News from October 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2020
News Release: Fairview Heights, Ill. - U.S. Attorney Steven D. Weinhoeft today praised the Senate confirmation of.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 1, 2020
News Release: GAITHERSBURG, Md. - The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has awarded 19 small businesses in 12 states a total of more than $4.4 million in grants to support innovative technology development. The awardees will receive Phase I or Phase II funding through...
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 1, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - A bipartisan bill led by U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI), Ranking Member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and Rob Portman (R-OH) was signed into law by the President. The new law will help save taxpayer dollars by updating policies to help federal agencies...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2020
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Schroder announced today $997,764 in Department of Justice grants to combat elder abuse and financial fraud targeted at seniors across the Alaska. The grants, awarded by the Department’s Office of Justice Programs (OJP), are part of over $9 million in funding to support...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2020
News Release: Ocala, FL - Jose Merced Sanchez De La Torre (43) has pleaded guilty to illegal re-entry by a previously deported alien and unlawful possession of a firearm. He faces up to 30 years in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 1, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee released the following statement after the House passed America's Conservation Enhancement (ACE) Act.
