News from June 2014
By USDA Newswire | Jun 17, 2014
News Release: 35 Biobased Innovators from 25 States Descend on Capitol Hill to Show Growing Strength in Manufacturing at ‘Grow It Here, Make It Here’ Hearing and Event
By State Newswire | Jun 17, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC-Representative Eliot L. Engel, the leading Democrat on the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today issued the following statement regarding the capture of Ahmed Abu Khatallah for his role in the terrorist attack that killed Ambassador Christopher Stevens, Sean Smith, Tyrone Woods, and Glen Doherty.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 17, 2014
News Release: A research group at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has demonstrated a new method for detecting ignitable liquids that could change the way arson fires are investigated. The new process for analyzing debris for traces of fire accelerants is faster and more accurate than conventional methods and produces less waste.
By DOE 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 Commerce Newswire | Jun 17, 2014
News Release: While national security efforts seek to prevent terrorist attacks, the United States and partner countries should also prepare to work together to mitigate the effects of a terrorist attack, should such efforts fail. A new report from the National Research Council (NRC) discusses the challenges around the United States and partner countries responding cooperatively.
By DOE 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 DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2014
News Release: Defendant Had Manual On Recruiting Child Victims For Sexual Abuse.
By State Newswire | Jun 17, 2014
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued this statement following the capture of Ahmed Abu Khatallah for the 2012 attacks on U.S. diplomatic facilities in Benghazi, Libya...
By Commerce 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 DOE Newswire | Jun 17, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today announced Alaska municipalities will receive $28.5 million from the Department of the Interior in compensation for federal lands within their jurisdictions.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2014
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Shannon D. Concho, 36, a member of Zuni Pueblo, was sentenced this morning to seven years in federal prison followed by two years of supervised release for brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence, announced U.S. Attorney Damon P. Martinez and Chief Timothy Trimble of the Zuni Pueblo Tribal Police Department.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 17, 2014
News Release: Join experts from the National Park Service and the Idaho Falls Astronomical Society June 27 & 28, 2014 to experience the universe under the naturally dark skies at Craters of the Moon National Monument & Preserve.
By EPA 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: TOPEKA, KAN. - A former manager of a credit union in Lawrence pleaded guilty Tuesday to embezzling more than $93,500, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said. She also admitted allowing a teller to steal more than $81,000 from the credit union.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Kenyen R. Brown of the Southern District of Alabama announced today that Marshall Mayhew of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, was sentenced following a March 2014 guilty plea to a charge of possession of a stolen firearm. Mayhew has multiple felony convictions over the last fifteen years for...
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 17, 2014
News Release: U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, made the following statement announcing his opposition to Norman Bay to be Chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2014
News Release: HOUSTON - Austyn Enahoro Afenkhena, 53, of Houston, has entered a plea of guilty to eleven counts of wire fraud and four counts of aggravated identity theft, announced United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - Maria Herrmann, 53, of Washington, D.C., pled guilty today in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to one count of wire fraud related to her embezzlement of over $193,000 from a charitable organization from 2004 through 2008.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2014
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York announced today the filing of federal charges against STEPHEN P. BROWN. The Complaint charges that BROWN communicated with an individual he believed to be an 11-year-old boy via emails and instant messages, and made plans...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2014
News Release: GREENEVILLE, Tenn. - On June 16, 2014, Jeffrey Scott Kendrick, Jr., 25, of Kingsport, Tenn., was sentenced to serve 114 months in prison by the Honorable J. Ronnie Greer, U.S. District Judge. Upon his release from prison Kendrick will be subject to supervised release under the supervision of the U.S. Probation Office for five years. There is no parole in the federal system.
