News from March 2020
By Interior Newswire | Mar 18, 2020
News Release: NATCHITOCHES, LA - Cane River Creole 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 18, 2020, the Magnolia...
By DOL Newswire | Mar 18, 2020
News Release: PHILADELPHIA, PA - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has launched an initiative to increase the focus of agency inspections in the District of Columbia’s maritime, construction, and general industries on identifying, reducing, or eliminating worker exposures to respirable crystalline silica.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 18, 2020
News Release: WALLA WALLA, Wash. - Whitman Mission 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 March 18, 2020, the site’s visitor center is closed until further notice. Where it is possible to adhere to the latest health guidance, park trails and grounds will remain open.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 18, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper, top Democrat on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, released the following statements after reports revealed that at least one employee at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has tested positive for COVID-19, and that multiple EPA employees across the country are awaiting test results or self-isolating and monitoring their symptoms, per the recommendations of public health experts.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 18, 2020
News Release: Pipestone National Monument 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 18, the Visitor Center is closed until further notice. The grounds will remain open so that visitors are able to enjoy the Circle Trail.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 18, 2020
News Release: Washington, DC - As the COVID-19 outbreak continues, Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Republican Leader Bob Latta (R-OH) comment on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)’s decision to waive the E-Rate and Rural Health Care program gift rules, which will make it easier for broadband providers to support telehealth and remote learning.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 18, 2020
News Release: PHILADELPHIA, PA - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has launched an initiative to increase the focus of agency inspections in West Virginia’s maritime, construction, and general industries on identifying, reducing, or eliminating worker exposures to respirable crystalline silica.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 18, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that an Agency Village, South Dakota, man has pled guilty to involuntary manslaughter.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 18, 2020
News Release: Padre Island National Seashore 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 18, 2020, the Malaquite Beach Visitor Center is closed...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 18, 2020
News Release: FOLSOM, Calif. - Today, the Bureau of Reclamation temporarily suspended public visitation and activities at the American River Water Education Center at Folsom Dam until further notice. In support of the recommended guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the American River Water Education Center will be temporarily closed. The health and safety of the public and our employees is our number one priority.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 18, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today after the Senate passed H.R. 6201, the Families First Coronavirus Response Act. Pallone is an original co-sponsor of the bill that passed in the House last week and helped draft key provisions, ...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 18, 2020
News Release: BOISE, Idaho - The Bureau of Land Management will be conducting prescribed burns to reduce unsafe accumulations of tumbleweeds along fencelines and roadways south of Boise within the Morley Nelson Snake River Birds of Prey National Conservation Area. Burning will occur from late March through April, depending on weather, fuel and ground conditions.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 18, 2020
News Release: DAYTON - Bruce Long, 49, of Dayton, was sentenced in federal court this afternoon to 78 months in prison for possessing a firearm after having been previously convicted of felony offenses.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 18, 2020
News Release: As fifth-generation (5G) devices and networks begin to roll out, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is helping to build the crucial measurement infrastructure for emerging wireless systems by developing new measurement methods and analysis tools and by facilitating the sharing...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 18, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today after the Senate passed H.R. 6201, the Families First Coronavirus Response Act. Pallone is an original co-sponsor of the bill that passed in the House last week and helped draft key provisions, ...
By EPA Newswire | Mar 18, 2020
News Release: Washington, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) released the following statement after the Senate passage of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 18, 2020
News Release: Washington, DC - As the COVID-19 outbreak continues, Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Republican Leader Bob Latta (R-OH) comment on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)’s decision to waive the E-Rate and Rural Health Care program gift rules, which will make it easier for broadband providers to support telehealth and remote learning.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 18, 2020
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security, and Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Chair of the Judiciary Committee Immigration and Citizenship Subcommittee, released a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report they requested on the implementation of the Trump Administration’s “zero tolerance" policy - which resulted in the separation of thousands of children from their parents at the Southwest Border.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 18, 2020
News Release: Washington, DC - As the COVID-19 outbreak continues, Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Republican Leader Bob Latta (R-OH) comment on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)’s decision to waive the E-Rate and Rural Health Care program gift rules, which will make it easier for broadband providers to support telehealth and remote learning.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 18, 2020
News Release: In response to an increase in confirmed novel (new) coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in Tennessee, and new guidance from the White House and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the National Park Service (NPS) announced a number of operational changes to Big South Fork National River & Recreation Area and Obed Wild & Scenic River.
