News from December 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 28, 2015
News Release: BIRMINGHAM -- A federal grand jury today indicted two Mexican men on charges that they knowingly transported illegal aliens within the United States for personal financial gain, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance and Department of Homeland Security’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency Special Agent in Charge Raymond R. Parmer Jr.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 28, 2015
News Release: ANDERSONVILLE, Georgia - On the evening of Saturday, January 9th, the popular “Night Museum" program will return to Andersonville National Historic Site. From 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. the National Prisoner of War Museum will be open for a rare opportunity to experience the museum’s exhibits at night.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 28, 2015
News Release: DALLAS - Texas residents - emergency workers, employers and the public - recovering from the impact of the tornado in North Texas should be aware of the hazards they may encounter and take necessary steps to stay safe, the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration urges.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 28, 2015
News Release: ATLANTA - Georgia residents - emergency workers, employers and the public - recovering from the impact of severe weather should be aware of the hazards they may encounter and take necessary steps to stay safe, the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration urges.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 28, 2015
News Release: U.S. Department of Labor | Dec. 28, 2015
By DOE Newswire | Dec 28, 2015
News Release: The Energy Department today announced six organizations selected to receive up to $10.5 million to support the design and operation of innovative marine and hydrokinetic (MHK) systems through survivability and reliability-related improvements. As part of its MHK technology research and development efforts...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 28, 2015
News Release: ROCKFORD - A Rockford resident was sentenced today in federal court on a federal gun charge. The defendant, MARTEZ DICKSON, 29, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Philip G. Reinhard to a total of 235 months in federal prison, and ordered to serve 5 years of supervised release following his term of...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 28, 2015
News Release: Project Safe Childhood. KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Kentucky man was sentenced in federal court today for traveling to Missouri for illicit sex with a 15-year-old girl and to attempting to entice a second child victim...
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 28, 2015
News Release: In the nanoworld, tiny particles of gold can operate like snow blowers, churning through surface layers of an important class of semiconductors to dig unerringly straight paths. The surprising trenching capability, reported by scientists from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and IBM,* is an important addition to the toolkit of nature-supplied "self-assembly" methods that researchers aim to harness for making useful devices.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 28, 2015
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that Todd Allen Johnson, age 51, of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, was found not guilty of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine as a result of a federal jury trial in Sioux Falls.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 28, 2015
News Release: A Waterloo man who possessed ammunition as a marijuana user was sentenced today to more than two years in federal prison.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 28, 2015
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) made major progress in 2015 promoting responsible energy development on public lands while also managing for a wide range of uses on the agency’s 245 million acres. While BLM advanced modern safety and production-measurement regulations, the agency also made progress on the development of master leasing plans for oil and gas areas as well as new landscape-scale planning efforts to achieve both conservation and energy development goals.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 28, 2015
News Release: Shortly after7 am this morning the Superintendent closed Buffalo National River to river traffic due to flooding caused by the extended heavy rains over the weekend. At the time of this release river levels were continuing to rise in much of the park. The river crested in the Ponca area between1 and 2 amMonday which translates to an anticipated crest in the Tyler Bend area at about noon today. Predicted crest height may be as much as 47-50 feet.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 28, 2015
News Release: Goodwin served five and a half years as U.S. Attorney, a total of 15 years with the office.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 28, 2015
News Release: Defendant Prosecuted as Part of Federal Initiative to Address the Epidemic Incidence of Violence Against Native Women.
By EPA Newswire | Dec 28, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - President Obama today signed into law H.R. 1321, the Microbead-Free Waters Act of 2015, which was introduced earlier this year by Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI). The bipartisan legislation will begin the phase out...
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 28, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - President Obama today signed into law H.R. 1321, the Microbead-Free Waters Act of 2015, which was introduced earlier this year by Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI). The bipartisan legislation would begin the phase out...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 28, 2015
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Dupree, South Dakota, man and an Eagle Butte, South Dakota, man charged with Assault by Striking, Beating and Wounding pled guilty and were sentenced on Dec. 22, 2015, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 28, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - President Obama today signed into law H.R. 1321, the Microbead-Free Waters Act of 2015, which was introduced earlier this year by Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI). The bipartisan legislation will begin the phase out...
By DOE Newswire | Dec 28, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - President Obama today signed into law H.R. 1321, the Microbead-Free Waters Act of 2015, which was introduced earlier this year by Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI). The bipartisan legislation would begin the phase out...
