News from October 2015
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 7, 2015
News Release: As prepared for the record:. Good morning. Today our committee will be reporting out 11 bills that fix government, enhance our national security, and reform the regulatory process. The main focus for this markup is the federal regulatory burden. According to the Congressional Research Service, “the...
By DOE Newswire | Oct 7, 2015
News Release: The Gwitchyaa Zhee Gwich’in (meaning “House on the Flats") Tribe is located in Fort Yukon, Alaska, roughly 145 miles northeast of Fairbanks. Formerly the Native Village of Fort Yukon, the Gwitchyaa Zhee Gwich’in Tribal Government (GZGTG) was established in 1939 under the Indian Reorganization Act. There...
By USDA Newswire | Oct 7, 2015
News Release: “Thank you Mr. Chairman and welcome Secretary Burwell and Secretary Vilsack. I look forward to your testimony.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2015
News Release: Worked With Others to Seek More Than $2.5 Million in Fraudulent Refunds.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 7, 2015
News Release: The U.S. Department of Energy presented the 2015 Housing Innovation Awards to 24 industry leaders last night during the Energy and Environmental Building Alliance's Conference in Denver, Colorado. This distinguished recognition is being provided to 27 winning DOE Zero Energy Ready Homes, where the awards showcase the very best in business excellence required to deliver high-performance homes.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 7, 2015
News Release: Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument will be hosting a National Fossil Day event on Saturday, October 17th from 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM. Activities include.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 7, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Chairman Rob Bishop (R-UT),and Reps. JohnFleming (R-LA), Don Young (R-AK), and Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen (R-AS) sent a letter todayto Council on Environmental Quality Managing Director Christy Goldfuss and Assistant Administrator for the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 7, 2015
News Release: Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore (National Lakeshore) welcomes 2015’s October Artist-In-Residence (AIR) Tracy Frizzell; a Minnesota artist currently working and living in Minneapolis. Ms. Frizzell loves all things water, and her work explores her fascination with trying to make sense of the seeming...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2015
News Release: Filipino National Admits Conspiring to Export Firearms Parts from the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2015
News Release: “I want to take a moment to walk through the events that have led up to this hearing...
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 7, 2015
News Release: Dear Messrs. Müller and Horn: As Chairman and Ranking Member of the United States Senate Committee on Finance, we write to request information concerning the activities of Volkswagen AG and Volkswagen Group of America (collectively, “Volkswagen"). The Committee has jurisdiction over revenue measures...
By DOL Newswire | Oct 7, 2015
News Release: Proposed penalties: $147,000. Quote: "This trench collapse should have never happened. It is completely inexcusable for an excavation contractor not to provide cave in protection for all employees working in trenches," said Christopher Robinson, director of OSHA's Pittsburgh Area Office. "OSHA will not...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2015
News Release: Last of Four Members of Drug Trafficking Ring to be Sentenced.
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 7, 2015
News Release: Chairman Frank LoBiondo (R-NJ). Subcommittee on Aviation. Hearing on “Ensuring Aviation Safety in the Era of Unmanned Aircraft Systems". October 7, 2015. Opening Statement. (Remarks as Prepared). Unmanned aircraft systems, or UAS, represent the latest frontier in aviation technology. While still a new industry, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2015
News Release: Defendant also Acknowledged Possession of Significant Amount of Heroin; Defendant Prosecuted as Part of HOPE Initiative which Seeks to Reduce the Number of Opioid-Related Deaths in New Mexico.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2015
News Release: Andrew and Robert Trowbridge hid a $100,000 pulling tractor and other Stamp Farms assets from the bankruptcy trustee.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2015
News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorney Frank T. Pimentel, who is handling the case, stated that on three occasions in June and July 2014, the defendant sold heroin to an individual in Buffalo.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2015
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Springfield, Mo., man pleaded guilty in federal court today to his role in a fraudulent tax return preparation scheme that claimed nearly $340,000 in fraudulent income tax refunds.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2015
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - A federal jury returned a guilty verdict today convicting Deonte Spicer, 28, an inmate at the United States Penitentiary Hazelton, of assaulting a fellow prisoner, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2015
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Bruce Kane, 60, a former resident of Ithaca, New York who currently resides in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and Burton Greenberg, 75, of Plantation, Florida were arrested today in Florida on a Northern District of New York indictment charging them with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, announced United States Attorney Richard S. Hartunian and FBI Special Agent In Charge Andrew W. Vale.
