News from October 2016
By DOE Newswire | Oct 24, 2016
News Release: The Energy Department (DOE) recently announced $10 million, subject to appropriations, to support the launch of the HydroGEN Advanced Water Splitting Materials Consortium (HydroGEN). This consortium will utilize the expertise and capabilities of the national laboratories to accelerate the development of commercially viable pathways for hydrogen production from renewable energy sources.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2016
News Release: United States Attorneys Kevin W. Techau and Kevin E. VanderSchel of the Northern and Southern Districts of Iowa, respectively, announced today that Daniel Tvedt and Virginia Bruner will lead the efforts of their Offices in connection with the Justice Department’s nationwide Election Day Program for the...
By DOE Newswire | Oct 24, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today issued the following statement regarding the administration’s admission that there will be double-digit rate hikes for Obamacare plans next year.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2016
News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - Gordon Daigle a/k/a Gordon Hill, 38, of Epsom, pleaded guilty today in the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire to one count of Social Security Number Misuse, announced United States Attorney Emily Gray Rice.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 24, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), Health Subcommittee Chairman Joseph Pitts (R-PA), and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Tim Murphy (R-PA) today sent a letter to CMS Acting Administrator Andy Slavitt requesting information on the amount of federal dollars being spent to subsidize Obamacare’s rising premiums.
By EPA Newswire | Oct 24, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today issued the following statement regarding the administration’s admission that there will be double-digit rate hikes for Obamacare plans next year.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2016
News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorney Emily W. Allen (619) 546-9738.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2016
News Release: United States Attorneys Kevin W. Techau and Kevin E. VanderSchel of the Northern and Southern Districts of Iowa, respectively, announced today that Daniel Tvedt and Virginia Bruner will lead the efforts of their Offices in connection with the Justice Department’s nationwide Election Day Program for the...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2016
News Release: PHOENIX - Today, Javen Ann Drennan, 31, of Parker, Ariz. was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Steven P. Logan to 51 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2016
News Release: Memphis, TN - U.S. Attorney Edward L. Stanton III announced today that Assistant United States Attorney (AUSA) Reagan M. Taylor will lead the efforts of his office in connection with the Justice Department’s nationwide Election Day Program for the upcoming November 8, 2016, general elections. AUSA Taylor...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2016
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that VICTOR CUEVAS, 52, of Bristol, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer in New Haven to one year of probation and a $1,000 fine for conspiring with others to commit bank fraud in connection with his home mortgage loan applications.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 24, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Occupational Safety and Health Administration will hold a meeting of the Advisory Committee on Construction Safety and Health Nov. 30 - Dec. 1, 2016, in Washington, D.C.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2016
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Alabama and the Southern Poverty Law Center will host a day-long conference Thursday, Oct. 27, that will explore strategies to keep children in schools and out of the juvenile and criminal justice systems.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2016
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Alexander Rivera-Santiago, 32, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition before U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 24, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - In an effort to investigate ways the U.S. could further isolate the government of Bashar al Assad and pressure him to end his campaign of violence against his own nation, Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) today requested detailed information from the Treasury Department on sanctions in place against the Syrian regime and the strategies intended to prevent shell companies from evading those sanctions.
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 24, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), chairman of the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, and U.S. Sen. Mike Rounds (R-SD.), the chairman of the Subcommittee on Superfund, Hazardous Waste, and Regulatory Oversight, today released a report by the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) entitled, “Superfund Sediment Sites: EPA Considers Risk Management Principles but Could Clarify Certain Procedures."
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2016
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A resident of Everett, Pa., has been sentenced in federal court to three years’ probation and ordered to pay a fine in the amount of $250 on his conviction of unlawful possession of firearms by a convicted felon, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2016
News Release: Twelve minor victims identified in a 27 count federal indictment.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Rapid City, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Escape from Custody.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2016
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that a federal grand jury in New Haven has returned an indictment charging HARRY DUREN, 73, and SANDRA DUREN, 53, both of Seminole, Florida, with one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, oxycodone.
