News published on Federal Newswire in November 2016

News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Carl J. Kotowski, the Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division, announced today the arrest of ANDREW COOK on a charge of distributing and possessing with intent to distribute methoxetamine hydrochloride (“MXE"), an illegal analogue of the hallucinogenic drug.

United States Settles Lawsuit Against Energy Department Contractors for Knowingly Mischarging Costs on Contract at Nuclear Waste Treatment Plant

News Release: United States Settles Lawsuit Against Energy Department Contractors for Knowingly Mischarging Costs on Contract at Nuclear Waste Treatment Plant.

Wreaths Across America 2016 at Andersonville National Cemetery

By Interior Newswire | Nov 23, 2016

News Release: Release Date: 23 November 2016. Contacts: Charles Barr, charles_barr@nps.gov, 229 924-0343, ext. 112. NR16-09. Wreaths Across America at Andersonville National Cemetery. Annual ceremony to occur on Saturday, Dec. 17, 2016. ANDERSONVILLE, Georgia - Andersonville National Historic Site invites you...

Committee Leaders Comment on 2017 Final RFS Standard

By DOE Newswire | Nov 23, 2016

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), Energy and Power Subcommittee Vice Chairman Pete Olson (R-TX), and Environment and the Economy Subcommittee Chairman John Shimkus (R-IL), today issued the following statement in response to EPA’s final rule setting out the 2017 requirements for the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS).

Defense honors Ernest Moniz with distinguished public service award

By Federal Newswire | Nov 23, 2016

Secretary of Defense Carter honored Secretary of Energy Moniz with the Department of Defense Distinguished Public Service Award, the department’s highest civilian honor. Secretary Carter presented the award to Secretary Moniz at a ceremony at the Department of Energy (DOE) headquarters in Washington, D.C., recognizing Secretary Moniz’s leadership in strengthening the partnership between the Department of Defense (DoD) and the DOE in support of vital national security missions.

Committee Leaders Comment on 2017 Final RFS Standard

By EPA Newswire | Nov 23, 2016

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), Energy and Power Subcommittee Vice Chairman Pete Olson (R-TX), and Environment and the Economy Subcommittee Chairman John Shimkus (R-IL), today issued the following statement in response to EPA’s final rule setting out the 2017 requirements for the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS).

Ohio Man Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison for Plot to Attack U.S. Government Officers

News Release: Ohio Man Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison for Plot to Attack U.S. Government Officers.

Look Ahead: Committee Announces Hearing Schedule for the Week of November 28

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Committee on Energy and Commerce today announced its hearing schedule for the week of November 28.

Next Week’s #SubOversight Hearing Postponed

By DOE Newswire | Nov 23, 2016

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Committee’s Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), today announced that the Thursday, Dec. 1, 2016 hearing entitled, “Volkswagen’s Emissions Cheating Settlement: Questions Concerning ZEV Program Implementation," has been postponed.

For Wearable Electronic Devices, NIST Shows Plastic Holes Are Golden

News Release: In science, sometimes the best discoveries come when you’re exploring something else entirely. That’s the case with recent findings from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), where a research team has come up with a way to build safe, nontoxic gold wires onto flexible, thin plastic film. Their demonstration potentially clears the path for a host of wearable electronic devices that monitor our health.

Sentencings for November 18 - November 21, 2016

News Release: Pauline Irene Hemicker, 33, of Casper, Wyoming, was sentenced by Federal District Court Judge Scott W. Skavdahl on Nov. 21, 2016, for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. Hemicker was arrested in Casper, Wyoming. She received 151 months of imprisonment, to be followed by five years of supervised...

Next Week’s #SubOversight Hearing Postponed

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Committee’s Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), today announced that the Thursday, Dec. 1, 2016 hearing entitled, “Volkswagen’s Emissions Cheating Settlement: Questions Concerning ZEV Program Implementation," has been postponed.

Inhofe Statement on EPA's Final RFS Mandate

By US DOT Newswire | Nov 23, 2016

News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), chairman of the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, today released a statement in response to the EPA's final Renewable Fuel Standards for 2017...

Committee Leaders Comment on 2017 Final RFS Standard

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), Energy and Power Subcommittee Vice Chairman Pete Olson (R-TX), and Environment and the Economy Subcommittee Chairman John Shimkus (R-IL), today issued the following statement in response to EPA’s final rule setting out the 2017 requirements for the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS).

Man Pleads Guilty to Attempted Enticement of a Minor and Child Pornography Charges

News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - David J. Rancourt, age 61, of Palmer, Massachusetts, pled guilty today to attempted coercion and enticement of a minor for prohibited sexual activity, and to having distributed, received, and possessed child pornography.

Former Bullitt County, Kentucky, Sheriff’s Deputy Guilty Of Money Laundering, Trafficking In Meth And Marijuana

News Release: Co-defendants admit to concealing the criminal activities from law enforcement.

Nahant Man Charged with Filing False Tax Returns

News Release: BOSTON - A Nahant man was charged yesterday in U.S. District Court in connection with failing to report a significant portion of his income on his federal tax returns from 2010 to 2013.

Second ECI Correctional Officer Pleads Guilty to Racketeering Conspiracy and Civil Rights Violation

News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Correctional Officer Stephen Wise, age 34, of Pocomoke, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to his participation in a racketeering conspiracy operating at the Eastern Correctional Institution in Westover, Maryland. Wise also pleaded guilty to a civil rights violation, deprivation of rights under color of law, for participating in the stabbing of an inmate.

U.S. Attorney and Onondaga County District Attorney Hold Roundtable Meeting with Police Commanders on Prosecuting Heroin Overdose Deaths

News Release: Prosecutors Confer with Police on Investigating Drug Death Cases.

Vagos Motorcycle Club Prospect Indicted on Federal Drug Charges