News from May 2015
By DOL Newswire | May 20, 2015
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-WA) delivered remarks at a Committee hearing on Reauthorizing the Higher Education Act: Exploring Institutional Risk-sharing. In her opening statement, Murray noted the importance...
By DOE Newswire | May 20, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee markup of H.R. 6, the 21st Century Cures Act, will reconvene at 8:30 a.m. on Thursday, May 21, 2015 in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2015
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and William Offord, Special Agent in Charge of IRS Criminal Investigation in New England, today announced that TROY HESTER, 42, of Hartford, pleaded guilty yesterday in Bridgeport federal court to one count of tax evasion.
By State Newswire | May 20, 2015
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued this statement welcoming The Aspen Institute’s release of its report “Reforming American Public Diplomacy" which presents the conclusions of the Aspen Institute Dialogue on Diplomacy and Technology...
By Commerce Newswire | May 20, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), today approved seven bills aimed at improving transparency and process at the Federal Communications Commission. Today’s markup follows two hearings by the subcommittee examining these issues with members of the commission and expert witnesses.
By Commerce Newswire | May 20, 2015
News Release: The House Communications and Technology Subcommittee today will consider seven draft bills, offered by Republicans and Democrats, to improve process and transparency at the Federal Communications Commission. Ahead of today’s 2:00 p.m. markup, Katy on the Hill interviewed Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden...
By Interior Newswire | May 20, 2015
News Release: The park is kicking off a transportation plan and environmental impact statement for Acadia with public meetings in June and July 2015. The purpose of the transportation plan is to determine ways to provide safe and efficient transportation for visitors while ensuring the protection of park resources and values. The park is holding public meetings to get feedback on issues related to traffic, parking, and all modes of transportation in the park.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2015
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Fort Thompson, South Dakota, man convicted of Arson was sentenced on May 12, 2015, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2015
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - A federal grand jury has indicted six men in connection with a conspiracy to rob a jewelry store that included a carjacking and kidnapping. The indictment was returned on May 12, 2015 and unsealed today.
By EPA Newswire | May 20, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), today approved seven bills aimed at improving transparency and process at the Federal Communications Commission. Today’s markup follows two hearings by the subcommittee examining these issues with members of the commission and expert witnesses.
By EPA Newswire | May 20, 2015
News Release: Last month, Yarmuth introduced the legislation which would require disclosure of the donors behind Super PACs and 501(c)(4) organizations that are flooding the nation’s airwaves with anonymous ads.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2015
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Two former employees of a Bergen County, New Jersey, watch manufacturer were charged today with orchestrating a scheme to defraud their employer out of hundreds of thousands of dollars of watches and watch parts using falsified documents and doctored corporate records, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOE Newswire | May 20, 2015
News Release: Last month, Yarmuth introduced the legislation which would require disclosure of the donors behind Super PACs and 501(c)(4) organizations that are flooding the nation’s airwaves with anonymous ads.
By DOL Newswire | May 20, 2015
News Release: Employer name: Suburban Propane Partners LP
By Interior Newswire | May 20, 2015
News Release: Fort Oglethorpe, GA: Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park invites the public to attend artillery programs this summer at Chickamauga Battlefield and at Point Park on Lookout Mountain.
By DOE Newswire | May 20, 2015
News Release: The Subcommittee on Energy and Power has rescheduled tomorrow’s hearing with Energy Secretary Moniz. The Secretary will now testify on June 2, 2015, at 10 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Quadrennial Energy Review and related Discussion Drafts." The hearing will also include an additional panel on the committee’s Energy Diplomacy draft, which was previously announced.as they are posted.
By State Newswire | May 20, 2015
News Release: The Committee will also consider the following measures...
By Interior Newswire | May 20, 2015
News Release: Increased entrance fees to Haleakalā National Park have been approved by the National Park Service. One significant modification to the new fee structure was based on public input.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2015
News Release: ROCKFORD -SOULA APOSTOLOPOULOS, 46, of Woodstock, Ill., formerly of Barrington Hills, Ill., pled guilty today before U.S. District Judge Philip G. Reinhard to making false statements in her bankruptcy case. She was indicted on Oct. 21, 2014, along with her husband, DANIEL APOSTOLOPOULOS.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2015
News Release: Willie James Cleveland, age 34, stands charged by federal grand jury indictment for a string of bank robberies earlier this year along the Interstate 35 corridor between Austin and San Antonio announced Acting United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr. and Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs of the FBI’s San Antonio Division.
