News from May 2020
By Interior Newswire | May 18, 2020
News Release: Lake Meredith National Recreation Area Is Modifying Operations To Implement Local Health Guidance.
By DOL Newswire | May 18, 2020
News Release: Dear Secretary Scalia: We write to learn more about how the Department of Labor (Department or DOL) is targeting resources and support to communities of color experiencing magnified economic consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic. This crisis has exacerbated many of the longstanding structural barriers...
By Commerce Newswire | May 18, 2020
News Release: As State Governments Hold on to Coronavirus Funds, Speaker Pelosi Wants Another $1.5 Trillion for State Bailouts.
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2020
News Release: Harrisburg, PA - Today, U.S. Marshal Martin J. Pane announced the arrest of Maurice Darnell Jefferson - a 46-year old Harrisburg man.
By Interior Newswire | May 18, 2020
News Release: Portland, Ore. - Following guidance from the White House, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and state and local public health authorities, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is increasing recreational access in Oregon. The BLM 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 18, 2020
News Release: Moreno Valley, Calif. - Fire crews from the California Desert Interagency Fire Program will treat up to twenty acres of public lands with prescribed fire in the Lake Mathews-Estelle Mountain Stephens’ Kangaroo Rat (SKR) Reserve in western Riverside County.
By Interior Newswire | May 18, 2020
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation has scheduled a teleconference negotiation session with Delta and San Felipe Division Contractors for a water service contracts.
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced the guilty plea of USAMA DARWICH HAMADE, 55, for conspiring to illegally export goods and technology in violation of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (“IEEPA"), the Export Administration Regulations, the Arms Export Control Act, and the International Traffic in Arms Regulations.
By Commerce Newswire | May 18, 2020
News Release: Good News: Local Governments Can Now Receive More Cash from Federal Reserve.
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2020
News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - CHRISTA DAWN JACKSON, 46, of Tuttle, has been sentenced to serve 48 months in federal prison for embezzling more than $1.2 million from her employer through wire fraud and 24 months for signing a false federal income tax return, with the sentences to be served concurrently, announced U.S. Attorney Timothy J. Downing.
By DOE Newswire | May 18, 2020
News Release: Energy is an enabling resource. It enables us to do things at a scale that was once impossible: empowering medical workers to heal the sick, first responders to protect the vulnerable, and all of us to communicate across the nation.
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced the guilty plea of USAMA DARWICH HAMADE, 55, for conspiring to illegally export goods and technology in violation of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (“IEEPA"), the Export Administration Regulations, the Arms Export Control Act, and the International Traffic in Arms Regulations.
By Interior Newswire | May 18, 2020
News Release: HEYBURN, Idaho - The Bureau of Reclamation will hold an informational meeting to present streamflow forecasts and projected reservoir operations for Jackson Lake Dam and other Snake River reservoirs on May 21 at 5:30 p.m. The meeting was previously scheduled to be held in person in Jackson, Wyo., but will now only be held through remote attendance.
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2020
News Release: Knoxville, Tenn. - U.S. Attorney J. Douglas Overbey of the Eastern District of Tennessee today announced that Bradley County Sheriff’s office received $41,405 in Department of Justice grants to respond to the public safety challenges posed by the outbreak of COVID-19.
By Commerce Newswire | May 18, 2020
News Release: Fox News: Top GOP rep blasts Dems’ $3T “show vote" as ‘recipe for a prolonged recession’.
By State Newswire | May 18, 2020
News Release: Dear Secretary Pompeo: On Feb. 25, in response to a request from several members of Congress, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) published a detailed report evaluating the Department of State’s longstanding deficiencies related to the retention and promotion of employees belonging to...
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2020
News Release: LOS ANGELES - The National Response Team (NRT) of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, along with ATF special agents from the Los Angeles Field Division, were activated today to join the investigation of the fire that occurred Saturday at a commercial building, located at 327 E Boyd St., injuring 12 firefighters from Los Angeles Fire Department.
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2020
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that MARIO LLANOS-AYALA, 45, of Deltona, Florida, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer to 60 months of imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release, for trafficking cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2020
News Release: Knoxville, Tenn. - U.S. Attorney J. Douglas Overbey of the Eastern District of Tennessee today announced that the City of Knoxville received $349,956 in Department of Justice grants to respond to the public safety challenges posed by the outbreak of COVID-19.
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A Rhode Island man with ties to the Almighty Vice Lords, a national street gang, was sentenced today in federal court in Worcester for drug and firearm offenses.
