News from February 2016
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 5, 2016
News Release: Inhofe Responds to Reports That the President's Budget Will Request New Funding Levels for Safe Drinking Water Programs
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2016
News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that a federal jury has found Tony Donnell Mathis (48, St. Petersburg) guilty of being a felon in possession of ammunition, and possession with the intent to distribute cocaine base (“crack cocaine"). He faces a maximum penalty of life in federal prison. A sentencing hearing is scheduled for April 22, 2016.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 5, 2016
News Release: TUPELO, MS: Weather depending, the Natchez Trace Parkway plans to conduct the Colbert Ferry East prescribed fire between the dates of February 6 and Feb. 13, 2016. The Colbert Ferry East prescribed fire will help reduce fuel loading around park facilities, and restore the open woodlands that were historically present. The prescribed fire is located at.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 5, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Health Subcommittee Chairman Joseph Pitts (R-PA) today solicited input from members of the health care community on policy changes regarding site-neutral payments, including changes made to certain Medicare hospital reimbursements...
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 5, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - A bipartisan group of Senators introduced legislation to improve how the federal government manages its buildings and other property across the country. The Federal Property Management Reform Act of 2016, introduced by Sens. Tom Carper (D-Del.), Rob Portman (R-Ohio), Heidi Heitkamp (D-N.D.),...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 5, 2016
News Release: Potomac, MD -Come drive away the winter blues and celebrate 100 years of the National Park Service by getting some fresh air and learning about history and nature in your own backyard. The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park will be offering a variety of talks and presentations by park...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 5, 2016
News Release: On Monday, Feb. 8, 2016, the National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) will celebrate its move to expanded new facilities with a ribbon-cutting dedication and expert panel discussions featuring senior elected and government officials and the CEOs and presidents of several large companies.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2016
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - Larry Dwayne Diggs, also known as "Montana" and "Montie," of Muskegon, Michigan pled guilty to federal drug, firearm, and witness tampering offenses, U.S. Attorney Patrick Miles announced today. Diggs’ codefendant, Tunisia Phillips-Lark, pled guilty to one count of perjury. Diggs faces a minimum of five years in prison and a maximum of life in prison; Lark faces up to five years in prison.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 5, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Bipartisan leaders of the House Energy and Commerce Committee today announced their intention to hold a hearing in March to examine issues related to the ongoing drinking water crisis in Flint, Michigan. Building on the information the committee has been collecting from EPA and the state of Michigan, the committee will seek to gain a comprehensive understanding of the short-and long-term implications of this crisis to the public health and environment.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 5, 2016
News Release: Morristown NHP's Chief of Cultural Resources Presents Two Talks.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 5, 2016
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has imposed sanctions on three produce businesses for failure to pay reparation awards issued under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA).
By Interior Newswire | Feb 5, 2016
News Release: TUPELO, MS: The National Park Service is seeking public comment on a wetland and floodplain Statement of Findings (SOF) that analyzes the impacts of replacing the bridge on Chester Mills Road over McCurtain Creek (milepost 187, Choctaw County, Mississippi). The purpose of the project is to replace the...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2016
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Salahudin Shaheed, 35, of Philadelphia, PA, was sentenced today to 365 months in prison for his role in an attempted robbery of a center city jewelry store, in which an employee of the store was kidnapped. Shaheed pleaded guilty, October 7, 2015, to conspiracy, kidnapping, and attempted ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2016
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - A federal grand jury has charged Lawrence W. Bell, Jr., 30, and Chad A. Titpton, 19, both of Columbus, with charges related to seven bank, restaurant and business robberies in Ohio in an indictment returned in Columbus.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2016
News Release: Memphis, TN - The alleged head governor of FAM Mob, a violent street gang based throughout North Memphis and Shelby County, has been sentenced to 120 months for felony firearm possession. Edward L. Stanton III, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, announced the sentencing today.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 5, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Bipartisan leaders of the House Energy and Commerce Committee today announced their intention to hold a hearing in March to examine issues related to the ongoing drinking water crisis in Flint, Michigan. Building on the information the committee has been collecting from EPA and the state of Michigan, the committee will seek to gain a comprehensive understanding of the short-and long-term implications of this crisis to the public health and the environment.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that two men and a woman from the Corn Creek Community in Mellette County, South Dakota, have been indicted by a federal grand jury for Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance and Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2016
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Andrew Grady, 21, and Leron Ross, 24, both of Syracuse, New York, were charged today in federal court in a criminal complaint alleging they were members of conspiracy to steal firearms from Intimidator Sports in Nedrow, New York, a licensed federal firearms dealer. The complaint ...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 4, 2016
News Release: The Finance Committee is meeting today to consider four nominations for key posts in the administration: Dr. Mary Wakefield to be deputy secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services; Ms. Elizabeth Ann Copeland and Mr. Vik Edwin Stoll to be judges on the U.S. Tax Court, and Mr. LaMont Eanes to be deputy commissioner of the Social Security Administration.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 4, 2016
News Release: As part of the Better Buildings Initiative, the Energy Department today featured 12 new partnerships with cities, counties, and states to unlock the power of building energy performance data for the purposes of informing decision making on energy efficiency opportunities in their local communities. Through...
