News from April 2016
By EPA Newswire | Apr 22, 2016
News Release: The Subcommittee on Energy and Power, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), has scheduled a legislative hearing for Friday, April 29, 2016, at 9:30 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “H.R. 4979, the Advanced Nuclear Technology Development Act of 2016 and H.R.___, the Nuclear Utilization of Keynote Energy Policies Act."
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2016
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Derrel Pitts, a/k/a “Foolish," age 27, of Baltimore, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to commit sex trafficking in connection with his prostituting of a minor female.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2016
News Release: CINCINNATI - A federal grand jury has charged three Cincinnati residents with distributing heroin and/or fentanyl that resulted in the overdose deaths of at least three individuals. Three other individuals were charged with distributing heroin and/or fentanyl that caused serious physical harm, including non-fatal overdoses.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 22, 2016
News Release: The Subcommittee on Energy and Power, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), has scheduled a legislative hearing for Friday, April 29, 2016, at 9:30 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “H.R. 4979, the Advanced Nuclear Technology Development Act of 2016 and H.R.___, the Nuclear Utilization of Keynote Energy Policies Act."
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2016
News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that two more defendants pleaded guilty in federal court today to their roles in a large-scale conspiracy to distribute cocaine in Boone County, Mo.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 22, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX) has scheduled a hearing for Friday, April 29, 2016 at 9:45 a.m. in 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled “The Pet Medication Industry: Issues and Perspectives."
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2016
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office in the Eastern District of Tennessee is smart on crime, and aggressive in pursuit of justice. Our office is composed of attorneys, paralegals, legal assistants and support staff who are dedicated to the mission of the Department of Justice. In 2013, the U.S. Department...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 21, 2016
News Release: EUGENE, Ore. - On April 19, 2016, Clemente Pineda, 28, of Ontario, Oregon, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Ann Aiken to 60 months in federal prison for unlawful possession of a firearm. Upon his release from prison, Pineda will be on supervised release for three years.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 21, 2016
News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that William Weston, 36, of Portland, Maine was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Judge George Z. Singal to seven years in prison and three years of supervised release for conspiring to distribute cocaine base, often referred to as crack cocaine. Weston entered a guilty plea to the charge in October 2015.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 21, 2016
News Release: The House Education and the Workforce Committee, chaired by Rep. John Kline (R-MN), today approved a resolution (H.J. Res. 88) to block the Department of Labor’s “fiduciary" rule and protect access to affordable retirement advice for low- and middle-income families. The resolution was introduced by Rep.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 21, 2016
News Release: DEATH VALLEY, CA -Death Valley National Park's Celestial Centennial and Mars Fest Symposium took place between April 8th and 10th and highlighted Death Valley's special connection to the night sky. Over 2,000 visitors participated in the event, which included stargazing through telescopes and presentations by astronomical experts.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 21, 2016
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that the owner of Danny’s Big Easy Cajun restaurant was indicted by a federal grand jury today on additional drug-trafficking and firearms charges.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 21, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, bipartisan lawmakers in the House and Senate introduced legislation to increase the effectiveness of the federal government by giving Congress and agencies the tools to better measure and manage waste and inefficiencies in government programs. The Getting Results through Enhanced...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 21, 2016
News Release: NIST researchers have devised a way to synchronize the time of two different clocks - separated by as much as 4 km of open, turbulent air - to within a few millionths of a billionth of a second using optical light pulses. That constitutes a thousand-fold improvement in sensitivity compared to the best conventional methods that connect and control clocks at radio frequencies.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 21, 2016
News Release: Contact: DHS S&T Press Office at (202) 254-2385 CBD Public Affairs, Mike Friel at (202) 344-2494 WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) and U.S. Custom and Border Protection (CBP) will host a Homeland Security Day in Silicon Valley on April ...
By USDA Newswire | Apr 21, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, April 21, 2016 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced the availability of $22 million in grants to help citrus producers fight Huanglongbing (HLB), commonly known as citrus greening disease. This funding is available through the Specialty Crop Research Initiative (SCRI) ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 21, 2016
News Release: The Justice Department today announced the closure of its case concerning the provision of language assistance to individuals with limited English proficiency (LEP) in the state court system following the successful implementation of reforms by the Rhode Island Judiciary.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 21, 2016
News Release: Defendant is Charged with Acting as an Illegal Agent of a Foreign Government in the United States Without Prior Notification to the Attorney General, Among Other Crimes An 18-count superseding indictment was unsealed today charging Amin Yu, 53, of Orlando, Florida, with acting as an illegal agent of ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 21, 2016
News Release: A San Antonio, Texas, artist pleaded guilty today in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas in San Antonio to one count of failure to file a tax return, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo of the Justice Department’s Tax Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 21, 2016
News Release: Today, David Daoud Wright, aka Dawud Sharif Abdul Khaliq, aka Dawud Sharif Abdul Khaliq, 26, of Everett, Massachusetts, and Nicholas Alexander Rovinski, aka Nuh Amriki, aka Nuh Andalusi, 25, of Warwick, Rhode Island, were charged in a superseding indictment with conspiracy to commit acts of terrorism transcending national boundaries.
