News from January 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 19, 2016
News Release: EL DORADO, Ark. - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Assistant Special Agent in Charge Matthew Barden and Kenneth Elser, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that three men were sentenced today for the distribution of controlled substances stemming from an earlier investigation dubbed Operation Three Amigos in February 2015.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 19, 2016
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 110,500 metric tons of corn for delivery to unknown destinations during the 2015/2016 marketing year.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 19, 2016
News Release: Throughout February (specific dates below). Free admission to Visitor Center and photo exhibit. Admission for historic ships: Adults $10, Ages 15 and under free (with adult supervision).
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 19, 2016
News Release: Dear Chairman Price: As you are aware, the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 raised discretionary spending levels in Fiscal Years 2016 and 2017 above austerity-level sequestration caps established in the Budget Control Act of 2011, with a variety of offsets to mandatory programs. This budget agreement...
By USDA Newswire | Jan 19, 2016
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is seeking reviewers to evaluate grant applications submitted under the 2015 Specialty Crop Multi-State Program (SCMP). This competitive grant program provides funds to state departments of agriculture to solely enhance the competitiveness of specialty crops through collaborative, multi-state projects.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 19, 2016
News Release: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today underscored the importance of understanding world energy and commodity markets and the complex interplay of our nation’s energy mix as the Committee works to shape energy and mineral policy.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 19, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) delivered the following statement in response to the President’s State of the Union address.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 19, 2016
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released a summary of its annual budget and economic outlook. The report, issuing a forecast through 2026, projects slower economic growth and the return of growing deficits. CBO lowered their economic growth forecast for 2016...
By DOE Newswire | Jan 19, 2016
News Release: After federal recognition in 1972, the Tonto Apache Tribe in Payson, Arizona, situated about 90 miles northeast of Phoenix in the north-central part of the state, undertook a decades-long reservation infrastructure development effort that is still ongoing. In 2004, the small tribe was still actively...
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 19, 2016
News Release: Dear Secretary Burwell: Pursuant to Rules X and XI of the U.S. House of Representatives, the Committee on Ways and Means and the Committee on Energy and Commerce are conducting oversight of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). As part of that oversight, we have been seeking information...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 19, 2016
News Release: Glen Jean, West Virginia-Nature can be a great inspiration! Now is the time for local students to celebrate nature and use their creativity to craft an entry for the Youth Arts in the Parks 2016 Appalachian Spring Wildflower Art Contest.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 19, 2016
News Release: MORENO VALLEY, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), in partnership with the Department of Interior (DOI) and Team Rubicon, is conducting a wildland firefighter training session Jan. 22 - Jan. 25 at the Victor Valley College Regional Public Safety Training Center in Apple Valley, Calif., for...
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 19, 2016
News Release: House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Bill Shuster (R-PA) and Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Chairman Jim Inhofe (R-OK) responded today to the President’s veto of S. J. Res 22, a measure that rejects an Administration rule that gives the federal government sweeping authority to regulate virtually all waters or wet areas throughout the United States.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 19, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) is calling on House and Senate Budget Committee leaders to direct the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) to more accurately score the costs to taxpayers of federal land sales and trades. Bills offered in Congress that seek to conserve or protect...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 19, 2016
News Release: The New Year begins with a change in one of the top leadership positions in the Montana/Dakotas State Office of the Bureau of Land Management.Jon Raby recently joined the staff as the Associate State Director, filling the post vacated this past December by the retirement of Kate Kitchell."We're excited...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 19, 2016
News Release: On Tuesday, February 9 at 6:30 p.m., Park Ranger Joel Shockley will lead Washita Battlefield's Book Club discussion on Nevada Barr's Ill Wind at the Minnie R. Slief Library. Nevada Barr, a former Law Enforcement Park Ranger for the National Park Service, has taken true events within National Parks and twisted them into suspenseful mysteries.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 19, 2016
News Release: HARTFORD, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Robinson Crucetts, also known as “Robi," 50, of Hartford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to 66 months of imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release, for his role in a heroin trafficking ring.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 19, 2016
News Release: The Subcommittee on Energy and Power, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), has scheduled a hearing for Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2016, at 10:15 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “H.R. 3797, the Satisfying Energy Needs and Saving the Environment (SENSE) Act and H.R.__, the Blocking Regulatory Interference from Closing Kilns (BRICK) Act."
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 19, 2016
News Release: “We will protect Americans from tax penalties for failing to purchase an expensive, Washington-approved product that so many people cannot afford.
By EPA Newswire | Jan 19, 2016
News Release: The Subcommittee on Energy and Power, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), has scheduled a hearing for Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2016, at 10:15 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “H.R. 3797, the Satisfying Energy Needs and Saving the Environment (SENSE) Act and H.R.__, the Blocking Regulatory Interference from Closing Kilns (BRICK) Act."
