News from January 2015
By DOE Newswire | Jan 14, 2015
News Release: The Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), has scheduled a hearing for Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2015, at 10:00 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Protecting the Internet and Consumers Through Congressional Action."
By DOL Newswire | Jan 14, 2015
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) -Today, Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-WA) released the following statement on Chairman Lamar Alexander’s No Child Left Behind proposal.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 14, 2015
News Release: Upcoming Webinars. January 15: Design Conditions for the Hurricane Metocean Environment. Webcast Sponsor: WINDExchange. The Energy Department will present a live webcast titled "Design Conditions for the Hurricane Metocean Environment" on Thursday, Jan. 15, from 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Eastern Standard...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 14, 2015
News Release: ALAMOSA, Colo. - The Rio Grande Natural Area Commission will meet from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on Jan. 22 at the Rio Grande Water Conservation District, 10900 East U.S. Highway 160, Alamosa.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2015
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today that a Ruston man was sentenced to 57 months in prison for bringing methamphetamine into Louisiana for sale.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2015
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A Las Vegas lawyer who served as the U.S. Attorney for Nevada during the 1970’s, was sentenced today to 18 months in prison, one year of supervised release, and ordered to pay approximately $290,000 in restitution to the IRS for failing to file individual and corporate income tax returns from 2006 to 2010, announced U.S. Attorney Daniel G. Bogden for the District of Nevada.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 14, 2015
News Release: Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell today issued the following statement on the Obama Administration's goal to cut methane emissions from the oil and gas sector by 40 - 45 percent from 2012 levels by 2025, a key effort in the President's Climate Action Plan:"Reducing methane emissions is an important...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 14, 2015
News Release: Flagstaff Area National Monuments. News Release. - January 9, 2015. CONTACT - Cecilia Shields, Chief of Interpretation and Education (928) 526-1157 (X228). Wupatki, Sunset Crater Volcano, and Walnut Canyon National Monuments to Consider an Additional Option for Proposed Fee Increases. FLAGSTAFF, ARIZONA...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 14, 2015
News Release: Philadelphia: On Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2015, National Park Service staff and the Philadelphia Fire Department responded to smoke alarms in the Second Bank of the United States, a building within Independence National Historical Park. Thanks to the prompt response from the Philadelphia Fire Department, a small fire in a mechanical unit in the basement was extinguished safely. There were no injuries and no damage to the building structure.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2015
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that CONCEPCION DIAZ, a/k/a “Conchi," a citizen of Honduras, was sentenced today after previously pleading guilty to a one-count Indictment for the unlawful transfer of identification document.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2015
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - U.S. District Judge Timothy J. Corrigan today sentenced Shelton Thomas Bell (21, Jacksonville) to 20 years in federal prison for conspiring and attempting to provide material support to terrorists. The Court also ordered him to serve a lifetime of supervision following his release from prison. Bell pleaded guilty on March 19, 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2015
News Release: Settlement Follows 25 Years Of Oversight And Reform Under Consent Decree Governing Union’s Affairs.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2015
News Release: (BOSTON - Two New Bedford men pleaded guilty yesterday in U.S. District Court in Boston to selling heroin.
By EPA Newswire | Jan 14, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Energy and Power Subcommittee Chairman Ed Whitfield (R-KY) today issued the following statement in response to EPA’s announced methane rules...
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 14, 2015
News Release: Washington, D.C. -- Senator Barbara Boxer, Ranking Member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, released the statement below urging Republican leadership to immediately turn to a long-term surface transportation bill that will support millions of jobs instead of the Keystone tar sands pipeline bill.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 14, 2015
News Release: Tumacácori National Historical Park and other National Park Service (NPS) units that collect entry fees are beginning public engagement seeking comments on possible changes in park fees beginning in 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2015
News Release: Michael J. Moore, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia announced R. Wayne Murphy, age 63, and J. Kevin Murphy, age 36, father and son pharmacists from Boston, Georgia, were today sentenced by the Honorable Hugh Lawson, United States District Judge in Valdosta, Georgia. Wayne Murphy...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2015
News Release: HONOLULU - United States District Judge Derrick K. Watson today sentenced Roddy Takao Tsunezumi, age 38, a former Honolulu Police Department (HPD) officer, to 33 months in prison. Tsunezumi pled guilty in July 2014 to interfering with commerce by threats in an extortion scheme aimed at a local Honolulu business.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 14, 2015
News Release: ATLANTA, GA - The Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic Site commemorates the 30th observance of the Federal Holiday that honors the birthday of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. with several special activities and events in collaboration with The King Center, Ebenezer Baptist Church and other community-based organizations.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2015
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Crawford, Ark., man pleaded guilty in federal court today to leading a bank fraud conspiracy that used stolen mail and fake identifications to cash nearly $160,000 in fraudulent checks in Webster County, Mo., and elsewhere.
