News from July 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2014
News Release: Muskogee, Oklahoma - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, announced that KEVIN KONSTANTINOV, age 50, of Lynnwood, Washington was sentenced to 72 months imprisonment, followed by 3 years of supervised release and $240,682.27 in restitution for Conspiracy to Commit Wire Fraud, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1349.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2014
News Release: Boston - A Florida man pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Worcester today to participating in a scheme to steal more than $110,000 from the federal government.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 10, 2014
News Release: The Energy and Commerce Committee has scheduled a markup next week to consider seven bills to improve the public health, provide regulatory relief, and boost the economy. The committee will convene for opening statements only on Monday, July 14, 2014, at 4:00 p.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office...
By EPA Newswire | Jul 10, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today wrote to Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler ahead of the commission’s Friday vote on reforms to the Universal Service Fund’s...
By DOE Newswire | Jul 10, 2014
News Release: The Subcommittees on Communications and Technology and Health, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR) and Rep Joe Pitts (R-PA), respectively, have scheduled a joint hearing for Thursday, July 17, 2014, at 9:30 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled “21st Century Technology for 21st Century Cures." Witnesses to be announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2014
News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that John.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2014
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - A federal judge today sentenced the leader of one of Birmingham’s largest heroin and cocaine trafficking rings to nearly 22 years in federal prison, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance, FBI Special Agent in Charge Richard D. Schwein, Jr., IRS Criminal Investigation Special Agent in Charge Veronica Hyman-Pillot, and Jefferson County Sheriff Mike Hale.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2014
News Release: LONDON, KY - A Pulaski County man, who has previously admitted to distributing heroin that resulted in the death of another individual, was sentenced to 20 years in prison.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 10, 2014
News Release: The 2014 Superintendent's Compendium for Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve has been amended to prohibit the use of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS, aka UAV, "drones") in all areas of the park, and to prohibit the use of electronic cigarettes ("vaping") in public buildings, offices, caves and the Lava Flow Campground Amphitheater.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 10, 2014
News Release: CANON CITY, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management Royal Gorge Field Office is starting a public scoping period on two proposed CO2 wells near Gardner, CO.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 10, 2014
News Release: Fort Oglethorpe, GA: Eastern National, a partner to the National Park Service, would like to invite you to meet author Robert D. Jenkins, Sr. 10 am - 5 pm, Saturday July 12, 2014, inside the visitor center at Chickamauga Battlefield to talk about and sign his recent publication Battle of Peach Tree Creek: Hood's First Sortie, July 20,1864.
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 10, 2014
News Release: Today, U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, along with Sens. Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.) and John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), sent a letter to Gina McCarthy, Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). In the letter, the Senators request that the Agency withdraw its direct final rule on administrative wage garnishment, which would allow EPA to collect money from private citizens without first obtaining a court order.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 10, 2014
News Release: The Energy and Commerce Committee has scheduled a markup next week to consider seven bills to improve the public health, provide regulatory relief, and boost the economy. The committee will convene for opening statements only on Monday, July 14, 2014, at 4:00 p.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2014
News Release: GALVESTON, Texas - A four-count federal indictment has been unsealed in Galveston following the arrest of five area residents, announced Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit and United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2014
News Release: PITTSBURGH - An Allegheny County man pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of possession of material depicting the sexual exploitation of a minor, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 10, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., July 10, 2014 - House Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04), released the following statement on the Senate’s passage of 16 natural resources bills last night.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 10, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today wrote to Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler ahead of the commission’s Friday vote on reforms to the Universal Service Fund’s...
By State Newswire | Jul 10, 2014
News Release: Dear Mr. President: Iran’s nuclear program poses a grave threat to the national security of the United States and our allies. As the July 20th deadline for a “comprehensive solution" to prevent Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon approaches, we urge greater consultation with Congress on a potential...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 10, 2014
News Release: The Subcommittees on Communications and Technology and Health, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR) and Rep Joe Pitts (R-PA), respectively, have scheduled a joint hearing for Thursday, July 17, 2014, at 9:30 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled “21st Century Technology for 21st Century Cures." Witnesses to be announced.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 10, 2014
News Release: Soil tests that determine fertilizer needs measure nitrate in the soil, but they don't sufficiently account for soil microbes, which mineralize organic nitrogen and make more of it available to a crop. As a result, farmers often apply more fertilizer than they need.
