News from March 2020
By DOE Newswire | Mar 24, 2020
News Release: Washington, DC - Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) applauds wireless service providers for waiving wireless voice and data overage fees and encourages all providers temporarily make as much data available as possible, as quick as possible, to existing devices so families can access mobile broadband at home immediately during this crisis period.

By Homeland Newswire | Mar 24, 2020
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - A former Louisiana pastor was recently sentenced to 60 years in prison for two counts of child pornography production following a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Lake Charles investigation.

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 24, 2020
News Release: NEWS RELEASE SUMMARY - March 24, 2020.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 24, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $2 million grant to Lenoir Community College in Kinston, North Carolina, to support the renovation of the college’s Lloyd Health Science Building. The EDA grant, to be matched with more than $5 million in state funding and $115,439 in local investment, is expected to create over 500 jobs.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 24, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), released the following statement on the Senate confirmation of Katherine Lemos to be a member and chairperson of the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board. The Senate confirmed Lemos by unanimous consent.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 24, 2020
News Release: Yellowstone and Grand Teton national parks are announcing modifications to operations at the request of local county health officers from Park County, WY, Park County, MT, Teton County, WY, and Gallatin County, MT. 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 EPA Newswire | Mar 24, 2020
News Release: Washington, DC - Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) applauds wireless service providers for waiving wireless voice and data overage fees and encourages all providers temporarily make as much data available as possible, as quick as possible, to existing devices so families can access mobile broadband at home immediately during this crisis period.

By US DOT Newswire | Mar 24, 2020
News Release: Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Republicans have released a COVID-19 Resource Guide cataloguing the actions taken by the various federal agencies under the Committee’s jurisdiction during this unprecedented pandemic crisis.

By Interior Newswire | Mar 24, 2020
News Release: The NPS is taking extraordinary steps to implement the latest guidance from state and local authorities, which support the CDC’s efforts to promote social distancing and slow the spread of COVID-19. The NPS is modifying operations, until further notice, for facilities and programs that cannot adhere to this guidance.

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 24, 2020
News Release: BRUNSWICK, GA - A South Georgia pharmacy and its pharmacist have agreed to settle a federal civil suit alleging they unlawfully dispensed thousands of illegitimate prescriptions for opioids and other controlled substances.

By USDA Newswire | Mar 24, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON- House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin C. Peterson released the following statement today in honor of National Ag Day...
By State Newswire | Mar 24, 2020
News Release: Dear Mr. Dorsey, Mr. Pichai, Mr. Bezos, and Mr. Zuckerberg...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 24, 2020
News Release: Yellowstone and Grand Teton national parks are announcing modifications to operations at the request of local county health officers from Park County, WY, Park County, MT, Teton County, WY, and Gallatin County, MT. 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 24, 2020
News Release: DES MOINES, Iowa - United States Attorney Marc Krickbaum of the Southern District of Iowa today urged the public to report suspected fraud schemes related to COVID-19 (the Coronavirus) by calling the National Center for Disaster Fraud (NCDF) hotline (1-866-720-5721) or to the NCDF e-mail address disaster@leo.gov.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 24, 2020
News Release: Great Smoky Mountains National Park officials announced that all park areas, except the Foothills Parkway and the Spur, will close at noon on Tuesday, March 24 through Monday, April 6, in a continuing effort to support federal, state, and local efforts to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 24, 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 24, 2020
News Release: In Separate Case, Candler Man Sentenced More than 15 Years for Drug Trafficking.

By Interior Newswire | Mar 24, 2020
News Release: Baker, NV - Great Basin National Park, in response to issued by the Governor of the State of Nevada, is announcing additional modifications to operations to support federal, state, and local efforts to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).

By DOE Newswire | Mar 24, 2020
Release: Awards Will Go to Universities and National Laboratories on a Competitive Basis

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 24, 2020
News Release: Defendant used stolen IDs to negotiate forged, stolen checks.