News from January 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 6, 2017
News Release: JAN 06 - PORTLAND, Maine - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Malcolm Cowart, a/k/a “Prince - ", 37, of Harlem, New York, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to conspiracy...
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 6, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement in response to a report released by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence on Russian intervention in the U.S. election...
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 6, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) denied six pending geophysical and geological (G&G) permit applications to conduct seismic surveys in the Atlantic Ocean. Chairman Rob Bishop (R-UT) issued the following statement.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 6, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON -- As the National Park Service embarks on its second century of service, Vicksburg National Military Park is celebrating the significant accomplishments of its centennial celebration and engagement with the Find Your Park / Encuentra Tu Parque initiative. Superintendent Bill Justice invites...
By DOE Newswire | Jan 6, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The president’s health care law has come to be defined as full of #BrokenPromises and #RateShock. From skyrocketing premiums and fleeing insurers to collapsing CO-OPs, House Republicans are ready to rescue the American people from Obamacare.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 6, 2017
News Release: FBI, Police Seek to Solve Santa Fe, Las Vegas Bank Robberies.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 6, 2017
News Release: The Energy Department (DOE) and the Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA-NIFA) jointly announced $22.7 million today to support the optimization of integrated biorefineries (IBR). DOE is providing majority funding with up to $19.8 million and USDA-NIFA is providing up to $2.9 million in funding.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 6, 2017
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that an Independence, Mo., man pleaded guilty in federal court today to distributing child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 6, 2017
News Release: Brian C. Keeling, 34, of Cleveland, charged with advertising, receiving, distributing and possessing visual depictions of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct, said U.S. Attorney Carole S. Rendon.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 6, 2017
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has appointed eight members and nine alternates to the American Egg Board for the 2017-2018 term. All appointees will serve 2-year terms.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 6, 2017
News Release: A one-count information was filed charging Alonso Ramos Ciprian, 20, of Guatamala, with false claim to U.S. citizenship, said Carole S. Rendon, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 6, 2017
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today that a man from Many was sentenced to 30 months in prison for illegally possessing a shotgun.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 6, 2017
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - U.S. District Judge Timothy J. Corrigan today sentenced Luis Sandoval (34, Los Angeles, CA) and Miguel Sandoval (35, Inglewood, CA) to six years and three months in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute a kilogram or more of heroin. Miguel Sandoval pleaded guilty on Aug. 22, 2016, and Luis Sandoval pleaded guilty on Sept. 19, 2016.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 6, 2017
News Release: Albuquerque, N.M. - The Bureau of Reclamation released its draft Environmental Impact Statement today for the Pojoaque Basin Regional Water System. The draft EIS analyzes potential environmental impacts of five alternatives for planning, designing and constructing the regional water system in the Pojoaque Basin of north-central New Mexico. A 45-day public comment period is open from January 13 to Feb. 27, 2017.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 6, 2017
News Release: Cottonwood, ID - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Cottonwood Field Office is seeking input on a planned vegetation management project 15 miles north of New Meadows, ID. The proposed project is located within the Little Salmon River corridor and is within the wildland urban interface (WUI) in northern Adams County.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 6, 2017
News Release: In El Paso today, 50-year-old former El Paso Independent School District (EPISD) Associate Superintendent Damon Murphy admitted to defrauding the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) by artificially inflating state and federal student accountability scores announced United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr., Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge Douglas E. Lindquist, El Paso Division; and, U.S. Department of Education Inspector General Kathleen S. Tighe.
By EPA Newswire | Jan 6, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The president’s health care law has come to be defined as full of #BrokenPromises and #RateShock. From skyrocketing premiums and fleeing insurers to collapsing CO-OPs, House Republicans are ready to rescue the American people from Obamacare.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 6, 2017
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. B A Rose Hill man pleaded guilty Friday to a federal identity theft charge, U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said.
By EPA Newswire | Jan 6, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today following the Obama Administration’s release of the second installment of the Quadrennial Energy Review (QER), “Transforming the Nation’s Electricity System", which focuses on the national security, environmental protection, and economic development imperatives of the electricity system in the United States...
By State Newswire | Jan 6, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following statement on the Intelligence Community Assessment of Russia’s involvement in the recent election...
