News from February 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2016
News Release: DAYTON, Ohio - Terrence Victoria, 30, of Springfield, Ohio was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 96 months in prison for illegal possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2016
News Release: Defendant Prosecuted as Part of HOPE Initiative which Seeks to Reduce the Number of Opioid-Related Deaths in New Mexico.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2016
News Release: Prosecution Brought Under Project Safe Childhood.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 8, 2016
News Release: Hagerstown, Md. - Last week, the National Park Service announced $15 million in support of 69 projects in 63 parks, including $1,330,000 at C&O Canal National Historical Park (NHP) to rehabilitate the Conococheague Aqueduct in Williamsport, Maryland. The funding for C&O Canal NHP will be matched with $7,570,000 from the State of Maryland through their Bikeways Program, Transportation Alternatives Program, and State Bond Bills.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 8, 2016
News Release: Guest blog post by Willie E. May, Under Secretary of Commerce for Standards and Technology and NIST Director.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2016
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A former resident of Erie, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 24 months in jail on his conviction of violating federal firearms laws, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2016
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - - Carl J. Kotowski, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division and Paul J. Fishman, U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey announced five men were arrested in Passaic County, New Jersey, with a
By Interior Newswire | Feb 8, 2016
News Release: SKAGWAY -Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park will host the Elizabeth Peratrovich Celebration performed by the Jilkaat Kwaan Heritage Dancers in the park auditorium on Monday, February 15 from 5:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. Presented by the Skagway Traditional Council, the performance is a great opportunity...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2016
News Release: WILMINGTON, Del. - Under the terms of a consent decree filed by the Justice Department today, Greyhound Lines Inc., the nation’s largest provider of intercity bus transportation, will implement a series of systemic reforms to resolve allegations that it repeatedly violated the Americans with Disabilities...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 8, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today sent a letter to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) director Tom Frieden offering support for the proposed CDC guidelines on opioid prescribing practices, which would give health care providers more tools and...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2016
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Eric Donald Wilson, 45, of Ridgeley, West Virginia, pled guilty to unlawful possession of firearms today in federal court, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 8, 2016
News Release: TUMACACORI, AZ -Tumacácori National Historical Park is offering local middle school students currently in grades 6 through 8 the opportunity to join an elite corps of young volunteers. The Mud Rangers will meet over three days during spring break to learn about the many connections between animals, people...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 8, 2016
News Release: In 2003, the National Park Service (NPS) completed the Vessel Quota and Operating Requirements Environmental Impact Statement (VQOREIS) which stipulated that the daily maximum number of cruise ships allowed in Glacier Bay will remain at 2. However,the VQOR EIS, with subsequent regulations, delegated...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2016
News Release: On Feb. 3, 2016, Randall A. Miller, 25, of Percy, was sentenced on a methamphetamine offense, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, James L. Porter, announced today.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 8, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), has scheduled a markup this week to consider three bills that will protect consumers and small businesses. The subcommittee will convene on Wednesday, Feb. 10, at 3 p.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 8, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), Health Subcommittee Chairman Joseph Pitts (R-PA), and Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-UT) today sent a letter to Andy Slavitt, Acting Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) requesting more information about CMS’ recent focus on Medicaid coverage of housing-related services.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 8, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) and 56 fellow Members of Congress sent a letter to Interior Secretary Sally Jewell today commending her on the Department of the Interior’s (DOI’s) newly proposed rules for overseeing oil and gas operations on National Park Service (NPS) and Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) lands and asking the Department to finalize them as soon as possible.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 8, 2016
News Release: The Subcommittee on Energy and Power, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), has scheduled a markup on Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2016, at 5:00 in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building to consider twelve energy bills. Members will convene for opening statements only on Wednesday and reconvene on Thursday, Feb. 11, 2016, 15 minutes after the conclusion of the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology markup or 11 a.m., whichever is later.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 8, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), Chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and Senators John McCain (R-Ariz), and James Lankford (R-Okla.) sent a letter to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Jeh Johnson requesting information about the Obama administration’s...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2016
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A former owner of Freedom Industries was sentenced today to three years of probation and a $20,000 fine for an environmental crime connected to the 2014 Elk River chemical spill, announced Acting United States Attorney Carol Casto. William E. Tis, of Verona, Pennsylvania, previously...
