News from September 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2016
News Release: Martin Culbreth Named Special Agent in Charge of the Norfolk Division.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 12, 2016
News Release: ORLANDO, Fla., Sept. 12, 2016 - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing in 168 projects to improve water and waste infrastructure across the country and in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. The investment, totaling $283 million, is...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2016
News Release: Tampa, FL - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces today that a federal jury found Matheus William Geronasso (23, Tampa) guilty of attempted sex trafficking of a child. He faces a minimum mandatory penalty of 10 years, up to life, in federal prison. His sentencing hearing is scheduled for Dec. 14, 2016. Geronasso was indicted on March 29, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2016
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Anthony Jenkins, 52, formerly of Providence, was sentenced today to 5 years in federal prison for being a felon in possession of six firearms, announced United States Attorney Peter F. Neronha and Mickey D. Leadingham, Special Agent in Charge of the Boston Field Division of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF).
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 12, 2016
News Release: From the printing press to the jet engine, mechanical machines with moving parts have been a mainstay of technology for centuries. As U.S. industry develops smaller mechanical systems, they face bigger challenges-microscopic parts are more likely to stick together and wear out when they make contact with each other.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 12, 2016
News Release: The National Park Service has selected Alpine Ascents International, Inc., International Mountain Guides, LLC, and Rainier Mountaineering, Inc. for three separate concession contracts providing guided mountaineering and related visitor services within Mount Rainier National Park. Each of the 10-year contracts are expected to begin on Nov. 1, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2016
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Anthony Jenkins, 52, formerly of Providence, was sentenced today to 5 years in federal prison for being a felon in possession of six firearms, announced United States Attorney Peter F. Neronha and Mickey D. Leadingham, Special Agent in Charge of the Boston Field Division of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF).
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2016
News Release: Following a trial before United States District Court Judge William P. Dimitrouleas, a jury convicted a Broward County resident for his participation in a stolen identity tax fraud scheme.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 12, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The news keeps getting worse by the day for Obamacare. The latest blow comes from Health Republic Insurance of New Jersey that announced today they too will shutter their doors, forcing their approximately 35,000 members to find new coverage for next year. New Jersey brings the total to 17 of the original 23 Obamacare CO-OPs that have failed, at a total cost to taxpayers of over $1.8 billion.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2016
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Alfonso Apu, 48, of Modesto, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to commit mail fraud and admitted that he staged car accidents in a scheme to defraud insurance companies, Acting U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By EPA Newswire | Sep 12, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The news keeps getting worse by the day for Obamacare. The latest blow comes from Health Republic Insurance of New Jersey that announced today they too will shutter their doors, forcing their approximately 35,000 members to find new coverage for next year. New Jersey brings the total to 17 of the original 23 Obamacare CO-OPs that have failed, at a total cost to taxpayers of over $1.8 billion.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 12, 2016
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the following statement on the Government Accountability Office (GAO) report he requested on the Department of Homeland Security's Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and Explosives (CBRNE) Program consolidation proposal...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 12, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Building upon the Energy & Commerce Committee’s #RecordOfSuccess, the U.S. House of Representatives today approved four measures advanced by the Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee to protect jobs and consumers. H.R. 5104, Better Online Ticket Sales Act, and H.R. 5111, the...
By DOE Newswire | Sep 12, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Building upon the Energy & Commerce Committee’s #RecordOfSuccess, the U.S. House of Representatives today approved four measures advanced by the Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee to protect jobs and consumers. H.R. 5104, Better Online Ticket Sales Act, and H.R. 5111, the...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 12, 2016
News Release: (Richmond, California) -Richmond, CA -National Park Service Rangers are hosting a PARK(ing) Day event on September 16th. The event will be in front of Kaleidoscope Coffee at 109 Park Place, Richmond, CA 94801 from 10:00am -3:30pm.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 12, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives today unanimously passed committee members Rep. Bob Latta (R-OH) and Rep. Jerry McNerney’s (D-CA) H.R. 4979, the Advanced Nuclear Technology Development Act of 2016, furthering the committee’s bipartisan #RecordOfSuccess.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 12, 2016
News Release: Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee Ranking Member Gene Green (D-TX) delivered the following opening remarks at a Subcommittee Markup of five bipartisan public health bills...
By EPA Newswire | Sep 12, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) issued the following statement today on Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Tom Wheeler’s proposal to open the set-top box market to third-party device-makers...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 12, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Leaders of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, House Ways and Means Committee, and the Senate Finance Committee today sent a letter to Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Acting Administrator Andrew Slavitt to express concerns about fraudulent Medicare spending despite the Agency’s recent efforts to prevent improper payments before they are sent out the door.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 12, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Building on the Energy and Commerce Committee’s bipartisan #RecordOfSuccess, the House of Representatives today is poised to advance seven committee bills today. To date, over 100 bipartisan Energy and Commerce bills and provisions have cleared the House in the 114th Congress.
