News from January 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 7, 2016
News Release: Robert M. Hertz, age 52, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, was sentenced in United States District Court in Cedar Rapids today, after pleaded guilty to one count of possessing a firearm and ammunition as a felon.
By State Newswire | Jan 7, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following statement in support of the Counterterrorism Screening and Assistance Act (H.R.4314 ) at a full Committee markup...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 7, 2016
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - One man and three women, all of South Texas, entered guilty pleas to charges of conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute cocaine and conspiracy to commit money laundering, announced Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 7, 2016
News Release: Today, the House of Representatives passed two anti-regulatory bills led by the conservative Majority, H.R. 1155, the Searching for and Cutting Regulations that are Unnecessarily Burdensome Act (SCRUB) and H.R. 712, the Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act, largely along party lines.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 7, 2016
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation has released for public review the Draft Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact for the San Luis Solar Project.
By State Newswire | Jan 7, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC- Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following statement in support of the End Neglected Tropical Diseases Act (H.R.1797 ) at the full Committee markup...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 7, 2016
News Release: NORWALK Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for the New England Field Division, and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that OMAR ANDRADE, 29, a citizen of Mexico last residing in Norwalk, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford to 70 months of imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release, for trafficking heroin.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 7, 2016
News Release: ST THOMAS ROAD CLOSED, WILLOW BEACH ROAD TO REOPEN.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 7, 2016
News Release: Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore (National Lakeshore), with the help of a grant from the National Park Foundation’s Ticket to Ride Program, offers personalized snowshoe field trips for students during January, February, and March. Learn about winter ecology and snow science in a hands-on, experiential...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 7, 2016
News Release: BOULDER CITY, Nevada -Portions of the Wetlands Trail in Lake Mead National Recreation Area are closed seven days a week for the continued construction of a new grade control structure in the Lower Las Vegas Wash.
By State Newswire | Jan 7, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) today welcomed the Treasury Department’s announcement of the first sanctions against a Hezbollah financier and related front company following enactment into law of his bill, the Hezbollah International Financing Prevention Act (H.R. 2297)...
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 7, 2016
News Release: A chemist at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has developed a portable version of his method for recovering trace chemicals such as environmental pollutants and forensic evidence including secret graves and arson fire debris.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 7, 2016
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Rony Metellus, 52, of Providence, was sentenced on Wednesday to 42 months in federal prison for setting fire to an occupied three family tenement building he owned, in an arson-for profit scheme and insurance fraud scheme, announced United States Attorney Peter F. Neronha, Rhode Island Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin, Providence Public Safety Commissioner Steven M. Paré and Daniel J. Kumor, Special Agent in Charge of the Boston Field Division of ATF.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 7, 2016
News Release: HARTFORD, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA’s) New England Field Division, and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that BRAYAN GOMEZ, 26, of East Hartford, was sentenced yesterday by Chief U.S. District Judge Janet C. Hall in New Haven to 60 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for trafficking heroin.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 7, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Yesterday, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, spoke on the House floor in opposition to H.R. 1155, the SCRUB Act of 2015. This legislation would cost taxpayers $30 million to establish a new commission to review all agency rules to determine which should be repealed, and it would entrust this commission with extraordinary powers that could be subject to abuse.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 7, 2016
News Release: Park rangers hope the snow will not melt anytime soon so you can explore Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore (National Lakeshore) on snowshoes throughout the winter! Space is currently available for the first hike of the regular season on Saturday, January 9, 2016 at 1:00 p.m. Then, snowshoe hikes...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 7, 2016
News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz. -Over the last 24 hours Grand Canyon National Park has received heavy snowfall resulting in significant snow accumulation. The National Weather Service is predicting additional winter storm activity and heavy snow fall across Northern Arizona, including Grand Canyon National Park.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 7, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, spoke on the House floor today, in opposition to H.R. 712, the Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act of 2015. This legislation would significantly delay the federal...
By USDA Newswire | Jan 7, 2016
News Release: Washington - On Jan. 7, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), in collaboration with the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), reached agreement with South African officials to allow most U.S. exports of poultry, pork and beef and their products to re-gain access to the South African market...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 7, 2016
News Release: SILT, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management will hold public meetings next week to accept written comments and share information about its Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for the Roan Plateau Resource Management Plan Amendment.
