News from April 2017
By Interior Newswire | Apr 25, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Bureau of Reclamation announced the release of a “Request for Information" seeking feedback on potential water resource projects for public-private partnerships (P3). They will also host a Forum to facilitate conversation between public and private entities on alternative financing.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 25, 2017
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the following statement on the appointment of Randolph D. “Tex" Alles as Director of the United States Secret Service...
By DOE Newswire | Apr 25, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), announced a legislative hearing for Tuesday, May 2, 2017, at 10 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Examining Improvements to the Regulation of Medical Technologies."
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2017
News Release: One Defendant Also Sentenced for A Third and Unrelated Murder.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 25, 2017
News Release: Patchogue, NY - A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that 431,303 visitors to Fire Island National Seashore in 2016 spent $18.6 million in Long Island gateway communities. Visitor spending in local communities had a cumulative benefit of more than $23.5 million to the local economy and supported 217 jobs.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 25, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Energy announced today that it has signed an order authorizing Golden Pass Products LLC (Golden Pass) to export domestically produced liquefied natural gas (LNG) to countries that do not have a free trade agreement (FTA) with the United States. Golden Pass is authorized...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 25, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), announced a legislative hearing for Tuesday, May 2, 2017, at 10 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Examining Improvements to the Regulation of Medical Technologies."
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2017
News Release: A fugitive, who had been wanted on federal drug trafficking charges for 26 years, had his initial appearance in U.S. Magistrate Court today in Miami, Florida.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 25, 2017
News Release: PEORIA, Ill. - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration will recognize Workers' Memorial Day by participating in various events throughout the country.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2017
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - A federal grand jury has charged Antwan L. Hutchinson, 25, and Michael J. Favors, 24, both of Columbus, with the murders of two potential witnesses and the beating of a third witness in an indictment returned in Columbus.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2017
News Release: Montgomery, Alabama - Patrick Rashaud Thomas (24) of Milledgeville, Georgia, Patience Denise Minor (51) of Phenix City, Alabama, and Shameka Lashay Thomas (27) of Sylvester, Georgia were sentenced in federal court yesterday for their involvement in an identity theft ring, announced A. Clark Morris, Acting...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2017
News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that ROJONAH HARRIS, age 35, of Hammond, was charged today in a one-count Bill of Information with aiding and abetting in the preparation of false tax returns.
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 25, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, responded to the Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington's (CREW) findings that, contrary to the General Services Administration's (GSA) determination last month, President ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2017
News Release: RALEIGH - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of North Carolina announced that in federal court today, United States District Judge Terrence W. Boyle sentenced DAVON KELLY BENNETT, 42 years of age from Elizabeth City, N.C., to 240 months in prison for conspiracy to distribute...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2017
News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Tom Larson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a former Jefferson City, Mo., business owner pleaded guilty in federal court today to his role in a scheme to burglarize residences in Columbia, Mo., and sell the stolen items on eBay.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2017
News Release: The core copyright industries employ an estimated 5.5 million people, throughout all 50 states, and represent $1.2 trillion in GDP, almost 7 percent of the economy. Creators depend on the copyright laws, and a strong and independent Copyright Office. Since 2013, the House Judiciary Committee has been ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2017
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - A Zwolle man was sentenced Monday to 19 years in prison for possessing with intent to distribute methamphetamine and possessing multiple firearms, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Assistant Special Agent-in-Charge Brad L. Byerley and Acting U.S. Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 25, 2017
News Release: Grand Canyon, AZ- The North Kaibab Trail is now open to foot traffic. On Monday, March 27, Grand Canyon National Park began daily closures of the North Kaibab Trail at Redwall Bridge so crews could safely remove debris from a strom-caused rockslide.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 25, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), announced a legislative hearing for Tuesday, May 2, 2017, at 10 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Examining Improvements to the Regulation of Medical Technologies."
By DOL Newswire | Apr 25, 2017
News Release: ATLANTA - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration will recognize Workers' Memorial Day on April 28 by participating in four separate commemorative events throughout Florida.
