News from March 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 10, 2016
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - Robert Wayne Collins, 63, has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction on one count of possession of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Collins, of Kingsville, pleaded guilty Dec. 1, 2015.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 10, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR), and Environment and the Economy Subcommittee Chairman John Shimkus (R-IL) today acknowledged the multistakeholder community’s proposal to transition stewardship of the Internet Assigned Number Authority from the U.S. government to the Internet community. The committee has been actively engaged in the future of the Internet.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 10, 2016
News Release: Today, federal, state and local authorities arrested 20 individuals in connection with a methamphetamine trafficking operation in central Texas announced United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr., Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit, Houston Division, and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs, San Antonio Division.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 10, 2016
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today issued the following statement praising new efforts between the U.S. and Canada to cooperate on a broad range of climate issues that will help both nations successfully implement the Paris Climate Agreement...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 10, 2016
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A Santa Monica man pleaded guilty this morning to a federal conspiracy charge stemming from a “synthetic identity" fraud ring that created bogus identities for the purpose of obtaining credit cards.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 10, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), Energy and Power Subcommittee Chairman Ed Whitfield (R-KY), and Environment and the Economy Subcommittee Chairman John Shimkus (R-IL) issued the following statement in response to the administration’s plan to have the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulate methane emissions from existing oil and natural gas sources.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 10, 2016
News Release: HARKERS ISLAND, NC -Cape Lookout National Seashore observes its 50th Anniversary as part of the national park system on March 10, 2016. In commemoration of this special day, the seashore will roll-out a new, updated version of its park brochure and map. The revamped brochure features the seashore's purpose...
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 10, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Ranking Member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following statement after the U.S. and Canada agreed to joint steps to cut methane emissions from the oil and gas industry 40-45 percent by 2025. This agreement builds on steps the U.S. has already taken to reduce methane emissions as a part of President Obama's Climate Action Plan.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 10, 2016
News Release: OSHKOSH, Wis. - A 20-year-old window washer fell more than 58 feet to his death because his safety lines were not properly tied off, federal inspectors found.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 10, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee has scheduled a full committee markup on Monday, March 14, 2016, at 5 p.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building to consider two bills, including H.R. 4725, the Common Sense Savings Act of 2016. Members will convene for opening statements only on Monday, and reconvene on Tuesday, March 15, 2016, at 10 a.m.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 10, 2016
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today issued the following statement praising new efforts between the U.S. and Canada to cooperate on a broad range of climate issues that will help both nations successfully implement the Paris Climate Agreement...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 10, 2016
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Edwin Ferrer, age 42, of Schenectady, New York, was arraigned today on a charge of being a felon in possession of a firearm and six rounds of ammunition. The announcement was made by United States Attorney Richard S. Hartunian and Delano A. Reid, Special Agent in Charge of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) New York Field Division.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 10, 2016
News Release: MARINA, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management is proposing new rules to manage shooting activities on public lands administered by the Central Coast Field Office. The proposed rules are now available for review and comment during a 60-day public comment period ending May 10, 2016.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 10, 2016
News Release: Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park will show sister park movies for free to raise awareness of the other national parks in Hawai‘i and the Pacific Islands during its centennial year - which also marks the 100th anniversary of the National Park Service.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2016
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Clorenzo Griffin, 38, of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, was sentenced today to 10 years in prison for planning and participating in the robbery of marijuana from drug dealers in Yuba City, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2016
News Release: SAVANNAH, GA: Darius Andre “Arnie" Holmes, 41, of Savannah, Georgia, was convicted yesterday by a federal jury after a two-day trial before U.S. District Court Judge William T. Moore, Jr. for distributing heroin and possessing firearms as a felon on Aug. 18, 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2016
News Release: BOISE - Michael Kulikoff, 30, and Kenneth Miller, 57, both of California City, California, pleaded guilty yesterday to conspiracy to distribute oxycodone and hydromorphone, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. Co-defendants Diane Miller, 41, and Crystal Clark 43, also of California City, California...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2016
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that SO YI CHAN, age 29, and her aunt, SUI FAN CHIU, age 50, both from California, pled guilty today to a Superseding Bill of Information charging CHAN with smuggling turtles out of the United States and CHIU with misprision of the turtle smuggling.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 9, 2016
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 In connection with the latest monthly release of the numbers of apprehensions on our southwest border, Secretary Johnson made the following statement: “In February 2016, apprehensions by the Border Patrol on our southwest border – an indicator ...
By USDA Newswire | Mar 9, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, March 9, 2016 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that the USDA Rural Child Poverty Nutrition Center at the University of Kentucky awarded $1.3 million in grants to help reduce child food insecurity in 17 rural communities. The funding, ranging from $50,000 to $100,000, will ...
