News from December 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2017
News Release: Spokane- Joseph H. Harrington, Acting United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that Daniel Lee Dove, age 36, of Airway Heights, Washington, was sentenced after having previously pleaded guilty on Nov. 30, 2016, to Possession of Child Pornography. Senior United States...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 19, 2017
News Release: Boulder City, Nev. - The Bureau of Reclamation issued a Draft Environmental Assessment today for the Hoover Dam Fiber Optic Cable Replacement Project. The Draft EA describes Reclamation’s proposed replacement of approximately three miles of buried fiber optic cable and associated buried fiber optic cable boxes. The location of the proposed Project is in Boulder City, NV between the Boulder City Communications Tap Substation and U.S. Highway 93/Nevada Way near Colorado Street.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2017
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION (“UTC") has entered into a civil settlement agreement with the federal government and paid $1,060,000 to resolve federal False Claims Act violations involving Goodrich Pump and Engine Controls Systems, a company UTC indirectly owned from July 2012 through March 2013.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 19, 2017
News Release: “Chairman Sessions, Ranking Member Slaughter, Members of the Rules Committee - thank you for allowing me to testify on the Conference Report to Accompany H.R. 1, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2017
News Release: ASHLAND, Ky. - A Catlettsburg man, Steven Darrell Duncil, 36, has been sentenced to 15 years in prison, to be followed by a 20-year term of supervised release, for knowingly distributing child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2017
News Release: Following Last Week’s Trial Conviction of Clif Seaway, Tammy Lamere Admits Her Role in the Exploitation.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 19, 2017
News Release: DEC. 19, 2017 - The third and final phase of the 2017 Census of Governments began Nov. 6, 2017, and will continue through Sept. 28, 2018. The Local Finance component of this survey provides the only source of nationwide, comprehensive information on state and local government finances. This phase collects...
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 19, 2017
News Release: “This is a great day for America because we’re going to pass a pro-growth, pro-American bill that literally everyone should support," Hatch said at the press conference. “It will do this country an awful lot of good and what’s really important is it just shows what we’re about and what we’re trying to do. I just want to compliment our leadership for the leadership they’ve provided right up until today.".
By DOE Newswire | Dec 19, 2017
News Release: LAS VEGAS - Representatives of EM's Nevada Program spoke with people in the community during its first "Community Conversations" on Dec. 12 in Tonopah, Nevada. The event provided a casual environment for residents to talk with the staff members and receive updates on cleanup progress on the Tonopah Test Range and transportation of waste to the Nevada National Security Site.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 19, 2017
News Release: LEE CO, MS - For the last two Mondays, Natchez Trace Parkway (Parkway) Rangers have conducted early morning traffic safety checkpoints around the Tupelo area. These checkpoints are designed to remove impaired drivers, unlicensed drivers, and unlawfully operated vehicles from the Parkway during periods...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2017
News Release: NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - A Newport News man was sentenced today to nine years in prison for his role in planning and attempting to murder a rival gang member in Hampton in June 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2017
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - A 39-year-old undocumented alien who resided in Laredo has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction of conspiracy with intent to distribute methamphetamine, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez. Isidro Rojas Lopez pleaded guilty Aug. 17, 2017.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 19, 2017
News Release: GAITHERSBURG, Md.-The U.S. Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) this week recognized more than 150 staff members for their service to the country. The award-winning researchers have made advances in measurement science that will improve cybersecurity, biothreat...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2017
News Release: VICTORIA, Texas - A 47-year-old Victoria resident made an appearance in Houston federal court on charges of wire fraud, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2017
News Release: PHOENIX - Yesterday, Jason Todd Mogler, 49, formerly of Phoenix, Ariz., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Steven P. Logan to 24 years and 4 months in prison. Mogler had previously pleaded guilty to charges of conspiracy, wire fraud, and money laundering stemming from his role as one of the leaders in an $18 million investment fraud affecting 225 victims.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 19, 2017
News Release: SULPHUR, OK - Chickasaw NRA will begin prescribed burning in mid-January 2018 to continue to the end of February, depending on weather conditions. These fires will occur on the southern border of the Lake of the Arbuckles from south of Masters Road, east towards Buckhorn Creek.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 19, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $12 million in new funding for eight projects to advance predictive modeling capabilities for solar generation. These models will lead to more accurate forecasts of solar generation levels, enabling utilities to better manage the variability and uncertainty of solar power and improve grid reliability.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2017
News Release: NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - A Newport News man was sentenced today to nine years in prison for his role in planning and attempting to murder a rival gang member in Hampton in June 2015.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 19, 2017
News Release: The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Legacy Management (LM) has issued a five-year cooperative agreement with the Northern Arapaho Tribe, supporting LM’s mission to provide management and oversight of the Riverton, Wyoming, Processing Site, which includes conducting water sampling, monitoring site...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2017
News Release: Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, William F. Sweeney Jr., Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), and Donald B. Smith, Putnam County Sheriff, announced today that JENNIFER COVIELLO was arrested for the sex trafficking of a 17-year-old girl. COVIELLO was presented before U.S. Magistrate Judge Lisa Margaret Smith in White Plains federal court this afternoon.
