News from March 2020

By Interior Newswire | Mar 27, 2020
News Release: Paicines, CA - Pinnacles National Park, in response to guidance from California State, Monterey County, and San Benito County public health authorities, is announcing additional modifications to operations to support federal, state, and local efforts to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).

By Interior Newswire | Mar 27, 2020
News Release: Contact: Charles Strickfaden, Communications Director, e-mail us.

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 27, 2020
News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - Attorney General Mike Hunter and U.S. Attorney Tim Downing today announced a state-federal partnership that will combine resources and information to investigate and prosecute con artists attempting to defraud Oklahomans during the Coronavirus emergency.

By State Newswire | Mar 27, 2020
News Release: Dear Under Secretary Bulatao: I recognize that the global novel coronavirus pandemic poses an enormous challenge for our diplomats and policy makers serving on the front lines. As the Department works to adapt its staffing posture to the current crisis, I urge you to ensure that clear leave and telework...

By Interior Newswire | Mar 27, 2020
News Release: Greensboro, NC - Guilford Courthouse National Military Park (NMP) in response to guidance from County and State Health Departments, is announcing additional modifications to operations to support federal, state, and local efforts to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 27, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Mark A. Klaassen announced today that Renfred Earl Aoah, age 29, a resident of Fort Washakie, was indicted by a federal grand jury on March 18, 2020, for three counts of assaulting an intimate partner by both strangling and suffocating her.

By USDA Newswire | Mar 27, 2020
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture the following activity.

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 27, 2020
News Release: Harrisburg, PA - Today, U.S. Marshal Martin J. Pane announced the arrest of Javier Sabdiel Santos - a 20-year old Mechanicsburg man.

By Interior Newswire | Mar 27, 2020
News Release: Buffalo National River announces that beginning the morning of Monday, March 30th, 2020, overnight stays in designated park campgrounds are being suspended and these areas are temporarily transitioning to day use only, 6:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. This additional modification to park operations is in response...

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 27, 2020
News Release: SHREVEPORT/LAFAYETTE/ALEXANDRIA/LAKE CHARLES/MONROE, La. - U.S. Attorney David C. Joseph of the Western District of Louisiana today announced that nearly $60 million in Department of Justice grants is available to help communities address public safety by supporting successful reentry of adult and juvenile offenders into their communities.
By State Newswire | Mar 27, 2020
News Release: Washington D.C. - Congressman Michael McCaul (R-TX), Lead Republican of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, sent a letter to the State Department reiterating his support for their efforts to counter the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) disinformation campaign regarding coronavirus. He also urged them to consider taking additional policy actions, including a multilateral investigation with other democratic countries into the CCP’s coronavirus coverup. In the letter, he wrote...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 27, 2020
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that the United States filed a civil fraud lawsuit today against ANTHEM, INC. (“ANTHEM"), alleging that ANTHEM falsely certified the accuracy of the diagnosis data it submitted to the Centers for Medicare...

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 27, 2020
News Release: DENVER -- The Federal Bureau of Investigation is charged with reviewing shootings by police officers to determine if there is evidence of federal criminal civil rights violations in connection with such shootings. Officer-involved shootings constitute federal criminal civil rights violations only when officers willfully deprive people of their constitutional rights to be free from unreasonable seizures or the application of unreasonable force.

By Interior Newswire | Mar 27, 2020
News Release: MINERAL,CA- Lassen Volcanic National Park is announcing additional modifications to operations in response to guidance from California Department of Public Health. The health and safety of our visitors, employees, volunteers, and partners is our number one priority. The National Park Service (NPS) is working servicewide with federal, state, and local authorities to closely monitor the COVID-19 pandemic.

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 27, 2020
News Release: Our nationwide commitment to reducing gun violence in America.

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 27, 2020
News Release: MISSOULA- A Columbia Falls man who admitted using his Facebook account and mobile phone to seek a sexually explicit image of a minor girl was sentenced today to 15 years in prison and 10 years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.

By US DOT Newswire | Mar 27, 2020
News Release: Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO) statement on the passage of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act in the House of Representatives...

By Commerce Newswire | Mar 27, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - The top Republican on the House Ways and Means Committee Kevin Brady (R-TX) released the following statement signaling support for the Families First Coronavirus Response Act...

By Commerce Newswire | Mar 27, 2020
News Release: Increases Access to Capital for Rural Providers.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 27, 2020
News Release: BOISE, Idaho - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announced today it is seeking public input on a proposal to improve access to Kuna Cave, located about 5 miles south of Kuna, near Black Cat Road.