News from June 2015
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 2, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Energy and Power, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), today held a hearing on the “Quadrennial Energy Review and Related Discussion Drafts." Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz touched on the findings of the administration’s Quadrennial Energy Review (QER), which highlighted...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 2, 2015
News Release: STATESVILLE, N.C. - Earlier today, U.S. District Judge Richard Voorhees handed down lengthy prison terms to two men involved in a 2013 armed bank robbery, announced Jill Westmoreland Rose, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. Judge Voorhees sentenced Darius Donnell Freeman...
By EPA Newswire | Jun 2, 2015
News Release: While it is important to fully understand the cause of the Takata airbag failure, there are steps Congress can take immediately to enhance auto safety and oversight. That should begin with the enactment of H.R. 1181, the Vehicle Safety Improvement Act - legislation introduced by full Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone (NJ-6), Commerce, Trade and Manufacturing Subcommittee Ranking Member Jan Schakowsky (IL-9), and other Committee Democrats earlier this year.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 2, 2015
News Release: Jackson, Miss - Edward Donnell Ammons, 34, of Jackson, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Carlton W. Reeves to 188 months in prison for conspiracy to distribute over 100 grams of heroin and 188 months in prison for firearms offenses, announced U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis. The sentences will be served concurrently.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 2, 2015
News Release: St. Louis, MO - This morning in federal district court, defendants Olajuwon Davis and Brandon Orlando Baldwin pled guilty to planning and conspiring to blow up public buildings and police vehicles during the Ferguson protests, specifically mentioning the St. Louis County Prosecutor and the Ferguson Chief ...
By EPA Newswire | Jun 2, 2015
News Release: The Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), has scheduled a hearing for Thursday, June 11, at 10:00 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Oversight of FCC Field Offices."
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 2, 2015
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - George Deleon, 65, of Cuero, has been sentenced for possession of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. He pleaded guilty March 2, 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 2, 2015
News Release: Defendant was a Member of Oxycodone Trafficking Ring Prosecuted as Part of HOPE Initiative which Seeks to Reduce the Number of Opioid-Related Deaths in New Mexico.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 2, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON-The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) proposes a $75,000 civil penalty against Murray Aircraft Manufacturing, LLC of Ypsilanti, Mich., for allegedly operating an aircraft that was not in compliance with Federal Aviation Regulations.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 2, 2015
News Release: The Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), has scheduled a hearing for Thursday, June 11, at 10:00 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Oversight of FCC Field Offices."
By State Newswire | Jun 2, 2015
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, the House Foreign Affairs Committee, chaired by U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), unanimously passed H. Res. 233, a bipartisan measure introduced by Rep. Dan Kildee (D-MI), which states that Iran should immediately release the three United States citizens it holds and provide all known...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 2, 2015
News Release: DENVER - Jill M. Evans, age 49, of Littleton, Colorado was arrested last week on charges of wire fraud and money laundering, the United States Attorney’s Office, IRS - Criminal Investigation (IRS CI) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) announced. Evans was indicted by a federal grand jury on...
By DOE Newswire | Jun 2, 2015
News Release: The Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), has scheduled a hearing for Thursday, June 11, at 10:00 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Oversight of FCC Field Offices."
By Interior Newswire | Jun 2, 2015
News Release: Tim Reid, a 27-year veteran of the National Park Service (NPS), has been named Superintendent of Devils Tower National Monument, according to Intermountain Region Director, Sue Masica. Reid began his new assignment on May 31, 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 1, 2015
News Release: Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today that Leandro Velazquez, 36, of Kissimmee, Florida, was sentenced in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois on May 28, 2015, to 108 months in federal prison for his role is a conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 1, 2015
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the below statement regarding media reports of aviation security concerns uncovered by covert testing by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG)...
By USDA Newswire | Jun 1, 2015
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today kicked off National Homeownership Month by highlighting USDA's ongoing role to help residents of America's small towns and cities purchase homes in rural areas.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 1, 2015
News Release: Proposing and leading energy projects is a complex process. Each project and local energy situation is unique. Oklahoma tribal energy leaders have an opportunity to explore the tribal energy project development and financing process hands-on at an interactive workshop being hosted by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Indian Energy on June 9-11 at the Riverwind Hotel and Casino in Norman, Oklahoma.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 1, 2015
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Science & Technology Press Office Contact: John Verrico, (202) 254-2385 WASHINGTON D.C.– The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) today announced the selection of the University of Houston as the lead institution for a new DHS Center ...
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 1, 2015
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 The Inspector General of the Department of Homeland Security has provided me with a classified, preliminary briefing that reflects test results centered largely on a specific manner in which someone may seek to bring prohibited items through ...
