News from April 2017
By Interior Newswire | Apr 25, 2017
News Release: (ROCK SPRINGS, Wyo.) - The Bureau of Land Management High Desert District is seeking public comments on the environmental assessment (EA) for the Fourth Quarter 2017 Notice of Competitive Oil and Gas Lease Sale parcel offering.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2017
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ALBERTO SILVA-GARCIA, 46, a citizen of Mexico recently residing in Norwalk, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Alker Meyer in New Haven to 15 months of imprisonment for illegally reentering the U.S. after being deported.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 25, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) released the following statement after the U.S. Secret Service announced the appointment of a new director.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 25, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), announced a hearing for Tuesday, May 2, 2017, at 10:15 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Combating Waste, Fraud, and Abuse in Medicaid’s Personal Care Services Program."
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2017
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - Acting U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced today that a former Alaska Department of Corrections employee was sentenced to eight months in federal prison for his role in smuggling drugs into Goose Creek Correctional Center (GCCC) in Wasilla, Alaska.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 25, 2017
News Release: Big Oak Flat road will reopen to all vehicular traffic at 5:00 amMonday, May 1, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2017
News Release: BECKLEY, W.Va. - A jury trial that began yesterday in federal court in Beckley on a 22-count indictment against a Beckley area physician ended today with the defendant’s guilty plea to a federal drug crime, announced United States Attorney Carol Casto. Dr. Michael Kostenko, D.O., 61, of Daniels, entered...
By DOE Newswire | Apr 25, 2017
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 EPA Newswire | Apr 25, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), announced a hearing for Tuesday, May 2, 2017, at 10:15 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Combating Waste, Fraud, and Abuse in Medicaid’s Personal Care Services Program."
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2017
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A former resident of Erie, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of violating federal firearm laws, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 25, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee, met with Ken Kimmell, President of the Union of Concerned Scientists on the heels of nationwide rallies to support the nonpartisan work of scientists.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH - On April 24, 2017, Corey Cheatom was convicted of conspiring to engage in large-scale heroin trafficking, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
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 at 9 a.m. CDT by participating in a training event at the Alabama Workforce Training Facility in Birmingham, Alabama.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 25, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), announced a hearing for Tuesday, May 2, 2017, at 10:15 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Combating Waste, Fraud, and Abuse in Medicaid’s Personal Care Services Program."
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 25, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) today delivered the following opening statement at a markup to consider the nomination of Robert Lighthizer to be the United States Trade Representative (USTR)...
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 Interior Newswire | Apr 25, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that 61,418,617 visitors to national parks in the national capital region spent $1.2 billion in 2016 that resulted in 18,577 jobs and had a cumulative benefit to the regional economy of $1.75 billion.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2017
News Release: Defendant Faces 10-year Mandatory Minimum Sentence for 41 kilo Cocaine Smuggling Attempt in October 2005.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2017
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Braden Partners, L.P., doing business as Pacific Pulmonary Services, has agreed to pay $11.4 million to resolve allegations against it and its general partner, Teijin Pharma USA LLC, for violating the False Claims Act. The government has accused the entities of submitting claims for reimbursement...
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 24, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) removed a former director of intelligence with Colombia’s now dissolved Administrative Department of Security (DAS) from the United States.
