News from September 2020
By EPA Newswire | Sep 29, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Mike Doyle (D-PA) released the following joint statement today after the House of Representatives passed H.R. 1289, the "Preserving Home and Office Numbers in Emergencies Act of 2020" or "PHONE Act of 2020":
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2020
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Mario Balcazar, 23, of Hatch, New Mexico, pleaded guilty in federal court on Sept. 24 to a charge of hostage taking. Balcazar remains in custody pending a sentencing hearing.
By EPA Newswire | Sep 29, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Energy Subcommittee Chairman Bobby L. Rush (D-IL) released the following joint statement today after the House of Representatives passed three energy bills...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2020
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Thailand national was indicted today for defrauding a New Jersey company in its purchase of COVID-19 personal protective equipment (PPE) intended for combating the COVID-19 virus, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 29, 2020
News Release: FALLS CHURCH, Virginia - In keeping with the Administration’s goal of promoting America’s energy independence, the Bureau of Land Management-Eastern States State Office (BLM-ESSO) held a quarterly oil and gas lease sale Sept. 24, 2020, that resulted in competitive bids on all of the fifteen parcels offered for over 1,612.15 acres located in Alabama, Louisiana, Michigan and Mississippi.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 29, 2020
News Release: Washington, DC -Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Republican Leader Bob Latta (R-OH) released the following statement after the House passed the Preserving Home and Office Numbers in Emergencies (PHONE) Act to prevent families from losing their landline phone numbers after natural disasters.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 29, 2020
News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - DOE and the University of South Carolina-Aiken (USCA) unveiled a 3-D model of the proposed Advanced Manufacturing Collaborative (AMC) facility last week to be built on the USCA campus, providing accessible, modern, and flexible laboratory space for EM’s Savannah River National Laboratory and its collaboration partners.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2020
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - The former acting business administrator for the Township of Orange, New Jersey, who had previously been indicted for multiple acts of corruption and fraud, was indicted today on additional conspiracy, wire fraud, and kickback-taking charges in a superseding indictment, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2020
News Release: Seventeen individuals were charged today in an unsealed, 26-count indictment handed down by a federal grand jury in Cleveland for their alleged roles in a drug trafficking conspiracy that involved the distribution of methamphetamine, heroin, fentanyl and crack cocaine in the Mansfield area. Fifteen were arrested during an early morning takedown operation.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2020
News Release: Justice Department Files Suit Against Dallas, Texas, Towing Company for Unlawfully Selling Servicemember-Owned Vehicles.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2020
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced today that several individuals have been arrested and charged for their alleged roles in a criminal enterprise involving narcotics distribution, money laundering, and gun violence in furtherance of drug trafficking crimes.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 28, 2020
News Release: GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announced today that it is adjusting for inflation the fee required by law to process oil and gas drilling permits on public and Indian lands, effective Oct. 1, 2020. The adjustment reflects the percentage change in the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ seasonally adjusted Consumer Price Index. That adjustment will increase the fee from $10,230, to $10,360.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2020
News Release: Today, the Federal Bureau of Investigation released its 2019 edition of Crime in the United States , which showed that violent crime decreased nationwide for the third consecutive year. After decreases in both 2017 and 2018, the violent crime rate dropped an additional one percent this past year and the property crime rate decreased 4.5 percent.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2020
News Release: The Department of Justice announced today that Lakeway Regional Medical Center LLC (LRMC) agreed to pay $13,580,822.79, and Surgical Development Partners LLC, Surgical Development Partners of Austin Enterprises LLC, G. Edward Alexander, Frank Sossi, and John Prater collectively agreed to pay $1.8 million, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2020
News Release: The Justice Department today announced that it has reached an agreement with the former owners of two apartment complexes in San Antonio, Texas, to resolve allegations that they violated the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA) by imposing unlawful lease termination charges on 41 servicemembers and by refusing to allow four other servicemembers to terminate their leases early.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2020
News Release: The Justice Department today filed a lawsuit in the Northern District of Texas alleging that Dallas-based towing company United Tows LLC violated the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA), by unlawfully auctioning off vehicles owned by SCRA-protected servicemembers. The SCRA, which provides a wide variety ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2020
News Release: A Bulgarian national was found guilty today for his role in a transnational and multi-million dollar scheme to defraud American victims through online auction fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2020
News Release: Connecticut list brokerage firm Macromark Inc. pleaded guilty on Friday to knowingly providing lists of potential victims to fraudulent mass-mailing schemes, the Department of Justice announced. The fraudulent schemes tricked consumers into paying fees for falsely promised cash prizes and purportedly ...
By Commerce News Now | Sep 28, 2020
News Release: On Sept. 27, 2020, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia granted a nationwide preliminary injunction against the implementation of Executive Order (E.O.) 13942, limited to the Secretary of Commerce’s Identification of Prohibited Transactions with TikTok/ByteDance involving ...
By Labor Gazette | Sep 28, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced the award of $8 million for three projects relating to Unemployment Insurance (UI). These projects will continue operations of the UI Integrity Center of Excellence, provide funding for the continued oversight of the UI Interstate Connection Network (ICON), and provide funding for the continued operations of the UI Information Technology Support Center (UI ITSC).
