News from November 2013
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 19, 2013
News Release: At today’s Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing on “Security of HealthCare.gov," the Deputy Chief Information Officer and Deputy Director of the Office of Information Services at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Henry Chao, testified that he had never been shown a presentation...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2013
News Release: A Toledo man was sentenced to more than nine years in prison for drug and firearms convictions, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, and Stephen D. Anthony, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Cleveland office.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 19, 2013
News Release: On May 22, 2011, a massive tornado struck Joplin, Mo., destroying some 8,000 structures in its path and killing 161 people. It was the single deadliest tornado in the United States in the 63 years that official records have been kept. On Thursday, Nov. 21, 2013, the National Institute of Standards and...
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 19, 2013
News Release: Today, U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, made the following statement on the announcement from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) directing its staff to complete the safety evaluation report for the Yucca Mountain project, which had been stalled since 2010. The NRC's action was mandated by the Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit in August 2013.
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 19, 2013
News Release: Washington, DC - Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Bill Shuster (R-PA) today announced that Murphie Barrett has been named Staff Director of the Highways and Transit Subcommittee.
By EPA Newswire | Nov 19, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joe Pitts (R-PA), held a hearing today on “Examining Federal Regulation of Mobile Medical Apps and Other Health Software." Today’s hearing reviewed a final guidance by the Food and Drug Administration to regulate mobile medical applications...
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 19, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) today announced the witness list for the North Carolina field hearing “ObamaCare Implementation: Sticker Shock of Increased Premiums for Healthcare Coverage." This is the first in a series of field hearings...
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 19, 2013
News Release: This week the House of Representatives will consider H.R. 1900, the Natural Gas Pipeline Permitting Reform Act. Authored by Energy and Commerce Committee member Rep. Mike Pompeo (R-KS), the bill will help ensure consumers have access to affordable and reliable energy by modernizing the permitting process...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2013
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Jose Gonzalez, 37, of Cheektowaga, N.Y., was convicted of possession of a short-barrel shotgun following a jury trial before U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny. Gonzalez faces a maximum 10 years in prison, a $10,000 fine or both.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2013
News Release: POCATELLO - Sammy Joe Aguirre, 26, of Idaho Falls, Idaho, pleaded guilty today in United States District Court to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 19, 2013
News Release: As part of President Obama's all-of-the-above energy strategy to continue to expand safe and responsible domestic energy production, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Utah held a quarterly oil and gas lease sale that offered 35 parcels covering 44,021 acres of federal land in the Price and Vernal Field...
By DOL Newswire | Nov 19, 2013
News Release: On Wednesday, November 20th at 10:00 a.m., the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, chaired by Rep. Tim Walberg (R-MI), will hold a hearing entitled "Redefining Companion Care: Jeopardizing Access to Affordable Care for Seniors and Individuals with Disabilities." The hearing will take place in room 2175 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
By EPA Newswire | Nov 19, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Environment and the Economy Subcommittee Chairman John Shimkus (R-IL) issued the following statement after a federal appeals court today ordered the Department of Energy to submit to Congress a proposal to zero out the nuclear waste fee.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2013
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A thirty-five-year-old man who possessed a total of more than $20,000 in cash and nearly a half-kilogram of cocaine inside of his Charleston residence was sentenced today to 46 months in federal prison, announced U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin. Jason McGhee, 35, previously pleaded guilty...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that Lee Larney, a/k/a “Southern Wind," 32, of Pine Ridge, South Dakota, appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge Veronica L. Duffy on Nov. 14, 2013, and pled guilty to a charge of Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury and a charge of Assault on a Federal Officer.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2013
News Release: Tampa, Florida- U.S. District Judge Steven D. Merryday today sentenced David P. Lawrence (26, Bradenton) to 11 years and 8 months in federal prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm. Previously, on November 6, 2013, co-defendant Mark Alan Finehout (37, Sarasota) was sentenced to 21 months in federal prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 19, 2013
News Release: As part of a continued conversation with the public about the planning effort in western Oregon, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is hosting four community listening sessions to lay the foundation for constructive dialogue by sharing information and listening to initial thoughts and concerns about...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2013
News Release: WILMINGTON, Del. - Charles M. Oberly, III, United States Attorney for the District of Delaware, announced that Dawn Chamberlain, age 36, of Claymont, Delaware, pled guilty today to violations of 18 USC § 286 (False Claims Conspiracy) and 18 USC § 1341 (Mail Fraud). Chamberlain, who will be sentenced...
By DOE Newswire | Nov 19, 2013
News Release: This week the House of Representatives will consider H.R. 1900, the Natural Gas Pipeline Permitting Reform Act. Authored by Energy and Commerce Committee member Rep. Mike Pompeo (R-KS), the bill will help ensure consumers have access to affordable and reliable energy by modernizing the permitting process...
By DOE Newswire | Nov 19, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Environment and the Economy Subcommittee Chairman John Shimkus (R-IL) issued the following statement after a federal appeals court today ordered the Department of Energy to submit to Congress a proposal to zero out the nuclear waste fee.
