News from May 2020
By DOE Newswire | May 27, 2020
News Release: Washington, DC - Energy and Commerce Republicans last week unveiled 15 bills as part of the Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee agenda to ensure American leadership in emerging technologies to beat China and other challenges to global competitiveness. Here’s what members and stakeholders are saying about this effort.
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2020
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ga. - A registered sex offender caught downloading child pornography, some involving very young children, during a 2018 investigation was sentenced to 136 months in prison, said Charlie Peeler, the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia. Donald McFall, 33, of Columbus, was sentenced...
By Commerce Newswire | May 27, 2020
News Release: GAITHERSBURG, Md. - To bolster the resilience of the Global Positioning System (GPS) and the wide scope of technologies and services that rely on precision timing, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is requesting information from the public about the broad use of positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) services, as well as the cybersecurity risk management approaches used to protect them.
By Commerce Newswire | May 27, 2020
News Release: Have Questions About Economic Impact Payments? The IRS Is Eager To Take Your Call.
By Commerce Newswire | May 27, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO) sent a letter to U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Stephen Hahn, M.D., today on the agency’s efforts to maintain food safety and address food supply disruptions in the U.S. during the COVID-19 pandemic.
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2020
News Release: RALEIGH, N.C. - On May 19, 2020 a federal grand jury returned a Superseding Indictment charging a Las Vegas couple with numerous charges, including (1) Conspiracy to Commit Health Care Fraud and Wire Fraud, (2) Health Care Fraud, (3) Wire Fraud, (4) False Statements Relating to Health Care Matters, (4)...
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A former Department of Energy subcontractor has been sentenced in federal court to 18 months in prison and three years of supervised release on his conviction of theft of government funds, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By Interior Newswire | May 27, 2020
News Release: LAS VEGAS - With the lifting of public health and safety restrictions enacted by Nevada officials, the Bureau of Land Management today announced that it is increasing recreational access at Red Rock and Sloan Canyon National Conservation Areas. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) 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 case-by-case basis.
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2020
News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces the unsealing of an indictment charging James Lee Clark (59, Wilton Manors) with one count of conspiracy to commit bankruptcy fraud, seven counts of bankruptcy fraud, one count of making a falsification of records in a bankruptcy proceeding...
By Commerce Newswire | May 27, 2020
News Release: Washington, DC - Energy and Commerce Republicans last week unveiled 15 bills as part of the Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee agenda to ensure American leadership in emerging technologies to beat China and other challenges to global competitiveness. Here’s what members and stakeholders are saying about this effort.
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2020
News Release: An Indictment unsealed today charges former Macomb County Department of Public Works (DPW) Commissioner Anthony Marrocco, 71, of Ray Township, Michigan, with conspiracy to commit extortion in a scheme spanning over two decades, from 1994 through 2016, United States Attorney Matthew Schneider announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2020
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A former Pineville, Missouri, pastor was sentenced in federal court today for producing child pornography.
By Interior Newswire | May 27, 2020
News Release: KINGMAN, Ariz. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Kingman Field Office will begin a four-month restroom renovation project at Burro Creek Campground on June 6, improving facilities that have been in operation since 1991. The project, which is expected to run through October, will update plumbing...
By Commerce Newswire | May 27, 2020
News Release: “Thank you, Chairman Neal. “Let me begin by urging our Democratic colleagues to reopen the House. There is much work to be done; the Senate is in session and the Trump administration has continued to work throughout this crisis. “Establishing an unconstitutional proxy voting system - like the one Congress...
By EPA Newswire | May 27, 2020
News Release: Washington, DC - Energy and Commerce Republicans last week unveiled 15 bills as part of the Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee agenda to ensure American leadership in emerging technologies to beat China and other challenges to global competitiveness. Here’s what members and stakeholders are saying about this effort.
By USDA Newswire | May 26, 2020
Release: Washington, DC, May 26, 2020 - U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced Washington has been approved to operate Pandemic Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT), a new program authorized by the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA), signed by President Trump, which provides assistance to families of children eligible for free or reduced-price meals dealing with school closures.
By DOJ Newswire | May 26, 2020
News Release: RALEIGH, N.C. - A Roanoke Rapids man was sentenced today to 41 months in prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | May 26, 2020
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A Springfield, Missouri, woman pleaded guilty in federal court today to her role in a conspiracy that distributed at least 4.5 kilograms of pure methamphetamine in Laclede County, Missouri.
By Interior Newswire | May 26, 2020
News Release: Melissa Forder is the new National Park Service (NPS) national fire planner, a role she has been detailed in since the beginning of 2020. Melissa has worked for the National Park Service for over 20 years, beginning her fire career in 2000 at Shenandoah National Park as the lead fire effects monitor.
By DOJ Newswire | May 26, 2020
News Release: BURLINGTON, Vt. - DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that Korey Stewart, aka “Skip," “Dash," “Slim," “Gutta," and “Corey Adams," 37 years old, was sentenced last week to 110 months of imprisonment...
