News published on Federal Newswire in September 2020

News from September 2020


News Release: A man who brandished an assault rifle at a Black Lives Matter protest in Lubbock has pleaded guilty to making threats, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Erin Nealy Cox.


News Release: TWIN FALLS, Idaho - The Bureau of Land Management Twin Falls District staff will join the Southern Idaho Off-Road Association, Magic Valley ATV Riders and Jerome County on Saturday, Sept. 12, to clean up the north rim of the Snake River Canyon.


News Release: SALT LAKE CITY - Officers from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Enforcement and Removal Operations (ICE ERO) arrested an aggravated felon convicted of attempted sexual assault on a child among other crimes Sept. 8.


U.S. Department of Labor Cites New Jersey Hospital For Failing to Protect Workers from the Coronavirus

News Release: PARAMUS, NJ - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited CarePlus Bergen Inc., doing business as Bergen New Bridge Medical Center, for violating respiratory protection standards at its Paramus, New Jersey, location. OSHA cited the hospital for two serious violations, with proposed penalties of $9,639.


Engel & Maloney Release Transcripts of Interviews with Lisa Kenna & Toni Porter

News Release: Washington-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, and Representative Carolyn B. Maloney, Chairwoman of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform today released the following statement regarding the voluntary interviews of State Department officials Lisa Kenna...


Huffman, DeFazio Announce Essential Air Service Agreement for Crescent City

News Release: San Rafael, CA - Today, Representatives Jared Huffman (CA-02) and Peter DeFazio (OR-04), Chair of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, shared the announcement that the U.S. Department of Transportation has approved the application submitted by the Border Coast Regional Airport Authority on behalf of the community of Crescent City, California, for the continuation of service provided under the current Alternate Essential Air Service grant to Contour Airlines.


Reclamation invests $3.3 million for internal applied science projects to improve modeling, forecasting and data tools

News Release: WASHINGTON - The Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Brenda Burman announced that Reclamation will invest $3.3 million in 21 projects for WaterSMART Internal Applied Science Tools that build technical capacity within Reclamation.


U.S. Attorney John C. Anderson Announces $500,000 Award to Improve School Safety

News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - U.S. Attorney John C. Anderson from the District of New Mexico announced that Lovington Municipal Schools received $500,000 from the Department of Justice’s Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) School Violence Prevention Program (SVPP). Nationally, the COPS...


Man admits guilt after marijuana smuggling attempt leads to high-speed chase at checkpoint

News Release: LAREDO, Texas - A 47-year-old Houston man has entered a guilty plea to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 132 kilograms of marijuana, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.



News Release: CARSON CITY, Nev. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is seeking public comments on an environmental assessment analyzing two proposed pozzolan mines just north of Hallelujah Junction.


Troy Woman Sentenced for Stealing Social Security Benefits

News Release: Jessica Pascale Committed Thefts While Employed as a Social Security Claims Representative.


USDA Designates Three Colorado Counties as Primary Natural Disaster Areas

News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated three Colorado counties as primary natural disaster areas. Producers in Grand, Jackson and Routt counties who suffered losses caused by recent drought may be eligible for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) emergency loans.


News Release: BOSTON - The Department of Justice has received reports that individuals claiming to represent the Department of Justice are calling members of the public as part of an impostor scam. The Department strongly encourages the public to remain vigilant and not to provide personal information during these calls, which appear to target the elderly.


News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the following statement commemorating the nineteenth anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks...


News Release: Washington County School District Receives $500,000.


Release: VINELAND, N.J. - Rachel McGlynn, the Transportation Security Administration’s Deputy Director of the Training Operations Division, will be the keynote speaker this evening at the City of Vineland, New Jersey’s annual Patriots Day event that commemorates the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on our country. The event will be broadcast live locally at 6 p.m. on Comcast channel 9 and via YouTube at.


U.S. Attorney Matthew Schneider Announces $502,349  Award To Improve School Safety

News Release: DETROIT - U.S. Attorney Matthew Schneider of the Eastern District of Michigan announced that Wayne/Westland Community Schools and the City of Grand Blanc received $478,836 and $23,513, respectively, from the Department of Justice’s Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) School Violence...



U.S. Department of Labor Cites Hackensack Meridian Health in North Bergen, New Jersey, For Failing to Protect Employees from Coronavirus

News Release: NORTH BERGEN, NJ - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Hackensack Meridian Health Residential Care Inc. OSHA issued two serious citations and one other-than-serious violation for failing to protect employees from exposure to the coronavirus at its North Bergen, New Jersey, facility. OSHA proposed a penalty of $28,070 for the violations.