News from May 2020
By DOJ Newswire | May 10, 2020
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY - U.S. Attorney John W. Huber is recognizing the service and sacrifice of federal, state, local, and tribal law enforcement as National Law Enforcement Week begins. The week will be observed Sunday, May 10 through Saturday, May 16, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | May 10, 2020
News Release: In an effort to slow the spread of COVID-19, schools across Minnesota have switched to distance learning for the time being. As a result, children of all ages have access to and are using electronic devices at an unprecedented rate. This dramatic increase in time our children spend online creates a target rich environment for child predators who use various online methods to sexually exploit our children.
By Interior Newswire | May 10, 2020
News Release: Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park is beginning to increase recreational access to park grounds.
By Labor Gazette | May 9, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor today published a series of responses to specific inquiries and questions raised by states regarding the Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation (FPUC) program. Section 2104 of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act authorizes the ...
By Labor Gazette | May 9, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor today published a series of responses to specific inquiries and questions raised by states regarding the Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation (FPUC) program. Section 2104 of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act authorizes the ...
By US DOT Newswire | May 9, 2020
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Leaders of the Homeland Security and Transportation and Infrastructure Committees sent a letter to Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao and Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf to urge them to establish an interagency working group to develop robust, coordinated plans to address...
By State Newswire | May 9, 2020
News Release: Washington-Bipartisan leadership of the House Foreign Affairs and Senate Foreign Relations Committees called on the senior leaders of nearly 60 countries to affirmatively support Taiwan’s participation in international organizations, and in light of the deadly COVID-19 pandemic, to ensure Taiwan can...
By Interior Newswire | May 9, 2020
News Release: Medora, North Dakota - Following guidance from the White House, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the U.S. Public Health Service, and the North Dakota Department of Health, Theodore Roosevelt National Park is resuming visitor access for recreational day use of trails, picnic areas, roads...
By Interior Newswire | May 9, 2020
News Release: Sandy Springs, GA - Following guidance from the White House, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and state and local public health authorities, Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area (NRA) 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 Interior Newswire | May 9, 2020
News Release: Ochopee, FL - The Moon Fish Wildfire continues to grow and is approximately 27,037 acres with no containment. Visitors and travelers should expect to smell and see smoke along US Highway 41 near the Miccosukee Community area and in the greater Miami area, depending on the winds and fuels in which the fire is burning.
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2020
News Release: Horizon City Man Arrested for Allegedly Making Online Threats.
By State Newswire | May 9, 2020
News Release: Lawmakers Call for an End of China’s Campaign to Exclude Taiwan from International Organizations
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2020
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - James W. O’Brien, age 64, of Binghamton, New York, was sentenced yesterday to 220 months in prison for transporting, receiving, and possessing child pornography, announced United States Attorney Grant C. Jaquith; Thomas F. Relford, Special Agent in Charge of the Albany Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); and New York State Police Superintendent Keith Corlett.
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2020
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - James W. O’Brien, age 64, of Binghamton, New York, was sentenced yesterday to 220 months in prison for transporting, receiving, and possessing child pornography, announced United States Attorney Grant C. Jaquith; Thomas F. Relford, Special Agent in Charge of the Albany Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); and New York State Police Superintendent Keith Corlett.
By USDA Newswire | May 8, 2020
News Release: USDA is expanding access to innovative online food purchase program (Washington, D.C., May 8, 2020) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced approval of a request from Rhode Island to provide online purchasing of food to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) households. ...
By USDA Newswire | May 8, 2020
News Release: (Washington, D.C., May 8, 2020) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today applauded the safe reopening of critical infrastructure meatpacking facilities across the United States. These meatpacking facilities have resumed or plan to resume operations this week following President Trump’s Executive ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON – This week, the President’s Commission on Law Enforcement and the Administration of Justice held a hearing on juvenile justice over three days via teleconference. Each teleconference featured expert witnesses who provided testimony and, subsequently, answered questions from the Commissioners.
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON – The Department of Justice today filed a Statement of Interest in a Georgia federal court to help ensure that uniformed service members serving their country away from home, their family members absent with them, and American citizens living overseas have the opportunity to participate fully ...
By Fed Newswire | May 8, 2020
News Release: Four federal financial regulatory agencies have approved a policy statement on allowances for credit losses. The statement will promote consistency in the interpretation and application of the Financial Accounting Standards Board's credit losses accounting standard, which introduces the current expected credit losses (CECL) methodology.
By Labor Gazette | May 8, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Secretary of Labor Eugene Scalia issued the following statement on the April 2020 Employment Situation report: “Today’s report reflects the massive impact that measures to contain the coronavirus have had on the American workforce. This employment situation is exceptionally fluid. ...
