News from March 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 5, 2020
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a two-count indictment today against Jason Allen Celes, 37, of Modesto, charging him with possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and being a felon in possession of a firearm, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 5, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and House Ways & Means Chairman Richard E. Neal, D-Mass., today sought more information from the Trump administration about its efforts to address safety and emergency preparedness at nursing homes amid the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 5, 2020
News Release: Gulf Breeze, Fla. - At the request of Park Superintendent Brown, the National Park Service South Atlantic-Gulf Regional Director has approved a fee suspension for the first Saturday of May from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. in honor of the sacrifice paid by Rosamond Johnson and his family. The entrance fee suspension will cover all park areas and will be in place until there is a change in park leadership or the entrance fee rate. In those instances, a new request would need to be made.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 5, 2020
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, issued the following statement in response to a new report from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (HHS OIG) which...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2020
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - A federal jury convicted Sydni Frazier, a/k/a Sid, Junior Boss, and Perry, age 26, of Baltimore, Maryland late yesterday on a federal charge of conspiracy to distribute more than 100 grams of heroin, possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime resulting in ...
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 4, 2020
Release: Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Chair of the Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee, delivered the following remarks at the Subcommittee's hearing on the Fiscal Year 2021 budget request for the National Institutes of Health.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2020
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Ludrick Joseph, of Miami, Florida, has admitted to downloading taxpayer transcripts by unlawfully accessing Internal Revenue Service computers, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 4, 2020
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, March 4, 2020 - Deputy Secretary of Agriculture Stephen Censky today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing $900 million to build, preserve or improve rural electric infrastructure across 16 states (PDF, 151 KB). Censky made the announcement at the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association’s annual meeting and conference in New Orleans.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2020
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Jazzlyn Rae Molloy, of Martinsburg, West Virginia, has admitted to a drug charge, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2020
News Release: ROANOKE - A former tax return preparer in Roanoke, Virginia, was sentenced to 12 months and one day in prison today, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Thomas T. Cullen for the Western District of Virginia.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 4, 2020
News Release: Funding Includes $17 Million for Smart Grid Improvements NEW ORLEANS, March 4, 2020 – Deputy Secretary of Agriculture Stephen Censky today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing $900 million to build, preserve or improve rural electric infrastructure across 16 states. Censky made the announcement at the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association’s annual meeting and conference in New Orleans.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2020
News Release: Mariam Taha Thompson, 61, formerly of Rochester, Minnesota, was charged today in the District of Columbia with transmitting highly sensitive classified national defense information to a foreign national with apparent connections to Hizballah, a foreign terrorist organization that has been so designated ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2020
News Release: A Las Vegas resident was sentenced to 65 months in prison today for his role in a stolen identity tax fraud, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Nicholas A. Trutanich for the District of Nevada.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2020
News Release: A former Forsyth County Commissioner pleaded guilty today to filing false tax returns and failing to file a tax return, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Matthew G.T. Martin for the Middle District of North Carolina.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2020
News Release: The Department of Justice has released the agenda and list of participants for its Mar. 11, 2020, public workshop to solicit public dialogue on the proposed vertical merger guidelines. The workshop will be the first in a two-part series hosted together with the Federal Trade Commission. The two half-day ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2020
News Release: A Columbia, Missouri, man was sentenced to 236 months in prison in federal court today for his role in making preparations to launch a terrorist attack with persons he believed were members of the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), but who were actually undercover law enforcement employees, announced ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2020
News Release: The Justice Department announced today that Northern Air Cargo LLC, has agreed to pay $4.7 million to resolve its potential liability under the False Claims Act for falsely reporting information regarding the delivery of United States mail to foreign postal administrations or other intended recipients under contracts with the United States Postal Service (USPS). Northern Air Cargo is a cargo airline headquartered in Anchorage, AK.
By Fed Newswire | Mar 4, 2020
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Wednesday approved a rule to simplify its capital rules for large banks, preserving the strong capital requirements already in place.
By Fed Newswire | Mar 4, 2020
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board has approved actions on Wednesday by the Boards of Directors of the Federal Reserve Banks of Cleveland and Atlanta, decreasing the discount rate (the primary credit rate) at the Banks from 2-1/4 percent to 1-3/4 percent, effective immediately.
By Commerce News Now | Mar 4, 2020
News Release: The Department of Commerce and the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office congratulate Daren Tang, Singapore’s Chief Executive of Intellectual Property, on his election to the post of Director General for the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).
