News from April 2015
By Interior Newswire | Apr 30, 2015
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management and Western Area Power Administration today announced the availability of the final environmental review for a 730-mile transmission line project that would deliver up to 3,000 megawatts of electric power to major load centers, including Las Vegas, Nevada and San Diego, California, by tapping in to abundant wind energy resources in southern Wyoming.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2015
News Release: ALICIA A.G. LIMTIACO, United States Attorney for the Districts of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands, announced that RICHARD BORJA, age 33, of Santa Rita, was sentenced on April 29, 2015, before Senior Judge Alex R. Munson, in the District Court of Guam, to 41 months imprisonment, three years supervised release and 200 hours community service.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 30, 2015
News Release: “It is very ironic that an agency is charged with making sure that we have a clean environment but yet has a work environment that is polluted."- Congressman Mark Meadows
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2015
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Twelve individuals are facing methamphetamine trafficking charges as the result of a DEA-led investigation targeting a methamphetamine trafficking ring operating in Grant County, N.M. The 13-month investigation culminated this morning when all 12 defendants were arrested during an early...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 30, 2015
News Release: IRS Diverts Funding Away from Customer Service, Says New Report.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2015
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina---- United States Attorney Bill Nettles stated today that Michael R. Rea, age 63, of Round O, South Carolina was sentenced today in federal court in Charleston, South Carolina, for manufacturing and possessing with intent to distribute marijuana, a violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841. United States District Judge Richard M. Gergel of Charleston sentenced Rea to 5 years imprisonment, to be followed by 4 years supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2015
News Release: The House Judiciary Committee today approved by a vote of 25-2 the USA Freedom Act (H.R. 2048). This bipartisan bill - introduced by Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Jim Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.), House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), Ranking ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2015
News Release: CONCORD, N.H. -Mustafa H. Arif, an individual with dual citizenship in Pakistan and the United Kingdom, has been indicted for his alleged role in a large-scale international scheme to defraud individuals of over $12 million. Arif is alleged to have operated a series of websites promoting a variety of...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 30, 2015
News Release: Ryan Hits the Airwaves to Make the Case for TPA.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2015
News Release: GALVESTON, Texas - A criminal complaint charging three Galveston residents has been unsealed alleging they engaged in a conspiracy to traffic minors for sexual purposes and financial gain, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2015
News Release: BOSTON - A skilled nursing facility operator in Maine, Rousseau Management, Inc., entered into an agreement with the United States to pay $300,000 to resolve allegations concerning inflated Medicare claims.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 30, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC -The Subcommittee on Energy and Power, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), today continued its work to build the Architecture of Abundance with a review of discussion drafts to modernize the nation’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) and to improve energy efficiency. The legislative concepts discussed today will be included in the committee’s bipartisan comprehensive energy bill.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 30, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health today held a hearing to discuss the 21st Century Cures discussion draft released yesterday. Today marks exactly one year since Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) began this initiative.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 30, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Communications and Technology Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), today discussed a number of ways to increase transparency at the Federal Communications Commission and make their work more accessible to the American people. Subcommittee members from both sides...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 30, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders yesterday wrote to Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler regarding former Greenhill & Company employee Lawrence S. Chu’s ongoing stint as a volunteer at the commission. Greenhill & Company, an investment banking firm, was awarded...
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 30, 2015
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the below statement in response to a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report he requested on the securing of federal buildings by the Federal Protective Service (FPS) and United States Marshals Service (USMS).
By DOE Newswire | Apr 30, 2015
News Release: Currently, the FCC has the authority under the Communications Act to require on-air disclosure of the “true identity" of the people and groups buying ads. However, today, mega-donors hide behind the innocuous and misleading titles of their front groups. Yarmuth’s bill directs the FCC to use the agency’s existing authority in the Communications Act and update the sponsorship identification rules before the 2016 election season.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 30, 2015
News Release: U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, R-Kan., Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, today announced witnesses for the Committee's hearing on reviewing the U.S. Grain Standards Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2015
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that six defendants have pleaded guilty in federal court for their roles in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and to illegally possessing a firearm.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 30, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Indian Energy the application deadline for the third round of Strategic Technical Assistance Response Team (START) Renewable Energy Project Development Assistance to May 22, 2015. The START Program provides federally recognized tribal governments...
