News from May 2020
By Commerce Newswire | May 20, 2020
News Release: House Ways and Means Chairman Richard E. Neal announced today that the Committee will hold a hearing on “The Disproportionate Impact of COVID-19 on Communities of Color" on Wednesday, May 27, 2020 at 12 PM.
By DOE Newswire | May 20, 2020
News Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced the selection of the University of Texas - San Antonio to lead the Cybersecurity Manufacturing Innovation Institute (CyManII), a public-private consortium to bolster U.S. manufacturing competitiveness, energy efficiency, and innovation. CyManII will focus on early-stage research and development (R&D) to advance cybersecurity in energy-efficient manufacturing.
By DOE Newswire | May 20, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced the selection of the University of Texas - San Antonio to lead the Cybersecurity Manufacturing Innovation Institute (CyManII), a public-private consortium to bolster U.S. manufacturing competitiveness, energy efficiency, and innovation. CyManII will focus on early-stage research and development (R&D) to advance cybersecurity in energy-efficient manufacturing.
By DOL Newswire | May 20, 2020
News Release: Dear Secretary DeVos: We urge you to reverse your unauthorized decision to provide institutions of higher education, regardless of need, at least $500,000 of taxpayer funds from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act), Public Law No. 116-136. The limited federal resources...
By State Newswire | May 20, 2020
News Release: Washington-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following statement...
By DOL Newswire | May 20, 2020
News Release: Today, Republican Leader of the Committee on Education and Labor, Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), issued the following statement after President Trump signed an Executive Order directing federal agencies to rescind or temporarily waive regulations to provide relief to businesses and job creators as the nation’s economy recovers from COVID-19...
By Interior Newswire | May 20, 2020
News Release: Prineville, Ore. - With the lifting of public health and safety restrictions enacted by local, county and state officials, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Prineville District announced that recreational access is increasing in many locations throughout Central Oregon. The district is working 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 Interior Newswire | May 20, 2020
News Release: Queens, N.Y. - Following guidance from the White House, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and state and local public health authorities, Gateway National Recreation Area will continue to provide limited recreational access and services at Riis Park and Fort Tilden for the Memorial Day...
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2020
News Release: NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - A federal indictment was unsealed today charging a Mathews County man with production of child pornography and coercion and enticement of a child.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2020
News Release: PROVIDENCE - FBI agents, members of the FBI Boston Division’s Human Trafficking Child Exploitation Task Force, and members of local and state law enforcement today executed a federal court authorized search of a Warwick residence, culminating in the arrest of a Warwick man on child exploitation charges.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2020
News Release: Solicited Explicit Images, Videos from Child Victims Online.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A Boston man was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2020
News Release: Knoxville, Tenn. - U.S. Attorney J. Douglas Overbey of the Eastern District of Tennessee today announced that the City of Oak Ridge received $36,437 in Department of Justice grants to respond to the public safety challenges posed by the outbreak of COVID-19.
By Commerce Newswire | May 20, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) today led the filing of an amicus brief with 36 House and Senate colleagues in the Federal District Court for the District of Columbia urging the court to halt operation of the nearly 1,200-mile Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL). As detailed in the amicus...
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Monroeville, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A former resident of New Bedford was resentenced today in federal court for a 2013 armed bank robbery.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2020
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Marilyn Murillo, age 24, of San Diego, California was sentenced to 7 months’ imprisonment, and 2 years of supervised release for Possession Of Counterfeit Obligation Of The United States, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 474(a). The charges arose from an investigation by the United States Secret Service and the Oklahoma Highway Patrol.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2020
News Release: LONDON, Ky.- A Somerset, Kentucky, man, Tommy Vaughn, 42, was sentenced in federal court on Tuesday to 128 months in prison, by U.S. District Judge Robert Wier, for conspiring to distribute five grams or more of methamphetamine and heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2020
News Release: FBI Warns of Child Sexual Abuse Material Being Displayed During Zoom Meetings.
By Interior Newswire | May 20, 2020
News Release: Coeur d’Alene, Idaho - Marking the beginning of the boating season on Lake Coeur d’Alene, the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Blackwell Island recreation site and boat launches will open on Thursday, May 21. The 134-space parking lot and four-lane boat launch at Blackwell Island are highly sought after...
