News from March 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2020
News Release: Knoxville, Tenn. - U.S. Attorney J. Douglas Overbey of the Eastern District of Tennessee today announced that more than $163 million in Department of Justice grants is available to help communities address America’s addiction crisis.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 31, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin Peterson of Minnesota and Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue spoke by phone today to discuss the status of the Federal response to the coronavirus pandemic, and in particular those elements of the Federal response that address the needs of farmers, ranchers, and consumers.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 31, 2020
News Release: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today sent a letter urging the Department of Energy to publish timely data on oil storage capacity in the United States as a warning indicator of potential shut-in oil production. The letter is addressed to Dr. Linda Capuano, Administrator of the U.S. Energy Information Administration.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 31, 2020
News Release: Something’s happening in Huslia. In a time when the populations of other Native villages are dwindling, this mushing mecca nestled deep in Alaska’s Interior is fueling its growing local economy.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 31, 2020
News Release: The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (EERE) will launch a new website to replace eXCHANGE for funding opportunity announcements and application submission. We are looking for volunteers to pilot the new process. Beginning in Fiscal Year 2021, organizations...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 31, 2020
News Release: LAKEWOOD, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is seeking public scoping comments on approximately 67,244 acres of public lands proposed for the upcoming September 2020 competitive oil and gas lease sale in Jackson, Las Animas, Rio Blanco, and Weld counties. The public scoping period starts today, March 31 and ends April 14, 2020.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 31, 2020
News Release: Glen Jean, WV - Park Superintendent Lizzie Watts announced that the National Park Service (NPS) will be temporarily closing campgrounds and restrooms in all areas of New River Gorge National River, Gauley River National Recreation Area, and Bluestone National Scenic River in response to COVID-19. Closures will begin at 12:00 pm, Tuesday, March 31. Hiking trails and river accesses will remain open.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2020
News Release: U.S. Attorney John H. Durham and Connecticut Attorney General William Tong today announced that YOUR EYES OF NEW BRITAIN, INC., and its owner, CAROL SANDERSON, have entered into a civil settlement with the federal and state governments in which they will pay more than $263,000 to resolve allegations that they violated the federal and state False Claims Acts.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 31, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Harley Rouda, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Environment of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, issued the following statement after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Department of Transportation (DOT) rolled-back Obama-era fuel efficiency standards, weakening efforts to combat climate change...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2020
News Release: SHREVEPORT/LAFAYETTE/ALEXANDRIA/LAKE CHARLES/MONROE, La. - In response to the evidence that fraud schemes are being developed around the country to exploit the coronavirus epidemic, U.S. Attorney David C. Joseph announced today that he has formed a task force in the Western District of Louisiana to identify, investigate, prosecute, and dismantle fraud schemes designed to unlawfully profit from the COVID-19 pandemic.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2020
News Release: Knoxville, Tenn. - Aungsun Naywin, 31, of Fort Wayne, Indiana, has been charged in the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee with traveling from Indiana to East Tennessee for the purpose of having sex with a 13-year-old girl on March 21, 2020. Naywin was charged in a criminal complaint in case number 3:20-MJ 1052, which is supported by an affidavit on file with the Clerk of Court.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 31, 2020
Release: The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has prepared and is accepting comments on a commodity import evaluation document (CIED) regarding fresh citrus imports from South Africa. Based on the findings of the CIED, APHIS experts determined that grapefruit, ...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 31, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding an $869,000 grant to the Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians, Bayfield, Wisconsin, to hire an Economic Development Recovery Coordinator, who will implement strategies to diversify the local economy and foster sustained economic resilience in the face of recurring natural disasters.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 31, 2020
Release: Washington, D.C., March 31, 2020 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has prepared and is accepting comments on a commodity import evaluation document (CIED) regarding fresh citrus imports from South Africa. Based on the findings of the CIED, APHIS ...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 31, 2020
News Release: Lovell, WY - Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area continues working with neighbors and partners, evaluating the facilities and park operations on a daily basis in support of federal, state, and local mandates to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). Bighorn Canyon is announcing modifications...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 31, 2020
News Release: CARSON CITY, Nev. - In light of the current emergency safety closure of public lands at Sand Mountain Recreation Area (SMRA), the Bureau of Land Management, Stillwater Field Office, will extend all Sand Mountain annual passes purchased prior to the closure, at the time this area is reopened. This extension...
By DOE Newswire | Mar 31, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Chair Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) and Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee Chairman Paul Tonko (D-NY) released the following statement today in response to the Environmental Protection Agency...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2020
News Release: SHREVEPORT/LAFAYETTE/ALEXANDRIA/LAKE CHARLES/MONROE, La. - In response to the evidence that fraud schemes are being developed around the country to exploit the coronavirus epidemic, U.S. Attorney David C. Joseph announced today that he has formed a task force in the Western District of Louisiana to identify, investigate, prosecute, and dismantle fraud schemes designed to unlawfully profit from the COVID-19 pandemic.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 31, 2020
News Release: GAITHERSBURG, Md. - The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has opened a funding opportunity for rapid, high-impact projects that support the nation’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Using funds appropriated by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2020
News Release: Seattle - U.S. Attorney Brian Moran of the Western District of Washington 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.
