News from November 2015
By DOE Gazette | Nov 17, 2015
The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Nov. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Nov 17, 2015
The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Nov. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Nov 17, 2015
News Release: U.S. DOT Becomes First Federal Agency to Commit to Department of Energy’s Program
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2015
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - Rocky P. Ouprasith, 23, of Charlotte, North Carolina, was sentenced today to 36 months in prison for reproducing and distributing without permission millions of infringing digital copies of copyrighted works, including copies of popular songs and albums before they were commercially available. Ouprasith was also sentenced to two years of supervised release, and ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $45,288.62, and forfeit $50,851.05.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 17, 2015
News Release: Contact: Office of Communications (202) 720-4623.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2015
News Release: WALNUT GROVE, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation will close the Delta Cross Channel Gates on Wednesday, Nov. 18, at approximately 9 a.m. The temporary closure is needed to meet the State Water Resources Control Board Decision D-1641 requirements on the Sacramento River at Rio Vista. The gates will reopen on Friday, Nov. 20, at approximately 9 a.m. Please be advised that the gates may need to be closed on short notice, so please check the status prior to travel.
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 17, 2015
News Release: Chairman Duncan Hunter (R-CA). Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation. Joint Hearing with the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture on “U.S. International Food Aid Programs: Transportation Perspectives". Nov. 17, 2015. Opening Statement. (Remarks as Prepared). The United...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2015
News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorney Wei Xiang, who is handling the case, stated that according to the indictment, over a nine month period between 2012 and 2013, Brown trafficked 1,000 kilograms or more of marijuana. In addition the defendant is accused of maintaining a stash house on East Delavan Avenue in Buffalo and bribing a United States postal carrier for help receiving drug shipments. The indictment further states that Brown made false statements regarding his citizenship.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2015
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, announced that BRODIE ROPE BOOTH, age 40, JASON PAUL NUNLEY, age 40 and MASON NUNLEY, age 23, all of Konawa, Oklahoma and BOBBI NICOLE THOMAS, age 36, of Seminole, Oklahoma, pled guilty to CONSPIRACY, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Section 371, punishable by not more than 5 years imprisonment, up to a $250,000.00 fine or both.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2015
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Jared Michael Belanger, 36, of Martinsburg, and Brandon Kidwell, 24, of Berkeley Springs, West Virginia, were convicted of heroin trafficking in federal court this week, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2015
News Release: LOUISVILLE, Ky. - A Fort Campbell, Kentucky, woman pleaded guilty today before Senior United States District Judge Thomas B. Russell to a Superseding Information charging her with first degree manslaughter in the death of an infant whom she was babysitting in December 2013, announced United States Attorney John E. Kuhn, Jr.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 17, 2015
News Release: Witnesses: Mr. Greg Wilshusen, Director, Information Security Issues, U.S. Government Accountability Office. The Honorable Kathleen S. Tighe, Inspector General, U.S. Department of Education. Mr. Danny A. Harris, Ph.D., Chief Information Officer, U.S. Department of Education. TAKEAWAYS: • The Department...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2015
News Release: HARPERS FERRY, WEST VIRGINIA - United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II and United States Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) visited C.W. Shipley Elementary School in Harpers Ferry on Monday to speak with the school’s fifth grade class about current trends impacting young people in the Mountain State.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2015
News Release: Pleaded Guilty to Federal Law that Prohibits Participation in Violent Civil Disturbance, Ordinary Citizens Concerned About Their Neighborhood Helped to Catch Him.
By State Newswire | Nov 17, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC-Representative Eliot L. Engel, the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following statement at the full Committee hearing on women and technology, increasing opportunity, and driving international development...
By USDA Newswire | Nov 17, 2015
Release: Washington, DC, Nov. 17, 2015 - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced $4.8 million in grants for 74 projects spanning 39 states that support the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) efforts to connect child nutrition programs with local farmers and ranchers through its Farm to School Program.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2015
News Release: McALLEN, Texas ‐ Oscar Ivan Romero-Martinez, 33, of Tamaulipas, Mexico, has been ordered to federal prison for nearly six years as a result of his conviction of harboring undocumented aliens, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Romero pleaded guilty Aug. 6, 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2015
News Release: Montgomery, Alabama - Former Tallassee, Alabama, Assistant Police Chief, Chris Miles, 41, pleaded guilty today in a federal court in Montgomery, Alabama, to one count of deprivation of rights and two counts of false statements, for beating a suspect with a phone book-sized packet of paper during an interrogation...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2015
News Release: Four individuals arrested, including former Miami Dade Police Officer, for their participation in illegal bribery and kickback scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2015
News Release: Operator of Second-Largest Music Piracy Cyberlocker in United States Sentenced to 36 Months in Prison for Criminal Copyright Infringement.
