News from May 2020
By DOE Newswire | May 6, 2020
News Release: House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone Jr. (D-NJ) and Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-OR) called on the Trump administration to address the lack of financial relief for Medicaid providers fighting the COVID-19 pandemic. The two Committee leaders voiced concerns...
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2020
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - A Lexington man, Andrew Maurice King, 29, pleaded guilty in federal court on Wednesday before U.S. District Court Judge Danny Reeves to trafficking 10 grams or more of valerylfentanyl and being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm.
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 Homeland Newswire | May 6, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) awarded $142,465 in Phase 1 funding to Cignal LLC of Ashburn, Virginia, to create high-fidelity synthetic data used to train artificial intelligence (AI). S&T’s Silicon Valley Innovation Program’s (SVIP) is funding this work under its “Object Recognition and Adaptive Algorithms in Passenger Property Screening " solicitation.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2020
News Release: RALEIGH, N.C. - A federal grand jury returned an indictment today charging two inmates at the Federal Correctional Institution in Butner, North Carolina (“FCI Butner I") with assaulting, resisting, or impeding federal officers, as well as inciting or participating in a mutiny or riot within a federal penal institution.
By Interior Newswire | May 6, 2020
News Release: Portland, Ore. - Effective May 10, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is prohibiting the use of fireworks, target shooting with exploding targets, and firing tracer or incendiary devices on all BLM-managed public lands throughout Oregon and Washington. The prohibition will remain in effect until October 31.
By US DOT Newswire | May 6, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators John Barrasso (R-WY) and Tom Carper (D-DE) released the following statements on the committee's passage of America's Water Infrastructure Act of 2020 (AWIA 2020) and the Drinking Water Infrastructure Act of 2020. The legislation as amended passed the committee by a vote of 21 to 0.
By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2020
News Release: COVINGTON, Ky. - Shirley Ann Cameron, 53, of Chicago, Illinois, and Danielle Vaccara Davis, 42, of Geronimo, Oklahoma, were sentenced today, on their guilty pleas to charges of Aggravated Identity Theft and Conspiracy to Commit Access Device Fraud. United States District Court Judge David L. Bunning sentenced Cameron to 36 months in federal prison, while Davis received a total of 30 months.
By Interior Newswire | May 5, 2020
News Release: WEST VALLEY, Utah - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Salt Lake Field Office is now accepting online payment for fees associated with Knolls Off-Highway Vehicle Special Recreation Management Area (Knolls) in Tooele County, Simpson Springs Campground in Tooele County, and Little Creek Campground in...
By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2020
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - United States Attorney Andrew Birge offered tips to help parents and guardians keep their children safe from on-line predators, commenting that: "With schools and entertainment facilities closed during the COVID-19 pandemic, kids are using the Internet more and more. Unfortunately, that means online child sexual predators have increased access to them.".
By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Velva, North Dakota, man convicted of Possession of a Firearm by Prohibited Person was sentenced on April 27, 2020, by U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier.
By USDA Newswire | May 5, 2020
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture the following activity.
By USDA Newswire | May 5, 2020
News Release: New Opportunities for e-Connectivity for more than 2,200 New Mexico Households WASHINGTON, May 5, 2020 – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced during a virtual press conference that USDA is investing $23 million for three recipients in New Mexico 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 USDA Newswire | May 5, 2020
News Release: Pandemic EBT to Feed Children during COVID-19 National Emergency (Washington, D.C., May 5, 2020) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced Maine, North Dakota, West Virginia, and Vermont have been approved to operate Pandemic Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT), a new program authorized ...
By USDA Newswire | May 5, 2020
News Release: New public-private partnership surpasses initial goal to serve five-times more kids during COVID-19 (Washington, D.C., May 5, 2020) – Today, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced a major expansion of Meals to You, USDA’s innovative partnership with the Baylor University Collaborative on ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2020
News Release: Two businessmen have been charged in the District of Rhode Island with allegedly filing bank loan applications fraudulently seeking more than a half-million dollars in forgivable loans guaranteed by the Small Business Administration (SBA) under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2020
News Release: Attorney General William P. Barr issued the following statement: “American Indian and Alaska Native people have suffered injustices for hundreds of years, including today’s rampant domestic and sexual violence carried out primarily against women and girls. Today, President Trump has proclaimed a day ...
By Fed Newswire | May 5, 2020
News Release: To support the flow of credit to households and businesses, the federal bank regulatory agencies today announced an interim final rule that modifies the agencies' Liquidity Coverage Ratio (LCR) rule to support banking organizations' participation in the Federal Reserve's Money Market Mutual Fund Liquidity Facility and the Paycheck Protection Program Liquidity Facility.
By Fed Newswire | May 5, 2020
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday announced the execution of the enforcement action listed below: Prohibition and cease and desist order against Thomas P. Hinkebein, former President of Whitaker Bank, Inc., Lexington, Kentucky, for misappropriating bank property and funds.
By Labor Gazette | May 5, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor announced that the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has released a new video and poster for employers and workers on how to properly wear and remove a respirator.
