News from March 2020
By Interior Newswire | Mar 20, 2020
News Release: BARTLETT COVE, AK - Citing employee and community health concerns, as well as significant disruption in travel due to the novel coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic, Superintendent Philip Hooge announced today that Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve will push back the start of its visitor services season...
By USDA Newswire | Mar 20, 2020
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture the following activity.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 20, 2020
News Release: FOLEY, AL - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited national discount retailer Dollar Tree Store Inc. for exposing employees to safety hazards at a store in Foley, Alabama. The company faces $106,029 in penalties.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 20, 2020
News Release: NOAA is seeking a technology partner to help design and build the Earth Prediction Innovation Center (EPIC). This extramural center will accelerate scientific research and engineering to create the world’s most accurate and reliable operational weather forecast model.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 20, 2020
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - U.S. Attorney Robert M. Duncan, Jr. of Eastern District of Kentucky on Thursday 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 20, 2020
News Release: Jacksonville, FL - U.S. Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announced today that Dr. Parveen Khanna has paid the United States $850,000 to resolve a civil False Claims Act investigation into whether she submitted false claims to the TRICARE and Medicare programs that were incentivized by illegal kickbacks.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 20, 2020
News Release: Washington, DC - National parks in the greater Washington area are modifying their operations to promote social distancing and implement the latest guidance from the White House, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and local and state authorities.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 20, 2020
News Release: BROOKLYN, NY - Richard P. Donoghue, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, 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 20, 2020
News Release: U.S. Attorney Trent Shores Appoints Coronavirus Anti-Fraud Prosecution Team.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 20, 2020
News Release: Contact: NPS Public Affairs. Contact: Tom VandenBerg. BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK, TEXAS - Today the National Park Service (NPS) 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...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 20, 2020
News Release: Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site 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 Wednesday, March 18, the Visitor Center and all...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 20, 2020
News Release: Kelly Watzka Appointed as Coronavirus Fraud Coordinator.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 20, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Senate Small Business Committee Ranking Member Ben Cardin, D-Md., today introduced legislation to rescue small businesses from the economic crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic and the Trump administration’s failure to ensure widespread testing.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 20, 2020
News Release: Murfreesboro, Tennessee - Stones River National Battlefield 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 Wednesday March 18, 2020, the...
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 20, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Following calls and pressure from U.S. Senator Gary Peters, Ranking Member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, President Trump announced he will use the authorities under the Defense Production Act (DPA) to address widespread shortages for personal protective...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 20, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Department of Justice announced action to further expand opportunities for scientific and medical research on marijuana in the United States.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 20, 2020
News Release: Philadelphia, Pa. - Independence National Historical Park is announcing modifications to operations to implement the latest guidance from the White House, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and to comply with the orders of Governor Wolf. As of March 21, Independence Hall and all buildings...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 20, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Peter T. Gaynor provided a telephone briefing to Members of the Committee on Oversight and Reform on the Administration’s preparation for, and response to, the coronavirus crisis. Administrator Gaynor was accompanied during the briefing by Keith Turi, the Assistant Administrator of FEMA’s Recovery Directorate.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 20, 2020
News Release: HONOLULU, Hawaii - U.S. Attorney Kenji M. Price for the District of Hawaii 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 20, 2020
News Release: Lesley Wolf Appointed as Coronavirus Fraud Coordinator.
