News from May 2020
By Homeland Newswire | May 13, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, released the recently declassified names of Obama-era officials who were behind the unmasking of Michael Flynn, following their Tuesday request. The senators released the following statement...
By Interior Newswire | May 13, 2020
News Release: Andersonville, Georgia - Following guidance from the White House, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and state and local public health authorities, Andersonville National Historic Site is increasing recreational access. The National Park Service (NPS) is working servicewide with federal, state, and local public health authorities to closely monitor the COVID-19 pandemic and using a phased approach to increase access on a park-by-park basis.
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2020
News Release: People’s Republic of China (PRC) Targeting of COVID-19 Research Organizations.
By Commerce Newswire | May 13, 2020
News Release: Brady Applauds LaHood’s Appointment to China Task Force.
By DOE Newswire | May 13, 2020
News Release: The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Clean Energy Smart Manufacturing Innovation Institute (CESMII) announced up to $7 million in new funding to improve energy-intensive manufacturing processes and strengthen America’s manufacturing sector. CESMII released two project calls to fund research and development...
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2020
News Release: Assistant U. S. Attorney Melanie K. Pierson (619) 546-7976.
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2020
News Release: FORT WAYNE - Horia Malutan, age 43 and Kelly Krieger, age 35, both of Fort Wayne, Indiana were charged in a criminal complaint with armed bank robbery, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.
By Homeland Newswire | May 13, 2020
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE S&T Public Affairs, 202-254-2385 WASHINGTON – The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) today released a predictive modeling tool to estimate natural decay of SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes COVID-19) under a range of temperatures and relative ...
By USDA Newswire | May 13, 2020
News Release: Funding will Bring e-Connectivity to Nearly 20,000 Rural Residents WASHINGTON, May 13, 2020 – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced during a virtual press conference that USDA is investing $22.5 million for two recipients in Michigan to provide broadband service in unserved and underserved rural areas. These investments are part of USDA’s round one investments made through the ReConnect Pilot Program.
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2020
News Release: A former subcontractor for the U.S. Marine Corps pleaded guilty today to destroying records in connection with a federal investigation of bribery and procurement fraud at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune (MCBCL), located in Jacksonville, North Carolina.
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2020
News Release: The Justice Department announced today that it has filed a lawsuit against Crimson Management LLC, Benefield Housing Partnership d/b/a Cedartown Commons, and Cedartown Housing Associates, d/b/a Cedarwood Village, alleging that they violated the Fair Housing Act by intentionally discriminating on the ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2020
News Release: A reality TV personality who stars in Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta, has been arrested on federal bank fraud charges arising from a Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan that he obtained in the name of Flame Trucking.
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2020
News Release: An engineer has been charged in the Eastern District of Texas with allegedly filing bank loan applications fraudulently seeking more than $10 million dollars in forgivable loans guaranteed by the Small Business Administration (SBA) under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2020
News Release: Six Dallas, Texas-area pharmacy owners and marketers were charged in a superseding indictment today for their roles in a scheme involving compound drug claims to TRICARE and the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), the vast majority of which were the product of over $14 million in illegal kickbacks and bribes.
By Labor Gazette | May 13, 2020
News Release: HONOLULU, HI – An investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division has led a Maui, Hawaii, retail store specializing in grocery, household, health and beauty products to pay $800 in back wages to an employee denied paid leave to care for their child whose school closed due to the coronavirus.
By Labor Gazette | May 13, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – Secretary of Labor Eugene Scalia issued the following statement regarding the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board: “I am pleased that today the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board voted unanimously in accordance with President Trump’s direction to immediately halt all steps ...
By Labor Gazette | May 13, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – Secretary of Labor Eugene Scalia issued the following statement regarding the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board: “I am pleased that today the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board voted unanimously in accordance with President Trump’s direction to immediately halt all steps ...
By Labor Gazette | May 13, 2020
News Release: HONOLULU, HI – An investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division has led a Maui, Hawaii, retail store specializing in grocery, household, health and beauty products to pay $800 in back wages to an employee denied paid leave to care for their child whose school closed due to the coronavirus.
By USDA Wire | May 13, 2020
The US Agriculture Department published a two page rule on May 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | May 13, 2020
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on May 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
