News from February 2017
By EPA Newswire | Feb 7, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) denounced Republican efforts to “strengthen" Medicaid by removing or excluding certain people from Medicaid at a Health Subcommittee markup today...
By DOE Newswire | Feb 7, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) today issued the following statement after Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai announced further process reforms at the agency.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 7, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - A recent report from the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office (GAO) found that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) continues to rely on inaccurate, incomplete, and untimely Medicaid data. Released yesterday, the report outlines how such issues limit the agency’s ability to ensure that federal payments to states are proper and that Medicaid beneficiaries have access to services.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2017
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - A Bruceton Mills, West Virginia man has been indicted for possessing a firearm illegally, Acting United States Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen, announced.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 7, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), today held a markup examining two commonsense bills to strengthen Medicaid and prioritize the most vulnerable.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2017
News Release: BOISE - Kelly Schneider, 23, of Nampa, Idaho, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court to violently assaulting Steven Nelson because he was a gay man, resulting in Mr. Nelson’s death, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Tom Wheeler, head of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, and U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson for the District of Idaho.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 7, 2017
News Release: THURMONT, Md. - The National Park Service is pleased to announce that applications are now being accepted for the 2017 Youth Conservation Corps ( YCC ) program at Catoctin Mountain Park in Thurmont, Maryland. This is an exciting opportunity for high school students to spend their summer doing meaningful work in their local national park. The YCC program is scheduled to last eight weeks, from June 19, 2017 to Aug. 11, 2017. The application deadline is April 15, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Three Nigerian nationals, who in July 2015 were extradited from South Africa to the Southern District of Mississippi, were convicted today by a federal jury for their wide-ranging Internet fraud schemes.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2017
News Release: Lamar Cox, 73, of Franklin, Tenn., former Chief Operating Officer and Board of Directors member of now defunct Tennessee Commerce Bank (TCB), was charged yesterday by felony Information for causing the bank to make a false statement to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, announced Jack Smith, Acting U.S. Attorney for the administration of this case. TCB was closed by federal regulators on Jan. 27, 2012, due to its failing financial condition.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2017
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Beckley man substantially involved in a California-to-West Virginia drug conspiracy was sentenced yesterday to 20 years in federal prison, announced United States Attorney Carol Casto. Velarian Sylvester Carter, 37, previously pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute more than 50 grams of methamphetamine.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 7, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection, chaired by Rep. Bob Latta (R-OH), today announced a hearing for Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2017, at 10:15 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Self-Driving Cars: Road to Deployment."
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2017
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Today, a federal judge sentenced Stephen A. Monaco, a former podiatrist, to 97 months’ imprisonment for defrauding Medicare, Medicaid and private victim insurance companies, announced Acting United States Attorney Louis D. Lappen. Defendant Monaco pleaded guilty to health care fraud on Aug. 23, 2016, and surrendered his DEA license.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 7, 2017
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, issued the following statement on the nomination of Andrew Puzder as Secretary of Labor.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 7, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee, released the following statement in response to the Center for Media and Democracy's lawsuit seeking expedited access to Scott Pruitt's email communications with oil and gas industry officials during his time as Attorney General of Oklahoma.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2017
News Release: Carlsbad Bank Robbers Still Sought Three Years Later.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 6, 2017
News Release: HOMESTEAD, Fla. --- On February 9, 2017, Mikah Meyer is visiting Biscayne National Park as part of a three year quest to visit every national park in the United States. Biscayne is park number 114 on his non-stop journey to be the youngest person to experience all of America’s national parks.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2017
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. B A Topeka man was sentenced Monday to 46 months in federal prison for conspiring to operate an interstate sex trafficking business, U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2017
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that MITCHELL ANDERSON, 52, of Avon, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Court Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport to fraud and money laundering charges stemming from a scheme involving the redevelopment of Dillon Stadium in Hartford and a plan to bring a professional soccer team to the city.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 6, 2017
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Science & Technology Press Office Contact: John Verrico, (202) 254-2385 WASHINGTON— The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) will exhibit and demonstrate 12 mature cyber security technology solutions ready for pilot deployment and commercialization ...
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 6, 2017
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Science & Technology Press Office Contact: John Verrico, (202) 254-2385 WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) announced today that reports produced by the System Assessment and Validation for Emergency Responders (SAVER) Program are now available for download on the S&T website, as a one-stop-shop for resources to help responders make better purchasing decisions.
