News from May 2020
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2020
News Release: Money can be used in a variety of ways - including for staffing, overtime, protective gear or medical care in jails and prisons.
By Homeland Newswire | May 1, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) launched a dedicated telework product line intended to advise and support the incorporation of cybersecurity considerations when adopting or expanding telework policies, such as the use of video conferencing software and related collaboration tools.
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2020
News Release: Criminal Charges Filed Against Two Iranian Nationals for Violating Money Laundering & Sanctions Laws by Procuring Petroleum Tanker.
By Interior Newswire | May 1, 2020
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation, Friant Water Authority and Madera-Chowchilla Water and Power Authority have scheduled negotiation sessions for contract renewals for transfer of operation, maintenance and replacement activities related to the Friant-Kern Canal and the Madera Canal and associated facilities.
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2020
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced today that his Office is reaffirming its commitment under the Fair Housing Act to combat sexual harassment in housing. The Office is planning to hold virtual roundtables with local community organizations and encourages anyone who has experienced sexual harassment in housing, or knows someone who has, to share the information or file a complaint.
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2020
News Release: Justice Department Charges Two Defendants with Carjacking and Carrying a Firearm in Relation to a Crime of Violence in Connection with the Death of Two Transgender Individuals.
By Interior Newswire | May 1, 2020
News Release: Following guidance from the White House, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and state and local public health authorities, Padre Island National Seashore 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 USDA Newswire | May 1, 2020
News Release: Today, U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow, Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, urged USDA to provide flexibility for farmers and non-profits and ensure a wide variety of food is used in its Farmers to Families Food Box program.
By Interior Newswire | May 1, 2020
News Release: DOLORES, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Tres Rios Field Office is seeking public comments on the draft environmental assessment (EA) for the 22,000-acre Spring Creek Basin Wild Horse Herd Management Area Plan in Disappointment Valley. The proposed plan evaluates the area’s landscape conditions and current wild horse management levels and identifies wild horse management objectives.
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2020
News Release: Memphis, TN - United States Attorney D. Michael Dunavant of the Western District of Tennessee is asking anyone who has witnessed or experienced sexual harassment by a landlord, property manager, maintenance worker, or anyone with control over housing to report that conduct to the Department of Justice.
By Interior Newswire | May 1, 2020
News Release: PHOENIX - The Bureau of Land Management is working with the U.S. Department of the Air Force (USAF) and the U.S. Department of the Navy (USN), acting on behalf of the U.S. Marine Corps, to allow for the continuation of military testing, training and national defense at the Barry M. Goldwater Range in southern Arizona.
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2020
News Release: Preyed Upon Older Homeowners in Durham, Orange, and Chatham Counties.
By USDA Newswire | May 1, 2020
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Commodity Credit Corporation today announced interest rates for May 2020, which are effective May 1-May 31, 2020.
By Interior Newswire | May 1, 2020
News Release: BAR HARBOR, ME - Acadia National Park, in response to guidance from the State of Maine Department of Health and Human Services, is announcing additional modifications to operations to support federal, state, and local efforts to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). The Acadia National...
By Interior Newswire | May 1, 2020
News Release: (BUTTE, Mont.) - Weather permitting, the Bureau of Land Management’s Butte Field Office will wrap up its prescribed burn on just over 400 acres in the Iron Mask area west of Townsend over the weekend and into next week.
By Commerce Newswire | May 1, 2020
News Release: Washington, DC - Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR), Energy Subcommittee Republican Leader Fred Upton (R-MI), and Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee Republican Leader John Shimkus (R-IL) released the following statement on President Trump’s Executive Order to secure the United States Bulk-Power System (BPS).
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Little Eagle, South Dakota, woman has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Assault With a Dangerous Weapon and Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury.
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2020
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Charlene Edwards Honeywell has sentenced Jason Wayne Lovett (45, Tampa) to 18 months in federal prison for passing counterfeit currency. Lovett had pleaded guilty on Jan. 21, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2020
News Release: A man who attempted to entice a minor to engage in illegal sexual activity was sentenced today to ten years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Matthew D. Krueger announced today that Center for Pain Management, S.C. (“CPM"), and its owner, Dr. Nosheen Hasan, agreed to pay at least $1.35 million to resolve allegations that they received kickbacks from a urine drug testing laboratory in exchange for ordering medically unnecessary...
