News from June 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2016
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that a Brookfield, Mo., couple has been indicted by a federal grand jury today for their roles in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2016
News Release: H.R. 4768, the “Separation of Powers Restoration Act of 2016," would eliminate judicial deference to agencies and require federal courts to review all agency rulemakings and interpretations of statutes on a de novo basis.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 8, 2016
News Release: U.S. Department of Labor | June 8, 2016 BOS 2016-090
By DOE Newswire | Jun 8, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives today passed committee member Rep. Pete Olson’s (R-TX) H.R. 4775, the Ozone Standards Implementation Act, by a vote of 234 to 177, furthering the committee’s ongoing #RecordOfSuccess. H.R. 4775 is a commonsense bill aimed at providing states the flexibility needed to implement the two ozone standards, and provides other relief.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 8, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) this evening kicked off debate on the House amendment to S. 2276, the PIPES Act of 2016, which includes text from H.R. 5050, the Pipeline Safety Act of 2016, passed in April by the committee. Pending a House vote this week, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2016
News Release: Neosho Man Defrauded in Contract Designated for Disabled Veteran-Owned Businesses.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 8, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives today passed committee member Rep. Pete Olson’s (R-TX) H.R. 4775, the Ozone Standards Implementation Act, by a vote of 234 to 177, furthering the committee’s ongoing #RecordOfSuccess. H.R. 4775 is a commonsense bill aimed at providing states the flexibility needed to implement the two ozone standards, and provides other relief.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 8, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. House of Representatives today unanimously approved bipartisan legislation to enhance pipeline safety, clarify safety oversight efforts, and provide greater regulatory certainty in the transportation of energy commodities.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2016
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - A federal grand jury in Providence today returned an indictment charging John Ryder, 28, of West Warwick, with bank robbery. It is alleged in the indictment that on May 2, 2016, Ryder robbed a BankRI branch office in Coventry by force, violence and intimidation. It is alleged that Ryder, while wielding a machete, threatened bank tellers and robbed the bank of nearly $6,000 in cash.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - Dhyru Jamaal Gillis, 21, of Hyattsville, Md., has been sentenced to 46 months in prison for robbing a bank in Northwest Washington, announced U.S. Attorney Channing D. Phillips, Paul M. Abbate, Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI’s Washington Field Office, and Cathy L. Lanier, Chief of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD).
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2016
News Release: Defendants with Ties to Brooklyn Street Gangs Arrested for their Roles in Gun and Drug Trafficking in East New York.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 7, 2016
News Release: Brady: MTB Law is a Victory for American Manufacturers, Consumers and Workers.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2016
News Release: (OTSEGO COUNTY, N.Y.) - James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division, U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) and John M. Muehl District Attorney, announce the arrest of multi-state convicted felon fugitive Paula Jo Rutty, 44, of 140 Baker Road, Worcester, NY.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2016
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Melba Wilson, 76, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was charged by Information, filed May 25, 2016, with one count of theft of government funds and one count of theft from an employee pension plan, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger. According to the Information, the defendant...
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 7, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON – The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) today announced a total of $3.1 million in competitive research awards for 29 small businesses located across 12 states, and Washington, D.C. Each business was awarded approximately $100,000 in preliminary ...
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 7, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Science and Technology Directorate (S&T), today announced a $40 million funding opportunity for an institution to lead a new DHS Center of Excellence (COE) for Criminal Investigations and Network Analysis. DHS S&T is additionally searching for potential partners to work with the lead institution in support of the Center’s activities.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 7, 2016
News Release: Corps to Hire 1,500 Youth and Veterans for Summer Forest Projects WASHINGTON, June 7, 2016 — As National Get Outdoors Month begins, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced today that the U.S. Forest Service and partners have invested over $11 million to support work and training opportunities for ...
By USDA Newswire | Jun 7, 2016
News Release: PETERSBURG, VA, June 7, 2016 – Today, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Education Secretary John B. King, Jr. joined students and other stakeholders at Robert E. Lee Elementary School in Petersburg, Virginia to celebrate the start of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) summer meals programs. ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2016
News Release: An ocean freight executive has been indicted for his participation in a long-running conspiracy to restrain trade in international ocean shipments of roll-on, roll-off cargo to and from the Port of Baltimore and elsewhere in the United States, the Department of Justice announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2016
News Release: Nicholas Michael Teausant, 22, of Acampo, California, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge John A. Mendez of the Eastern District of California to 12 years in prison for attempting to provide material support to Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), a designated foreign terrorist organization, announced Assistant Attorney General for National Security John P. Carlin and Acting U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert of the Eastern District of California.
