News from April 2016
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 20, 2016
News Release: The Transportation and Infrastructure Committee today unanimously approved bipartisan legislation to reauthorize the Department of Transportation’s (DOT) pipeline safety program and maintain the safety of our nation’s pipeline network.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 20, 2016
News Release: SAN DIEGO - Federal officials Wednesday announced the results of an investigation that led to the discovery of what is believed to be one of California’s longest cross-border tunnels and the seizure of a record quantity of cocaine thought to have been smuggled through that underground passage.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2016
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that MORRIS SUMMERS, age 25, a resident of New Orleans, was sentenced today after having previously pled guilty to federal firearm and drug violations.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 20, 2016
News Release: Capturing carbon dioxide gas and storing it underground is a promising strategy for reducing greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have taken an important first step in validating a technique for monitoring carbon dioxide emissions from sequestration sites.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 20, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the Subcommittee on Federal Lands held an oversight hearing on current research efforts and the future of America’s Land-Grant Colleges and Universities (LGU).
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2016
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, announced that BOB GENE HALL, a/k/a Robert Glen Hensley, age 35, of Cushing, Oklahoma, pled guilty to DRUG CONSPIRACY, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 846(a)(1) and 841(b)(1)(A).
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 20, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Committee on Ways and Means Subcommittee on Oversight Chairman Peter J. Roskam (R-IL) today announced that the Subcommittee on Oversight will hold a hearing on the Tax Return Filing Season. Members will also discuss efforts to protect Americans from identity theft related tax fraud and cybersecurity attacks. The hearing will take place on Tuesday, April 19, 2016 at 10:00 AM in room 1100 of the Longworth House Office Building.
By State Newswire | Apr 20, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON-Today, members of the House of Representatives Bipartisan Taskforce for Combating Anti-Semitism sounded the alarm about a troubling surge in anti-Semitism on American college campuses. In a letter to the Secretary of Education, the Taskforce asked the Secretary about the Department’s planned response to the issue. Additionally, the co-chairs made the following statement...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 20, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C.-Tomorrow, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, will speak about his investigation of the rising costs of prescription drugs at the American Federation of Teachers’ Nurses and Health Professional Issues Conference and Labor Academy.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 20, 2016
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 136,000 metric tons of corn for delivery to unknown destinations during the 2015/2016 marketing year.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2016
News Release: Justice Department Settles Lawsuit Against West Virginia-Based Union for Violating Reemployment Rights of Army National Guardsman.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2016
News Release: Defendant Prosecuted Under Project Safe Childhood.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2016
News Release: A man who worked for the owner of a head shop in Iowa City was sentenced to more than nine years in federal prison yesterday in federal court in Cedar Rapids.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 20, 2016
News Release: “Good morning. I think I speak for the many Americans when I say I’m glad Tax Day is over. Today’s hearing will review the results of the 2016 tax-filing season. Additionally, we will focus on the growing threats of identity theft and cybersecurity.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2016
News Release: G.F. Peterman, III, Acting United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, announces that Holly Hogue Edwards, age 36, an attorney from Macon, Georgia, today entered a guilty plea to distribution of oxycodone and methamphetamine before the Honorable Marc T. Treadwell, United States District Judge, in Macon.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2016
News Release: ATLANTA - G.F. Peterman, III, Acting United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, announces that Holly Hogue Edwards, age 36, an attorney from Macon, Georgia, today entered a guilty plea to distribution of oxycodone and methamphetamine before the Honorable Marc T. Treadwell, United States District Judge, in Macon.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2016
News Release: Plea Agreement Requires Imposition of 10 Year Prison Sentence Followed by 15 Years of Supervised Release - Prosecution Brought under Project Safe Childhood.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2016
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Dmitrij Harder, 43, of Huntingdon Valley, Pennsylvania, the former owner and President of Chestnut Consulting Group Inc. and Chestnut Consulting Group Co. (the “Chestnut Group"), pleaded guilty today to bribing an official at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2016
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - William Tillman, 50, of Annapolis, Maryland, pled guilty in federal court in Martinsburg today to heroin trafficking, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2016
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a California man was indicted by a federal grand jury today for attempting to sell a large amount of methamphetamine to an undercover law enforcement officer.
