News from May 2020
By State Newswire | May 4, 2020
News Release: Washington D.C. -Today, an overwhelming bipartisan majority of the House of Representatives called on the Trump Administration to extend the United Nations arms embargo on Iran, which is set to expire in October of this year. In a letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Foreign Affairs Committee Republican...
By USDA Newswire | May 4, 2020
News Release: Washington - U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced details of $470 million in Section 32 food purchases to occur in the third quarter of fiscal year 2020, in addition to purchases previously announced, which will enable USDA to purchase surplus food for distribution to communities...
By Interior Newswire | May 4, 2020
News Release: Dover, TN - Following guidance from the White House, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and in consultation with state and local public health information, Fort Donelson National Battlefield is increasing recreational access to the battlefield. The National Park Service (NPS) is working...
By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2020
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A Fairfax physician pleaded guilty today to leading and organizing an extensive and illegal prescription distribution conspiracy and a related health care fraud scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2020
News Release: Florence, South Carolina --- United States Attorney Peter M. McCoy, Jr. announced today that Curtis Goodman, 40, of Lynchburg, was sentenced via videoconference to 10 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to conspiracy to distribute cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2020
News Release: ABINGDON, Va. - A Bristol, Virginia, man who is accused of messaging who he thought was a 14-year-old girl but was actually an online covert employee of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), was arrested Saturday on a federal criminal complaint and charged with child exploitation and child pornography crimes. United States Attorney Thomas T. Cullen and David W. Archey, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI’s Richmond Division made the announcement today.
By State Newswire | May 4, 2020
News Release: Dear Secretary DeVos: Under your leadership as Secretary, the Department of Education (Department) has sought to improve transparency and reduce reliance on foreign investment in U.S. higher education. Recent revelations of China taking steps to suppress academic research into the origins of the COVID-19...
By USDA Newswire | May 4, 2020
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 115,800 metric tons of corn for delivery to unknown destinations during the 2019/2020 marketing year.
By USDA Newswire | May 4, 2020
Release: Washington, DC, May 4, 2020 - U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced details of $470 million in Section 32 food purchases to occur in the third quarter of fiscal year 2020, in addition to purchases previously announced, which will enable USDA to purchase surplus food for distribution...
By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2020
News Release: A man who repeatedly threatened a Cedar Rapids bank, its employees, and other individuals from northern Iowa by telephone and text messages was sentenced today to six years in federal prison.
By Homeland Newswire | May 4, 2020
News Release: The ongoing and rapidly spreading SARS-CoV-2 outbreak continues to present formidable challenges to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), its component agencies, and its international partners as we work together to protect the health and safety of our citizens around the world.
By USDA Newswire | May 4, 2020
Release: Washington, DC, May 4, 2020 - U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced approval of a request from Nevada to provide online purchasing of food to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) households. This approval will allow Nevada to expedite the implementation of online purchasing...
By Interior Newswire | May 4, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Bureau of Reclamation has released a funding opportunity for communities to take a proactive approach to drought through building projects that increase water supply reliability, improve water management, or provide benefits for fish, wildlife and the environment. The drought resiliency projects funding opportunity is available at www.grants.gov by searching funding opportunity number BOR-DO-20-F002.
By DOE Newswire | May 4, 2020
News Release: The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Legacy Management (LM) is proud to announce that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded the 2020 Federal Facility Excellence in Site Reuse Award to the Weldon Spring Site. This award recognizes noteworthy restoration and reuse of federal facility sites through innovative thinking and cooperation among federal agencies, states, tribes, local partners, and developers.
By Interior Newswire | May 4, 2020
News Release: Coeur d’Alene, Idaho - BLM’s Huckleberry Campground is set to open on May 9, marking the beginning of the summer camping season in northern Idaho. The popular campground requires reservations for camp dates beginning May 15 through Sept.13, for most campsites. Reservations can be made through.
By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2020
News Release: Florence, South Carolina --- United States Attorney Peter M. McCoy, Jr. announced today that Curtis Goodman, 40, of Lynchburg, was sentenced via videoconference to 10 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to conspiracy to distribute cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2020
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - Federal charges have been filed against a Kansas man accused of shooting a clerk during a gas station robbery in Kansas City, Kan., last month, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2020
News Release: Government Official and Contracting Executive Plead Guilty to Bribery Conspiracy.
By Interior Newswire | May 4, 2020
News Release: Dover, TN - Travelers on segments of Natcor Drive and Cedar Streets within Fort Donelson National Battlefield are cautioned to watch for road work the week of May 4. Contractors will be removing current road striping, repairing cracks or damage to pavement, and placing temporary traffic striping in preparation for a road surface treatment project of all Fort Donelson roadways and parking areas.
By Interior Newswire | May 4, 2020
News Release: PHOENIX - The Bureau of Land Management will break ground this week on construction of the Baldy Mountain shooting sports site, one of five sites currently planned within the boundaries of the BLM Phoenix District. Construction will begin May 4 and is expected to take approximately six months. Once completed, the site will be the first to open for public use.
