News from February 2016
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 17, 2016
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee member Rep. Billy Long (R-MO) recently highlighted the “uncommon opportunity" the Vice President Biden’s “moon shot" initiative and H.R. 6, the 21st Century Cures Act, provide to deliver new treatments for patients. Rep. Long also provides a personal glimpse of why the Cures...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 17, 2016
News Release: Robert Even, age 45, of Bellevue, Iowa, formerly of Dubuque, has been charged with distribution, receipt, and possession of child pornography. The charges are contained in an Indictment unsealed on February 8, 2016, in United States District Court in Cedar Rapids.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 17, 2016
News Release: Popular in Italy but also grown in the United States, rapini, or broccoli raab, is a turnip-like vegetable featured in the recipes of cable television's top celebrity chefs. Foodies are not the only fans of rapini. Honey bees love it too, for its bright yellow, pollen-packed flowers. Studies by Agricultural...
By EPA Newswire | Feb 17, 2016
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee member Rep. Billy Long (R-MO) recently highlighted the “uncommon opportunity" the Vice President Biden’s “moon shot" initiative and H.R. 6, the 21st Century Cures Act, provide to deliver new treatments for patients. Rep. Long also provides a personal glimpse of why the Cures...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 17, 2016
News Release: ABINGDON, VIRGINIA - A Elizabethton, Tennessee man pled guilty today in the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia in Abingdon to a drug misbranding charge, United States Attorney John P. Fishwick Jr. announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 17, 2016
News Release: A federal grand jury returned a 29-count indictment charging four people with drug trafficking crimes, said Carole S. Rendon, Acting United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 17, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Pine Ridge, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 17, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Concerned with a growing threat of cybersecurity breaches, House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Health Subcommittee Chairman Joseph Pitts (R-PA) today sent a letter to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) about its ability to protect sensitive information. The committee is “examining the adequacy of FDA’s procedures to protect the trade secrets and confidential commercial information of regulated entities in the food industry."
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 17, 2016
News Release: On Feb. 10, 2016, James N. Taylor, a/k/a "James Taylor, Jr.", "James Taylor, II," and "Oolie," 47, Herrin, Ill., was sentenced for heroin offenses, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, James L. Porter, announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 17, 2016
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Michael Graham, 43, of Farmington, N.M., was sentenced today in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to 46 months in prison for unlawfully possessing a firearm and ammunition. He will be on supervised release for two years after completing his prison sentence.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 17, 2016
News Release: The Energy Department today announced $3 million for ten new projects that will enable private-sector companies to use high-performance computing resources at the department's national laboratories to tackle major manufacturing challenges. The projects range from improving turbine blades in aircraft...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 17, 2016
News Release: On Aug. 25, 1916, the National Park Service was established to protect America's national heritage sites. To celebrate the National Park Service Centennial, Rocky Mountain National Park will be offering a series of truly unique Saturday evening programs held at 7 p.m. at the Beaver Meadows Visitor Center throughout the winter.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 17, 2016
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - Nevada resident Cliven Bundy and four others were indicted by the federal grand jury today on 16 felony charges related to the armed assault against federal law enforcement officers that occurred in the Bunkerville, Nev. area on April 12, 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 16, 2016
News Release: POCATELLO - Brian Kim Southam, 36, of Rigby, Idaho, pleaded guilty today to unlawful possession of a firearm and possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. Southam was indicted by a federal grand jury in Pocatello on Sept. 22, 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 16, 2016
News Release: BOISE, Idaho - Michael Angelo Sapp, 40, of Pensacola, Florida, was sentenced today in United States District Court to 300 months in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and unlawful possession of a firearm. Senior U.S. District Judge Edward J. Lodge also ordered Sapp to forfeit a firearm and $6,000 in drug proceeds. Sapp was convicted by a federal jury on Nov. 20, 2015, after a three-day trial.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 16, 2016
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 WASHINGTON — At the direction of the Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Customs and Border Protection will initiate a rule change regarding flights to and from Cuba. This action follows U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Department of Transportation announcements that the United States will re-establish scheduled flights between the United States and Cuba.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 16, 2016
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 WASHINGTON—Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson today announced the release of Fiscal Year (FY) 2016 Notices of Funding Opportunity for ten DHS preparedness grant programs totaling more than $1.6 billion. The grant programs provide funding ...
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 16, 2016
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 Today the Department of Homeland Security, with the Department of Justice, issued guidelines and procedures, required by the Cybersecurity Act of 2015.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 16, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, Feb. 16, 2016 – U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services Kevin Concannon today announced a proposed rule designed to provide Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) participants increased access to healthy foods by requiring stores that accept SNAP to stock a wider array of food choices.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 16, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, Feb. 16, 2016 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today released a statement on two recent research reports supported by USDA focused on ethanol and other renewable fuels, one published by USDA's Office of the Chief Economist and another published by the University of Missouri: "These research ...
