News from November 2016
By DOE Newswire | Nov 30, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joseph Pitts (R-PA), today held a hearing examining the United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF).
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2016
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that LJUDMIL KLJUSEV, M.D., 52, of Fairfield, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Alvin W. Thompson in Hartford to distributing narcotics outside of the scope of professional practice, and health care fraud.
By EPA Newswire | Nov 30, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee Chairman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), and Energy and Power Subcommittee Vice Chairman Pete Olson (R-TX) today issued the following statement after the Environmental Protection Agency released its proposed emissions targets for model years 2022-2025.
By EPA Newswire | Nov 30, 2016
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following remarks on the House Floor during consideration of H.R. 34, as amended, the 21st Century Cures Act. Pallone was the lead House Democratic negotiator on this legislation...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2016
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Five members of the New Jersey branch of the international street gang “La Mara Salvatrucha," or “MS-13"- including the branch’s founding member - were sentenced to prison for their roles in a violent criminal enterprise that included murder, extortion, and plots to kill witnesses, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman and Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division announced today.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 30, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - As today’s vote nears on the 21st Century Cures Act, support continues to build. The growing support is diverse, coming from: patient advocacy groups, rare disease groups, cancer centers, technology groups, top universities, biopharmaceutical companies, medical device companies, and others. To date, over 300 groups, some representing anywhere from 50 to 200 organizations, have shared letters or messages of support.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 30, 2016
News Release: ST. LOUIS - The National Park Service (NPS) announced that Pacific Studio of Seattle, Washington, a small business and a nationally recognized creator of exhibits, was awarded a $17.1-million fabrication contract for the Visitor Center Exhibits Project at Jefferson National Expansion Memorial. This is...
By EPA Newswire | Nov 30, 2016
News Release: From the mapping of the human genome to the rise of personalized medicines that are linked to advances in molecular medicine, we have seen constant breakthroughs that are changing the face of disease treatment, management, and cures.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2016
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Steven D. Merryday has sentenced Daniel White to seven years in federal prison for his role in a stolen identity refund fraud scheme. As part of his sentence, the Court also entered a money judgment in the amount of $320,703.84, which are the losses to the United States Treasury.
By Federal Newswire | Nov 30, 2016
The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy (FE) has announced the selection of 16 carbon storage projects to receive over $44 million in cost-shared research and development funding. This initiative is part of DOE’s Carbon Storage Assurance Facility Enterprise (CarbonSAFE), aimed at mitigating carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from fossil fuel combustion.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 29, 2016
News Release: The National Historic Trails Interpretive Center (NTHIC) is hosting its annual model railroad exhibition this December.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 29, 2016
News Release: DALLAS - Kevin Troy Jernigan, who owned a tax preparation business in Dallas, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge David C. Godbey to 36 months in federal prison and ordered to pay more than $112,000 in restitution, following his guilty plea in July 2016 to one count of aiding or assisting in the preparation or presentation of a false or fraudulent individual income tax return, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 29, 2016
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - A Laredo man and a female Mexican national have been ordered to federal prison for their roles in the trafficking of firearms, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 29, 2016
News Release: Editor's Note: This release has been updated to reflect the change of institution for one of the investigators. During the application process, J.A. Forrester moved from the University of Wisconsin, Madison to North Carolina State University, Raleigh. The purpose and amount of the award did not change.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 29, 2016
News Release: The Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division today submitted a statement describing how Michigan Senate Bill 753 (H-1) has the potential to enhance competition and promote greater use of telehealth services for the benefit of patients and consumers. The department encourages lawmakers to consider the ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 29, 2016
News Release: The Department of Justice today announced the opening of the grant solicitation period for comprehensive funding to American Indian and Alaska Native tribal governments and tribal consortia to support public safety, victim services and crime prevention. The department’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2017 Coordinated Tribal Assistance Solicitation (CTAS) posts today at https://www.justice.gov/tribal/open-solicitations.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 29, 2016
News Release: Justin Nojan Sullivan, 20, of Morganton, North Carolina, appeared in federal court in Asheville, North Carolina today and pleaded guilty to one count of attempting to commit an act of terrorism transcending national boundaries.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 29, 2016
News Release: Balwinder Singh, 42, of Reno, Nevada, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to provide material support and resources to terrorists knowing and intending that such support would be used to commit terrorist attacks overseas.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 29, 2016
News Release: The Justice Department filed a statement of interest late yesterday in the case of Kenny et al. v. Wilson et al. articulating the United States’ position that laws invoked to charge juveniles must include clear standards to ensure that they are enforced consistently and free from discrimination. In the ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 29, 2016
News Release: A Stillwell, Kansas tax return preparer was sentenced to 48 months in prison today for stealing his clients’ identities and federal income tax refunds falsely claimed in their names, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo, head of the Justice Department’s Tax Division, and U.S. Attorney Thomas Beall for the District of Kansas.
