News from April 2016
By Interior Newswire | Apr 13, 2016
News Release: In response to requests from the public, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will extend the comment period on a proposed land-use planning rule by 30 days. The proposed rule aims to improve the planning process by making it more collaborative, transparent, and effective.The comment period will be extended...
By DOL Newswire | Apr 13, 2016
News Release: On Thursday, April 14 at 10:30 a.m., the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions, chaired by Rep. Phil Roe (R-TN), will hold a hearing entitled, “Innovations in Health Care: Exploring Free-Market Solutions for a Healthy Workforce." The hearing will take place in room 2175 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 13, 2016
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today delivered the following opening statement at a Communications and Technology Subcommittee Hearing on seven communications bills, including Pallone’s Securing Access to Networks in Disasters (SANDy) Act.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 13, 2016
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today delivered the following opening statement at a joint hearing of the Subcommittees on Environment & the Economy and Health on the “Flint Water Crisis: Impacts and Lessons Learned."
By USDA Newswire | Apr 13, 2016
News Release: “Thank you Mr. Chairman. “Oil and gas production can have a positive impact on the rural economy. My state of Minnesota for example has felt the impact of North Dakota’s oil boom, including increased job opportunities in my district. “At the same time, the market has recently exposed some of the challenges...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 13, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Energy and Power, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), and the Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), have scheduled a hearing for Wednesday, April 20, at 10 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Fiscal Year 2017 Nuclear Regulatory Commission Budget."
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 13, 2016
News Release: Founder and Chief Operating Officer of Florida-Based Elm Tree Investment Advisors LLC Charged with Defrauding Investors Out of More Than $17 million.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 13, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joseph Pitts (R-PA), and the Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), today held a hearing examining the drinking water crisis in Flint, Michigan.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 13, 2016
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Francis J. Bass, 61, of Montgomery County, PA was charged today by Information with four counts of subscribing a false federal income tax return, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger. According to the Information, Bass willfully failed to report a substantial amount of income on his 2009 through 2012 tax returns.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 13, 2016
News Release: Sheila Burns, 47, of Waverly, Tennessee, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court, to one count of embezzling funds from FirstBank, announced David Rivera, U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee. During a plea hearing before U.S. District Court Judge Aleta A. Trauger, Burns acknowledged engaging in a five-year scheme to embezzle money by creating and modifying fraudulent loans.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 13, 2016
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today delivered the following opening statement at a joint hearing of the Subcommittees on Environment & the Economy and Health on the “Flint Water Crisis: Impacts and Lessons Learned."
By EPA Newswire | Apr 13, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Energy and Power, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), and the Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), have scheduled a hearing for Wednesday, April 20, at 10 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Fiscal Year 2017 Nuclear Regulatory Commission Budget."
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 13, 2016
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Stephen G. Azzam and U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that Lionel Thomas, age 30, of New Orleans, was sentenced today after previously pleading guilty to an Indictment charging him with violations of the Federal Controlled Substances Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 13, 2016
News Release: Reginald Perkins, who admitted he laundered approximately $1 million of illegal proceeds from inside Autry State Prison, has pleaded guilty to a charge of conspiring to launder money as part of a wide-ranging federal investigation of criminal activity and corruption inside Georgia State prisons.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 13, 2016
News Release: Teacher-Ranger-Teacher (TRT) to spend the summer in the park learning about the resource and developing education programs. The application deadline is May 16, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 13, 2016
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Diego Rodriguez, the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), announced today that JOHN AFRIYIE, a former analyst at a Manhattan-based private investment fund...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 13, 2016
News Release: The National Park Service issued a prospectus for the merchandise and food service operations at Trail Ridge Store on April 11, 2016. This store is located on Trail Ridge Road at Fall River Pass at an elevation of 11,796 feet and is the only gift shop and food service operation located within the park.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 13, 2016
News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - A group of 14 community leaders graduated Thursday in San Juan from the third U.S Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI)-sponsored citizens academy. The graduation took place at the HSI San Juan main office in Miramar where the special agent in charge presented a certificate of completion to the 14 graduates in a special ceremony.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 13, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), today held a legislative hearing to examine bills that improve Americans’ access to public safety in emergency situations, improve Spectrum efficiency, bring broadband to skilled nursing facilities, and limit spending in the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) Lifeline program. Members of the subcommittee examined the following bills...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 13, 2016
News Release: PITTSBURGH - An Allegheny County resident has been sentenced in federal court to 60 months’ imprisonment on his conviction of conspiracy to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
