada and its public health officials, the BLM will temporarily close the public-facing functions of its BLM offices and visitor centers in Nevada are closed to the public for the indefinite future to help limit the spread of COVID-19.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2020
News Release: Residents Encouraged to Report COVID-19 Related Fraud to Disaster Hotline: 866-720-5721.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 30, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $1.95 million grant to the city of Phenix City, Alabama, to upgrade the city’s only wastewater treatment plant to accommodate new and expanding businesses.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 30, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Bureau of Land Management-Eastern States announces the cancellation of two wild horse and burro placement events in April in order to help slow the spread of COVID-19 by limiting opportunities for public exposure.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 30, 2020
News Release: Washington - As part of its efforts to enforce the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA) and ensure fair trading practices within the U.S. produce industry, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has filed an administrative complaint against Bella Fresh Houston LLC. The company, operating from Texas, allegedly failed to make payment promptly to 10 produce sellers in the amount of $3,154,711 from December 2017 through May 2019.
