News from October 2020
By USDA Newswire | Oct 26, 2020
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated four Massachusetts counties as primary natural disaster areas. Producers in Middlesex, Norfolk, Suffolk and Worcester counties who suffered losses caused by recent drought may be eligible for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) emergency loans.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 26, 2020
News Release: Cottonwood, Idaho - Three popular launch sites along the Lower Salmon River are scheduled for improvements that will enhance access for anglers and recreationists. This fall, the BLM’s Cottonwood Field Office will begin boat ramp improvements at the Shorts Bar, Lucile and Hammer Creek recreation sites.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2020
News Release: LOS ANGELES - The final defendant in a federal fraud case was sentenced today to 33 months in prison for conning more than a dozen elderly victims out of nearly $200,000 in a scam involving fake lottery tickets.
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 26, 2020
News Release: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued a Finding of No Significant Impact-Record of Decision for the South-Central Florida Metroplex , which is the agency’s plan to modernize air traffic procedures for 21 airports in the southern half of the state. The agency posted the document and the Final Environmental Assessment (EA) on the Florida Metroplex Environmental website.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2020
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Acting United States Attorney Antoinette T. Bacon announced today that Assistant United States Attorneys (AUSAs) Michael F. Perry and Joshua R. Rosenthal will lead the efforts of the Northern District of New York in connection with the Justice Department’s nationwide Election Day...
By USDA Newswire | Oct 26, 2020
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated three Maine counties as primary natural disaster areas. Producers in Piscataquis, Sagadahoc and Somerset counties who suffered losses caused by recent drought may be eligible for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) emergency loans.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 26, 2020
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated Suffolk County, New York, as a primary natural disaster area. Producers who suffered losses caused by recent drought may be eligible for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) emergency loans.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow released the following statement regarding the passing of The Honorable Juan R. Torruella, United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, on behalf of the United States Attorney’s Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2020
News Release: Rakesh Kumar, the owner of Orba Construction Company (Orba), a public school construction company, pleaded guilty today in federal court in Brooklyn to conspiracy to commit mail fraud for orchestrating a scheme to defraud the New York City School Construction Authority (SCA) by failing to pay the prevailing...
By DOL Newswire | Oct 26, 2020
News Release: Today, House Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC), along with 19 Republican Members from the Education and Labor Committee, sent a letter to U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) Secretary Eugene Scalia commending DOL’s efforts to clarify the standard for determining whether an individual is classified as an independent contractor or employee under the Fair Labor Standards Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2020
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - Four individuals have been charged for their respective roles in a conspiracy to sell phony Coast Guard merchant mariner credentials in Norfolk.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 26, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) today highlighted a new Department of the Interior (DOI) Office of Inspector General (OIG) report documenting what he called “shameful" data breaches in federal agency handling of sensitive Native American governments’ financial information. The breach...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2020
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that a federal grand jury returned an indictment charging Daniel Rodriguez, 37, of North Tonawanda, NY, with possessing with intent to distribute cocaine and crack cocaine. The charges carry a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $1,000,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of narcotics trafficking in connection with a large-scale investigation conducted by the Greater Pittsburgh Safe Streets Task Force, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 26, 2020
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Reclamation, working with the Sacramento River Settlement Contractors and federal and state fish and wildlife agencies, are implementing fall water operations to benefit salmon populations in the Sacramento River.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2020
News Release: Ocala, FL - Senior United States District Judge John Antoon II has sentenced Curtis Duncan (30, Ocala) to 46 months in federal prison for possessing a firearm and ammunition as a convicted felon. The Court also ordered Duncan to forfeit the firearm and ammunition. Duncan had pleaded guilty on July 14, 2020.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 26, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON-House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) and Government Operations Subcommittee Ranking Member Jody Hice (R-Ga.) today called on Postmaster General Louis DeJoy to ensure U.S. Postal Service (USPS) employees are prepared to handle the surge in mail-in ballots in accordance with federal ethics law barring inappropriate political activity while on duty.
By Labor Gazette | Oct 25, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – Last week, the U.S. Department of Labor took a range of actions to aid American workers and employers as our nation combats the coronavirus pandemic.
By Labor Gazette | Oct 25, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – Last week, the U.S. Department of Labor took a range of actions to aid American workers and employers as our nation combats the coronavirus pandemic.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 25, 2020
News Release: Yesterday, due to extreme winds, the East Troublesome Fire (Thompson Zone) intensified and continued to make a significant run to the east from the Continental Divide toward Bear Lake Road in Rocky Mountain National Park causing additional mandatory evacuations of the Estes Valley. The fire split into...
