News from June 2016
By Interior Newswire | Jun 7, 2016
The US Interior Department published a two page rule on June 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jun 7, 2016
The US Transportation Department published a six page rule on June 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jun 7, 2016
News Release: DOT Receives 585 Applications for 2016 TIGER Grant Program
By DOT News Wire | Jun 7, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON – U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx today announced the immediate availability of $2 million in Emergency Relief (ER) funds from the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) to stabilize and repair roads damaged by heavy rains on federal lands throughout Idaho, Oregon, and Washington.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2016
News Release: Case Prosecuted as Part of HOPE Initiative which Seeks to Reduce the Number of Opioid-Related Deaths in New Mexico.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Andrew M. Luger today announced the guilty plea of JAY ANTHONY ANDERSON, 66, for smuggling elephant ivory from the United States in violation of the Lacey Act. ANDERSON, who was charged on May 16, 2016, pleaded guilty to knowingly importing and exporting objects made from elephant ivory in violation of the laws and regulations of the United States, including the Lacey Act and the Endangered Species Act. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 7, 2016
News Release: Father's Day is Sunday, June 19, and is right around the corner. Are you looking for that "just right" gift for dad? We have just what you're looking for to celebrate the day with dads, granddad and the entire family! Bring them to a special Ballroom Brunch at Scranton's historic Radisson Lackawanna...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2016
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Greene County, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of production, distribution, and possession of material depicting the sexual exploitation of a minor, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 7, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON -Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee held a hearing Tuesday to discuss TSA's response to long lines at U.S. airports and to evaluate its actions to secure the U.S. aviation system. Below is Chairman Johnson’s opening statement as submitted for the record...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 7, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON: Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell has appointed Lauren Peters to the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Review Committee.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 7, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs held the hearing, “Frustrated Travelers: Rethinking TSA Operations to Improve Passenger Screening and Address Threats to Aviation." Below is the opening statement of Ranking Member Tom Carper (D-Del.), as prepared for delivery...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2016
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of El Salvador, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of violating federal immigration laws, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 7, 2016
News Release: Employer name: PhytogenX Inc. Inspection site: 35 Thousand Oaks Blvd., Morgantown, Pennsylvania. Citations issued: On June 8, 2016, the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued citations to PhytogenX for four willful and six serious violations. Inspection findings: ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2016
News Release: BOISE -- Bernard Saul, 58, of Bliss, Idaho, the owner of Saul Farms, was sentenced today in United States District Court to 36 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for the crimes of wire fraud and money laundering, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. Senior U.S. District...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2016
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Jersey City, New Jersey, man today admitted stealing more than $250,000 from the Jersey City Child Development Centers Inc. (“JCCDC"), an organization that provided early childhood development services and education to under-privileged children, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2016
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - Eric D. Chavis, 24, of Columbus, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to one count of conspiracy to produce child pornography.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 7, 2016
News Release: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today announced several new and recent additions to her Senate Energy and Natural Resources committee staff. The new hires are Nicole Daigle as Communications Director, Kip Knudson and Michelle Lane as Professional Staff Members, Dr. Ben Reinke as a fellow from the American Nuclear Society, Deanna Mitchell as a Bevinetto Fellow, Krystal Edens as a Staff Assistant, and Susan Fleurant as a non-designated Staff Assistant.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2016
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Patricia M. Ferrick, Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and Bridgeport Police Chief Armando J. Perez announced that a federal grand jury in Bridgeport returned an indictment yesterday charging seven Bridgeport residents with heroin trafficking offenses. All of the defendants were arrested this morning.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 7, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) and House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) called on the Department of the Treasury, the Department of Health and Human Services, and the Office of Management and Budget to immediately produce all subpoenaed...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2016
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Mark Louis Flint, II, 30, of Wheeling, pled guilty today to heroin and cocaine trafficking, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
