News from June 2014
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 17, 2014
News Release: Imaging and mapping of electric fields at radio frequencies (RF)* currently requires the use of metallic structures such as dipoles, probes and reference antennas. To make such measurements efficiently, the size of these structures needs to be on the order of the wavelength of the RF fields to be mapped. This poses practical limitations on the smallest features that can be measured.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 17, 2014
News Release: The Chaninik Wind Group, formed by the Alaskan United Tribal Governments of Kongiganak, Kwigillingok, Tuntutuliak, and Kipnuk, used $750,000 in EERE funds to implement a multi-village, Wind Heat Smart Grid in the diesel microgrids of their four remote communities in southwest Alaska. As of June 2013...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Fontana, California, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Possession of an Unregistered Firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2014
News Release: ATLANTA - Ephren Taylor, II, has been arrested on a federal indictment charging him and another defendant with defrauding investors across the country of more than $5 million.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 17, 2014
News Release: MEMO. Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) today made the following statement regarding the computer failures and lost emails at the Internal Revenue Service: “It is unfortunate that the IRS experienced equipment failure that resulted in several computers crashing and some email...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2014
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ----- United States Attorney Bill Nettles stated today that James R. Metts (68), of Lexington, SC, was charged by a federal grand jury in a 10-count indictment. According to allegations in the Indictment, Metts accepted bribes from friends in return for using his position, power...
By State Newswire | Jun 17, 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 DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2014
News Release: Gang Members Allegedly Committed Murders, Attempted Murders, Stabbings,.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 17, 2014
News Release: SOUTH FORK, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management San Luis Valley Field Office is hosting a public meeting on Wednesday to help the public understand a proposal to construct and operate a telecommunications site on Baxter Mountain adjacent to the town of South Fork.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 17, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee today released its latest white paper in the 21st Century Cures initiative exploring how advances in technology can accelerate the discovery, development, and delivery cycle of innovative new cures and treatments. The committee will host its second...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2014
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Tayah Edwards, 41, was sentenced this morning to 70 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release for his conviction on assault charges. The sentence was announced by U.S. Attorney Damon P. Martinez, Special Agent in Charge Carol K.O. Lee of the Albuquerque Division of the FBI, and Director John Billison of the Navajo Nation Division of Public Safety.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 17, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, June 17, 2014-The U.S. National Arboretum has awarded its Medal of Excellence to botanist and environmentalist Peter H. Raven in recognition of his career and scientific accomplishments as one of the world's foremost advocates for biodiversity. The Arboretum is operated in Washington by the Agricultural Research Service (ARS), the chief intramural scientific research agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2014
News Release: Collection Was Largest Uncovered In Western Washington At Time Of Arrest.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2014
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. District of Connecticut. Tuesday, June 17, 2014. Follow @USAO_CT. Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JANIECE MICHELLE HOUGH, 41, of Kempner, Texas, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Stefan R.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2014
News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that Damian Ramos Ramirez (59, Lakeland), today pleaded guilty to the charge of being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition. Ramos Ramirez faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 17, 2014
News Release: The Subcommittee on Health has scheduled a markup for Thursday, June 19, 2014, at 4:00 p.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building to consider several bipartisan public health bills, building on the subcommittee’s proven record of success in this space. The subcommittee will consider...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 17, 2014
News Release: SOUTH FORK, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management San Luis Valley Field Office is hosting a public meeting on Wednesday to help the public understand a proposal to construct and operate a telecommunications site on Baxter Mountain adjacent to the town of South Fork.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2014
News Release: In Connection With The Purchase Of Firearms.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 17, 2014
News Release: Senator Debbie Stabenow (MI), Chairwoman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, today applauded the U.S. Department of Agriculture for moving forward with a new vaccine expected to help combat the porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDv), which has killed millions of pigs ...
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 17, 2014
News Release: Thank you, Chairwoman Granger, not only for your continued bipartisan approach to this bill but also for your friendship. It is a pleasure to work with you. Thank you, also, to the full committee chairman, Mr. Rogers, for the bill allocation’s recognition of the importance of foreign assistance and diplomacy.
