News from September 2020
By DOE Newswire | Sep 25, 2020
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced the Buildings Energy Efficiency Frontiers & Innovation Technologies (BENEFIT) 2020 Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA). This funding opportunity will provide up to $80 million for projects that enhance energy demand flexibility across buildings and the electric power grid.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 25, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) and Health Subcommittee Republican Leader Dr. Michael Burgess (R-TX) released the following statement on President Donald Trump’s health care announcement.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A Boston man was indicted yesterday by a federal grand jury in Boston in connection with drug trafficking activities involving fentanyl and cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A Dominican national was indicted yesterday by a federal grand jury in Boston in connection with drug trafficking activities involving fentanyl and cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2020
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Gregory Ray Blosser, age 38, of Tampa, Florida, pleaded guilty today to a federal wire fraud charge in connection with a scheme to defraud clients of The Surrogacy Group (TSG), which he owned and operated from offices in Annapolis, Maryland and Tampa, Florida. Blosser was arrested on April 29th in Florida and has been under home confinement since his arrest.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 25, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO) and Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee Chairman Paul Tonko (D-NY) wrote to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler today demanding answers for EPA’s indefinite suspension of racism sensitivity training and an environmental justice speaker series.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 25, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced the Buildings Energy Efficiency Frontiers & Innovation Technologies (BENEFIT) 2020 Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA). This funding opportunity will provide up to $80 million for projects that enhance energy demand flexibility across buildings and the electric power grid.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2020
News Release: Ocala, Florida - Senior United States District Judge John Antoon II today sentenced Duvale Lamar Van Dyke (31, Ocala) to 37 months in federal prison for possession of a firearm and ammunition affecting commerce by a convicted felon. Van Dyke entered a guilty plea to the offense on June 17, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2020
News Release: Georgia Man Sentenced to Prison for Running Ponzi Scheme.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 25, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - A new noncooperation policy by Prince William County, Virginia, has reversed years of public safety cooperation and threatens to endanger the public
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A West Springfield man pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Springfield to child pornography charges.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 25, 2020
News Release: Washington - USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) reminds farm owners of the September 30 deadline to update Price Loss Coverage (PLC) program yields for covered commodities on the farm. This is a one-time opportunity for producers to update yields, which are used to calculate 2020 through 2023 payments.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2020
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces the filing of a criminal complaint charging Gregory Thomas Garcia (34, Orange Park) with commercial sex trafficking of a child. If convicted, Garcia faces a minimum mandatory penalty of 10 years, and up to life, in federal prison.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 25, 2020
News Release: U.S. Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan, and Rep. Don Young, all R-Alaska, today issued the following statements after the U.S. Forest Service (Forest Service) published the final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for a Tongass-specific Roadless Rule. The final EIS includes six alternatives, with a full exemption selected as the preferred alternative.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2020
News Release: BECKLEY, W.Va. - An Ohio man was sentenced for his participation in an extensive drug trafficking organization (DTO) operating between California, Ohio, Michigan, and the Southern District of West Virginia, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Jason Johnson, 31, of Columbus, was sentenced to...
By DOE Newswire | Sep 25, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO) and Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee Chairman Paul Tonko (D-NY) wrote to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler today demanding answers for EPA’s indefinite suspension of racism sensitivity training and an environmental justice speaker series.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2020
News Release: LITTLE ROCK-A Dallas-area doctor pled guilty this afternoon to obstructing a federal health care investigation. Cody Hiland, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, Michael C. Mentavlos, Special Agent in Charge of the Defense Criminal Investigative Service Southwest Field Office...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2020
News Release: Jackson, TN- Following a week-long trial with proper COVID-19 health and safety protocols, a federal jury has convicted Charles Ray Smith, 71, of Crump, Tenn., of defrauding three banks in Tennessee and Alabama. D. Michael Dunavant, U.S. Attorney announced the guilty verdict today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2020
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.- Billy J. Williams, U.S. Attorney for the District of Oregon, provides the below statement on ongoing violence in Portland.
By EPA Newswire | Sep 25, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement regarding President Trump’s pre-election gimmick to provide a one-time $200 drug discount card to Medicare beneficiaries...
