News from May 2020
By Homeland Newswire | May 7, 2020
News Release: EL PASO, Texas - Criminal organizations continue to try to smuggle fraudulent, mislabeled, and unauthorized COVID-19 related products, such as purported anti-viral products, personal protective equipment (PPE), and test kits across the El Paso-Ciudad Juarez border.
By Interior Newswire | May 7, 2020
News Release: Boise, Idaho - The Bureau of Land Management issued a decision for the Tri-state Fuel Breaks Project. These fuel breaks will reduce flammable vegetation alongside roadways on BLM-managed lands in southwest Idaho and provide safe anchor points for firefighters and strategic opportunities to more effectively limit the spread of wildfires.
By DOE Newswire | May 7, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Ranking Member Greg Walden (R-OR) today announced that the Full Committee will hold a teleconference forum on Friday, May 8, at 12 pm (EDT) on COVID-19 testing, contact tracing and surveillance.
By USDA Newswire | May 6, 2020
Release: Washington, DC, May 6, 2020- U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced approval of a request from Colorado to provide online purchasing of food to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) households. This approval will allow Colorado to expedite the implementation of online purchasing...
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2020
News Release: New Haven - United States Attorney John H. Durham, Connecticut Attorney General William Tong, Chief State’s Attorney Richard Colangelo and FBI Special Agent in Charge David Sundberg today announced formation of a joint federal-state task force combatting COVID-19 related fraud in Connecticut. The task...
By Interior Newswire | May 6, 2020
News Release: Lovell, WY - Following guidance from the White House, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and state and local public health authorities, Bighorn Canyon is increasing recreational access on the North District, near Fort Smith, MT. 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 6, 2020
News Release: COEUR D'ALENE - Christopher Randle, 59, of Plummer, Idaho, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 57 months in federal prison for distributing methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced today. Chief U.S. District Judge David Nye also ordered Randle to serve three years of supervised release following his prison sentence. Randle pled guilty to the charge in December 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2020
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Edward Douglas Jacome, age 31, of Henryetta, Oklahoma was sentenced to 46 months’ imprisonment, and 3 years of supervised release for Felon In Possession Of Firearm And Ammunition, in violation...
By USDA Newswire | May 6, 2020
News Release: USDA is expanding access to innovative online food purchase program (Washington, D.C., May 6, 2020) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced approval of a request from Colorado to provide online purchasing of food to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) households. This ...
By USDA Newswire | May 6, 2020
News Release: (Washington, D.C., May 6, 2020) - U.S. Secretary Perdue today applauded the decision made by the District Court of Western Missouri which ruled that the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has the primary jurisdiction over worker’s safety in meat processing plants across the country during the COVID-19 national emergency.
By USDA Newswire | May 6, 2020
News Release: (Washington, D.C., May 6, 2020) - U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue last night sent the following two letters to Governors across the nation and leadership of major meat processing companies. These letters establish the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) clear expectations for the implementation ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2020
News Release: A federal court ordered a California company to stop distributing hand sanitizer products that are unapproved new drugs, the Justice Department announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2020
News Release: The Department of Justice has reached a settlement of its civil forfeiture cases against assets acquired by Khadem al-Qubaisi using funds allegedly misappropriated from 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB), Malaysia’s investment development fund, and laundered through financial institutions in several ...
By Fed Newswire | May 6, 2020
News Release: In light of the challenges arising from the coronavirus response, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and the Federal Reserve Board today announced two extensions to upcoming resolution plan deadlines.
By Commerce News Now | May 6, 2020
News Release: U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced today that the Department will initiate an investigation into whether the quantities or circumstances of mobile crane imports into the United States threaten to impair the national security. This decision follows a petition filed by domestic producer, ...
By Commerce News Now | May 6, 2020
News Release: Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross joined the teleconference board meeting of the Alliance for Automotive Innovation. Secretary Ross and the Automotive Innovation board members discussed the Administration and automotive industry’s responses to current challenges facing the automotive industry, ...
By Labor Gazette | May 6, 2020
News Release: TAMARAC, FL – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Crown Roofing LLC for exposing employees to fall hazards at a residential worksite in Tamarac, Florida. The Sarasota, Florida-based contractor faces penalties of $134,937.
By Labor Gazette | May 6, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced the award of six Dislocated Worker Grants (DWGs) totaling $10,012,821 to help address the workforce-related impacts of the public health emergency related to the coronavirus. These awards are funded under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic ...
By Labor Gazette | May 6, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor today awarded $637,596 in additional National Dislocated Worker (DWG) Grant funding to the Anne Arundel Workforce Development Corp. (AAWDC). The funding will provide for the continuation of employment and training services to transitioning military service ...
By Labor Gazette | May 6, 2020
News Release: ATLANTA, GA – The U.S. Department of Labor has filed suit against Advance Benefits Management Systems USA Inc. (ABMS), its founder and CEO C. Kenneth Johnson, and company President Randy Wright. In the suit, filed in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, the department asks the court ...
