News from December 2015
By DOE Newswire | Dec 10, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Department of Energy’s Supercritical Transformational Electric Power (STEP) program is awarding a total of $3.9 million to three competitively-selected teams to develop conceptual plans to support the design, cost and schedule for a 10 MWe (megawatts electrical) Supercritical Carbon...
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 10, 2015
News Release: Congresswoman Nita Lowey (D-NY) today issued the following statement regarding ending the ban on federal research on gun violence.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 10, 2015
News Release: The House of Representatives today unanimously approved bipartisan legislation that supports and strengthens the United States Coast Guard - one of our Nation’s five armed services - in its critical missions to save lives, safeguard our shores, and protect living marine resources.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2015
News Release: St. Louis, MO - JASON THOMAS MILLS, Frederickton, MO, was sentenced to 180 months in federal prison on two counts of being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By State Newswire | Dec 9, 2015
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, the House Foreign Affairs Committee, chaired by Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), passed five measures, including two bipartisan measures to step up efforts to defeat and destroy ISIS. Specifically, the measures provide arms to the Kurdish forces on the ground fighting ISIS and require a U.S. strategy to combat terrorists’ use of social media.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2015
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Students in Harrison County, West Virginia, had the opportunity to learn about drug abuse and prevention in a dynamic environment outside of the classroom this week, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2015
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Albert Reardon, age 74, of North Adams, Massachusetts, was indicted today on charges of attempted coercion and enticement of a minor for prohibited sexual activity, announced United States Attorney Richard S. Hartunian and Andrew W. Vale, Special Agent in Charge of the Albany Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 9, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, House Ways and Means Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) released the following statement in response to Speaker Ryan’s address at the Library of Congress in which he addressed the need to create jobs and increase wages through tax reform.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 9, 2015
News Release: U.S. Department of Labor | Dec. 9, 2015
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 9, 2015
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Science & Technology Press Office Contact: John Verrico, (202) 254-2385 Washington D.C. — The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) today announced the membership of its Project 25 Compliance Assessment Program (P25 CAP) Advisory Panel, to help establish standards for interoperability among digital two-way land mobile radio communications products.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 9, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, Dec. 9, 2015 — On Dec. 11, 2015, at 11am EST, the U. S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will release selected tables from its upcoming USDA Agricultural Projections to 2025 report. USDA will post online tables containing long-term supply, use, and price projections to 2025 for major crops and livestock products, and will include supporting U.S. and international macroeconomic assumptions.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 9, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, Dec. 9, 2015 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced the appointment of nine individuals to serve on the National Agricultural Research, Extension, Education, and Economics (NAREEE) Advisory Board.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2015
News Release: A federal grand jury sitting in Portland, Oregon, returned an indictment yesterday charging a Hillsboro, Oregon, resident with six counts of willfully failing to file an income tax return, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo of the Justice Department’s Tax Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2015
News Release: Bollinger Shipyards will pay the United States $8.5 million and release contract claims to settle a False Claims Act action filed against it in the Eastern District of Louisiana, the Department of Justice announced today. The False Claims Act suit alleges that Bollinger misrepresented the longitudinal ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2015
News Release: A federal grand jury in Detroit returned an indictment against Frank Haeusler, Volker Hohensee and Harald Sailer for their alleged participation in a conspiracy to fix the prices of parking heaters. The indictment charges the three German executives – one current and two former – with conspiring to fix ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2015
News Release: An Aurora, Illinois, man pleaded guilty today to federal charges involving conspiracy to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization in the Middle East.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2015
News Release: A former U.S. State Department employee pleaded guilty today to perpetrating a widespread, international e-mail phishing, computer hacking and cyberstalking scheme against hundreds of victims in the United States and abroad.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2015
News Release: Today, the Department of Justice filed a motion to dismiss a forfeiture action against approximately $115 million alleged to be proceeds of foreign official corruption and involved in money laundering in accordance with a 2007 settlement that directed the funds to be used for the benefit of poor youth ...
By Commerce News Now | Dec 9, 2015
News Release: Today, U.S. Deputy Secretary of Commerce Bruce Andrews delivered remarks at the Retail Industry Leaders Association’s (RILA) Government Affairs Committee Meeting.
By Commerce News Now | Dec 9, 2015
News Release: On Tuesday, December 8, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker presented Marillyn Hewson with the 2015 Eisenhower Global Innovation Award at the Business Council for International Understanding (BCIU) 31st Annual Eisenhower Leadership Awards Gala.
