News published on Federal Newswire in September 2020

News from September 2020


Murray and Schumer: We Need Immediate Answers From FDA and CDC Regarding Dangerous Political Interference

News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and Democratic Leader Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) released the following statement on the urgent need for the HELP Committee to hear from Food and Drug...


Former United Nations Employee Charged With Making False Statements To Cover Up Sexual Assaults

News Release: Karim Elkorany Allegedly Drugged and Sexually Assaulted Multiple Women While Working for the United Nations.



REMINDER: Lake Berryessa remains closed due to fire damage

News Release: NAPA, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation’s Lake Berryessa facilities will remain closed through Labor Day weekend and until further notice due to fire damage. This includes all day-use areas, boat launching and concession-operated sites.


News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - BRIAN WADE EDDY, 49, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, pleaded guilty today to accessing and viewing images of child pornography from his government-issued laptop.


News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - A federal grand jury in Maryland has returned an indictment charging Gary Rocky Jones, age 41, of Baltimore, Maryland, with distribution and possession of child pornography. The indictment was returned and Jones was arrested on Sept. 1, 2020. Jones had his initial appearance...


News Release: WHEN: Thursday, Sept. 3, 2020 at 10:00 a.m.


News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.-Lonnie Vantewa Albert, 55, of Portland, has been charged by criminal complaint for allegedly assaulting two Federal Protective Service officers with a sport utility vehicle on Aug. 30, 2020, announced Billy J. Williams, U.S. Attorney for the District of Oregon.


LM Conducts First Groundwater Sampling at Colonie

News Release: In July, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Legacy Management (LM) conducted its first groundwater sampling event at the Colonie, New York, Site - the 100th site added to the LM program. The Colonie site is a 11.2-acre, vacant property near Albany, which transferred to LM for long-term stewardship last fall.


News Release: WINNEMUCCA, Nev. - The Humboldt River Field Office seeks public comment on an Environmental Assessment for a proposed direct land sale of approximately 1,954 acres to C-Punch Ranch located in Granite Springs Valley in Pershing County. The parcels represent in-holdings surrounded by land owned by C Punch Ranch, Inc.


News Release: TOPEKA, Kan. - A basketball coach at Seaman High School was charged today with sexually exploiting minors, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.


News Release: BOSTON - Nine current and former Boston Police Officers were arrested today and charged in connection with committing over $200,000 in overtime fraud at the Boston Police Department’s evidence warehouse.


Parent Charged in College Admissions Case

News Release: BOSTON - A Massachusetts man was indicted by a federal grand jury in connection with using fraud and bribery to have his daughter designated as a tennis recruit for Georgetown University.


Fraudster Pleads Guilty in $2 Million Ponzi Scheme

News Release: A Honduran man who conned investors out of roughly $2 million has pleaded guilty to mail fraud, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Erin Nealy Cox.


TSA checkpoints at Philadelphia International Airport get new state-of-the-art  3-D checkpoint scanners to improve explosives detection

Release: PHILADELPHIA - Five new state-of-the-art advanced technology computed tomography checkpoint scanners (CT) that provide 3-D imaging have been installed and are in use at Transportation Security Administration checkpoints at Philadelphia International Airport.


News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Five West Virginia residents are facing charges involving firearms, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.


CISA Issues Final Vulnerability Disclosure Policy Directive for Federal Agencies

News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued Binding Operational Directive 20-01, which requires individual federal civilian executive branch (FCEB) agencies to develop and publish a vulnerability disclosure policy (VDP) for their internet-accessible systems...


News Release: ST. LOUIS - A federal grand jury indicted 41-year-old Ovuoke Frank Ofikoro, 27-year-old Bonmene Sibe, and 27-year-old Trenice Hassel on charges connected to a romance scam targeting dozens of older women residing throughout the United States. Ofikoro and Sibe face several charges including conspiracy to defraud, mail fraud, and aggravated identity theft while Sibe and Hassel face the additional charge of making false statements to a federal agency.


News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Timothy Carter, 45, of Geneva, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with enticement of a minor. The charge carries a minimum penalty of 10 years in prison and a maximum of life in prison.


News Release: Defendant is the 57th person to be charged in connection with the nationwide college admissions investigation and prosecution.