News from March 2020
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 31, 2020
News Release: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the general aviation (GA) community’s national #FlySafe campaign helps educate GA pilots about safety, including loss of control (LOC), powerplant failure, and controlled flight into terrain (CFIT).
By Interior Newswire | Mar 31, 2020
News Release: Fort Scott National Historic Site, in response to guidance from the Governor of Kansas, 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 31, 2020
News Release: In accordance with Title 36 CFR 1.5 (a)(1), The Superintendent has closed all mooring docks and fishing piers to fishing at Lake Meredith National Recreation Area in the interest of public health and safety to help slow the spread of COVID-19 through the end of April.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2020
News Release: SAN DIEGO - Federal agents on the San Diego Tunnel Task Force uncovered a sophisticated drug smuggling tunnel on Thursday, March 19, which extends under the United States-Mexico border to a warehouse in a commercial complex in the Otay Mesa area of San Diego. The discovery of the tunnel resulted from...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2020
News Release: Finance of America Reverse Agrees to Pay $2.47 Million to Resolve Alleged Liability for FHA-Insured Reverse Mortgage Lending Violations.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 31, 2020
News Release: Butler County, Iowa - U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee and President pro tempore, today called for stringent oversight of federal programs administering more than $2 trillion in coronavirus relief - the largest aid package in U.S. history.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 31, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), working with the U.S. Department of State, has transported home 16 U.S. citizens on the return leg of a removal flight via ICE Air Operations Monday. U.S. citizens occupied the Space Available (“Space A") seats on flights to the United States from Colombia.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2020
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced today that Rhahemiah Niashee McNair, 37, of Anchorage, has been charged with credit union robbery, in connection with the March 28, 2020, robbery of Denali A Division of Nuvision Federal Credit Union branch located at 1118 Muldoon Road in Anchorage.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 31, 2020
News Release: Salmon, Idaho - The health and safety of our visitors and staff remains the number one priority of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). In accordance with guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the state of Idaho public health officials, the BLM will temporarily close one of its developed recreation facilities, the Sharkey Hotsprings Recreation Site, to help limit the spread of COVID-19.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 31, 2020
News Release: Petroglyph National Monument (Monument) is announcing modifications to operations to implement the latest guidance from the White House, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), and the New Mexico Department of Health (NMDOH) to promote social distancing and limit the spread of COVID-19.As of March 31, 2020, Petroglyph National Monument will offer limited services outside those that support visitor or resource protection.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2020
News Release: Stuart, Powell and Morrisey Partner to Protect West Virginians.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2020
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, William F. Sweeney Jr., the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), and Dermot Shea, Commissioner of the New York City Police Department (“NYPD"), announced...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Rapid City, South Dakota, woman who pled guilty to Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance was sentenced on March 30, 2020, by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey L. Viken.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 31, 2020
News Release: NOAA is establishing a new Unmanned Systems Operations Program to support the rapidly expanding use of these systems across the agency. The new program will promote the safe, efficient and economical operation of unmanned systems (UxS) NOAA uses to collect high-quality environmental data for the agency’s science, products and services.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH - U.S. Attorney Scott Brady today announced that more than $83 million in Department of Justice grants is available to prevent and reduce school violence. These funding opportunities are available for school districts, state and local government and law enforcement agencies, non-profits, and...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2020
News Release: North Carolina Nail Salon Owner Charged with Forced Labor of an Employee.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 31, 2020
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP), Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), and Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) urged Secretary DeVos not to release the final Title IX rule while K-12 schools...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2020
News Release: HARRISBURG - U.S. Attorney David J. Freed today released the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania’s 2019 Annual Report.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2020
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia is committed not only to deterring and to prosecuting scammers and fraudsters who would seek to benefit from the fears raised by the COVID-19 pandemic, but to assisting individuals in the District in protecting themselves from such scams. Again, we urge you to be vigilant and report any suspected instances of fraud to the COVID-19 Pandemic Fraud Hotline, 202-252-7022 and USADC.COVID19@usdoj.gov.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A California woman was sentenced today for agreeing to pay more than $500,000 to participate in the college admissions scheme for her two children.
