News from July 2015
By Interior Newswire | Jul 14, 2015
News Release: The first commercial-free day at Haleakalā National Park will occur on Saturday, July 18, 2015. As specified in the park's Commercial Services Plan, commercial-free days are opportunities for Kanaka Maoli to conduct traditional cultural practices in the park without commercial tours present.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 14, 2015
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will hold a public meeting to present and solicit comments on the Central Valley Project Improvement Act Annual Work Plans for Fiscal Year 2016. The CVPIA mandates changes in management of the Central Valley Project, particularly for the protection, restoration and enhancement of fish and wildlife. The event will be held...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 14, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - On May 19, 2015, a pipeline operated by Plains Pipeline, L.P., ruptured and spilled an estimated 2,400 barrels of crude oil along the California coastline and into the Pacific Ocean. The Subcommittee on Energy and Power, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), today held a hearing examining...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 14, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), today held a hearing to examine ways to strengthen and sustain Medicare Part D for our nation’s seniors. Members and witnesses discussed recent reports from the Department of Health and Human Services Office...
By EPA Newswire | Jul 14, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - On May 19, 2015, a pipeline operated by Plains Pipeline, L.P., ruptured and spilled an estimated 2,400 barrels of crude oil along the California coastline and into the Pacific Ocean. The Subcommittee on Energy and Power, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), today held a hearing examining...
By EPA Newswire | Jul 14, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today wrote to Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler regarding the last-minute addition of significant data into the record ahead of the commission’s consideration of procedures for the upcoming spectrum incentive auction.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 14, 2015
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-WA) delivered remarks on the Senate floor supporting an amendment to the Every Child Achieves Act that would protect LGBT students from bullying, harassment, and discrimination based...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2015
News Release: TULSA, Okla.-United States Attorney Danny C. Williams Sr. of the Northern District of Oklahoma and Federal Security Director Stephen Cortright for Oklahoma, announced today that they have begun a public outreach initiative to remind passengers that firearms and other dangerous items are prohibited at airport security checkpoints.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2015
News Release: GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA - Ranell Carter Jr., 24, the last of three defendants charged in a federal sex trafficking indictment, was arraigned yesterday in the U.S. District Court in Gainesville. The indictment was announced by Pamela C. Marsh, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2015
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - An indictment was unsealed today charging nine defendants with offenses based on their roles in complex, international stock manipulation and money laundering schemes generating approximately $6.5 million in illicit proceeds.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 14, 2015
News Release: The National Park Service at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore (National Lakeshore) is pleased to announce a very special book signing with Gijsbert van Frankenhuyzen, illustrator of the children’s books The Legend of Sleeping Bear and S is for Sleeping Bear Dunes on July 23, 2015. The book signing...
By State Newswire | Jul 14, 2015
News Release: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, has convened a Committee hearing to examine the now-finalized Iran nuclear agreement. The hearing is entitled “Implications of a Nuclear Agreement with Iran: Part II." Information, including testimony from witnesses (Hon. Joseph I. Lieberman, Gen. Michael V. Hayden (USAF, Retired), Hon. R. Nicholas Burns, and Ray Takeyh, Ph.D.), is available HERE.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2015
News Release: AMARILLO, Texas - Brent Michael McClain, 39, of Amarillo, Texas, appeared today before U.S. District Judge Mary Lou Robinson and pleaded guilty to one count of possession of child pornography, announced John Parker, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2015
News Release: Co-Developer and Underwriter Also Plead Guilty.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2015
News Release: GREENEVILLE, Tenn. - On July 14, 2015, Desera Jade Allen, 27, and David Michael Stallard, 20, both of Kingsport, Tenn., were sentenced by the Honorable R. Leon Jordan, U.S. District Court Judge, to serve 151 months and 56 months in prison respectively for their roles in an extensive a-(alpha-pyrrolidinopentiophenone) ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2015
News Release: Newark, N.J. - A Canadian stock promoter today admitted his role in a scheme to artificially inflate the stock price of a publicly traded company through manipulative trading and other fraudulent means, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 14, 2015
News Release: The Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) has selected seven projects to receive funding through NETL’s Gasification System Program. This program supports a wide range of research and development activities aimed at improving fuel and product versatility, efficiency, and economics of gasification processes.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 13, 2015
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Omar Ahmad was sentenced to 63 months in prison for coercing and enticing two underage boys to engage in prostitution, announced United States Attorney Melinda Haag and FBI Special Agent in Charge David J. Johnson.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 13, 2015
News Release: PITTSBURGH - An alien found in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in Pittsburgh to time served on his conviction of illegal re-entry after deportation, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 13, 2015
News Release: As part of the 100th anniversary celebration of the National Park Service, the Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area announces an "On the River with a Ranger" event. This NPS Centennial program will take place at 10:00 a.m. (Eastern Time) on Friday, July 17, 2015, at Blue Heron, Kentucky, and will feature ranger-led talks focusing on the river ecosystem, history of use of the river corridor, river recreation, and river rescue techniques.
