News from June 2016
By EPA Newswire | Jun 10, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Committee this week added to its bipartisan #RecordOfSuccess as the House of Representatives cleared two committee energy bills and the Senate unanimously approved a much-needed, and years in the making, update to our chemical safety laws.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 10, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Committee this week added to its bipartisan #RecordOfSuccess as the House of Representatives cleared two committee energy bills and the Senate unanimously approved a much-needed, and years in the making, update to our chemical safety laws.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 10, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - National parks offer some of our nation’s best views of the cosmos. A fundamental new work, The New World Atlas of Artificial Sky Brightness, significantly expands knowledge of light pollution and its impact on the night sky. The atlas, published today by Science Advances, is the work of an international team including National Park Service (NPS) scientist Dan Dursicoe.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 10, 2016
News Release: Come one, come all and enjoy games, activities, races and more at the 2016 Homestead Days Children's Festival on June 18th and 19th from 12-4 pm at the Homestead National Monument of America's Heritage Center! This free carnival of centennial commemoration will be filled with amusements for the entire...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 10, 2016
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Maria L. Ceniceros, 43, of Anthony, N.M., was sentenced today in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to 18 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for her theft of government property and aggravated identity theft conviction.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 10, 2016
News Release: BOSTON - A Boston man was sentenced today in connection with his role in a scheme to illegally transport firearms into Massachusetts.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 10, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joseph Pitts (R-PA), today held a hearing examining ways to advance patient solutions that lead to lower costs and better care. The hearing builds off of a hearing last month examining patient-centered reforms.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 10, 2016
News Release: Harpers Ferry National Historical Park is pleased to announce that the 2016 Don Redman Jazz Heritage Awards & Concert will take place on Saturday, June 25, 2016 at 5:00 PM on the grounds of Mather Training Center. This year’s honorees are alto saxophonist, Charles McPherson, and world renowned drummer Albert “Tootie" Heath.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 10, 2016
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Marvin J. Garbis sentenced Adrian Scott Little, age 55, of Baltimore, Maryland today to 18 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for transporting stolen goods. Judge Garbis ordered Little to forfeit the contents of several bank accounts and the large quantity of retail products seized from his warehouse and residence.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 10, 2016
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), released the following statement after the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) issued its review of the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) transition and accountability proposals...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 10, 2016
News Release: HOUSTON - Two defendants in a nearly $3 million fraudulent vestibular diagnostic testing scheme have been ordered to federal prison, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Dr. Augustine Egbunike, 61, pleaded guilty Jan. 16, 2015, while Loretta Mbadugha, 58, also of Houston, entered a plea for her role in the scheme Dec. 12, 2014.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 10, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Continuing the Energy and Commerce Committee’s ongoing efforts to modernize government for the innovation era, full committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Energy and Power Subcommittee Chairman Ed Whitfield (R-KY) today sent a letter to Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Chairman...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 10, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-UT) and Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-OR), joined House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) and Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) in releasing a proposal to keep more children safely at home and out of foster care.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 10, 2016
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A resident of Girard, Pennsylvania pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of violating the Clean Water Act by tampering with required monitoring methods and submitting false statements, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 10, 2016
News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz. - Yesterday, National Park Service (NPS) fire managers successfully treated 994 acres with prescribed (Rx) fire on the South Rim of Grand Canyon. The Shoshone Rx burn unit, between Yaki and Duck on a Rock points, consisted primarily of ponderosa pine, pinyon pine, and juniper.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 10, 2016
News Release: KEENE, CA - Crowds will gather at César E. Chávez National Monument on Monday, June 13, to honor the life and legacy of Helen Fabela Chavez as she is buried next to her husband in the Memorial Garden at the monument at La Paz in Keene, CA. Helen Chavez played a vital role helping her husband give birth to and sustain the first enduring farm workers union in U.S. history.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 10, 2016
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office announced that those persons listed below were arraigned before the U.S. Magistrate and the indictments handed down by the Grand Jury unsealed.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 10, 2016
News Release: Glacier National ParkMedia Release. June 10, 2016. Margie Steigerwald 406-888-5838. Tim Rains 406-888-7895. MEDIA16- 33. Glacier National Park Hosts Students For a Lake Ecology BioBlitz. Students contributed to the collection of scientific data as part of a NPS centennial project. WEST GLACIER, MONT...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 10, 2016
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Justin Donald Myers, 37, of Morgantown, West Virginia, pled guilty to heroin trafficking today in federal court in Clarksburg, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 10, 2016
News Release: Virginia Music Volunteer Sentenced to 300 Months in Prison for Production of Child Pornography.
