News from October 2015
By DOE Gazette | Oct 6, 2015
The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Oct. 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | Oct 6, 2015
The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Oct. 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Oct 6, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON – U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx today announced the immediate availability of $5 million in emergency relief funds from the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) to the South Carolina Department of Transportation (SCDOT) to help repair roads and bridges damaged by flooding throughout South Carolina.
By DOT News Wire | Oct 6, 2015
News Release: SEATTLE, Wash. – U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx and Seattle Mayor Ed Murray today hosted the sixth of 11 nationwide regional forums on the Beyond Traffic draft framework at Seattle City Hall. The Beyond Traffic report examines the trends and choices facing America’s transportation infrastructure ...
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 6, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.), Ranking Member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, highlighted the release of the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 Census Operational Plan. This plan outlines the Bureau’s vision for how it will carry out the upcoming 2020 Census. It also includes details about the Bureau’s plan to conduct tests over the next several years in order to improve the accuracy of the decennial census.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2015
News Release: TULSA, Okla.-James Patrick Okey, 45, was sentenced in federal court for knowingly selling a firearm to a convicted felon announced Danny C. Williams Sr., United States Attorney for the Northern District of Oklahoma. Okey was a Federal Firearms Licensee (FFL) who owned and operated a gun store, Hunters Choice, located in Sapulpa, Oklahoma. Okey pleaded guilty on July 1, 2015, to a felony indictment charging him with Sale of a Firearm to a Prohibited Person.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2015
News Release: BOSTON - Two men were detained following initial appearances in U.S. District Court in Worcester after being charged last week with illegal firearms possession.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 6, 2015
News Release: Congresswoman Nita Lowey (D-NY) and Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Ranking Democrats on the House Appropriations Committee and the Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Subcommittee, today renewed their call to end the twenty-year prohibition on federal funding on research related to gun violence.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2015
News Release: LOS ANGELES - Special agents with the FBI and the U.S. Secret Service have arrested the lead defendant in a bank fraud case, an Inglewood man who allegedly orchestrated a scheme in which Wells Fargo Bank employees stole customer account information, and other conspirators used that information to impersonate customers and steal money from their accounts.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2015
News Release: TYLER, Texas - U.S. Attorney John M. Bales announced today that two Athens, Texas residents have been sentenced for their role in the smuggling of imitation, unapproved and misbranded prescription drugs from China.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2015
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - After spending 16 years as a fugitive from justice, a man was sentenced today to 96 months in prison for his role in a conspiracy to launder almost $700,000 in illegal drug proceeds, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 6, 2015
News Release: MILLS, Wyo. -- The Bureau of Reclamation has scheduled a North Platte River Water Information Meeting in Torrington, Wyo.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2015
News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico- Nine individuals have been indicted for their alleged participation in a conspiracy to commit bank fraud, bank fraud, access devices fraud, and/or aggravated identity theft, announced Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez, United States Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico. The United States Secret Service is in charge of the investigation. The indictment was unsealed today upon the arrest of the defendants.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2015
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - David L. Smith, 40, of Wheeling, was convicted today of being in unlawful possession of a firearm, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 6, 2015
News Release: The National Park Service invites you to celebrate the life of abolitionist, author, activist, and statesman Frederick Douglass with a day of family-friendly fun. Special activities include crafts, games, ice cream churning, junior ranger activities, and tours of the historic home. Activities begin at noon and end at 4 p.m.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2015
News Release: Wife filed forged documents in Bankruptcy Court and stole from husband’s 401 (k).
By DOE Newswire | Oct 6, 2015
News Release: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today underscored the importance of maintaining the nation’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) at a hearing of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee. The hearing focused on options to modernize the security asset to ensure its future operational effectiveness.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 6, 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 hearing on the National Labor Relations Board’s joint-employer decision. In her remarks, Murray explained that while the labor market has changed over the...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2015
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Florida man was sentenced today to 76 months in prison for his participation in a drug distribution conspiracy operating out of a residential housing complex in East Orange, New Jersey, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2015
News Release: HARRISONBURG, VIRGINIA - A former regional chief public information officer for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers pled guilty today in the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia in Harrisonburg to charges related to the possession and transportation of child pornography images and videos.
