News from March 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2020
News Release: SAN JUAN, P.R. - After a twelve-day jury trial, Abel Nazario-Quiñones, senator and former mayor of the municipality of Yauco, Puerto Rico, was found guilty of 23 counts of false statements and 5 counts of wire fraud, announced United States Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow. United States District Court Judge Joseph N. Laplante presided over the trial. The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) Office of Inspector General (OIG) and the FBI were in charge of the investigation.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - The United States Department of Justice announced today that it has taken its first action in federal court to combat fraud related to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The enforcement action filed today in Austin against operators of a fraudulent website follows Attorney General William Barr’s recent direction for the department to prioritize the detection, investigation, and prosecution of illegal conduct related to the pandemic.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 22, 2020
News Release: Release No.: 2020-09 . Contact: e-mail us . LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA IS FURTHER MODIFYING OPERATIONS TO IMPLEMENT LATEST HEALTH GUIDANCE . BOULDER CITY, Nevada - Lake Mead National Recreation Area, in response to Nevada Declaration of Emergency Directive 003 issued by the Governor of the...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2020
News Release: The Department of Justice announced today that it has taken its first action in federal court to combat fraud related to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The enforcement action filed today in Austin against operators of a fraudulent website follows Attorney General William Barr’s recent direction for the department to prioritize the detection, investigation, and prosecution of illegal conduct related to the pandemic.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 22, 2020
News Release: Dear President Trump and Vice President Pence...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 22, 2020
News Release: Great Smoky Mountains National Park officials announced that campgrounds, picnic areas, and restrooms will be closed on Monday, March 23 through Thursday, April 30, in a continuing effort to support federal, state, and local efforts to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). As conditions...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 22, 2020
News Release: [Middlesboro, KY] - Cumberland Gap National Historical Park Superintendent Charles Sellars announced that restrooms will be temporarily closed and picnic shelter reservations temporarily suspended on Monday, March 23 in a continuing effort to support federal, state, and local efforts to slow the spread...
By DOL Newswire | Mar 22, 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, released the following statement on the inadequate, partisan Republican coronavirus response legislation.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 22, 2020
News Release: Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today released the following statement of the status of the third coronavirus response bill...
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 22, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senator Gary Peters, Ranking Member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, announced a proposal to help prevent the continued spread of COVID-19 by ensuring the federal government is helping our nation’s public health system prepare to handle an influx of patients.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 22, 2020
News Release: UPDATED TO ADD HOMETOWNS. Dinosaur, CO & Jensen, UT - Park Rangers at Dinosaur National Monument responded to a request from the Moffat County Sheriff's Office on Thursday, March 19, 2020 to assist in the search for two missing Colorado residents. The two men were last reported to be snowmobiling in...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2020
News Release: Justice Department Files Its First Enforcement Action Against COVID-19 Fraud.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 22, 2020
News Release: The Blue Ridge Parkway is announcing additional modifications to its operations in support of federal, state, and local efforts to slow the spread of COVID-19. As of March 22, 2020, and in order to best provide for social distancing as called for in state and CDC guidance, the Parkway will impose a 10-person maximum use permit at all backcountry camping locations.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 22, 2020
News Release: THOUSAND OAKS, CA - Solstice Canyon, a National Park Service site, will close Monday, March 23, according to officials at Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area (SMMNRA). All other sites, which include hiking, biking, equestrian trails, parking lots and restrooms, will remain open for now.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2020
News Release: Appoints Coronavirus Fraud Coordinator. BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. 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 21, 2020
News Release: Unix Line PTE Ltd., a Singapore-based shipping company, was sentenced Friday in federal court before U.S. District Court Judge Jon S. Tigar in Oakland, California, after previously pleading guilty to a violation of the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships. Unix Line PTE Ltd. was sentenced to pay a fine of $1,650,000.00, placed on probation for a period of four years, and ordered to implement a comprehensive Environmental Compliance Plan as a special condition of probation.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 21, 2020
News Release: Staten Island, N.Y. - Gateway National Recreation Area, in response to Executive Orders issued by the governors of New York and New Jersey, is announcing additional modifications to support federal, state, and local efforts to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).
By Interior Newswire | Mar 21, 2020
News Release: Point Reyes Station, CA - Point Reyes National Seashore, in response to the March 19, 2020, California State Shelter in Place order issued by the Governor of the State of California, as well as the March 16, 2020, County of Marin Order to Shelter in Place, 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 21, 2020
News Release: LAPWAI, Idaho - Nez Perce National Historical 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 17, 2020, Spalding Visitor Center and park maintained facilities, are closed until further notice. Where it is possible to adhere to the latest health guidance, park trails and grounds will remain open.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 21, 2020
News Release: ALAMOGORDO, N.M. - White Sands 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 Sunday, March 22, 2020, White Sands National Park, is closed until further notice.
