News from March 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2020
News Release: Miami, Florida - The federal government has criminally charged a 35-year-old Miami man for using an on-line messaging system to threaten others with rape and murder.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2020
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif.-Today, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced a series of steps aimed at protecting consumer financial safety amidst the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) outbreak.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2020
News Release: St. Louis - U.S. Attorney Jeff Jensen of the Eastern District of Missouri 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 by contacting the NCDF e-mail address disaster@leo.gov.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2020
News Release: COLUMBIA, South Carolina --- Acting U.S. Attorney A. Lance Crick, of South Carolina, 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 DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2020
News Release: Fort Smith, Arkansas - David Clay Fowlkes, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, 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 DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2020
News Release: School Closings Due to COVID-19 Present Potential for Increased Risk of Child Exploitation.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2020
News Release: ANCHORAGE, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder for the District of Alaska announced that more than $83 million in Department of Justice grants is available nationwide to help communities improve school security and protect students, teachers and faculty from threats of violence.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2020
News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorney Appointed as Coronavirus Fraud Coordinator.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 23, 2020
News Release: GUAYNABO, PR - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited High Quality Concrete - based in St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands - for crushing and other hazards following an employee fatality on Sept. 6, 2019. OSHA cited the concrete factory for willful, serious and other-than-serious violations, with proposed penalties of $90,217.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2020
News Release: U.S. Attorney Brandon J. Fremin of the Middle District of Louisiana, who also serves as the Executive Director of the National Center for Disaster Fraud, 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 USDA Newswire | Mar 23, 2020
Release: Agricultural importers and brokers will see a big change later this summer when they submit customs entries in the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) that include APHIS-regulated plants, plant products, animal products, or live dog imports. No longer will they be able to skip “flags" that prompt ...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 23, 2020
News Release: LANDER, Wyo. - In support of the Administration’s goal of shared conservation stewardship and expanded recreational and hunting opportunities, the Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks has extended a withdrawal in the Whiskey Mountain Bighorn Sheep Winter Range, southeast of Dubois, Wyoming, for an additional 20 years.
By State Newswire | Mar 23, 2020
News Release: Dear Director-General Tedros: I am writing to express my concern with the deep nexus between unsanitary “wet markets" and the outbreaks of novel diseases affecting global health. While I welcomed the announcement last month that the People’s Republic of China (PRC) has permanently banned the trade and...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 23, 2020
News Release: Seward, AK - Kenai Fjords National Park is announcing modifications to operations to implement the latest guidance from the White House, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), and local and state authorities to promote social distancing. As of March 23, 2020, the Kenai Fjords National Park Headquarters...
By EPA Newswire | Mar 23, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Ranking Member Greg Walden (R-OR), Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Mike Doyle (D-PA) and Subcommittee Ranking Member Bob Latta (R-OH) released the following statement today after President Trump signed the Secure 5G and Beyond Act of 2020 (S. 893 ) and the Broadband DATA Act (S. 1822) into law...
By DOE Newswire | Mar 23, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee GOP Leader Greg Walden (R-OR), Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Communications and Technology Subcommittee GOP Leader Bob Latta (R-OH), and Subcommittee Chairman Mike Doyle (D-PA) released the following statement today after President Trump signed the Secure 5G and Beyond Act of 2020 (S. 893 ) and the Broadband DATA Act (S. 1822 ) into law...
By EPA Newswire | Mar 23, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee GOP Leader Greg Walden (R-OR), Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Communications and Technology Subcommittee GOP Leader Bob Latta (R-OH), and Subcommittee Chairman Mike Doyle (D-PA) released the following statement today after President Trump signed the Secure 5G and Beyond Act of 2020 (S. 893 ) and the Broadband DATA Act (S. 1822 ) into law...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2020
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif.-Today, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott warned of several new fraud schemes seeking to exploit the evolving COVID-19 (Coronavirus) public health emergency often targeting vulnerable populations.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 23, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Democrats continue to needlessly delay the coronavirus emergency aid package being debated in Congress. Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) responds, calling on Speaker Pelosi and Senator Schumer to put aside their completely unrelated, partisan, wish list and help the American people.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 23, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Ranking Member Greg Walden (R-OR), Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Mike Doyle (D-PA) and Subcommittee Ranking Member Bob Latta (R-OH) released the following statement today after President Trump signed the Secure 5G and Beyond Act of 2020 (S. 893 ) and the Broadband DATA Act (S. 1822) into law...
