News from October 2020
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 7, 2020
News Release: Washington, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR), House Communications and Technology Subcommittee Republican Leader Bob Latta (R-OH), House Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY), Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation...
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 7, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $1.9 million grant to the city of Valentine, Nebraska, to make stormwater infrastructure improvements needed to protect businesses from flooding. The EDA grant will be matched with nearly $1.4 million in local investment.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 7, 2020
News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau today released new data from the second phase of the experimental Household Pulse Survey. The Household Pulse Survey is the result of an effort by the Census Bureau and other federal statistical agencies to document temporal trends in how individuals are experiencing business curtailment...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2020
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A Las Vegas, Nevada, man was sentenced to 70 months in prison for conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman, U.S. Attorney Nicholas A. Trutanich for the District of Nevada, and Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigation Special Agent in Charge Tara Sullivan.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2020
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Bergen County, New Jersey, man was charged for his role in stealing prescription HIV medication from the pharmacy of the East Orange VA Medical Center, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced today.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 7, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY) sent a letter to Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar to share their concerns with the HHS Program Support Center (PSC).
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Pine Ridge, South Dakota, man convicted of Assault by Strangulation and Suffocation, two counts of Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury, and Assault Resulting in Substantial Bodily Injury to a Spouse, Intimate Partner, or Dating Partner was sentenced by Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Judge.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2020
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - United States Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that PENH KANG (“KANG"), age 41, of Covington, Louisiana, entered a plea of guilty on October 6, 2020 to Making a False Declaration, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 152(3).
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2020
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Today, the Department of Justice announced it has charged more than 500 domestic violence cases involving firearms during Fiscal Year (FY) 2020. A Department priority since 2019 when Attorney General William P. Barr created the Department of Justice’s first ever-Domestic Violence...
By DOE Newswire | Oct 7, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO) wrote to Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar today raising serious concerns over his decision to overrule career...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2020
News Release: LUBBOCK, TX - Nine individuals in Lubbock have been charged with conspiracy to distribute cocaine and other related drug crimes, announced by DEA Dallas Field Division Special Agent in Charge Eduardo A. Chavez, who oversees DEA operations throughout the region.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2020
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Sachin Aji Bhaskar, 24, of India, who was convicted of sexual enticement of a minor, was sentenced to serve 20 years in prison by Senior U.S. District Judge William J. Skretny.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2020
News Release: The man who sold the AR-15 used to gun down 32 people in Midland and Odessa, Texas last year has pleaded guilty to a gun crime, announced U.S. Attorney Erin Nealy Cox.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 7, 2020
News Release: Today, the U.S. Census Bureau released the report "School Enrollment in the United States: 2018" that examines the characteristics of people enrolled in school at all levels using statistics from the Current Population Survey and the American Community Survey. This report does not reflect any possible...
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 7, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Government Operations, held a hybrid hearing to examine the role of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) during the coronavirus pandemic, the financial condition of the IRS, and the state of the agency’s information technology (IT).
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2020
News Release: FBI El Paso Warns of an Attempt to Spread Disinformation Regarding 'Poll Watchers' During the Upcoming Elections.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2020
News Release: SAVANNAH, GA: The third in a nationwide series of telemedicine fraud prosecutions includes cases in the Southern District of Georgia identifying more than $1.5 billion in fraudulent billings to government healthcare insurance programs.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2020
News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - William Don Dollarhide, 44, of Nardin, Oklahoma (Kay County), pleaded guilty today to producing child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Timothy J. Downing.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2020
News Release: U.S. Attorney Trent Shores today announced more than $1.6 million in Department of Justice grants are being awarded to improve services for crime victims in the Northern District of Oklahoma. The grants, awarded by the Department’s Office of Justice Programs, are part of $144 million distributed throughout the United States to enhance the response to victims of crime.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2020
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore. - Essence Maya Sylvester, 18, and Alexis Richter, 20, both of Portland, Oregon, made initial appearances today in federal court before U.S. Magistrate Judge Stacie F. Beckerman.
