News from March 2016
By DOE Newswire | Mar 2, 2016
News Release: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, welcomed an up to $1.54 million grant that the Department of Energy awarded to promote the development of a marine hydrokinetic project in Igiugig, Alaska. The development of the technology associated with the project could ultimately help lower energy costs in rural communities across the state.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2016
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that DAMIAN R. RODRIGUEZ, age 38, of Harahan, pled guilty today to conspiracy to transfer identification documents, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1028(f).
By Interior Newswire | Mar 2, 2016
News Release: Regional mitigation strategies to implement Western Solar Plan.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 2, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Power Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), today held a hearing examining the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Fiscal Year 2017 budget request. Members asked Secretary Ernest Moniz a variety of questions related to the department’s budget.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2016
News Release: BOSTON - The U.S. Attorney’s Office’s Civil Rights Unit hosted “Ending the School-to-Prison Pipeline," a conference aimed at examining and restructuring existing practices in order to reduce the number of students who take their first steps toward involvement with the criminal justice system while in school.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 2, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), today held a hearing examining the U.S. Public Health Response to the Zika virus. Nine witnesses provided testimony, including Dr. Thomas Frieden, Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2016
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Dr. Donald Havey was sentenced to 51 months in prison and ordered to pay restitution of $2,276,221 on charges involving a scheme to bill Medicare for expensive custom ankle-foot orthotics that were never provided to the patients. His billing assistant, Susan Reno, was sentenced earlier to five years of probation and ordered to pay restitution of $10,571.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 2, 2016
News Release: Everglades National. Park invites the public to enjoy a new art exhibit, in the gallery of the. Ernest F Coe Visitor Center, entitled "The Suitcase Show."This exhibit is a collection of works on. paper by 28 AIRIE (Artist in Residence in the Everglades) fellows that span the. history of the AIRIE program...
By DOE Newswire | Mar 2, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), today held a hearing examining the U.S. Public Health Response to the Zika virus. Nine witnesses provided testimony, including Dr. Thomas Frieden, Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...
By State Newswire | Mar 2, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) released the following statement after the U.N. Security Council voted to impose new sanctions against North Korea’s Kim regime following its recent rocket launch and nuclear test...
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 2, 2016
News Release: Opening Statement of Ranking Member Barbara Boxer
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 2, 2016
News Release: Watch Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) and Ranking Member Elijah Cummings (D-MD) discuss today’s announcement during a House Oversight hearing on Geolocation.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2016
News Release: DES MOINES, IA - On March 1, 2016, a jury in the Southern District of Iowa convicted Bradley J. Prucha, 38, of West Des Moines, Iowa, on multiple counts from an organized retail theft scheme, child pornography, and witness tampering. Sentencing has been scheduled for June 23, 2016, before Chief United States District Court Judge John A. Jarvey.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 2, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Power Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), today held a hearing examining the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Fiscal Year 2017 budget request. Members asked Secretary Ernest Moniz a variety of questions related to the department’s budget.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 2, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Power Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), today held a hearing examining the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Fiscal Year 2017 budget request. Members asked Secretary Ernest Moniz a variety of questions related to the department’s budget.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2016
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - A new website presenting award-winning public service announcements and a short documentary produced by UAB Digital Media and focused on awareness and prevention of opiate addiction in the face of steeply rising heroin overdose deaths is live and publicly available, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2016
News Release: ABILENE, Texas - An Abilene, Texas, man, Ruben Soliz, 24, was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge Jorge A. Solis to 60 months in federal prison, following his guilty plea in December 2015 to one count of possession with intent to distribute five grams or more of methamphetamine, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2016
News Release: BOSTON - United States Attorney Carmen M. Ortiz announced today that the Civil Rights Unit of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts is launching an independent investigation of alleged civil rights violations at Boston Latin School (BLS).
By DOE Newswire | Mar 2, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Building upon the Energy and Commerce Committee’s bipartisan #RecordOfSuccess, the U.S. House of Representatives today approved H.R. 3716, the Ensuring Access to Quality Medicaid Providers Act, by a unanimous vote of 406-0. The bipartisan legislation, authored by Dr. Larry Bucshon (R-IN), ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2016
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Susan C. Bucklew today sentenced Latellis Everette (41, St. Petersburg) to 15 years in federal prison for possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. He pleaded guilty on Nov. 12, 2015.
